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The New Zealand River Story Awards recognise and celebrate the contribution of individuals, groups, businesses and communities working together to make a difference to the health of New Zealand’s rivers and streams.

The 5th annual NZ River Awards dinner and ceremony is being held in Wellington on Thursday 23rd November. The venue is Wharewaka Function Centre, Odlins Square, 2 Taranaki Street, Wellington Waterfront. Drinks are from 5.30pm and the awards dinner and presentations are from 6.30pm. The key note spea...

Over the past two years a large amount of work has been achieved under the Manawatu River Leaders’ Accord thanks to a collaborative effort by many sectors of the community. A progress report on the Fresh Start for Fresh Water Clean-Up Fund was presented to Manawatu River Leaders’ Forum members and M...

Environmental monitoring website Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA) is expanding, and now shows data on the air that we breathe on top of existing information on New Zealand’s other most valuable natural resource, our water.

Taranaki people, particularly dog owners, are urged to be wary of potentially toxic algae mats being exposed at waterways as river levels fall in the region.

 The challenges facing the Aorere River have been met head on by its community and the results speak for themselves.

Joint efforts to improve the water quality of the Rai River have been recognized in a new national award celebrating community commitment to protecting and restoring New Zealand’s rivers and streams.

It’s great to see the forestry industry is working hard to protect water quality.

The week’s water quality monitoring has returned high levels of bacteria in a number of rivers and lakes. The following waterways have reached a level where it is currently unsuitable for swimming and contact recreation.

Understanding and improving our local rivers and waterways requires high quality information that is easily accessible. In the wake of World Rivers Day (24 September 2017)  the Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA) website allows the latest information on the state of our regions water quality to be view...

River health is important to New Zealanders. It impacts industry, recreation, and the wider environment. The Cawthron Foundation acknowledges this and is delighted to announce it has taken over running the New Zealand River Awards.

New research by Cawthron Institute is aimed at ensuring that the right things are measured when it comes to the health of New Zealand’s rivers, lakes and streams. Making sure we gather the right information and ask the right questions is vital – whether it’s for our own health or that of our envir...