KEY INSIGHTS
- The Department of Internal Affairs’ advertisements showed green slime coming out of taps
- The campaign was a finalist in the ‘2021 Best Design Awards’.
- The truth is that New Zealand’s drinking water quality didn’t noticeably decline for any of the 12 years that it was measured from 2009 to 2021, even under the tougher 2018 Standards.
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KEY QUESTION
Why were we misled by the Government?
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HAVE YOUR SAY
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Full data analysis
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Previous media stories (without the data set):
- https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/454198/critics-say-government-three-waters-advertising-campaign-is-irresponsible-misleading
- https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/public-sector-project/govt-ad-campaign-just-water-under-the-bridge
- https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/125570991/governments-three-waters-advertisements-slap-in-the-face-for-councils
Other notes:
- All publicly available data has been published.
- 2008/09 – no overall compliance score was recorded. The Health (Drinking Water) Amendment Act 2007 was still fairly new.
- 2001/22/23 – the responsibility was transferred to Taumata Arowai (the new water regulator), and an overall compliance score is no longer recorded for comparison.
- Additional details and notes can be found in the data source pages below.
- All numbers are provisional and subject to revision.
Thank you to the Ministry of Health, Taumata Arowai and the Factors who helped pull this together.
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SOURCES:
- 2009-2012 = https://www.waternz.org.nz/Attachment?Action=Download&Attachment_id=2388 (page 1)
- 2012-13 = https://thehub.swa.govt.nz/resources/annual-report-on-drinking-water-quality-20122013/
- 2013-15 = https://www.waternz.org.nz/Attachment?Action=Download&Attachment_id=1486
- 2015-16 = https://www.hurunui.govt.nz/repository/libraries/id:23wyoavbi17q9ssstcjd/hierarchy/Infrastructure_Services/Three%20Waters/Water%20documents/annual-report-drinking-water-quality-2015-2016-apr17.pdf
- 2016-17 = https://www.health.govt.nz/system/files/documents/publications/annual-report-drinking-water-quality-2016-2017.pdf
- 2017-18 = https://www.health.govt.nz/publication/annual-report-drinking-water-quality-2017-2018#:~:text=3%2C751%2C000%20people%20(97.7%20percent)%20received,monitoring%20requirements%20in%20the%20Standards.
- 2018-19 = https://www.health.govt.nz/system/files/documents/publications/annual-report-drinking-water-quality-2018-2019-25june2020.pdf
- 2019-20 = https://www.health.govt.nz/publication/annual-report-drinking-water-quality-2019-2020
- 2020-21 = https://www.health.govt.nz/system/files/documents/publications/annual-report-on-drinking-water-quality-2020-2021-mar22.pdf
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