{"id":76640,"date":"2026-04-09T10:12:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T22:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/?p=76640"},"modified":"2026-04-09T10:14:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T22:14:33","slug":"new-zealands-water-quality-in-a-dire-state-new-govt-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/new-zealands-water-quality-in-a-dire-state-new-govt-report\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand\u2019s water quality in a dire state: New govt report\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A new report on New Zealand\u2019s fresh water from the Ministry for Environment has been released, revealing that its quality and safety has been worsening.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/ebebf9501bcd56a598aa9f357\/files\/23c71180-c969-d59b-97ff-ca4f1d70e28f\/EMBARGOED_our_freshwater_2026.pdf\">The report outlines <\/a>that between 2019 and 2024, 45 percent of groundwater monitoring sites had E. coli levels above legal limits for New Zealand drinking water on at least one occasion, and 12 percent had nitrate levels above legal limits.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>The report also detailed that between 2020 to 2024, modelling estimated that 44 percent of New Zealand\u2019s total river length was not suitable for activities like swimming.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/ebebf9501bcd56a598aa9f357\/files\/23c71180-c969-d59b-97ff-ca4f1d70e28f\/EMBARGOED_our_freshwater_2026.pdf\">Read the report here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>Greenpeace has been ringing the alarm bells on New Zealand\u2019s water safety for years; recently visiting parliament to ask politicians to drink water from rural taps &#8211; with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/greenpeace-challenges-mps-to-drink-nitrate-contaminated-water-at-parliament\/\">nearly all of them refusing.&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>Greenpeace freshwater campaigner Will Appelbe says, \u201cNew Zealand is in a freshwater crisis. 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