No way to prevent New Plymouth water crisis, councillors say
(WorldNews New Zealand)

ANDY JACKSON/STUFF Civil Defence Minister Kris Faafoi takes a tour through the Taranaki Civil defence base in New Plymouth. The worst water crisis New Plymouth has ever faced was unavoidable, district councillors have said. `It was an act of god,` said councillor Colin Johnston. Strict water restrictions were imposed across the district and supply was cut to thousands for three days after a tree smashed a water supply pipe during ex-cyclone Gita on Tuesday afternoon. And suggestions the area should have been clear of trees were `ridiculous`, Johnston said. `You wouldn`t think that it would smash a pipe like that`. Johnston said there was nothing the council could have done to...