New Zealand’s water quality in a dire state: New govt report
Nearly half of groundwater sites contaminated. Rivers you can’t swim in. This isn’t a warning anymore.

Nearly half of groundwater sites contaminated. Rivers you can’t swim in. This isn’t a warning anymore.

If it’s safe, drink it. That’s the challenge Greenpeace just laid down on Parliament’s lawn — and it cuts straight through years of political avoidance on nitrate contamination.

Greenpeace slams Fonterra’s $4.2b brand sale, citing water pollution, methane emissions and climate impacts from intensive dairying.