
Gillian Blythe: Water New Zealand CEO on the worsening state of water revealed in a new report
From The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Published 4/9/2026

From The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Published 4/9/2026
New research has highlighted an issue hidden beneath our feet. A Ministry for the Environment report shows E. coli has been detected in almost half of monitored groundwater sites since 2019. Nitrate levels have risen more than a third in the past two decades, and 63% of New Zealand's…