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Following 37325 (2026), what schools around New Zealand, if any, have exceeded half the Maximum Acceptable Value for nitrate in their drinking water supplies, the level at which additional monitoring requirements apply?

Answered Question 41067 (2026)
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Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  • Following 37325 (2026), what schools around New Zealand, if any, have exceeded half the Maximum Acceptable Value for nitrate in their drinking water supplies, the level at which additional monitoring requirements apply?

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Hon Erica Stanford

Member for East Coast Bays · National Party · Minister of Education

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I refer the Member to the attached table that lists schools known to the Ministry of Education (the Ministry) to have recorded nitrate concentrations exceeding half of the Maximum Acceptable Value in their water supplies. The Ministry does not maintain a complete national dataset of school water test results and the list may not include all schools that have exceeded this threshold.

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