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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 10, 2020 4:33:41 GMT 12
POLLUTION LIMIT EXEMPTIONS FOR FOOD-GROWING AREAS 'GROSSLY INEQUITABLE'The Government failed to consult iwi and its own scientists before quietly recommending new water pollution limits should not apply to two of the country's best food-growing areas. A package announced in May was praised for introducing stronger targets on nitrogen toxicity in lakes and rivers, but now officials say they want Pukekohe and Horowhenua catchments to be exempt. Horowhenua iwi leaders met with the Minister for the Environment, David Parker, this week, following a letter to his office reminding the Government of its Treaty of Waitangi obligations...... www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12346786
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