Search results for:

It’s World Rivers Day, and to mark the occasion Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA) has released updated water quality information for over 1,400 river sites. As well as state and trend information at these sites, trends have been aggregated at a national level to provide an overview of how New Zealand...

Cawthron Institute Freshwater Group Manager Dr Roger Young has published a paper advising there is much to be learned from the medical practice when considering ecosystem management.

It’s nearly a year since Cawthron Foundation took over running the NZ River Awards. The state of our rivers continues to be of great interest to the public, Government, local councils the tourism industry, and most farmers. New Zealanders are devoting a great deal of science, money and work to impro...

The New Zealand River Awards is an initiative of the Morgan Foundation and began in 2013. The Awards event is held each year in Wellington at the end of November. Three types of Awards are given out at the event: New Zealand River Story AwardsMost Improved River AwardsReo mō te Awa River Voice Award...

Cawthron Foundation is proud to be running the NZ River Awards 2017. These were established to draw attention to the state of our rivers, but more importantly, to recognise where communities, councils, farmers and industry were achieving significant improvement in water quality in one or more of the...

The New Zealand River Awards are organised by Cawthron Institute to highlight projects that have a positive impact on waterways around Aotearoa New Zealand. The Awards recognise the most improved rivers from around the country, with the Supreme Award going to the most improved river. The New Zealand...

18 geomorphologists, hydrologists, ecologists and engineers from Auckland, Canterbury, Massey and Waikato Universities, NIWA, Cawthron, Waikato & Greater Wellington Regional Councils, MfE, NZ Fish & Game, Waterscape, Canada, Alchemists (Ltd) and DOC came together for a New Zealand River Habi...

Young people over the length and breadth of New Zealand are working hard to improve the quality of our rivers. We all have a part to play in protecting and managing our environment; the NZ River Awards are a way to showcase rivers that are leading the way.

National River Water Quality Trends released by Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA) today, reveal that for all river water quality parameters monitored over a 10 year period, more sites were improving than deteriorating. This encouraging national picture has been welcomed by scientists and local govern...

The Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA) project has released updated nationwide data for rivers, lakes, groundwater, and estuaries.

July’s featured river is the Mangere River in Northland, one of the priority rivers being addressed through Northland Regional Council’s Waiora Northland Water programme.

Two new reports on nutrients that can support algal growth in the Waikato and Waipa rivers indicate some potentially positive developments for protecting and restoring water quality in the region.