Wednesday, 18 February 2026 11:20

Pollution hypocrisy

Written by Milking It

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OPINION: In recent weeks beaches in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch have been unsafe to swim in because of recent heavy rain triggering wastewater overflows throughout the region.

Yet there’s been no response from Greenpeace, which claims to carry the flag to promote clean waterways in NZ.

Compare this to Greenpeace’s response to effluent breaches in the dairy industry – protests, petitions and putting graffiti on private properties.

Shouldn’t Greenpeace be protesting outside the council offices and calling the mayors and councillors out for not effectively controlling wastewater discharges.

Or is it one rule for the farming sector and another for municipal councils?

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