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Does the Minister agree with the statement of James Meager MP that a story on One News about water from Laghmor School's previously used drinking water bore exceeding the maximum acceptable value for nitrate is "scaremongering by those with a clear agenda to denigrate farming in Mid Canterbury"?

Answered Question 36527 (2026)
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Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

Question

  • Does the Minister agree with the statement of James Meager MP that a story on One News about water from Laghmor School's previously used drinking water bore exceeding the maximum acceptable value for nitrate is "scaremongering by those with a clear agenda to denigrate farming in Mid Canterbury"?

Answered by

Hon Simon Watts

Member for North Shore · National Party · Minister of Local Government

Answer

As I am not familiar with the full context in which those comments were given and have not viewed the One News story in question, I do not have a view on that statement.