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NZ’s Iconic Rivers, Including Te Waikoropupū Springs, To Be Polluted If Coalition Govt Gives Federated Farmers Its Way
Friday, 5 September 2025, 4:25 pm | Choose Clean Water
Federated Farmers then goes on to request that the Minister remove Water Conservation Orders entirely from the Resource Management system. More >>
Govt’s Justification For Last-minute RMA Changes Appears To Directly Contradict EU Free Trade Agreement
Thursday, 14 August 2025, 3:37 pm | Choose Clean Water
A basic reading of the Free Trade Agreement would suggest that the Government’s last-minute changes to the RMA, as well as its other efforts to weaken environmental law, directly contradict the clauses relating to environmental protection. More >>
Bishop Bulldozes Local Decision-Making Powers As Last-Minute Environmental Law Changes Rammed Through Parliament
Tuesday, 12 August 2025, 5:09 pm | Choose Clean Water
Spokesperson Tom Kay, says the changes represent a significant overreach of power, are undemocratic, and will create a policy mess that will take years to clean up. Meanwhile, communities and the environment will suffer. More >>
Flooding Demonstrates Danger In Govt ‘Growth At Any Cost’ Ideological Agenda
Monday, 30 June 2025, 4:35 pm | Choose Clean Water
Our rivers and wider catchments need to be healthy and resilient if our communities are going to be safe from the worst harms of flooding. This Government needs to understand that private property rights and growth-at-all-costs won’t enable that. It will ... More >>
GWRC Must Stand Up To Short-Sighted Coalition Govt And Continue With Its Plan To Restore Water Quality For Its People
Wednesday, 25 June 2025, 2:02 pm | Choose Clean Water
The plan change forms part of a program to restore and protect fresh and coastal water health the Regional Council has been working on for the last 15 years, including with significant investment and support from communities and iwi. More >>
New Stats NZ Groundwater Reporting Highlights Serious Risk To Public From Govt Proposal To Weaken Freshwater Protections
Tuesday, 24 June 2025, 1:52 pm | Choose Clean Water
“Given the state of our groundwater, where many of our communities draw their drinking water from, this Government proposal will inevitably increase the health risks to people. It’s unbelievably irresponsible.” says Choose Clean Water spokesperson ... More >>
Select Committee Announces Support Of Law Changes That Will Prevent Councils From Restricting Harmful Pollution Of Water
Wednesday, 11 June 2025, 3:35 pm | Choose Clean Water
Our communities will pay for this through the impact on our quality of life, our drinking water sources, our opportunities to swim or fish, our pride in our beautiful environment, and our ability to be involved in local decision making. More >>
Changes To Fish & Game Continue Coalition’s Handover Of Power To Polluters
Thursday, 5 June 2025, 7:49 pm | Choose Clean Water
Choose Clean Water spokesperson Tom Kay says the changes announced today are clearly designed to remove Fish & Game’s ability to advocate for the health of rivers. More >>
“Don't Be Fooled”: Govt's Freshwater Reforms Means More Pollution In Your Water & Commercial Control Of Public Resources
Friday, 30 May 2025, 7:30 pm | Choose Clean Water
Choose Clean Water says it’s important for the public to make submissions on the changes (these can be made until 27 July 2025) but it’s just as important for the public to contact MPs and Ministers directly to voice their opposition. More >>
National Direction Changes Expected To Advance Dangerous ACT Ideology At Expense Of The Health Of NZers And Environment
Monday, 26 May 2025, 3:04 pm | Choose Clean Water
Choose Clean Water says the cabinet paper’s prioritising of ‘the enjoyment of private property rights’ in public policy is straight out of an extreme libertarian ideology and becomes incoherent and dangerous when applied to communities’ needs ... More >>
Farm Model Weakness Proves Strength Of Input Controls To Save Rivers
Wednesday, 11 August 2021, 4:57 pm | Choose Clean Water
Freshwater campaigners say the independent review of farm modelling tool, 'Overseer', released today has found profound weaknesses with the tool and in doing so has proved the strength of Government and regional councils turning to greater control of inputs ... More >>
Government Must Stand Strong On Freshwater Reform For All New Zealanders
Wednesday, 14 July 2021, 1:52 pm | Choose Clean Water
Campaigners say the Government must stand strong against pressure from some in the agricultural sector to weaken freshwater reforms, following the release today of the Government’s consultation document on freshwater farm plans and fencing rules. ... More >>
Wairarapa Water Ltd.’s Bad Science And Poor Process A Warning Bell For All
Monday, 21 December 2020, 1:31 pm | Choose Clean Water
Freshwater campaigners say Wairarapa iwi Rangitāne o Wairarapa statement released today highlighting their concerns around Wairarapa Water Ltd’s “rushed time frames and incorrect information” is an important warning bell for the public and politicians. ... More >>
Fish & Game Endangers Its Vital Public Role By Moving Closer To Federated Farmers
Friday, 27 November 2020, 3:49 pm | Choose Clean Water
Freshwater Campaigners Say The NZ Fish And Game Council Is Endangering Its Vital Public Role In The Protection Of Rivers And Lakes If It Moves Closer To Federated Farmers, Following Today’s Announcement On The Two Organisations’ Intention To ... More >>
Water Campaigners Welcome Greens’ Focus On Nitrogen Pollution
Saturday, 12 September 2020, 12:16 pm | Choose Clean Water
Water campaigners are welcoming the Greens’ focus on nitrogen pollution in the party’s ‘Farming for the future’ policy released today. “Excessive nitrogen in our waterways is impacting the health of people, rivers and lakes, and wildlife ... More >>
Water Storage Should Not Be Prioritised Over Waste & Drinking Water Infrastructure
Thursday, 11 June 2020, 5:03 pm | Choose Clean Water
The Government should be putting public health first in its post-Covid spending, freshwater campaigners say, prioritising waste and drinking water infrastructure over water storage Campaigners from Choose Clean Water were disappointed to learn ... More >>
Crucial Policy Missing From Government’s Water Announcement, Say Campaigners
Thursday, 28 May 2020, 12:16 pm | Choose Clean Water
Freshwater campaigners are frustrated the Government has delayed a crucial decision on nitrogen pollution for a further 12 months until after the election. “We have urged the Government many times to put in place clear and unequivocal limits for ... More >>
Strong Water Rules Essential As New Report Shows Most NZ Rivers Polluted
Thursday, 16 April 2020, 12:39 pm | Choose Clean Water
A government report released today shows most New Zealand rivers are polluted, highlighting why strong water rules are urgently needed, say freshwater campaigners. The report shows most of our waterways are under stress and many are severely impacted. In our ... More >>
Industry Lobbyists And Politicians – Don’t Exploit Covid-19 Crisis To Push Long-held Agendas
Monday, 23 March 2020, 11:18 am | Choose Clean Water
It is irresponsible and dishonest for agricultural industry lobbyists and opportunistic politicians to exploit the Covid-19 crisis for their unrelated political agendas, say freshwater campaign group Choose Clean Water. Federated Farmers have called for ... More >>
‘Don’t Fail Us On Water, PM’: Togs, Towels And A Serious Message At Parliament Today
Monday, 2 March 2020, 7:38 am | Choose Clean Water
A group of young freshwater campaigners are getting their togs on, grabbing a towel and heading to parliament at rush hour this morning with a message to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern; “Don’t fail us on water.” The group, from the student-established ... More >>
