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Greenpeace is calling for the Ruataniwha dam project in Hawke\u2019s Bay to be scrapped in light of the latest lead on the gastro outbreak.<\/p>\n

“River pollution from the Tukituki has been identified as a highly possible cause of the outbreak – the worst of its kind in our history,\u201d said Greenpeace Agriculture spokesperson Genevieve Toop.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Ruataniwha irrigation dam will compound the pollution problem by driving intensive dairy farming in the Tukituki catchment. If ever there was a time to pull the plug on this scheme it\u2019s now.\u201d<\/p>\n

A former GNS Science hydrogeologist says contaminated water from the Tukituki River could have infected the Havelock North water supply. Cows,sheep or deer are thought to be to blame. <\/p>\n

\u201cGreenpeace has been saying for some time that the Ruataniwha Dam will put local water sources at risk, because it will enable more dairy cows on the Ruataniwha Plains,\u201d said Ms Toop. \u201cWhat\u2019s happened in the last week and a half is a massive wake-up call. The local council needs to consign the dam plan to the scrap heap.<\/p>\n

\u201cHuman health must come before more industrial dairying,” said Ms Toop. “The health of our waterways must come before industrial dairying.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last week public health professor Michael Baker told Radio NZ<\/a> that New Zealand\u2019s drinking water is \u201cunder huge pressure from\u2026intensification of dairying, which is obviously contaminating surface water a lot more.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cDespite the risks, the Government is throwing over half a billion taxpayer dollars at big irrigation schemes, not just in Hawke\u2019s Bay but across the country, and local councils are pouring in millions of dollars of ratepayers\u2019 money. That money should instead be going into better, more ecological farming practices.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe should be cleaning up and protecting our rivers and water supplies, not building giant irrigation schemes that will make the problem worse,\u201d said Ms Toop. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe can\u2019t risk a repeat of what we\u2019re seeing in Hawke\u2019s Bay.\u201d<\/p>\n

ENDS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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