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Notes:
(1) The data excludes people who did not work on census day or did not respond to the survey.
(2) Data discrepancies between the text and the figure are due to rounding.
Data source: Statistics New Zealand, 2006a.
Text description of figure
| Main means of travel to work | Census of usually resident population count |
|---|---|
| Motor vehicle | 76 |
| Worked at home | 10 |
| Walked or jogged | 6 |
| Bicycle | 2 |
| Public bus | 4 |
| Train | 1 |
| Other | 1 |
- Environment New Zealand 2007
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Environmental reporting
- Chapter 2: Our environment and people
- Chapter 3: Household consumption
- Chapter 4: Transport
- Introduction
- National environmental indicator
- Current pressures and trends
- Figure 4.1: Trends in vehicle kilometres travelled (VKT) by vehicle type, 1980–2006
- Figure 4.2: Average vehicle kilometres travelled (VKT) per vehicle and total number of vehicles in each age class, 2006
- Figure 4.3: Vehicle kilometres travelled (VKT) by fuel type, 2001–2006
- Figure 4.4: Vehicle ownership per person in New Zealand, 1950–2005
- Figure 4.5: Average engine size of the light vehicle fleet, 2000–2006
- Figure 4.6: Means of travel to work on census day, 7 March 2006
- Figure 4.7: Total international passenger arrivals to and departures from New Zealand, 1955–2005
- Changes since the 1997 report
- References
- Chapter 5: Energy
- Introduction
- National environmental indicators
- Current pressures and trends
- Figure 5.1: Location of New Zealand’s major energy sources
- Figure 5.2: Consumer energy demand by fuel type, 2005
- Figure 5.4: Consumer energy demand by sector, 2005
- Figure 5.5: Consumer energy demand by sector, 1995–2005
- Figure 5.6: Primary energy supply, 2005
- Figure 5.7: Primary energy supply, 1974–2005
- Figure 5.9: Electricity generation by fuel type, 2005
- Figure 5.11: Relative efficiency of fuel types for electricity generation, 2005
- Changes since the 1997 report
- References
- Chapter 6: Waste
- Introduction
- National environmental indicator
- Current state and trends
- Figure 6.1: Estimates of waste disposed of to landfill, 1983–2006, and number of landfills operating, 1995–2006
- Figure 6.2: Estimates of the composition of waste disposed of to landfills, 2004
- Figure 6.3: Receiving environments for wastewater discharged from 125 treatment plants, 2007
- Figure 6.4: Sewage sludge from monitored treatment plants, 2006
- Changes since the 1997 report
- References
- Chapter 7: Air
- Introduction
- National environmental indicator
- Current state and trends
- Figure 7.1: How temperature inversions trap pollution
- Figure 7.3:
- Figure 7.5: Annual total suspended particulate levels in Auckland, 1964–2005
- Figure 7.6:
- Figure 7.7:
- Figure 7.8:
- Figure 7.9:
- Figure 7.10: Carbon monoxide (CO) levels and emissions in main centres of population
- Figure 7.11:
- Figure 7.12: Ozone levels at Musick Point, Auckland, 1996–2005
- Figure 7.13:
- Figure 7.14: Benzene levels in Auckland and Christchurch, 2001–2005
- Figure 7.15: Annual lead levels in Auckland and Christchurch, 1975–2005
- Changes since the 1997 report
- References
- Chapter 8: Atmosphere
- Introduction
- National environmental indicators
- Current state and trends
- Figure 8.1: New Zealand average surface temperature, 1853–2006
- Figure 8.2: Annual rainfall since 1900 for a range of locations in New Zealand
- Figure 8.3:
- Figure 8.4: Tonnes of carbon dioxide emitted on a per capita basis based on all greenhouse gas emissions in 2000 for selected countries
- Figure 8.5: New Zealand’s gross greenhouse gas emissions by gas, 2005
- Figure 8.6: New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions by gas type, 1990–2005
- Figure 8.7: New Zealand’s total greenhouse gas emissions and removals, 1990–2005
- Figure 8.8: New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions by sector, 2005
- Figure 8.9: Energy sector greenhouse gas emissions, 2005
- Figure 8.10: Industrial processes sector greenhouse gas emissions, 2005
- Figure 8.11: Agricultural sector greenhouse gas emissions, 2005
- Figure 8.12: Waste sector greenhouse gas emissions, 2005
- Figure 8.13: Land use, land-use change, and forestry greenhouse gas removals, 1990–2005
- Figure 8.14: Average yearly ozone levels over New Zealand, 1970–2006
- Figure 8.15: Concentration of equivalent effective stratospheric chlorine, 1969–2006
- Figure 8.16: Changes in summertime ozone and peak ultraviolet index at Lauder, Central Ōtago
- Changes since the 1997 report
- References
- Chapter 9: Land
- Introduction
- National environmental indicators
- Current state and trends
- Figure 9.1: New Zealand’s soil orders (North Island)
- Figure 9.2: New Zealand’s soil orders (South Island)
- Figure 9.3: Land use in New Zealand, 2004
- Figure 9.4: Livestock numbers in New Zealand, 1981–2006
- Figure 9.5: Sources of nitrogen and phosphorus in agricultural catchments, 1985–2004
- Figure 9.6: Total exotic forest land in New Zealand, 1990–2005
- Figure 9.7: Area of new exotic forestry plantings, 1920–2005, at five-yearly intervals
- Figure 9.8: New plantings and replanting of exotic forestry, 1990–2005
- Figure 9.9: Hill-country pasture areas at risk of erosion – North Island (LCDB 2, 2002)
- Figure 9.10: Hill-country pasture areas at risk of erosion – South Island (LCDB 2, 2002)
- Table 9.1: New Zealand’s 15 soil orders and their predominant land uses
- Table 9.3: Changes in land cover between 1997 (LCDB 1) and 2002 (LCDB 2)
- Table 9.6: Soil properties under the 500 Soils Project, arranged by land-use categories
