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Horizons Regional Council have set their swimmability targets for the region’s large rivers and lakes suitable for swimming year-round to 70 per cent by 2030 and 80 per cent by 2040. And for summer, when most people actually swim, Council has set a target of 90 per cent by 2040.

Southlanders will soon be able to have their say on targets for how swimmable we want our rivers and lakes to be.

Hawke’s Bay’s District Health Board Medical Officer of Health, Dr Nicholas Jones, today issued a warning to remind the the public that people should not swim in the Puhokio Stream at Waimarama.

Hawke’s Bay’s District Health Board Medical Officer of Health, Dr Nicholas Jones, today issued a warning to the public that, due to contamination, they should not swim in or have contact with the Waipuka Stream at Ocean Beach until further notice.

A mammoth effort by Taranaki's community, improving freshwater health at a landscape scale, has won a national award.

Horizons Regional Council are supporting the restoration of Kai Iwi Stream, one of three Whanganui based Ministry for the Environment co-funded Te Mana o te Wai projects that the Ngaa Rauru iwi have underway.

Hurunui Waiau Water Zone Committee chair Ken Hughey reflects on how far the committee has come with water management and how it is approaching future challenges.

Totara Reserve is opening for summer camping  this Labour Weekend with a number of improvements to come.

Environment Southland’s latest monitoring has found elevated levels of toxic algae in the Aparima River at Thornbury and the Oreti River at Winton Bridge.

Environment Southland’s latest monitoring has found elevated levels of the toxic algae benthic cyanobacteria in the Mataura River near the Mataura Island Bridge.

A public meeting to brief residents in the upper Taieri catchment on the results of recent water quality sampling that found high levels of the bacteria E.coli in some sections of the Upper Taieri River, will be held at the Waipiata Hall this Friday (April 4) at 1pm.

Biosecurity experts are urging visitors to Northland’s iconic Kai Iwi Lakes to ‘check clean and dry’ their boats and recreational equipment between waterways to avoid spreading unwanted freshwater pests.