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June 2019This guidance is to help local authorities submit the National Monitoring System information that is required for the period 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020. Read more
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National monitoring system information requirements: Revised guidance for the 2018/19 financial yearJune 2019
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May 2019This document provides guidance on apply to the Environmental Legal Assistance (ELA) Fund. Read more
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May 2019This report considers options for New Zealand to manage the effects of fluctuations in recycling material commodity prices on our resource recovery sector. Read more
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May 2019This report commissioned by the National Resource Recovery Taskforce analyses the resource recovery sector in New Zealand and the impacts on recycling following fluctuations in recycling material commodity prices as markets changed. Read more
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May 2019This Quick Guide is part of Measuring emissions: A guide for organisations and is the go-to document for how to measure your organisation's emissions. Read more
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May 2019The Detailed Guide is part of Measuring emissions: A guide for organisations and provides the underlying methods and data to determine the emission factors. Read more
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May 2019The Emission Factors Summary, which is part of Measuring emissions: A guide for organisations, provides tables with the main emission factors for each emission source. Read more
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May 2019This report analyses environmental conditions that cause the growth of periphyton in streams and rivers. Read more
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May 2019This report refines and updates 2011 modelling on suspended sediment loads across New Zealand with new and longer calibration datasets and updated predictors. Read more
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May 2019This report analyses seasonal patterns in river and lake water quality across New Zealand, using data from 2013–2017. Read more
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May 2019This report presents and tests a range of macroinvertebrate metrics for New Zealand streams and rivers that are sensitive to changes in sediment and periphyton. Read more
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May 2019This report develops a model predicting the reference state for stream macroinvertebrates across New Zealand. Read more
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May 2019This report presents and tests a macroinvertebrate metric for New Zealand streams and rivers that is sensitive to changes in flow. Read more
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May 2019This report provides information to help interpret trends in water quality of New Zealand’s lakes and rivers. Read more
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May 2019This report summarises a workshop held to gather feedback on the ‘Interim New Zealand Guidelines for Cyanobacteria in Recreational Fresh Waters’. Read more
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May 2019This report outlines recommended changes to the ‘Interim New Zealand Guidelines for Cyanobacteria in Recreational Fresh Waters’. Read more
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May 2019This report examines whether measures of the macroinvertebrate community can provide information on the health of the trout populations that feed on them, based on existing data. Read more
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May 2019This Example GHG Report is part of a suite of eight documents that comprise the 2019 Measuring Emissions: A Guide for Organisations. It shows what a finished greenhouse gas inventory might look like. Read more
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May 2019The Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Amendment Bill sets the framework for New Zealand’s transition to a low emissions and climate resilient economy. Read more
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May 2019This report by NZIER is the second stage of its Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) modelling of the economic impacts of meeting different 2050 emissions targets. Read more
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May 2019This document is a peer review of NZIER's report Economic impact of meeting 2050 emissions targets: Stage 2 modelling by Dr Niven Winchester. Read more
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May 2019The Productivity Commission and the Ministry for the Environment contracted a consortium of organisations (‘CMV’) with experience in modelling and the economics of climate change mitigation to undertake modelling of New Zealand’s transition to a low-emissions economy. The modelling examines pathways from the present to the two 2050 emissions reduction targets. Read more
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May 2019We are consulting with parties affected by proposed technical updates to New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (NZ ETS) regulations. Read more
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May 2019This report updates previously published statistics on water consented to be taken from surface and groundwater sources for consumptive uses (such as irrigation or drinking water). Read more
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May 2019This report characterises the pressure on surface water flows from actual water takes for the Horizons (Manawatu-Wanganui) and Greater Wellington regions in the lower half of the North Island. Read more
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May 2019This report recommends river habitat modification indicators that can be used for national environmental reporting under the Environmental Reporting Act. Read more
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May 2019This report recommends river biodiversity and ecosystem process impact indicators that can be used for national environmental reporting under the Environmental Reporting Act. Read more
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May 2019This report gives a high-level overview of the ‘social good’ benefits associated with electrifying process heat and reducing coal use. Read more
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May 2019This report provides information on the susceptibility to eutrophication of coastal water bodies to nutrient loads from fresh water. Read more
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May 2019This report reviews how mechanistic (process-based) models simulate periphyton biomass using algorithms describing known growth and loss processes based on nutrients, light, temperature, grazing, and physical factors. Read more
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May 2019This A4 colour poster is for retailers to let their customers know about the phase out of single-use plastic shopping bags. Read more
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May 2019This A3 black and white poster is so retailers can let their customers about the phase out of single-use plastic shopping bags. Read more
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May 2019This A3 colour poster is for retailers to let their customers know about the phase out of single-use plastic shopping bags. Read more
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May 2019This A4 black and white poster is for retailers to let their customers know they support the phase out of single-use plastic shopping bags. Read more
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May 2019This fact sheet provides information on available alternative options to single-use plastic shopping bags. Read more
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May 2019This fact sheet provides high-level information assessing the environmental pros and cons on a variety of alternative options to single-use plastic shopping bags. Read more
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May 2019This factsheet has information for businesses on the on the Waste Minimisation (Plastic Shopping Bags) Regulations 2018 which take effect in New Zealand on 1 July 2019. Read more
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May 2019This fact sheet provides a list of questions for business to consider when ordering bag stock from a supplier. Read more
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May 2019This fact sheet provides suggested responses to help business and retail staff answer questions that they may get from their customers on the single-use plastic shopping bag ban. Read more
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May 2019This report outlines the different potential approaches for characterising the pressure created by dams on the flow regime of rivers and streams. Read more
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April 2019This report presents the findings of a review of the effectiveness of the National Policy Statement on Electricity Transmission and the National Environmental Standard for Electricity Transmission Activities. Read more
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April 2019This report summarises analysis methods and outcomes for modelling New Zealand’s lake water quality. Read more
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April 2019This report summarises analysis methods and outcomes for state and trends across New Zealand’s lake water quality monitoring network. Read more
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April 2019This report summarises analysis methods and outcomes for modelling New Zealand’s river water quality. Read more
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April 2019This report summarises analysis methods and outcomes for state and trends across New Zealand’s river water quality monitoring network. Read more
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April 2019This report summaries the published literature on land-use impacts on New Zealand's freshwater and coastal environments. Read more
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April 2019This report introduces the suite of 14 recommendations on submissions reports on the draft first set of national planning standards. Read more
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April 2019This report provides recommendations specifically on the Regional Policy Statement Structure Standard. Read more
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April 2019This report provides recommendations specifically on the Regional Plan Structure Standard. Read more
