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December 2017This report estimates the net amount of surface water available in New Zealand and in each region between 1995 and 2014. Read more -
August 2003This technical background report reviews the amenity effects of particles (TSP and PM10) in New Zealand and examines their significance. Read more -
July 2011This report presents information about consented cleanfills and landfills in New Zealand that are not subject to the Waste Disposal Levy. Read more -
September 2002This is a summary of the submissions received on the public discussion document, Towards a Pesticides Risk reduction Policy for New Zealand, released in April 2002. Read more -
June 2005This 2005 report outlines opportunities to improve the requirements in the management of the environmental impacts of activities in New Zealand's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Read more -
December 2001This report on the economic impacts of selected climate change policy options for New Zealand was prepared in draft form between April and July 2001. Read more -
December 2019This document outlines the Government’s proposals for the provisional emissions budget and the accompanying NZ ETS settings. Read more -
September 2001Report on consultation undertaken in 2001 by the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Oceans Policy. Read more -
May 2018This report provides an environmental classification system for a potential deposited sediment indicator in the National Objectives Framework. The system classifies streams according to their modelled reference state. This report is an interim deliverable for an ongoing research programme that builds on and refines its findings and will conclude in June 2018. Read more -
January 2008This report, commissioned by the Upper North Island Grid Upgrade Proposal Board of Inquiry includes key issues of the proposal, an overview of the notices of requirement and resource consent applications lodged, and an analysis of information provided by Transpower. Read more -
December 2007This document outlines the Government’s response to feedback from engagement on an Emissions Trading Scheme. Read more -
April 2002This discussion document released in 2002 discusses how the risks associated with the use of pesticides are managed and suggests some possible fresh approaches. Submissions closed 21 June 2002. Read more -
December 2017The biennial report presents New Zealand’s progress towards meeting its commitments under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. It contains a subset of the information found in New Zealand’s Seventh National Communication report. Read more -
New Zealand's fourth biennial report under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate ChangeDecember 2019This is New Zealand's fourth biennial report and presents New Zealand’s progress towards our international climate change commitments. Read more -
May 2006New Zealand’s Fourth National Communication updates New Zealand’s progress towards its commitments under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and towards implementation of the Kyoto Protocol. Read more -
December 2013The biennial report presents New Zealand’s progress towards meeting its commitments under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Read more -
New Zealand’s second biennial report under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate ChangeDecember 2015New Zealand’s progress towards meeting its commitments under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Read more -
March 2009This report summarises changes in fish communities in New Zealand rivers, including changes in relation to different land uses. Read more -
June 2008In late 2007 the Ministry contracted a sector expert to provide a summary of the range of risks, costs, benefits and advantages from applying emissions trading to emissions of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). The report considers several possible places on the HFC supply and emission chain. Read more -
August 2007This report summarise submissions on the discussion paper, Transitional Measures: Options to Move Towards Low Emissions Electricity and Stationary Energy Supply and to Facilitate a Transition to Greenhouse Gas Pricing in the Future. Read more -
August 2020This report summarises the updated (2012) Health and Air Pollution in New Zealand (HAPINZ) study which evaluates the effects of air pollution on human health across New Zealand and the resulting social costs. Read more -
August 2020This report provides the technical information for the updated Health and Air Pollution in New Zealand (HAPINZ) study which evaluates the effects of air pollution on human health across New Zealand and the resulting social costs. Read more -
April 2019This report summarises submissions made on improvements to the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme. Read more -
June 2003This 2003 report prepared by the Centre for Advanced Engineering provided information on economic opportunities for New Zealand's oceans. Read more -
May 2015Landcare Research was commissioned to undertake macroeconomic modelling on the economic cost of New Zealand’s Intended Nationally Determined Contribution. This report presents the findings of that analysis. 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 -
October 2001This information sheet, published in 2001, provides information on controls in New Zealand for genetic modification and looks at recommendations of the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification. Read more -
June 2020This document provides a summary of the 133 written submissions received on the proposals outlined in the consultation document Reforming the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme: Proposed settings. 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 -
February 2017This report is a strategic assessment of New Zealand’s freshwaters for recreational use from a human health perspective. It outlines the methods used to produce spatial predictions of E. coli and cynobacterial biovolume at unmonitored locations. Read more -
November 2005This report presents the results of a survey of domestic heating methods and fuels carried out in 29 urban areas of New Zealand. The survey collected information to be used in assessing measures to reduce PM10 emissions from domestic home heating in these areas. Read more -
September 2011The Government appointed a panel to review the ETS, as required under the Climate Change Response Act 2002. This is the panel’s final report and sets out its key conclusions and recommendations. Read more -
April 2008This report draws together the results of general equilibrium modelling undertaken for the Emissions Trading Group since October 2007, previously described in a number of separate papers. Read more -
December 2007Briefing for the Climate Change Leadership Forum. Prepared by the Emissions Trading Group. Read more -
April 2013This report provides projections of carbon dioxide equivalent gas removals and emissions from New Zealand's Land Use, Land-use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) sector under Article 3.3 of the Kyoto Protocol. Read more -
April 2012This report provides projections of carbon dioxide equivalent gas removals and emissions from New Zealand's Land Use, Land-use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) sector under Article 3.3 of the Kyoto Protocol. Read more -
September 2012The Minister for Climate Change Issues sought feedback on proposed regulations for synthetic greenhouse gases to be implemented as a result of the Climate Change Response (Emissions Trading and Other Matters) Amendment Bill (Bill). Read more -
September 2019This report reviews New Zealand literature on the effects of environmental degradation of freshwater ecosystems on social, cultural, environmental, and economic outcomes in New Zealand. Read more -
November 2019This discussion document outlines the Government’s proposals for the rules for auctioning in the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme to align the supply of NZ ETS units with New Zealand's emissions reduction targets. Read more -
October 2005This report is an analysis of the economic impacts of climate change projections in New Zealand. Read more -
May 2019This report outlines recommended changes to the ‘Interim New Zealand Guidelines for Cyanobacteria in Recreational Fresh Waters’. Read more -
December 2015Information on New Zealand’s retirement of Kyoto Protocol emission units to meet our commitments for the first Kyoto commitment period. Read more -
May 2019This report analyses seasonal patterns in river and lake water quality across New Zealand, using data from 2013–2017. Read more -
August 2007The Ministry released this discussion paper on 1 August 2007. The paper proposed establishing new legislation to fill key gaps in the environmental regulation of New Zealand’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), and promoted a consistent approach to environmental management. Read more -
June 2020This document provides a summary of the 47 written submissions received on the proposals outlined in Reforming the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme: rules for auctioning. Read more -
August 2020This document sets out the Government response to the report, Rethinking Plastics In Aotearoa New Zealand, produced by the office for the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor. Read more -
October 2018This report presents summary information and statistics on the composition and sources of airborne particulate matter (PM) samples collected at air quality monitoring sites around New Zealand. Read more -
October 2007This paper presents a general equilibrium analysis of possible policies that would meet New Zealand’s emissions obligations, under the Kyoto first commitment period 2008-12 (CP1) and under some plausible international agreement in 2025. Read more -
October 2003This report provides a summary of the results of air quality monitoring of carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), sulphur dioxide (SO2), ozone (O3), benzene and benzo(a)pyrene in New Zealand from 1992 to 2002. Read more -
October 2019This report updates previously published statistics on mean sea-level series and trends at Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin, New Plymouth and Moturiki (Mount Maunganui) to the end of 2018. Read more