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February 2018The report provides an inventory of the annual distribution of mercury and mercury-containing goods and materials in New Zealand from anthropogenic (man-made) sources, for a base year of 2016. It builds on the information in the previous 2012 and 2008 mercury inventories. Read more
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August 2003This technical report provides information on the sources of fine particles (PM10 – particles less then 10 microns in diameter) in New Zealand. Read more
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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
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November 2003This document summarises information about the main sources of air pollutants in New Zealand towns and cities. Read more
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February 2021This study analyses pre-1990 planted forest data collected in New Zealand in 2010 and 2015. Read more
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April 2008This guide is for organisations who wish to voluntarily monitor and report greenhouse gas emissions for their New Zealand operations. It encourages best practice in greenhouse gas monitoring and reporting and supports voluntary greenhouse gas reporting initiatives. Read more
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September 2008This guide is for organisations who wish to voluntarily monitor and report greenhouse gas emissions for their New Zealand operations. It encourages best practice in greenhouse gas monitoring and reporting and supports voluntary greenhouse gas reporting initiatives. Read more
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April 2015These greenhouse gas emission factors can be used by organisations who wish to voluntarily monitor and report greenhouse gas emissions on an organisational basis for their New Zealand operations. Read more
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November 2019This report describes the development of a Hydrogeological-Unit Map for New Zealand, which provides a classification of geological units in terms of their importance for groundwater flow and storage in an ArcGIS seamless digital map. Read more
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December 2016This guide is for organisations who wish to voluntarily monitor and report greenhouse gas emissions for their New Zealand operations. It encourages best practice in greenhouse gas monitoring and reporting and supports voluntary greenhouse gas reporting initiatives. Read more
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May 2011This guide is for organisations who wish to voluntarily monitor and report greenhouse gas emissions for their New Zealand operations. It encourages best practice in greenhouse gas monitoring and reporting and supports voluntary greenhouse gas reporting initiatives. Read more
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September 2009This guide is for organisations who wish to voluntarily monitor and report greenhouse gas emissions for their New Zealand operations. It encourages best practice in greenhouse gas monitoring and reporting and supports voluntary greenhouse gas reporting initiatives. Read more
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October 2012This guide is for organisations who wish to voluntarily monitor and report greenhouse gas emissions for their New Zealand operations. It encourages best practice in greenhouse gas monitoring and reporting and supports voluntary greenhouse gas reporting initiatives. Read more
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April 2014This guide is for organisations who wish to voluntarily monitor and report greenhouse gas emissions for their New Zealand operations. It encourages best practice in greenhouse gas monitoring and reporting and supports voluntary greenhouse gas reporting initiatives. Read more
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December 2011This guide is for organisations who wish to voluntarily monitor and report greenhouse gas emissions for their New Zealand operations. It encourages best practice in greenhouse gas monitoring and reporting and supports voluntary greenhouse gas reporting initiatives. Read more
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May 2017The Ministry for the Environment commissioned CRL Energy to provide information and calculations of HFC consumption, the import minus the export of bulk HFCs, in New Zealand. This assessment includes historical information and New Zealand’s phase down steps under the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. Read more
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April 2015This guide is for organisations who wish to voluntarily monitor and report greenhouse gas emissions for their New Zealand operations. It encourages best practice in greenhouse gas monitoring and reporting and supports voluntary greenhouse gas reporting initiatives. Read more
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October 2018This report details a national inventory for 2015 for priority air pollutants. Read more
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November 2019This report reviews groundwater models in New Zealand. Read more
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March 2005The New Zealand Urban Design Protocol provides a platform to make New Zealand towns and cities more successful through quality urban design. Read more
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October 2018This report presents a stocktake of black carbon concentrations measured in atmospheric aerosol samples collected at approximately 40 air quality monitoring sites across New Zealand and identifies the primary sources of the black carbon. Read more
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February 2021This report presents the results of the national forest inventory for pre-1990 natural forests, from the 2002-2007 and 2009-2014 measurement cycles. Read more
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June 2001This report is a step-by step guide to preparing emission inventories in New Zealand. It contains information on the purpose, process, methodology and application of emission inventory investigations. Read more
