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A Central Otago waterway and two Dunedin teachers have featured in the second annual New Zealand River awards which were presented in Wellington last night (Thursday).

The Otago Regional Council (ORC) water plan has higher standards than the Government’s recently released freshwater quality target.

About 30 tertiary and secondary school students from Otago and Southland are camping at Bannockburn in Central Otago this week while they learn about river catchments and how to manage them.

The Ōtākaro/Avon River was one of the finalists for the most improved rivers in 2019, showcasing what can be done when people and organisations work together.

High school students, Fonterra staff and a couple of Turbos joined Horizons Regional Council this week to plant around a wetland area on a Tokomaru dairy farm.

River water quality trends released this week are cause for optimism, and credit is due to all those working hard to make a difference in Southland, including land users, businesses, iwi, and community groups. The results released by Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA) show that for all rivers monitore...

Waikato Regional Council says it is closely involved in a wide range of policies, projects and programmes to address water quality issues at Lake Karapiro and other lakes and waterways.

Project Maitai/Mahitahi has had a great year fixing water quality issues in the Maitai River and its tributaries through a wide range of actions.

The Marlborough District Council has been successful in securing funding from the Government’s Freshwater Improvement Fund to help restore the health of the town’s Taylor River.

The ground-breaking project to protect and restore the health of the Waikato and Waipa rivers has been getting valuable public input.

High levels of naturally occurring Phormidium or blue green-algae have been reported at the Confluence of Dunstan Creek and Manuherikia River today. Existing alerts are in place at Cardrona River.

The Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA) project has released freshwater quality and ecological health monitoring results from more than 1,500 river sites and around 200 lake sites across New Zealand.