Greenpeace is today conducting free drop-in water testing at Dunsandel , to enable Canterbury households to check their water for nitrate contamination. Cantabrians are invited to bring 100mL of their bore water in a clean container to the Dunsandel .
High nitrate levels have been found in previous testing around Dunsandel, sparking fears about how safe private residents’ water really was. Last year, Selwyn landowner Mike Glover held a testing session at the Springston Hall for concerned residents and was surprised to see 100 people turn up. Using a professional nitrate tester, he tested 80 samples and delivered some shocking results, including a 11.5mg per litre reading near Dunsandel.
Stuff has also been told of one resident, who did not want to be named, recording 14mg per litre. The Selwyn district has specifically been under the microscope because of high nitrate levels that regional council Environment Canterbury (ECan) blamed on farming intensification.
Saturday, 1 May 2021, 1:02 pm
Hunters and fishers would largely be deprived from
participation and management of their sports body, NZ Fish
and Game, if recommendations contained in a recently
released Government-instigated review of their organisation
are adopted, states the New Zealand Federation of Freshwater
Anglers (NZFFA).
“It takes out the heart of
‘user-pays/user says’,” says NZFFA president Dr Peter
Trolove.
The review proposes control being passed to
the Minister of Conservation and the Department of
Conservation (DOC).
“This so-called
‘independent’ review, called for by former Minister of
Conservation, Eugenie Sage, highlights a glaring conflict of
interest within a government department in which many see