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| 15 June 2010 |
$47,000
in fines for North Waikato effluent offending
Environment Waikato
A North Waikato dairying operation and its manager
have been fined a total of almost $50,000 after admitting unlawful
spilling of effluent from a holding pond on to land... |
| 5 Feb 2010 |
Hydrology
report examines pine to pasture flood risk
Environment Waikato
Future pine-to-pasture conversions in the Upper
Waikato River catchment between Taupo and Karapiro could generally
increase the risk of localised flooding of streams feeding the upper
river... |
| 25 Sept 2009 |
Crafars
in hot water again
Dominion Post
Farm moguls Allan and Frank Crafar are in trouble
again for dirty dairying... |
| 19 Sept 2009 |
Dirty
farm rules may mean compo
Dominion Post
Farmers accused of polluting the scenic Mohaka
River in Hawke's
Bay could get financial compensation from ratepayers to help
them comply with tough new pollution rules... |
| 10 Sept 2009 |
Hawke's
Bay Regional Council set to get tough on dirty river
Dominion Post
New rules to tackle pollution in the scenic Mohaka
River are being prepared by Hawke's Bay Regional Council, which
is promising zero-tolerance against farmers who breach their consents... |
| 9 Sept 2009 |
'Hounded'
Crafar family sells up dairy farms
Stuff
One of the country's biggest dairy farming operations
say they have been hounded by authorities over dirty dairying and
will sell all their farms... |
| 28 Aug 2009 |
Fines
show intolerance of environmental offending
Environment Waikato
Significant fines handed out today to a Crafar
farming company and members of the Crafar family are a clear sign
of the intolerance the courts and the wider community have for environmental
offending that further degrades water quality, says Environment
Waikato... |
| 6 Aug 2009 |
Death
of a waterway
Dominion Post
The Mohaka
River, a wilderness river protected by an act of Parliament
is being turned into a fouled, murky waterway by intensive dairying,
Fish and Game says.... |
| 5 Aug 2009 |
Earthworks
contractor and farmer fined nearly $59,000
Environment Waikato
A Matamata dairy farmer and an earthworks contractor
have collectively been fined nearly $59,000 in total for illegal,
large-scale earthworks which led to tonnes of extra sediment getting
into the Waihou
River in 2007... |
| 29 July 2009 |
Judge
sends clear message to farming industry
Environment Waikato
A Tirau farmer and an earthworks contractor have
been fined a total of more than $60,000 over the cutting of a large
farm track which threatened to discharge large amounts of sediment
into the Oraka
Stream, a recognised trout stream... |
| 23 July 2009 |
Dirty
farmers supply dirty companies
Fish & Game New Zealand
“The lack of quick action by Fonterra and
dairy farming leadership following yet another series of convictions
for dirty dairying by the Crafars makes a mockery of claims by Fonterra
that it takes environmental responsibility seriously,” said
Bryce Johnson, Chief Executive, New Zealand Fish & Game Council... |
| 12 Jun 2009 |
NZ
fish killed by water quality
Science Alert
Increasing urbanisation and more intensive farming
are killing New Zealand's freshwater fish species by degrading water
quality, says the author of a report published this week by the
Ministry for the Environment.
Dr Mike Joy, a senior lecturer in the ecology
group of the University's Institute of Natural Resources, reviewed
22 500 records of fish communities nationally and found they show
significant decline over the past 40 years. The most dramatic
impacts are in waterways adjoining pastoral and urban sites... |
| 9 Jun 2009 |
Minister
announces new forum for freshwater management
NZPA
New Zealand's use of fresh water is to be reformed
under a new government initiative announced last night.
Environment Minister Nick Smith told the annual
Environment Defence Society conference the changes to fresh water
management need a collaborative approach...
There was a history of sector groups taking extreme,
and opposing, positions and "this culture has not served New
Zealand well", Dr Smith said.
