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Question 6172 (2026)
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Lan Pham
List MP · Green Party
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Does she accept 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", if not, why not?
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Hon Penny Simmonds
Member for Invercargill · National Party · Minister for the Environment
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Yes. The sources of nitrate pollution are well documented, including in Our Environment 2025 (https://environment.govt.nz/publications/our-environment-2025/) and Our Freshwater 2023 (https://environment.govt.nz/publications/our-freshwater-2023/).