Wells up to 20m deep, mostly in the Selwyn Waihora zone, are being affected according to Environment Canterbury.

Protecting waterways for future generations was the catch cry of a Hawke's Bay rally yesterday demanding safe, clean water. At midday

Hamiltonians gather outside Waikato Regional Council as New Zealand Water Forum petition delivered to Parliament. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Contrary to claims, about 80 per cent of NZ's waterways have stable or improving water quality.

Nick Smith's myth about making waterways "swimmable" is turning out to be a bigger slice of preposterousness than even I at first

Taupō woman Alana Delich is so incensed by the new 'swimmable' water standards rules proposed that she is calling for a protest.

The Government wants 9 per cent of rivers and streams kind of swimmable for much of the time 23 years from now, Forest & Bird chief

People washing their vehicles in a rare dune lake are threatening its ecological status.

Forest and Bird says most rivers and streams are excluded from Government's plan to clean up waterways.

Horizons Regional Council's water quality beats new government guidelines.

Horizons Regional Council is ahead of the Government when it comes to cleaning up our waterways. Last week Environment Minister Nick

A herd of cows photographed cooling off in the river that supplies drinking water to Horowhenua were due to be moved away from the

COMMENT: Moral implications seem a bridge too far in decisions on management of key resource, opines Rachel Stewart.

Residents react to photographs of cows wading in the river which feeds the local water supply.

The Government's new fresh water reforms will see the erection of 56,000km of fences, enough to go around the world one and a half

Northland swimming spots have better water quality than the picture painted by central Government, says the NRC.

The Government has moved the goalposts to achieve its aim of 90 per cent swimmable waterways faster, Whanganui's Nicola Patrick says. Water

Horizons Regional Council has been working to make the region's waterways healthier for 10 years and has made a tangible difference

In "clean, green New Zealand" just 72 per cent of rivers, streams and lakes are considered safe for swimming and it will remain that way for a while.

Media representation of the Government's recent waterways plan has one very important voice missing...New Zealand's farmers, says Craig Wiggins.

Two days in the Environment Court last week could set some national precedents in the way intensive farming is regulated to protect

A Te Arawa hapu is threatening legal action to gain control of the western shores of Lake Rotorua.

The Bay people and their environment have been through so much in the past few years, from Wairoa down to Waipawa. The disastrous

Given the right tools and guidance, monitoring of streams and rivers by 'citizen scientists' can produce reliable data and other useful

Dr Tim Mackle is pleased with the report and says the Government is heading in the same direction as DairyNZ.

COMMENT: The Government's plan to clean up waterways is an attempt to look as though action's being taken, when in reality nothing's happening, says Mark Dye.

Environment groups are upset that rivers deemed to be "excellent for swimming" under new water quality standards could still make

Today the show is brought to you by the fresh water quality standards policy announcement ... phew!

New target would require cleaning up 10,000km of waterways at a cost of $2 billion.

New Zealanders are being blatantly misled by Greenpeace on dairying and its environmental footprint, according to DairyNZ chief executive