The government is promising more of New Zealand's rivers will be swimmable in five years' time. Photo: ODTThe government is promising more of New Zealand's rivers will be swimmable in five years' time. But everyone had a responsibility for cleaning up rivers, Mr Parker said. Water quality is affected by all of us, so we've all got our part to play." The promise by Mr Parker to make more rivers swimmable in five years was "doable", said Mr Simpson, because the quality of many of New Zealand's waterways was improving.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 08, 2018 00:45 UTC