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Nick Smith responds to freshwater export petition

Nick Smith responds to freshwater export petition

Nick Smith responds to freshwater export petition Nick Smith responds to freshwater export petition, 8.48 MB
Wednesday, March 15, 2017

A 15,000 strong petition was presented to parliament yesterday, calling on the government to place a moratorium on freshwater exports. But Environment Minister Nick Smith has rejected the petition, saying it was a farce and was irrelevant to the important discussion on better managing New Zealand’s freshwater resources. Producer Adam Jacobson speaks to the Minister to further understand why he flat-out rejected the petition.