Does the Minister agree with the Minister for the Environment's response to written question 6172 (2026), in which the Minister stated that "Yes. The sources of nitrate pollution are well documented...", when asked if she accepted the findings of the Environment Southland report on nitrate contamination in groundwater that "Monitoring data, land-use patterns, and established nitrogen cycling science all indicate that agriculture is the primary source of nitrate contamination in Southland’s groundwater"?

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Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

• Does the Minister agree with the Minister for the Environment's response to written question 6172 (2026), in which the Minister stated that "Yes. The sources of nitrate pollution are well documented...", when asked if she accepted the findings of the Environment Southland report on nitrate contamination in groundwater that "Monitoring data, land-use patterns, and established nitrogen cycling science all indicate that agriculture is the primary source of nitrate contamination in Southland’s groundwater"?