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State of the environment publications

General publications | Best practice guides and guidelines | Technical reports | Consultation documents

General publications

Name Date Reference
Environment New Zealand 2007 information sheets June 2008 INFO 280A - INFO 280J
Environment New Zealand 2007 – Summary December 2007 ME848
Environment New Zealand 2007 December 2007 ME847
OECD Environmental Performance Review of NZ April 2007 -
Reporting on our Environment October 2006 INFO 169
Gentle Footprints: Boots 'n' All May 2006 ME738
OECD Environmental Performance Review of NZ September 2005 -
Land Environments of New Zealand April 2003 -
Triple Bottom Line Pilot Report (full report and summaries) December 2002

ME457
ME458
ME459
ME460

The State of New Zealand’s Environment 1997 1997 ME612

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Best practice guides and guidelines

Name Date Reference
Using the Cultural Health Index: How to assess the health of streams and waterways February 2006 ME711
Monitoring and Data Management Protocol: Environmental Indicators for Transport May 2004 ME511
Kaimoana Survey Guidelines for Hapu and Iwi October 2003 ME490
ME490A

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Technical reports

Name Date Reference
An Assessment of Regional Council Water Quality Data (1996–2002) in Support of National State of Environment Reporting (ENZ07) March 2008 CR33
Groundwater Quality in New Zealand: State and Trends 1995–2006 August 2007 ME832
Lake Water Quality in New Zealand: Status in 2006 and recent trends 1990–2006 August 2007 ME831
Snapshot of Lake Water Quality in New Zealand November 2006 ME776
Snapshot of Water Allocation in New Zealand November 2006 ME782
State and Trends in the National River Water Quality Network (1989-2005) November 2006 ME778
A Cultural Health Index for Streams and Waterways: A tool for nationwide use April 2006 ME710
The New Zealand Marine Environment Classification June 2005 ME594
Nationwide and regional state and trends in river water quality 1996-2002 February 2005 ME590
Spatial patterns in state and trends of environmental quality in New Zealand rivers: an analysis for State of Environment reporting February 2005 ME589
Levels of E. coli in New Zealand rivers December 2004 -
Metadata reports on environmental databases, classification systems and spatial frameworks various dates TR99; TR98;
TR89; TR88
Ecological Footprints of New Zealand and its Regions September 2003 TR130
A Cultural Health Index for Streams and Waterways: Indicators for recognising and expressing Māori values June 2003 ME475
National Soil Quality Review and Programme Design January 2003 TR74
Environmental Metadata Framework September 2002 TR73
Environmental performance indicators: A proposed land indicators framework for Environment Bay of Plenty May 2002 TR27
Headline indicators for tracking progress to sustainability in New Zealand March 2002 TR71
Survey of Regional Council River Water Quality Monitoring Programmes November 2001 TR70
A summary of techniques for measuring soil erosion November 2001 TR69
Background report for the Urban Amenity Project - Trials June 2001 TR67
Background report for the Urban Amenity Project - Case Studies June 2001 TR66
Confirmed indicators for the marine environment June 2001 ME398
Soil Intactness/ Erosion Monitoring Techniques: A literature review February 2001 TR62
Urban Amenity Trials Report October 2000 TR65
Key Urban Amenity Approaches September 2000 TR64
Confirmed indicators for solid waste, hazardous waste and contaminated sites September 2000 ME344
Urban Amenity Indicators: The liveability of our urban environments June 2000 TR63
A proposal for Land Cover Database 2 June 2000 TR61
Hauraki Customary Indicators Report June 1999 TR57
Proposed Approach to Indicators for Urban Amenity June 1999 TR54
Preliminary Assessment of Human Health Indicators of Air Quality June 1999 AQTR55
Proposed indicators for erosion-prone hill country in New Zealand March 1999 TR53
A Draft Environmental Thesaurus for New Zealand March 1999 TR51
Environmental indicators for the physical climate system and climate change impacts December 1998 TR49
Environmental Performance Indicators: An analysis of potential indicators for freshwater biodiversity November 1998 TR48
Environmental Performance Indicators: An analysis of potential indicators for terrestrial biodiversity November 1998 TR47
