Sustainable Water Programme of Action: Water Bodies of Significant National Value for Biodiversity
These maps shows the location of water bodies which have been identified as part of the Identifying Freshwater Ecosystems and Sites with Nationally Important Biodiversity Values: Methodology, Criteria and Candidate List of Rivers of National Importance report and should be read in conjunction with that report. Note the maps have been prepared at a catchment scale and the relevant water body may only be part of the catchment.
- Map of North Island as PDF (1.71 MB)
- Map of North Island as low quality JPEG (185 KB)
- Map of South Island as PDF (1.65 MB)
- Map of South Island as low quality JPEG (176 KB)
- Map of whole of New Zealand as PDF (2.54 MB)
- Text list of water bodies identified on the maps (Appendix 1 of the Potential Water Bodies of National Importance technical working paper)
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