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January 2020This report presents the results of our work to identify a range of possible options to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions in New Zealand, as well as the potential scale and estimated costs of each option. 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 -
August 2020This snapshot summarises the findings of New Zealand’s first National Climate Change Risk Assessment. It gives a national picture of the risks New Zealand faces from climate change. Read more -
December 2020This guide describes how auctions operate for the NZ ETS. The first auction is expected to be held in March 2021. Read more -
August 2020This report presents the findings of New Zealand’s first National Climate Change Risk Assessment. It gives a national picture of the risks New Zealand faces from climate change to help prioritise action. Read more -
August 2020This technical report provides further detail on the risk assessment findings of New Zealand's first national climate change risk assessment. It includes profiles of all the risks, opportunities and knowledge gaps identified. Read more -
August 2020This report documents the methodology used in the National Climate Change Risk Assessment and the associated engagement. It supports organisations to carry out their own national, local and regional risk assessments. 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 -
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 -
May 2020This NIWA report summarises existing literature on the consequences of delaying reductions to nutrient inputs on rivers, estuaries and lakes. Read more -
December 2020Organisations wishing to voluntarily monitor and report greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on an organisational basis for their New Zealand operations can use these GHG emission factors. Read more -
September 2020This document provides detailed technical guidance about the new freshwater planning process (FPP) introduced by the Resource Management Amendment Act 2020. Read more -
December 2020This detailed guide is part of a suite of eight documents that comprise Measuring Emissions: A Guide for Organisations. Read more -
December 2020This Quick Guide is part of a suite of eight documents that comprise Measuring Emissions: A Guide for Organisations. Read more -
July 2020This guide supports agencies to meet the Climate Implications of Policy Assessment requirement. Read more -
May 2020A literature review of studies that jointly considered climate and freshwater policy in New Zealand. 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 Castalia report estimates the administrative costs imposed under the Action for healthy waterways package for New Zealand’s 16 regional councils. Read more -
August 2020This document provides good practice guidance on the requirements for voluntary carbon offseting and examples of how it can be applied in New Zealand. 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. 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 -
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 -
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 -
December 2020This factsheet is part of a series and provides information on the new policies for threatened species. 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 factsheet is part of a series and provides information on the new regulations for the application of synthetic nitrogen fertiliser to pastoral land. 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 -
December 2020This factsheet is part of a series and provides information on the new policies for ecosystem health in the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management 2020 (NPS-FM 2020). Read more -
December 2020This factsheet is part of a series and provides information on the new policies for managing nitrogen in the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management 2020 (NPS-FM 2020). Read more -
October 2020This factsheet provides information on the new policies for district plans and the role of territorial authorities in the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management 2020 (NPS-FM 2020). Read more -
December 2020This factsheet is part of a series and provides information on the new policies for managing dissolved reactive phosphorus (DRP) in the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management 2020 (NPS-FM 2020). Read more -
December 2020This factsheet is part of a series and provides information on the new mahinga kai compulsory value, and other Māori values in the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management 2020 (NPS-FM 2020). Read more -
December 2020This factsheet is part of a series and provides information on the new policies for managing sediment (including deposited and suspended sediment) in the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management 2020 (NPS-FM 2020). Read more -
December 2020This factsheet is part of a series and provides information on the new policies for setting environmental flows and levels, and requirements to set take limits, in the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management 2020 (NPS-FM 2020). 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 -
August 2020The Wetland Delineation Protocols give a robust method for delineating wetlands based on the United States delineation system. 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 -
August 2020This guide explains how to correctly calculate emissions, revenue, and production data for anyone required to provide data on their emission-intensive, trade-exposed activities (production of cartonboard, cementitious products, fresh cucumbers, and burnt lime). Read more