`The fight will continue`: Water quality to remain an issue under new National Government
(WorldNews New Zealand)

By the lower stretch of Selwyn River, temporary pollution warning signs have become permanent. Water became one of the most divisive issues in the 2017 general election campaign, erupting into an unpleasant spat between urban and rural interests. It was in part due to rivers like Canterbury`s Selwyn. Images over the summer showed Coes Ford, a swimming hole on the river, without water, thick mats of algae on the dry riverbed. It became symbolic of what critics said was environmental neglect by the National Government, now with another three years at the helm. READ MORE: * Guy Williams: Election 2017`s weirdest moments * David Slack: All you need is votes * Nadine Higgins: Did you vote for...