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June 2018The bottom-up modelling approach taken in this report sets out the pathways for the transition and how decision-making impacts economic activity and greenhouse gas emissions under uncertain future states of the world. Read more
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June 2001This brochure provides information on the likely impacts on New Zealand from climate change. Read more
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June 2001An examination of the likely impacts of climate change and global warming in New Zealand. Read more
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September 2016'New Zealand's action on climate change' illustrates the breadth of activities that are underway in 2016. It highlights areas where policies and decision-making need to take into account the broader climate change objectives. This information will be updated as New Zealand continues on its path towards a low emissions future. Read more
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May 2000This report describes the approach taken for estimating the water quality 'trigger' values for ecosystem protection used in the 2000 revision of the Australian and New Zealand Guidelines for Fresh and Marine Water Quality (ANZECC 2000). The guidelines were revised in August 2018. Read more
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November 2019This report describes national data sets related to groundwater flux estimation, including the methodologies to undertake this work and resultant digital data sets. Read more
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June 2007This plain English brochure contains information about PM10 air pollution and how it is monitored, and the national environment standards for air quality. 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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October 2000This is the second of two documents prepared for the Ministry on the effects of air pollution on atmospheric visibility in New Zealand. Read more
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April 2000This report provides an information base about the status of water allocation in each New Zealand region, and the systems being used to allocate water. It was prepared for the Ministry for the Environment by Lincoln Environmental. Read more
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August 2003This report summaries the results of air quality monitoring of fine particles in New Zealand from 1988 to 2001. Historical measurements of total suspended particles over the period 1964 - 2000 (Auckland) and 1983 - 2001 (Hamilton) are also presented to analyse trends. Read more
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May 2015The Ministry worked with several Government agencies to model the impacts on the New Zealand economy of New Zealand agreeing to participate in an international agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions post-2020. As part of this work, Infometrics Ltd was commissioned to undertake macroeconomic modelling. This report presents the findings of that analysis. Read more
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September 2001A report prepared for the Ministry for the Environment as part of the New Zealand Climate Change Programme on the likely impacts on New Zealand agriculture from climate change. Read more
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August 2003This technical report on the health effects of PM10 (particles less than 10 microns in diameter) in New Zealand describes the potential health effects caused by inhaling PM10 in New Zealand towns and cities. Read more
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September 2007This document sets out the framework for a New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme. Read more
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August 2014This document helps create a broader understanding of New Zealand’s framework for adapting to climate change and details four areas: information, responsibilities, investment and action. Read more
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August 2018This guide explains how the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (NZ ETS) is designed and how it operates (a snapshot as at August 2018). Read more
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November 2019This report describes an update of New Zealand's depth to hydrogeological basement map, including the methodology used to undertake this work and the resultant digital data sets. Read more
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July 2005This brochure outlines the impacts and opportunities for agriculture arising from climate change in eastern New Zealand, and adaptation options at farm level and for rural communities. Compiled by Gavin Kenny. Published by Earthwise Consulting Limited (July 2005). Read more
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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
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December 2007Briefing for the Climate Change Leadership Forum. Prepared by the Emissions Trading Group. Read more
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June 2002Information for lake managers on on native and exotic fish populations in substantial lakes and reservoirs. Read more
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April 2017This report presents trends in the abundance of freshwater species between 1977 and 2015 based on standardised data from the New Zealand Freshwater Fish Database. Read more
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November 2001In August 2001, the New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry commissioned ABARE to undertake a second round of analysis of the potential economic impacts on New Zealand of implementing the Kyoto Protocol. Read more
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August 2002This report provided background information for developing an updated odour assessment and management guideline for New Zealand. Read more
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August 2020This 2007 report evaluated the effects of air pollution in 67 urban areas across New Zealand on the 2001 population and ambient monitoring data. Read more
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February 2016This report presents the findings of the Ministry's evaluation of the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme’s (NZ ETS) short-, medium- and long-term performance. Read more