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The Government has accepted the Environment Court's recommendation to give special legal protection to New Zealand's largest freshwater springs, Te Waikoropup Springs (also known as Pup Springs), Environment Minister David Parker announced today. "Te Waikoropup Springs, near Takaka in Golden Bay, have the second clearest water in New Zealand after Blue Lake in Nelson Lakes National Park. The springs and their aquifer will receive the highest possible level of legal protection, under a new water conservation order (WCO). "WCOs are reserved for outstanding water bodies, and this is the first to be made in a decade. "The WCO recognises the springs' environmental and recreational values, and their significance for iwi/Mori. Those values will be protected and sustained," David Parker said. The Environment Court found that the natural state of the springs was at significant risk from human-induced pollution. "I am delighted that the springs now have thei

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