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MfE report shows widespread water contamination caused by intensive dairy
A new MfE report released today on the state of New Zealand’s freshwater, highlights widespread impacts of intensive dairying on the environment and people’s health and should spur the Government to act, says Greenpeace Aotearoa.
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Greenpeace returns to Southland and Ashburton for free nitrate water testing in April
Greenpeace will offer free drop-in nitrate water testing to the public at events in Lumsden, Gore and Ashburton in April.
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Tears for the beauty, tears for the destruction
The landscapes and the creatures we encountered were so beautiful and precious, yet I also saw the industrial nature of New Zealand’s countryside.
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Poll shows growing support for cutting fertiliser and cows
New polling shows growing public support for calls to cut fertiliser, regulate the dairy industry to protect water and, while not yet a majority, lower dairy cow numbers.
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Public Meeting with Otago Uni health expert for Nitrate-hit Waimate
Greenpeace will be offering free drop-in water testing for nitrate-impacted Glenavy residents near Waimate, and on the same day host a public meeting on nitrate contamination with public health researcher Dr Tim Chambers at the Glenavy Hall on Tuesday 15 November at 7pm.
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Talking with rural people about water: If we don’t have clean water, what do we have? | GUEST POST
Approaching strangers out of the blue generally fills me with dread.
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What is Three Waters?
Greenpeace supports these Three Waters reforms but wants to see some changes to ensure that people's health and the health of our environment are protected and Te Mana o Te Wai is upheld.
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Giant cancer banner points at fertiliser factory
Early this morning Greenpeace confronted the fertiliser industry with an enormous, 1500 sq metre banner outside the Kapuni fertiliser factory in South Taranaki. The message highlights the link between synthetic…
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Heartache and hope: A tour of South Island dairy farming
The Greenpeace Aotearoa agriculture campaign addresses head-on, New Zealand’s biggest climate polluter: the industrial dairy industry which poisons rivers, contaminates drinking water and blazes the climate.
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NES-Drinking Water and Nitrate Contamination – Greenpeace briefing to Ministers
Greenpeace's briefing to Ministers on NES-Drinking Water and Nitrate Contamination. Healthy water for all.
