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Following Reply 36523 (2026), does the Minister consider that something about the media coverage of Laghmor School's drinking water supply breaching the nitrate drinking water limit "unfairly vilified" farmers?

Answered Question 37998 (2026)
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Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  • Following Reply 36523 (2026), does the Minister consider that something about the media coverage of Laghmor School's drinking water supply breaching the nitrate drinking water limit "unfairly vilified" farmers?

Answered by

Hon Nicola Grigg

Member for Selwyn · National Party · Minister for the Environment

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My response was not a comment on any specific media coverage. I believe environmental issues should be discussed in a balanced and evidence-based way, while recognising the efforts many farmers have made to improve environmental outcomes.