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Next steps for fresh water: Summary of submissions. Wellington: Ministry for the Environment.\nPublished in June 2016 by the\u000bMinistry for the Environment \u000bManatū Mō Te Taiao\u000bPO Box 10362, Wellington 6143, New Zealand\nISBN: \t978-0-908339-45-7\nPublication number: ME 1248\n© Crown copyright New Zealand 2016\nThis document is available on the Ministry for the Environment website: \u0013 HYPERLINK \"http://www.mfe.govt.nz\" \u0014www.mfe.govt.nz\u0015.\nContents\n\u0013 TOC \\t \"Heading 1,1,Heading 2,2\" \u0014General overview\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc454542205 \\h \u00144\u0015\nSummary of key themes\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc454542206 \\h \u00145\u0015\nFresh water and our environment\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc454542207 \\h \u00147\u0015\n‘Maintain or improve overall’ water quality\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc454542208 \\h \u00147\u0015\nMacroinvertebrate Community Index as a measure of water quality\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc454542209 \\h \u001411\u0015\nSignificant infrastructure and water quality\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc454542210 \\h \u001413\u0015\nCoastal lakes and lagoons\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc454542211 \\h \u001416\u0015\nStock exclusion from water bodies\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc454542212 \\h \u001419\u0015\nEconomic use of fresh water\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc454542213 \\h \u001423\u0015\nTechnical efficiency standards\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc454542214 \\h \u001423\u0015\nGood management practices\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc454542215 \\h \u001425\u0015\nTransferring consents to more efficient, higher valued uses\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc454542216 \\h \u001427\u0015\nAddressing over-allocation and over-use at least cost\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc454542217 \\h \u001429\u0015\nCouncil funding for freshwater management\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc454542218 \\h \u001431\u0015\nIwi rights and interests in fresh water\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc454542219 \\h \u001433\u0015\nTe Mana o te Wai in freshwater management\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc454542220 \\h \u001433\u0015\nIwi and hapū relationships with, and values for water bodies\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc454542221 \\h \u001435\u0015\nEnabling iwi and councils to agree how to work together (Mana Whakahono a Rohe)\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc454542222 \\h \u001440\u0015\nWater conservation orders\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc454542223 \\h \u001442\u0015\nImplementation support\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc454542224 \\h \u001444\u0015\nWater supply and sanitation for marae and papakāinga\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc454542225 \\h \u001446\u0015\nFreshwater funding\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc454542226 \\h \u001448\u0015\nFreshwater Improvement Fund\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc454542227 \\h \u001448\u0015\nOther issues\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc454542228 \\h \u001453\u0015\nIwi rights and interests\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc454542229 \\h \u001453\u0015\nImproving ‘swimmability’\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc454542230 \\h \u001454\u0015\nUrban water management\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc454542231 \\h \u001454\u0015\nAllocation of freshwater resources\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc454542232 \\h \u001454\u0015\n\u0015\nGeneral overview\nConsultation on the Government’s Next Steps for Fresh Water consultation document opened on 20 February 2016, and ran for two months, closing on 22 April 2016. This consultation covered many proposals for reforming the existing National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management (NPS-FM) and the development of new policies on a broad range of related issues.\nDuring this time, a series of public meetings and hui were held across the country, and attended by approximately 1050 people. These public meetings helped provide valuable insight. Comments and issues raised in those meetings have been documented separately and will support further policy analysis.\nThe Ministry received 3966 written submissions.  About half of these were template submissions (2181) promoted by the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society (Forest and Bird; 1877); the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand (Green Party; 295); and the Morgan Foundation (9). A combined submission was received from ActionStation, in collaboration with the Choose Clean Water Campaign, which included the views of 2376 individuals.  In total, the views of 6,342 New Zealanders were received.\nSubmissions from stakeholder groups included 14 from regional councils (including the unitary councils), 15 city and district councils, 40 iwi/Māori groups, 59 NGOs, 36 business, 20 primary industry groups, six electricity generators, seven universities/Crown research institutes and 23 other organisations (including health boards, the Land and Water Forum, and the Parliam","cbCaifWCHfHJAmCg","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifWCHfHJAmCg","docx",1133288,56,"English","# General overview\n## Summary of key themes\n## Fresh water and our environment\n## Economic use of fresh water\n## Iwi rights and interests in fresh water\n## Freshwater Improvement Fund\n## Other issues","[{\"question\":\"When did the consultation on Next Steps for Fresh Water take place, and what did it cover?\",\"answer\":\"The consultation opened on 20 February 2016 and ran for two months, closing on 22 April 2016. 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