Time To Dump Te Mana O Te Wai, National Bottom Lines

Time To Dump Te Mana O Te Wai, National Bottom Lines

“Under Labour and the Greens, farmers not only had to manage the day-to-day challenges of farming but also navigate an onslaught of red tape and costs,” says ACT MP and dairy farmer Mark Cameron.

Luxon Government to favour dairy pollution at the expense of drinking water – Greenpeace

Luxon’s Government is once again putting corporate profits ahead of people’s health by proposing freshwater policies that will drive more dairy pollution at the expense of safe drinking water and swimmable rivers. The proposed changes to the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management, announced today,  include giving more favour to corporate uses of water like intensive dairy. This fundamentally undermines Te Mana O Te Wai, the framewor…