- Table 9.7: Area (in hectares) of pasture on hill-country erosion-prone land by region between 1997 (LCDB 1) and 2002 (LCDB 2)
- Table 9.8: Self-reported information on contaminated sites in 10 regions, 2006–2007
- Changes since the 1997 report
- References
- Chapter 10: Freshwater
- Introduction
- National environmental indicators
- Current state and trends
- Figure 10.1: Common sources of freshwater pollution
- Figure 10.3: Nutrient trends in rivers in the national monitoring network, 1989–2005
- Figure 10.4: Comparison of median nutrient levels in rivers and streams by catchment land use, 1997–2002
- Figure 10.5: Trophic (nutrient) level (most recent to 2005) and trends (1990–2006) of monitored lakes
- Figure 10.6: Comparison of Trophic Level Index water quality variables between lakes in pasture catchments and lakes in natural catchments, 2004–2006
- Figure 10.7: Bacterial water quality at monitored freshwater swimming spots, 2003–2007
- Figure 10.8: Concentrations of Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria in rivers and streams in catchments with different land uses, 1997–2002
- Figure 10.9: Trends in dissolved oxygen and water temperature in rivers in the national monitoring network, 1989–2005
- Figure 10.10: Trends in macroinvertebrates (%EPT) in rivers in the national monitoring network, 1989–2005
- Figure 10.11: Trends in biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5) for rivers in the national monitoring network, 1989–2002
- Figure 10.12: Median nitrate levels in groundwater, 1995–2006
- Figure 10.13: Distribution of resource consents for surface water and groundwater, 2006
- Figure 10.14: Use of allocated water in New Zealand, 2006
- Figure 10.15: Regional variations in the use of allocated water, 2006
- Figure 10.16: Allocation of surface water as a percentage of average annual low flow of rivers, 2006
- Figure 10.17: Changes in allocation and irrigated area between 1999 and 2006
- Table 10.1: National medians and ranges for minerals, chemicals, and metals in monitored groundwater, 1995–2006
- Changes since the 1997 report
- References
- Chapter 11: Oceans
- Introduction
- National environmental indicators
- Current state and trends
- Figure 11.1: New Zealand's marine area
- Figure 11.2: Commercial trawling effort (total area swept in square kilometres) by Trawl Catch Effort Processing Returns (TCEPR) vessels, 1990–2005
- Figure 11.3: Location of commercial trawling effort (total area swept in square kilometres within 25-square-kilometre cells) by Trawl Catch Effort Processing Returns (TCEPR) vessels, 1990–2005
- Figure 11.4: Area trawled (cumulative) by class in the Demersal Fish Community Classification, 1990–2005
- Figure 11.5: Number of cells trawled at least once as a percentage of the number of cells in each class in the Demersal Fish Community Classification, 1990–2005
- Figure 11.6: Compliance of monitored coastal swimming spots with guidelines for contact recreation, 2003–2007
- Figure 11.7: Total number of reported marine spills, 1999–2006
- Figure 11.8: Percentage of territorial sea in marine reserves, 1975–2006
- Figure 11.9 Marine reserves in the territorial sea by Coastal Biogeographic Regions Classification
- Figure 11.10: Percentage of mainland Coastal Biogeographic Regions Classification regions in marine reserves, 2007
- Table 11.2: Number of marine species and subspecies in the New Zealand Threat Classification System, 2005
- Changes since the 1997 report
- References
- Chapter 12: Biodiversity
- Introduction
- National environmental indicators
- Current state and trends
- Figure 12.1: Estimated pre-human and 2002 land cover in New Zealand
- Figure 12.2: New Zealand land environments as shown by the Land Environments of New Zealand classification
- Figure 12.3: Estimated pre-human and current (2007) extent of wetland areas
- Figure 12.4: Legally protected areas – North Island, 2006
- Figure 12.5: Legally protected areas – South Island, 2006
- Figure 12.6: Location of Queen Elizabeth II National Trust covenants and registered covenants, and area protected, June 2006
- Figure 12.7: Change in distribution of the lesser short-tailed bat
- Figure 12.8: Change in distribution of the kiwi
- Figure 12.9: Change in distribution of the kākā
- Figure 12.10: Change in distribution of the kōkako
- Figure 12.11: Change in distribution of the mōhua
- Figure 12.12: Change in distribution of the wrybill
- Figure 12.13: Change in distribution of dactylanthus
- Figure 12.14: Areas where sustained management of brushtail possums is carried out by the Department of Conservation and Animal Health Board, 2006
- Figure 12.15: Land area under sustained management of pest species by the Department of Conservation, 2000–2006
- Figure 12.16: Recorded distribution of major invasive submerged weeds (Ceratophyllum demersum, Egeria densa, Lagarosiphon major, Elodea canadensis, and Hydrilla verticillata) in freshwater systems, 1970 and 2004
- Table 12.2: Distribution of threat ranking by native species group according to the Department of Conservation’s Threat Classification System, 2005
- Table 12.4: Estimated change in native vegetation and other native land-cover classes (1997 and 2002) using satellite imagery (LCDB 1 and LCDB 2) and the extent of legal protection for each land cover class
- Table 12.5: Native land cover by land environment, and legally protected native land cover, 2006, within each land environment
- Table 12.7: Registered covenants by the Queen Elizabeth II National Trust, and the ecosystem types within them
- Changes since the 1997 report
- References
- Glossary