The protected conservation land must be flooded for the irrigation project to go ahead.

COMMENT: Opportunities Party has policy that makes sense.

Water and pollution are shaping up to be a key issue come election time.

As climate changes, so does the frequency and magnitude of floods and droughts.

HBRC to join others seeking Environment Court clarification on dam project consent.

Mayor says private homeowners overload sewage system. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Logging near Marton water supply abandoned due to run-off risk

Water quality in cities was twice as bad as on farmland, Nick Smith said today.

Hawke's Bay Regional Council recommended to add and alter RWSS conditions precedent.

Government's changes to water standards slammed as "trickery".

Water NZ chief executive - industry needs to learn from the Water Inquiry's findings

A decision on the future of the controversial Ruataniwha water storage scheme looms.

A Waterways Act that puts all water bodies in trust for future generations would be timely

Action Station stage a poop emoji protest to highlight our polluted rivers

COMMENT: People have known there is a problem with our waterways long before new report.

The state of Hawke's Bay's local waterways is in crisis, writes Trevor Le-Lievre.

Two damning reports on farming greeted by Government silence, says green campaigner.

Farming is improving its products to meet environmental and nutritional demands.

Any commercial operation turning water into money should expect to have to pay.

COMMENT: If we are charging for water, farmers probably should pay for it, too.

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

GREEN TINGE: Naomi Hall took this photo of the bathwater in her Mount Maunganui home. PHOTO / NAOMI HALL Naomi_Hall_Green_Water.JPG By

A third organisation has quit the Land and Water Forum in protest about freshwater standards

Broadlands Forest Resident Graham Sperry spotted what he believes may be sewage on the river bank over the weekend, and is worried it could pose a health risk. Made with funding from NZ On Air

COMMENT: New Zealand clean and green? Try mean and short-sighted.

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

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.

Some say the Government's water-quality proposals are not ambitious enough, but others - including farmers - are cautiously optimistic.