Freshwater campaigners have congregated outside parliament with large banners reminding the Prime Minister of her party’s 2017 pre-election promises to clean up the country’s rivers.

Choose Clean Water is calling on the Prime Minister to make good on her party’s promises of ‘swimmable, healthy rivers in a generation’ and ‘measurable improvements within five years’.

Choose Clean Water spokesperson Marnie Prickett joined Kerre McIvor to explain why they are disappointed with the government over the country’s rivers.

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• Kerre McIvor: What has the Government done to restore our waterways?