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  • Nitrate contamination water testing in Darfield, Canterbury
    Press release
    Food&Farming Freshwater Health

    Gore nitrate testing results still reaching reproductive risk levels

    Greenpeace Aotearoa is sounding the alarm over the nitrate level in Gore’s town supply, which has reached levels associated with reproductive risks.

    Rhiannon Mackie
    20 November 2025
  • Rangiora nitrate testing event
    Press release
    Food&Farming Freshwater

    Latest round of Greenpeace free nitrate testing kicks off in Gore

    Greenpeace’s latest round of free drinking water testing for nitrate contamination kicks off today in Gore, Southland.

    Rhiannon Mackie
    20 November 2025
  • Videos
    Freshwater

    Watch the documentary: Something in the Water

    Something in the Water tells the story of people in Canterbury, NZ who are standing up for safe drinking water and swimmable rivers.

    Rhiannon Mackie
    4 November 2025
  • Rangiora nitrate testing event
    Press release
    Freshwater Health

    In wake of Gore nitrate concerns, Greenpeace announces free drinking water nitrate testing in Southland, Canterbury

    Greenpeace will be running free nitrate testing in drinking water in Gore, Waimate, and Darfield in November.

    Rhiannon Mackie
    29 October 2025
  • Story
    Freshwater Health

    Free water testing for nitrate contamination – next stop Southland, Canterbury

    Find free nitrate contamination water testing near you, or request Greenpeace's free mail-in water testing.

    Rhiannon Mackie
    29 October 2025
    3 min read
  • Projection onto the Fonterra headquarters in Auckland, showing a modified Fonterra sign reading “The nitrate emergency: It starts here”
    Press release
    Food&Farming Freshwater

    ‘Nitrate emergency starts here’: Greenpeace brings water crisis back to Fonterra’s HQ

    Greenpeace has taken rural New Zealand’s nitrate emergency straight to the top, by projecting a modified Fonterra sign reading “The nitrate emergency: It starts here” onto the dairy giant’s Auckland…

    Rhiannon Mackie
    9 October 2025
  • Giant replica of a Fonterra farm sign reading "Warning! Nitrate Emergency” outside the controversial Wongan Hills dairy conversion in the Kaituna Valley - Canterbury’s first complete dairy conversion this year.
    Press release
    Climate Change Food&Farming Freshwater

    ‘Nitrate emergency starts here’: Greenpeace pins blame on Canterbury dairy conversions

    ‘The Nitrate Emergency: it starts here.’ That’s what a freshly-installed Fonterra farm sign said outside Canterbury’s first complete dairy conversion this morning. Greenpeace installed the modified Fonterra sign saying that…

    Will Appelbe
    3 October 2025
  • Press release
    Food&Farming Freshwater

    $26b in dirty money: Fonterra cashes in after contaminating drinking water

    Dirty money: that’s what Greenpeace is calling the $26 billion in revenue brought in by dairy giant Fonterra over the last financial year.

    Rhiannon Mackie
    25 September 2025
  • Story
    Food&Farming Freshwater Health

    What Environment Canterbury’s Nitrate Emergency Declaration means for the region

    Regional council Environment Canterbury has declared a Nitrate Emergency.  But what does this mean for drinking water protections?

    Will Appelbe
    22 September 2025
    6 min read
  • Press release
    Food&Farming Freshwater

    Greenpeace applauds ECan for declaring nitrate emergency, calls for candidates to pledge real action

    Greenpeace is welcoming Environment Canterbury’s decision to declare a nitrate emergency, calling it a long-overdue acknowledgement of a worsening health crisis. But the organisation warns that real action must follow,…

    Rhiannon Mackie
    17 September 2025
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