Atmospheric analysis

How do agricultural activities potentially influence water flows?

NIWA's research on freshwater monitoring and reporting is one of three research areas within the 'Values, Monitoring and Outcomes' (VMO) programme led by Landcare Research.

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Commercial eel fishery in New Zealand began in earnest in the 1960s and expanded rapidly until the early 1970s

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Submerged plants have a number of advantages that favour their use as indicators of lake ecological condition.

Diverting water changes a waterways natural flow

Kōaro are excellent climbers and like clear, swiftly flowing, forested streams.

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NIWA's mission is to conduct leading environmental science to enable the sustainable management of natural resources for New Zealand and the planet.

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