Go behind the rugby clubrooms down at the showgrounds, after a shower of rain, and you will find puddles. Big ones!

Saturday's shower of rain was no exception. After only 12mm of rain, the area behind the clubrooms was awash. There were even ducks, paddling around in the puddles.

Author and retired farmer Martin Patterson has made it his mission to get those puddles gone.

This issue is this has been like this for quite some time, he said.

"I chased the ducks off when I came this morning. The ducks live in here. We've only had 12mm of rain and look at all the puddles. If we had rain just before the show, we would have a real mess. It's not good enough. Our show is an international show-the second-biggest in New Zealand, and we can't have this.

"We (the show committee) have campaigned for the Council. We asked them to do something about this two years ago. We've had assurance from the Council that something will be done and nothing happens. We think it unacceptable. This is just nonsense.

"We were told that this (area) was going to be levelled out and sown over in our meeting a month ago, and nothing has happened.

"If we had an inch of rain, this would be a lake.

"I have pictures of ducks swimming on these puddles."

Come on Council, step it up. This needs to be dealt with.

Read edition 1005 of the Wānaka Sun here.