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Horizons Regional Council’s summer swim spot monitoring programme is underway to help inform the public about potential health risks and highlight the Region’s fantastic recreational sites.

Horizons Regional Council’s summer swim spot monitoring programme is underway to help inform the public about potential health risks and highlight over 80 recreational sites in the Manawatū-Whanganui Region.

With school holidays in full swing, water quality scientists are advising parents, grandparents, holiday programme staff, and other caregivers to check the latest information on ‘Can I swim here?’ before deciding where to take children for a swim.

Statistics New Zealand and the Ministry for the Environment today released a landmark national environmental report – Environment Aotearoa 2015 – showing the overall state of our environment.

This month we feature the work of a keen group of conservationists, the Kowhai District Girl Guides, who though small in years are making a big impact in their Southland community.

Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA) has analysed and released 10-year trends for river macroinvertebrates for the first time and the results are publicly available on the LAWA website. The Macroinvertebrate Community Index (MCI) is an important biological indicator of freshwater quality and this year j...

Nelson College for Girls year 11 Geography students have been out braving the cool Maitai river at three sites to assess the landscape, land use and water quality, as part of a class assessment.

New information has been released this week by Environment Southland to show the extent of slime algae or periphyton levels in Southland rivers: and the news is good.

Waikato Regional Council is this summer undertaking a special monitoring programme of 18 coastal sites on the Coromandel Peninsula that are popular swimming locations.

Funding from the Waikato River Authority’s latest round of grants will help protect and enhance shallow lakes such as Lake Waikare and Lake Waahi in Waikato District, says a multi-agency group working to improve water quality there.

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.