An analysis of potential indicators for marine biodiversity November 1998 TR44
Environmental Performance Indicators: an analysis of potential indicators for fishing impacts November 1998 TR43
Environmental Performance Indicators: Summary of Proposed Indicators for Terrestrial and Freshwater Biodiversity November 1998 ME299
Environmental Performance Indicators: Summary of Proposed Indicators for the Marine Environment November 1998 ME296
Review of Environmental Performance Indicators for Toxic Contaminants in the environment - air, water and land October 1998 TR37
Environmental Performance Indicators: Summary of Proposals for Waste, Hazardous Substances and Toxic Contaminants October 1998 ME292
Environmental Performance Indicators: Marine environment potential indicators for physical and chemical processes, and human uses and values September 1998 TR45
The Needs Analysis: Final Report September 1998 TR32
Urban Amenity Indicators Workshop Report July 1998 TR21
Trialing environmental performance indicators for arable soils on the Canterbury Plains June 1998 TR29
A pilot survey linking stage 1 state and pressure indicators in Bay of Plenty June 1998 TR28
Environmental Performance Indicators for Groundwater May 1998 TR38
The pilot needs analysis May 1998 TR25
Draft policy goals for coasts estuaries January 1998 TR41
Potential coastal and estuarine indicators - a review of current research and data November 1997 TR40
Monitoring and indicators of the coastal and estuarine environment - a literature review June 1997 TR39
Land indicators for national environmental monitoring - Part 7: Summary Report April 1997 TR12
Land indicators for national environmental monitoring - Part 6: Prioritisation of land monitoring parameters and indicators April 1997 TR11
Land indicators for national environmental monitoring - Part 5: Land monitoring model April 1997 TR10
Land indicators for national environmental monitoring - Part 4: Comparison of monitoring approaches April 1997 TR9
Land Indicators for national environmental monitoring - Part 3: Evaluation of Taranaki, Otago and land report indicators against policy framework April 1997 TR8
Land indicators for national environmental monitoring - Part 2: Proposed monitoring for sustainable land in Otago April 1997 TR7
Land indicators for national environmental monitoring - Part 1A: New Zealand Land Resource Inventory April 1997 TR6
Land indicators for national environmental monitoring - Part 1: Monitoring sustainable land use in the eastern Taranaki hill country April 1997 TR5
Environmental indicators for the sustainable management of fresh water January 1997 TR4
Land: Review of international literature, draft framework & indicators November 1996 TR35
Draft core set of national air quality indicators: Report of focus workshop on development of environmental indicators for air July 1996 TR1
NIWA: National ambient air quality monitoring network for New Zealand June 1995 TR2

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Consultation documents

The Ministry is not currently consulting on any state of the environment documents. Past documents used for discussion are available below.

Past consultation documents

Name Date Reference
Discussion document for the development of a National Groundwater Data Centre in New Zealand October 2002 TR72
Environmental Performance Indicators: Proposals for Indicators of the Environmental Effects of Energy June 2000 ME343
Proposals for indicators of the environmental effects of transport June 1999 ME321;
ME322
Māori Input into the Environmental Performance Indicators Programme May 1999 ME312
Environmental Performance Indicators: Proposals for Terrestrial and Freshwater Biodiversity December 1998 ME302
Environmental Performance Indicators: Proposals for the Marine Environment December 1998 ME301
Environmental Performance Indicators: Proposals for Waste and Hazardous Substances October 1998 ME294
Environmental Performance Indicators: Proposals for Stratospheric Ozone and Climate Change Indicators March 1998 ME267
Environmental Performance Indicators: Proposals for Air, Fresh Water and Land – Summary of Submissions October 1997 ME268
Environmental Performance Indicators: Proposals for Air, Fresh Water and Land October 1997 ME259
National Environmental Indicators: Building a Framework for a Core Set January 1996 ME188

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