"One of the worst examples has been the
debate over freshwater where in recent years Fish and Game has run
a `dirty dairying' campaign, while Federated Farmers have responded
with accusations of `economic treason'."... |
| 6 May 2009 |
NZ
Dairy Strategy - Environment Must Be A Priority
Otago Daily Times
Fish
and Game New Zealand await with interest the launch of the Strategy
for New Zealand Dairy Farming by the Prime Minister, John Key on
Tuesday.
The adverse environmental effects of intensive
agriculture, and dairy framing in particular, are well understood
and recognised by central and local government, the agricultural
sector and the public of New Zealand... |
| 13 Mar 2009 |
Fonterra’s
five biggest challenges: “Dirty Dairying”
National Business Review
When the Dairy Board, Kiwi Dairies and New Zealand
Dairies all merged into super entity Fonterra, you might as well
have painted a giant target circle on its forehead for all the eco-activists
to throw darts at.
There is no question that the New Zealand dairy
industry has a grotty environmental past. And as it intensified
its production, consolidated its holdings and expanded its influence,
the side effects grew worse... |
| 12 Mar 2009 |
Ministers
slam farmers dirtying NZ waterways
New Zealand Herald
"Recalcitrant" farmers who refuse to
comply with measures to keep waterways clean are risking New Zealand's
image and will face tough penalties, government ministers said today.
Speaking at the Dairying and Clean Streams Accord
Snapshot of Progress 2007-2008 report launch, Environment Minister
Nick Smith, Rural Minister David Carter and other speakers all condemned
farmers who were not doing their bit... |
| 12 Mar 2009 |
Voluntary
dirty streams accord a roaring success
Green Party
The voluntary Clean Streams Accord has failed
and it's time to set enforceable water quality standards, Green
Party Co-Leader Russel Norman said today.
"Water quality in New Zealand's rivers and
lakes continues to get worse according to all the scientific evidence.
"It's time for central government to step in with enforceable
standards ... |
| 12 Mar 2009 |
Streams
getting cleaner but more work needed
Press Release: New Zealand Government
Agriculture Minister David Carter is welcoming
the progress made by the dairy industry in cleaning up rivers and
streams on dairy farms, but is sending a strong message to farmers
who still refuse to toe the line... |
| 12 Mar 2009 |
Clean
streams accord stalled
Press Release: Fish and Game New Zealand
The fifth annual snapshot of progress on the
Dairying and Clean Streams Accord released today makes a mockery
of the proposition that "education leads to voluntary change"
said Bryce Johnson, Chief Executive of the New Zealand Fish &
Game Council.... |
| 12 Mar 2009 |
Clean
Streams snapshot out of focus
Press Release: Royal Forest And Bird Protection
Society
Levels of serious non-compliance over discharge
of dairy farm effluent have been miscalculated by the Dairying and
Cleans Streams Accord Snapshot Report, Forest & Bird says... |
| 12 Mar 2009 |
Farmers
make good progress toward clean streams
Press Release: Fonterra
The latest results from the Dairying and Clean
Streams Accord for the 2007/08 season showed a slight improvement
in the overall level of significant non-compliance with Regional
Council dairy effluent rules, along with a rise in the level of
full compliance... |
| 12 Mar 2009 |
Cleaner
waterways achievable through partnership
Press Release: Local Government NZ
Cleaning up New Zealand‘s waterways from
the impacts of dairy farming is achievable if all parties take an
active role, have accurate monitoring and are committed to making
the Dairying and Clean Streams Accord work, said Local Government
New Zealand National Council spokesperson Stephen Cairns... |
| 12 Mar 2009 |
Clean
streams accord part of a much bigger picture
Press Release: Dairy NZ
DairyNZ says the Dairying and Clean Streams Accord
is just one example of the initiatives undertaken to improve dairy
farming‘s effect on the environment, and it is a strong supporter
of farmers taking action to meet the Accord... |
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