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Marlborough's popular swimming spots are regularly monitored for harmful bacteria - and this week they've all passed the test.

A group of technical experts has produced computer models of the land use and management changes potentially required to achieve water quality targets for the Waikato and Waipa rivers, and their tributaries.

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.

Natural causes – not pollution – are being blamed for smelly, discoloured waterways that prompt an annual rash of summer complaints to the Northland Regional Council.

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

A new bylaw governing the future management of water-based activities at the iconic Kai Iwi Lakes has been formally adopted by the Northland Regional Council (NRC).

New Zealanders are being encouraged to do their surfing online before hitting their favourite swimming spots this summer.

The vast majority of Northland’s most popular coastal swimming spots – and most of their freshwater equivalents –are suitable for swimming all or most of the time, regional council data shows.

A three-year project to improve water quality issues at the iconic Whangarei Falls has reached an important milestone – its first anniversary.