{"id":3809,"date":"2018-07-04T15:03:22","date_gmt":"2018-07-04T03:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/new-zealand\/?p=3809"},"modified":"2025-05-16T07:50:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T19:50:11","slug":"dairying-in-the-mackenzie-how-far-is-too-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/dairying-in-the-mackenzie-how-far-is-too-far\/","title":{"rendered":"Dairying in the Mackenzie &#8211; how far is too far?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When it comes to extremes we all have different limits. And sometimes we have to reach those nasty edges to appreciate they do exist. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Extremes have been reached with the mega dairy farm planned for the Mackenzie Basin. A huge industrial dairying project that\u2019s seen 12 environmental activists arrested and dragged off by police this week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The idea of restraining the expansion of New Zealand\u2019s virulent dairy industry is something the country\u2019s been grappling with since well before the election. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If we don\u2019t work it out soon our international reputation is in trouble. Our clean green image might transform into a slimy green one reminiscent of the algal bloom in our rivers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s been a growing realisation, as an OECD report on New Zealand puts it, that we are hitting our environmental limits for intensive dairying. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Greenpeace believes we\u2019ve already seriously breached those limits as the country faces rampant water pollution, rising climate emissions and now, degradation of landscapes like the Mackenzie. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sustainable agriculture campaigner Gen Toop says \u201cThis dairy incursion into the iconic and world renowned Mackenzie country is a major threat to the environment and to the reputation of NZ\u2019s dairy industry in the international markets it relies on.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And judging by the iconic pictures of New Zealand whizzing around social media with the hashtag #Savethemackenzie that is a clear and present danger.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But maybe, just maybe there\u2019s some grudging consensus that we\u2019ve stumbled over the hard edged limit for industrial dairying &#8211; into the golden tussock lands of the Mackenzie.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The last 24 hours has seen muted agreement from unexpected quarters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nathan Guy former Agricultural Minister under National went on the record saying it was a \u201cunfortunate\u201d \u00a0that the Mackenzie mega farm received its first consents. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mr Guy\u2019s comments come after Fonterra, the big kahuna of the dairy world, casually tweeted that it too was not wildly in favour of the Mackenzie mega-farm. \u201cWe\u2019d prefer not to see more dairy expansion in the Mackenzie Basin\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The language is moderate but such a statement would have been unthinkable this time last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But Greenpeace says \u201cFonterra and other industry leaders need to go further than just words, and actually get behind the campaign to ban dairy conversions.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A small poll run by The Country radio show with a large rural listenership showed those against dairying in the Mackenzie vastly outnumber those in favour 61 per cent to 39.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the Feds, that\u2019s the Federated Farmers not the FBI, their spokesman Chris Allen has indicated that having large numbers of cows on the Mackenzie is not ideal. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBecause there are biodiversity and landscape values to be considered, and I know farmers who are opposed,&#8221; 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