9208 (2025). Lan Pham to the Minister for the Environment

Written Question

Published date: 19 Mar 2025

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	9208 (2025)
Question asked:	05 Mar 2025
Member asking:	Lan Pham
Portfolio:	Minister for the Environment
Minister replying:	Hon Penny Simmonds
Answer received:	13 Mar 2025
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_09208_2025
Document guid:	54c4ef8b-bf57-41c3-8bc3-132ffb2eb08b

9208 (2025). Lan Pham to the Minister for the Environment: Does the Ministry keep data or estimates on the total volume of water taken for irrigation annually, if so, what does the data show is the total volume consumed over the past 5 years, listed by year?

Hon Penny Simmonds: I am advised that the Ministry for the Environment does not keep data or estimates on the total volume of water taken for irrigation annually. The StatsNZ ‘consented freshwater takes’ indicator reports that 57.6 billion m3 of water was consented to be taken for the primary use of irrigation in the water reporting year 2017-18. You can find more information on the StatsNZ website at: https://www.stats.govt.nz/indicators/consented-freshwater-takes/.