$90K for Korean mud

Rotorua: Rotorua Lakes Council intends spending $90,000 of government money importing mud from South Korea — a decision the Taxpayers’ Union says is ‘‘beyond imagination’’.

The council said it needed five tonnes of Korean mud powder for its annual Mudtopia event and it was going to use part of a

$1.5 million MBIE grant to pay for it.

‘‘How MBIE and Rotorua Lakes Council think spending $90,000 importing mud from overseas is a good idea is beyond imagination,’’ Taxpayers’ Union spokesman Matthew Rhodes said yesterday.