Summary Description
- New Zealand's water policies for healthy waterways.
- TopicThe topic of the legislation or policy covered by the text
- AgricultureClimate & environmental protection
- SpeciesThe animal, or type of food production, covered by the text
- Farmed animals
- JurisdictionCountry or geographical area where the text applies
- New Zealand
- Sub-jurisdictionCountry or state where the text applies
- N/A
- Type of ActWhether the act is a law, regulation, or policy, or another type of text
- Policy
- StatusIndicates whether the act is in force or not
- In force
- Legal ValueWhether the text is binding or not
- Non-binding
- Date enactedDate the text was adopted
- 2018
- Date updatedDate when the entry was last updated by the CALF team
- June, 2023
- Official citation
- Ministry for the Environment and Ministry for Primary Industries, Essential Freshwater: Healthy Water, Fairly Allocated (2018)
Strengths & Weaknesses
- Strengths
- Regulates winter grazing by updating directions for local authorities, measuring and reporting of water takes, prohibiting access for cattle, pigs and deer to wetlands, lakes, and rivers from within a three-meter distance.
- Weaknesses
- Does not provide legally binding rules.