{"id":75185,"date":"2025-12-15T11:11:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T22:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/?p=75185"},"modified":"2026-04-08T15:54:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T03:54:05","slug":"greenpeace-dumps-2-metric-tonnes-of-slime-at-fonterra-hq-before-shareholders-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/greenpeace-dumps-2-metric-tonnes-of-slime-at-fonterra-hq-before-shareholders-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenpeace dumps 2 metric tonnes of slime at Fonterra HQ before shareholders meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Greenpeace activists have upset Fonterra\u2019s Shareholders\u2019 Fund meeting at the dairy giant\u2019s Auckland HQ this morning, establishing a \u2018nitrate emergency quarantine zone\u2019 around the building and <strong>dumping 2000 litres of slime in front of the entrances.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/12\/2089eae7-dscf2149-small-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-75188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/12\/2089eae7-dscf2149-small-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/12\/2089eae7-dscf2149-small-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/12\/2089eae7-dscf2149-small-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/12\/2089eae7-dscf2149-small-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/12\/2089eae7-dscf2149-small.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Greenpeace activists bring the Nitrate Emergency back to Fonterra HQ; setting up a quarantine zone for shareholders to walk through before the meeting. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s easy for Fonterra executives in their shiny offices to ignore the growing nitrate crisis that they have caused in rural New Zealand, so we&#8217;ve brought the crisis to their front door,\u201d says Greenpeace agriculture campaigner Sin\u00e9ad Deighton-O\u2019Flynn.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cPeoples\u2019 health is being put at risk from contaminated drinking water. Canterbury has just declared a nitrate emergency. Fonterra is responsible for this.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cFonterra and its investors are making a killing at the expense of peoples\u2019 health and access to safe, clean drinking water &#8211; especially in Canterbury. It\u2019s time for Fonterra to stop disregarding the health of rural communities, and prioritising the profits of its investors. That means cutting the herd size and ending the use of synthetic nitrogen fertiliser.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>Greenpeace activists wearing hazmat suits labelled \u2018Nitrate Emergency Quarantine Unit\u2019 have set up a large containment tent outside the main entrance to Fonterra\u2019s offices. They have also surrounded the building with a green slime that is similar to what is found in New Zealand rivers and lakes as a result of e coli and nitrate from intensive dairying. <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/12\/2f1c06f2-dscf2181-small-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-75190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/12\/2f1c06f2-dscf2181-small-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/12\/2f1c06f2-dscf2181-small-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/12\/2f1c06f2-dscf2181-small-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/12\/2f1c06f2-dscf2181-small-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/12\/2f1c06f2-dscf2181-small.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Activists created a decontamination zone in front of Fonterra HQ, where &#8220;toxic&#8221; river slime was dumped for shareholders to walk through.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>A growing body of evidence shows nitrate in drinking water is linked to health problems including, bowel cancer, preterm birth and blue baby syndrome.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cNew Zealand has too many cows. Fonterra\u2019s oversized dairy farms use too much synthetic nitrogen fertiliser to feed them, leading to cow urine and fertiliser ending up in groundwater supplies, and eventually drinking water. Fonterra relies on an intensive dairying model to maximise its profits, and this way of farming is making people sick,\u201d says Deighton-O\u2019Flynn.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cThe primary cause of the nitrate crisis is fertiliser and dairy cow urine. And yet, there are plans to add 35,000 more dairy cows to the Canterbury Plains. More cows means more nitrate contamination in rural communities\u2019 drinking water.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cThere can be no more dairy expansions, period. This is an emergency and it\u2019s time for Fonterra to take accountability by <strong>reducing the dairy herd size immediately<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>Fonterra\u2019s Shareholders Fund meeting comes just weeks after Greenpeace water testing revealed that many town water supplies in Southland and Canterbury communities are contaminated with nitrate at levels <strong>above those associated with preterm birth risks.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>Earlier this year, Environment Canterbury declared a nitrate emergency over nitrate contamination in drinking water in an effort to address this issue. 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