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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.”
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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.
Big guns hired for courtroom showdown
Dome Valley landfill protesters have engaged a lawyer who has beaten Waste Management before to lead their fight in the Environment Court.
Fight the Tip Tiaki Te Whenua incorporated has engaged Andrew Braggins, a legal expert who successfully opposed Waste Management’s application to extend its Redvale landfill.
Mr Braggins is a partner in the law firm Berry Simmons, which specialises in environmental law.
Campaigner Michelle Carmichael expects the appeal will be filed by July 2, ahead of the July 5 deadline.
Each of the 958 people and organisations who submitted on the notified consent will be given the opportunity to be a party to the proceedings.
Panel chair unconvinced
Sheena Tepania
While four of the five commissioners who sat on the Waste Management resource consent hearings panel were satisfied that the adverse effects from the landfill could be mitigated, the chair, Sheena Tepania, was not.
In a separate 45-page section within the 317-page decision, Ms Tepania set out the reasons why she believed the application should have been refused.
She said that the actual and potential adverse effects of the landfill in terms of ecology and cultural views were significant and had not been avoided or mitigated to meet the purpose of the Resource Management Act.
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