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Is the Minister aware that since rules preventing dairy farm intensification without a resource consent lapsed in January 2025, Canterbury Regional Council has granted effluent discharge consents allowing for some 57,000 more dairy cows in Canterbury?

Answered Question 36516 (2026)
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Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

Question

  • Is the Minister aware that since rules preventing dairy farm intensification without a resource consent lapsed in January 2025, Canterbury Regional Council has granted effluent discharge consents allowing for some 57,000 more dairy cows in Canterbury?

Answered by

Hon Nicola Grigg

Member for Selwyn · National Party · Minister for the Environment

Answer

I am aware of reporting of dairy expansion in Canterbury, and am also aware that there have been different estimates of the size of that expansion.