{"id":77882,"date":"2026-07-06T17:03:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T05:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/?p=77882"},"modified":"2026-07-06T17:04:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T05:04:44","slug":"greens-policy-announcement-a-win-for-fresh-water-and-oceans-but-labour-must-follow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/greens-policy-announcement-a-win-for-fresh-water-and-oceans-but-labour-must-follow\/","title":{"rendered":"Greens\u2019 policy announcement a win for fresh water and oceans, but Labour must follow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Greenpeace Aotearoa is welcoming the announcement from the Green Party that, if elected, they will phase out synthetic nitrogen fertiliser, reduce the size of the dairy herd and lower the legal limit for nitrate contamination.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, Greenpeace Freshwater Campaigner Will Appelbe warns that this is not the end of the road for water protections.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe welcome the announcement from the Greens that they will implement common-sense bottom lines for freshwater management and tackle the source of the pollution \u2013 the intensive dairy industry. But more needs to be done,\u201d says Appelbe.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPlaces like Canterbury and Southland are experiencing a nitrate crisis. Rural drinking water is being poisoned by fertiliser runoff and cow urine. And we need action now.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe dairy boom in those regions occurred over a relatively short space of time. We know we can change land use practices quickly, which those communities dealing with nitrate contamination desperately need.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Greenpeace is also welcoming commitments to protect more of the ocean surrounding Aotearoa, including phasing out destructive fishing practices like bottom trawling on seamounts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oceans campaigner Ellie Hooper says: \u201cProtecting vulnerable habitats from bottom trawling is urgent,so it\u2019s good to see it recognised in the Greens\u2019 policy. We would like to see a timeline for this as it\u2019s imperative bottom trawling is banned on seamounts by the end of 2027. Every year of delay is just furthering ocean depletion.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Greenpeace is calling on the Labour Party to adopt the policies.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Appelbe says, \u201cIt\u2019s time for Hipkins to copy the Greens\u2019 homework, and take action to stop dairy pollution. There is no time to lose, and peoples\u2019 lives depend on it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nitrate contamination in drinking water has been linked to several health risks, including bowel cancer&nbsp; and preterm birth. 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