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Essential Freshwater Package – Farmers Guide

The Essential Freshwater package is a new set of regulations and standards which aim to restore and protect the health of New Zealand waterways within a generation.

Essential Freshwater Package – Farmers Guide

The Essential Freshwater package is a new set of standards and regulations designed to achieve genuine freshwater improvements for New Zealand’s lakes, rivers, wetlands and other freshwater waterways within a generation.

The new rules apply to all farmers, in addition to the existing regional rules in the Regional Resource Management Plan. They are being introduced in phases so you can prepare and adapt to them. Take a look at the timeline that shows the dates different regulations come into effect.

The regulations listed below are yet to be finalised after proposed changes were consulted on late in 2021. We expect the final decision on this in 2022. Find out more in the page links below.

Essential Freshwater Regulations

The following topics are covered by the new national rules.  Find out more below:

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