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May 2020This document provides a summary of the submissions received on the discussion document and at consultation events. Read more -
May 2020This report scopes the potential development of a land-use intensity indicator for environmental reporting. Read more -
May 2020This report provides a summary of the submissions made on the proposals outlined in the Action for healthy waterways discussion document. Consultation on these proposals ran from 5 September to 31 October 2019. Read more -
May 2020This is a summary of the Action for healthy waterways decisions on the national direction for freshwater. Read more -
May 2020This report presents the modelled results of the impact of the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management (2017) and two variants of the Essential Freshwater package on New Zealand’s economy in 2030 and 2050. Read more -
May 2020This report estimates the potential impact of the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management (2017) and the Essential Freshwater package on the dairy, beef and sheep farming sectors. Read more -
May 2020This information sheet provides an overview of the marginal benefits and costs of the Action for healthy waterways policy package using the best methods and publicly-available data. Read more -
May 2020This document provides a high-level overview of the impact assessment for Action for healthy waterways including the objectives and scope, findings, parties involved, methodologies applied, and the limitations and constraints to the analysis. Read more -
May 2020This report assesses the costs of the Essential Freshwater Package relative to the existing National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management. Read more -
May 2020This information sheet describes the environmental and economic analysis of the Action for healthy waterways package. Read more -
May 2020This information sheet sets out an overview of what the new regulations mean from an iwi/Māori perspective, recognising the importance and significance freshwater has for iwi/Māori and the Crown’s responsibilities under the Treaty of Waitangi. Read more -
May 2020This information sheet for sheep, beef and deer farmers provides a summary of what they need to do, and over what timeframe, to meet the requirements of the Action for healthy waterways policy package. Read more -
May 2020This information sheet sets out a high level overview of the requirements of the Action for healthy waterways policy package for regional councils. Read more -
May 2020This information sheet for horticultural growers provides a summary of what they need to do, and over what timeframe, to meet the requirements of the Action for healthy waterways policy package. Read more -
May 2020This information sheet provides dairy farmers with a summary of what they need to do, and over what timeframe, to meet the requirements of the Action for healthy waterways policy package. Read more -
May 2020This information sheet describes how attributes in the new National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management contribute to understanding how freshwater provides for ecosystem health and human contact. Read more -
May 2020This memo sets out a technical review by NIWA of two reports relating to environmental impact assessment of Essential Freshwater policies. Read more -
May 2020This report presents research conducted by Lincoln University on the willingness to pay for the various attributes associated with New Zealand’s green premium. Read more -
May 2020This report summarises work to evaluate load reductions required to meet the new National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management's nutrient-related bottom lines. Read more -
May 2020This memo assesses whether councils would need to make changes to wastewater treatment in addition to those already identified in the Boffa Miskell report Cost estimates for upgrading wastewater treatment plants to meet objectives of the NPS freshwater. Read more -
Further analyses of fine sediment attributes to support development of the NPS freshwater managementMay 2020These six technical reports detail analysis used to finalise the suspended and deposited sediment attributes for the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management. Read more -
May 2020This is the second of two Infometrics reports providing Māori economic impact analysis for the Essential Freshwater proposals. Read more -
May 2020This is the first of two Infometrics reports providing Māori economic impact analysis for the Essential Freshwater proposals. Read more -
May 2020This report uses a kaupapa Māori framework to assess the impacts of the 2019 freshwater proposals on Māori values relating to freshwater Read more -
May 2020This AgResearch report presents insights on the potential nature of social impacts emerging from freshwater policy changes based on past social impact assessments (SIAs). Read more -
May 2020A literature review of studies that jointly considered climate and freshwater policy in New Zealand. Read more -
May 2020This NIWA report summarises existing literature on the consequences of delaying reductions to nutrient inputs on rivers, estuaries and lakes. Read more -
May 2020This report builds on the report released by the Freshwater Science and Technical Advisory Group in June 2019. Read more -
May 2020This report identifies the expected benefits of the Essential Freshwater Package and examines whether they can be measured in monetary terms. Read more -
May 2020This Castalia report estimates the administrative costs imposed under the Action for healthy waterways package for New Zealand’s 16 regional councils. Read more -
May 2020This report by Perrin Ag estimates the on-farm economic impact of a selection of measures to mitigate the effect of farming on freshwater ecosystem health. Read more -
May 2020This report by the Freshwater Independent Advisory Panel makes a series of recommendations about the proposals outlined in the Action plan for healthy waterways consultation document. Read more -
May 2020This information sheet focuses on how the Government is supporting changes to improve land-use practices and achieve better water outcomes. Read more -
April 2020In 2018, the Ministry asked Deloitte to consider the extent of water bottling in Aotearoa New Zealand NZ and the economic value of water bottling for water bottlers and communities. This report presents their findings. Read more -
April 2020This report highlights patterns and trends in implementation of the Resource Management Act by local authorities from 2014/15 to 2018/19, as recorded by the National Monitoring System. The purpose of the report is to identify areas for improvement in policy or practice. Read more -
April 2020This modelling report from Energy Link provides a range of possible new values for the electricity allocation factor using different parameters, scenarios and modelling methodologies. Read more -
April 2020This report by Cawthron collates and analyses regional council river and stream monitoring data, including measures of fine deposited sediment and habitat quality. Read more -
April 2020Our freshwater 2020 examines the most pressing issues on our freshwater. Read more -
April 2020The first case study was developed collaboratively by Ministry for the Environment and Hawke’s Bay Regional Council and investigates challenges with the implementation of the Clifton to Tangoio 2120 coastal hazards strategy. Read more -
April 2020A summary of Our freshwater 2020 which examines the most pressing issues on our freshwater. Read more -
April 2020New Zealand’s Greenhouse Gas Inventory is the official annual report of all anthropogenic (human induced) emissions and removals of greenhouse gases in New Zealand. Read more -
April 2020This snapshot of New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions summarises New Zealand’s Greenhouse Gas Inventory for the period 1990–2018 and how the inventory data are used to monitor progress towards New Zealand’s emissions reduction targets. Read more -
March 2020This report considers the potential impacts of proposed changes to domestic wood burner regulations in the National Environmental Standards for Air Quality. Read more -
March 2020Phormidium (now called Microcoleus) is a cyanobacterium (toxic algae) that grows in some New Zealand rivers. It produces neurotoxins called anatoxins and ingestion of cyanobacteria mats has caused numerous dog deaths. Read more -
March 2020Phormidium (now called Microcoleus) is a cyanobacterium (toxic algae) that grows in some New Zealand rivers. Read more -
March 2020Phormidium (now called Microcoleus) is a cyanobacterium (toxic algae) that grows in some New Zealand rivers. Read more -
March 2020This document provides a summary of submissions received on the Climate-related financial disclosures discussion document, a consultation that ran from 31 October 2019 to 13 December 2019. Read more -
February 2020This report provides an update of Fish Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) in New Zealand rivers, for the period of 1999-2018. It describes data sources, methodology, and results for Fish IBI at the national level. Read more -
February 2020The Government is consulting on proposed amendments to some provisions of the National Environmental Standards on Air Quality (NESAQ). Read more -
February 2020The Government is consulting on proposed amendments to some provisions of the National Environmental Standards on Air Quality (NESAQ). This document summarises the proposals and calls for submissions from interested parties. Read more