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1. Mandy
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   Nearly half of our monitored rivers are unsafe for swimming and two-thirds of our native freshwater fish are threatened or at risk.

   We've needed a National Policy Statement to address national water quality, and yesterday it was released. However it fell short of the mark, specifically by failing to set a national standard for water quality.

   In this interview on Radio New Zealand National our Advocacy Manager, Kevin Hackwell explains its shortcomings

   http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20110509-1808-New_water_rules_fall_short_say_critics-048.mp3

   And here's the press release -

   http://www.forestandbird.org.nz/what-we-do/publications/media-releases/freshwater-policy-won’t-stop-pollution

   Posted 1 year ago #

2. auckland anne
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   Be interesting to see where their $246(?)million clean-up funding goes to.
   The "Irrigation Acceleration" package sounds..."interesting"...
   http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/4981174/Move-to-clean-up-waterways-toothless

   Posted 1 year ago #

3. Mandy
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   Ah yes.

   Just saw this BBC interview with John Key which questions NZ's Clean Green image given Dr Joy's comments last week. It's bloody brilliant.

   http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/hardtalk/9480610.stm

   Posted 1 year ago #

4. Mandy
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   Here's a great follow up interview by TVNZ 7 with Mike Joy addressing the study that Key quoted. Thanks kukupa

   http://tvnz.co.nz/media7/s6-e16-extra-video-4181157

   Posted 1 year ago #

5. Mandy
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   And if you missed it - here's an op-ed in the Herald by our own Kevin Hackwell reflecting on both the water policy statement and this new 35 million dollar irrigation plan.

   http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10727547

   Posted 12 months ago #

6. auckland anne
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   Do we know how where and how this money is going to be used to facilitate more irrigation? I'd have thought it would just require changes to legislation, and not funds. Unless it's for greasing the palms of would-be objectors??...8-)

   Posted 12 months ago #

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