{"id":62248,"date":"2024-02-01T14:07:06","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T01:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/?p=62248"},"modified":"2024-07-11T12:13:30","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T00:13:30","slug":"greenpeace-releases-government-letter-plans-to-override-environmental-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/greenpeace-releases-government-letter-plans-to-override-environmental-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter from Government on plans to override environmental laws"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The organisation says that the Government&#8217;s plans to ditch freshwater rules and Te Mana o Te Wai are an attack on New Zealanders&#8217; access to safe, clean freshwater and drinking water.<\/p>\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" 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