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Air quality monitoring information for the Horizons Region is now available on the Land, Air, Water, Aotearoa (LAWA) website.

Important decision times are approaching for a groundbreaking, multi-million dollar regional plan change process aimed at restoring and protecting the health of the Waikato and Waipa rivers.

An independent report has shown that water quality for sediment and E. coli have improved over the past 7-10 years in the Horizons Region and concluded there are encouraging signs that local scale interventions are collectively contributing to regional scale water quality improvements.

Horizons Regional Council has increased their annual swim spot monitoring programme from 17 sites to over 80, to run alongside a complementary summer swim spot campaign that will help inform the public about potential health risks and highlight the Region’s fantastic recreational sites enjoyed by th...

The Kai Iwi Lakes Open Day is held on Auckland/Northland Anniversary weekend. Family friendly activies include: guided day snorkelling guided night snorkelling (bookings essential info@emr.org.nz) waka ama circus skills workshop boidiversity and cultural tours spot prizes to be won This event is i...

Each summer from November to March, Environment Canterbury monitors more than 100 key recreational swimming sites weekly to check for cyanobacteria (toxic algae) that can be harmful to people, dogs, and stock.

This summer, Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA) has teamed up with Canadian-based not-for-profit Swim Drink Fish to share New Zealand’s recreational water quality results with an international audience. The latest results collated and displayed by the LAWA website are now also available on the globall...

Water Quality Scientist Anna Madarasz-Smith advises all would-be-swimmers to check ‘Can I swim here?’ on the LAWA website before deciding when and where to cool off this summer.

The Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA) project team is proudly celebrating its 10th anniversary of sharing environmental data and information online for all New Zealanders to access.

Landowners with properties upstream of the iconic Whangarei Falls are being urged to take advantage of a three-year project to improve water quality in the area as the initiative enters its final 12 months.

A new report outlines how there will be extensive benefits as well as costs from work to restore and protect the health of the Waikato and Waipa rivers under the Healthy Rivers: Plan for Change/Wai Ora: He Rautaki Whakapaipai project.

December marks the beginning of summer, and we are lucky enough to have some great swimming spots in Southland where people can cool off in the heat.