Table 6.1: Air quality monitoring programmes by region in New Zealand¹

Location	PM10 (Particulate matter under 10 microns)	SO2 (Sulphur dioxide)	CO (Carbon monoxide)	O3 (Ozone)	NO2 (Nitrogen dioxide)	Pb/Fl/H2S (Lead/Fluorine/Hydrogen sulphide)	Meteorological	Other
Northland	PMIO Hi-vol (I site) 92	Passive survey 3 months in 96	Survey 6-9/94 Survey 1 month in 96	Passive survey 3 months in 96	Passive survey 3 months in 96
Auckland (includes two GEMS sites)	TSP Hi-vol (6 sites), 64 PMIO TEOM Takapuna 1/95 PM10 Hi-vol Penrose 4/94 PM103/95 TSP Hi-vol Penrose 64 Surveys 94/95	Penrose 77	Queen St. 91 Dominion Rd., 4/94-2/96 Surveys with student during 94/95 Takapuna 3/96 Penrose 86 Surveys with student 95/96	Mangere 8/95 Passive sampler survey 95/96 Occasional since 95 (City, Newmarket) Musick Pt. 12/95	Dominion Rd. 4/94 2/96 Passive samplers 94/95 Penrose 86 Mt Eden 89	Pb Filters (6 sites) some Passive samplers since 64 Mt Eden 89	Onehunga 8/94 Takapuna 11/94 Henderson 11/94 Wiri 5/95 Acoustic sounder 94 96 Climate database	Visibility programme Hydrocarbon monitoring Vehicle testing programme 94
Waikato	TSP 83 Survey 7/96	Passive survey 3 months 3/6	Survey 1 month in 96	Passive survey 3 months 3/96	Passive survey 3 months 3/96	Pb Filters 83		Vehicle testing 96
Bay of Plenty	Smoke 92 Survey 1 month in 96	Survey, TS & SO2 Tauranga 9/94 12/94 Passive survey 3/96 Ambient TS 9/95 4/96	Survey Tauranga 10/94 12/94 Survey, 1 month in 96	Passive survey, 3 months 3/96	Survey Tauranga 9/94 12/94 Passive sampler 94 Passive survey 3/96	Fl Survey Tauranga 9/94 12/94 H2S Sirveys Aug/Sept 93, 94, Rotorua Jan-Jun 96	Full stations (2) Edgecumbe and Te Teko	Hydrocarbon and oxidant surveys 92
Gisbourne	PM1093 Deposition (6 sites) 93 Smoke surveys	Survey 94	Survey 93 & 94		Survey 4-5/94	Pb Filter Analysis 93 & 94		Formaldehyde 94 Landfill gases 95
Hawke's Bay	PM1095 Deposition	Passive survey 3 months in 96	Survey 94 Survey 1 month in 96	Passive survey 3 months in 96	Survey 94 Passive survey 3 months in 96
Taranaki	TSP 73 Particulate and deposition		Survey 1 month in 96					Video monitoring Biomonitor
Manawatu	TSP 94		Survey 1 month in 96
Wellington	TSP survey 93/94 Particulate type and size		Survey 1 month in 96 Background 72	Survey		Pb Filters 83	Full met site	Global monitoring
Nelson	Survey 1 month in 96		Survey 1 month in 96
Marlborough	Deposition (6) PM10 (2 sites)
Tasman	Smoke 92						Met site 92
Canterbury (includes one GEMS site)	TSP (10) 64 TEOM (2) 94 Beta (1) 93 TSP 89	Cont (2 sites) since 70s Cont (1) 87 Passive survey 3 months in 96	Cont (2) since 80s Local surveys Cont (1) 87 Passive survey 3 months in 96	Passive survey, 3 months in 96	Cont (2) since 70s Cont (1) 87 Survey, optical, 1995 project	Pb Filters (7) and surveys Fl Filters (5) and surveys	Wind (3 sites) Met and model studies Full met site Temporary towers 5/95 9/95	Vehicle emissions data - testing station 93 Nephelometers (2)
West Coast	TSP 92	Buller survey 93 95	Survey 1 month in 96
Otago		Passive survey (14 sites) 7/95 10/95	Survey 1 month in 96		Passive survey 3 months in 96			NH3, Passive sampler (3) 7/95 10/95
Southland	Smoke 71	Bubbler survey 83, 92 Passive survey 3/96	Survey 1 month in 96	Passive survey, 3 months in 96	Passive survey 3 months in 96

^{Abbreviations}

Beta

Beta Gauge (an instrument which uses Beta radiation to monitor particulate matter)

Fl

Fluorine

GEMS

Global Environment Monitoring System

Hi-vol

High volume

H₂S

Hydrogen sulphide

NH₃

Ammonia

Pb

Lead

PM₁₀

Fine particulates (less than 10 microns diameter)

SO₂

Sulphur dioxide

TEOM

Transverse Element Oscillating Microbalance (an instrument to monitor particulate matter)

TS

Total sulphur

TSP

Total Suspended Particulates

77 , 92

1977 onwards, 1992 onwards, etc.

¹ Includes three sites (two in Auckland and one in Canterbury) monitored for UNEP's Global Environmental Monitoring System (GEMS) with funding from the Ministry of Health.

Source: Fisher (1996)