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Forest & Bird freshwater advocate Annabeth Cohen said all New Zealanders wanted to see their local rivers flourishing with life, “full of native fish and insects, and surrounded by bush and birdsong”. “We urge the Government to accept the scientific consensus that ecosystem health is not possible if nitrate pollution in waterways exceeds 1 milligram per litre. “This is a conservative standard of freshwater quality, despite what the agri-industry would have New Zealand believe.”
RNZ
Environment Minister David Parker told Morning Report there are no plans to immediately reduce the New Zealand standard for nitrates in drinking water . (First published February 23, 2021) Marnie Prickett, of Choose Clean Water, said the groups were united in backing the science, which was clear and robust.
Zodie Bonnett, Gateway programme coordinator at Ellesmere College, said about 10 senior students from her programme had put their hands up to help out flood-stricken locals. “The kids just wanted to help. We put a call-out to farmers to see who needed help and one just got back to us to say he really needed some support, so we re going out on Tuesday.” The students would help clear a farm in Sheffield near the Waimakariri River, which had sustained significant damage to fences and had debris strewn across it. Bonnett said she was very proud of the students who had taken it upon themselves to help locals in need.
Caroline Amyes05:00, Jun 06 2021
CAROLINE AMYES
The Selwyn River breaks its banks at Bealey Rd, during flooding earlier this week.
OPINION: On Monday, May 24 the long-range forecast showed some pretty serious rainfall on the way. We were hopeful it would ease over the ensuing days but two days later there was no change. No warnings were out at this stage and we were worried some farmers might not be aware of what was coming at them. We don’t normally do weather alerts, but decided to send out an email to our Canterbury Federated Farmers members, so they could start preparing. On Thursday the ‘Red alert’ was announced. If the forecast was right, this was going to be big. Over the next few days farmers focused on getting stock on the highest ground available and moving feed close for ease of access.
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