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Labour Party leader Jacinda Ardern says after National came into power it shelved the Environment Court judge David Sheppard’s national policy statement (NPS) initiated by the last Labour government.

If elected, Labour’s charge on water for irrigation will be a “small royalty” for all “substantial takes”, says spokesman for water and the environment David Parker.

Why is it important to reduce sediment, phosphorus and E. coli losses from winter grazed paddocks?

New rules excluding stock from waterways are coming, but they have to be sensible, practical and affordable, says Cathy Begley, leader of Federated Farmers’ water team.

Sir Peter Gluckman’s report on the state of our fresh water hits the nail on the head.

While the public might hope for rapid restoration of water quality in all rivers and lakes in New Zealand, this is unrealistic and scientifically impossible.

At least 1000 submissions have been received on the proposed controversial Waikato Healthy Rivers plan change.

Treating water collected from roofs, streams, springs, bores often falls into property owners’ too-hard basket, the excuse sometimes being that drinking the stuff builds immunities to local nasties.

Water, soil monitoring, irrigation and weather systems will be hot topics at this year’s East Coast Farming Expo, as the region battles the effects of another summer drought.