On 1 July 2025, NIWA merged with GNS Science to become Earth Sciences New Zealand.

Welcome to Freshwater Update 56, with the latest info from our Freshwater and Estuaries centre

In this issue

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    New Zealand’s freshwater under pressure

    A recurring theme at the November 2012 NZ Freshwater Science Society Conference (NZFSS) attended by NZ's leading experts on freshwater science, was the recorded decline in quality, health and resilience of a number of freshwater ecosystems in this country.
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    Conserving threatened aquatic and wetland plants

    NIWA has recently been represented on the New Zealand Indigenous Threatened Vascular Plant Panel Meeting.
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    Freshwater biodiversity at high altitude: discovering what lives in our alpine streams

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    Freshwater diversity and biosecurity data re-packaged

    We collect a range of ecological data as part of our day-to-day research and services.
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    New LakeSPI website: Keeping tabs on lake health

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    Water Quality maps and information, October to December 2012

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    River flows - October to December 2012