Greenpeace calls for New Zealand to lower drinking water nitrate limit w/ Greenpeace freshwater campaigner Will Appelbe: 8th June, 2026

Last week, the Danish government officially confirmed it will be lowering the legal limits for nitrate contamination in water according to recommendations from an independent scientific review commissioned by the Danish ministry for the environment.

The change came after outcry from Danish citizens over the country’s pork industry and its links to water contamination. Greenpeace Aotearoa is now saying New Zealand should follow Denmark’s lead and lower their legal nitrate levels to the same point.

There has recently been suggestions New Zealand is in a nitrate crisis, with the Canterbury regional council declaring an emergency last year and Southland is facing increasing calls to do the same.

To discuss the lowering of drinking water nitrate limits producer Thomas talked to Greenpeace freshwater campaigner Will Appelbe.