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August 2020This evaluation report has been prepared under Section 32 (s32) of the Resource Management Act 1991. 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 -
August 2020This report describes a prototype for a New Zealand River Ecosystem Health Scorecard, conceived as a simple, easily interpretable and holistic communication tool for the state of the biophysical condition of rivers and streams in New Zealand. Read more -
May 2020This report builds on the report released by the Freshwater Science and Technical Advisory Group in June 2019. Read more -
October 2020This report describes the climate datasets that were supplied by NIWA for use in Our atmosphere and climate 2020, and outlines the methodologies used to generate them. Read more -
April 2011This is New Zealand’s Greenhouse Gas Inventory report for 1990 – 2009. The inventory reports the emissions and removals of greenhouse gases from six sectors: energy; industrial processes; solvents; agriculture; land use, land-use change and forestry; and waste. This is not the latest inventory. Note the inventory is updated annually and every release contains recalculated data for the entire time series (from 1990) to implement ongoing improvements. To view the latest inventory go to our greenhouse gas inventory reporting web page. Read more -
July 2020This report recommends on how Ngā Wai Manga – the Urban Water Principles can be implemented (phase II). Read more -
May 2020This report scopes the potential development of a land-use intensity indicator for environmental reporting. Read more -
October 2020This report assesses the suitability of using New Zealand Rural Fire Authority’s Fire Danger Rating System as an indicator on wildfire risk for the Ministry for the Environment and Stats NZ’s environmental reporting. 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 is the second of two Infometrics reports providing Māori economic impact analysis for the Essential Freshwater proposals. 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 NIWA report summarises existing literature on the consequences of delaying reductions to nutrient inputs on rivers, estuaries and lakes. 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 report identifies the expected benefits of the Essential Freshwater Package and examines whether they can be measured in monetary terms. 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 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 assesses the costs of the Essential Freshwater Package relative to the existing National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management. 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 -
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 -
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 -
December 2020This report surveyed international frameworks, identified important lessons for outcome-based environmental management, and helps clarify what setting environmental limits and targets will require. 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 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 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 -
December 2020This report translates the planetary boundaries framework to show New Zealand’s global environmental connections and quantifies where our country sits in terms of operating within environmentally safe boundaries. Read more -
July 2011This snapshot report provides information on the amount of solid waste disposed of to municipal landfills in 2010. Waste in municipal landfills can come from construction and demolition, industrial, commercial and residential sources. 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 -
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 -
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 -
April 2011This snapshot presents commonly asked questions about New Zealand’s emissions and provides answers from New Zealand’s Greenhouse Gas Inventory 1990–2009 released on 15 April 2011. This is not the latest environmental snapshot. Note the inventory is updated annually and every release contains recalculated data for the entire time series (from 1990) to implement ongoing improvements. To view the latest snapshot for the inventory go to our greenhouse gas inventory reporting web page. Read more -
October 2020Our atmosphere and climate 2020 shows how, why, and what is happening to our climate and how the changing climate is beginning to affect the things we care about. Read more -
October 2020A six page summary of Our atmosphere and climate 2020 which explores how, why, and what is happening to our climate and how the changing climate is beginning to affect the things we care about. Read more -
April 2020A summary of Our freshwater 2020 which examines the most pressing issues on our freshwater. Read more -
December 2020A high level, theme based summary of the reviews undertaken of each regional council or unitary authority’s regional planning instruments for the NPS-FM. Read more -
April 2020Our freshwater 2020 examines the most pressing issues on our freshwater. Read more -
October 2020He whakarāpopototanga e ono whārangi te roa o Te kōhauhau me te āhuarangi 2020, e āta tirotiro ana i te huri haere o te āhuarangi – e huri pēhea ana, he aha i pērā ai, he aha anō hoki ōna pānga ki ngā mea e kaingākautia ana e tātou. Read more