Peter Williams: Time to put people first - But some bureaucrats don't want that

The Maori proverb goes “he tangata, he tangata, he tangata – it is the people, it is the people, it is the people.”

But farmers around the country don’t believe that. They say bureaucrats and regional council officials are putting the health of freshwater ahead of their ability to make a living from the land and to produce food for the world.