Freshwater quality

A buoy with the ability to “phone home” has been deployed in Wellington Harbour today to monitor currents, waves and water quality in the harbour.

There’s another way of measuring the health of rivers – the health of invertebrate populations that need them, says John Quinn, NIWA Chief Scientist, Freshwater
and Estuaries.

Erica Williams' story starts with the website of Moerewa School, where pupil Tyra-Lee explains her connection to a very special place in her small Far North town.

The government has released the ‘Clean Water’ package of proposed reforms, aimed at making more of our rivers swimmable. But how is ‘swimmable’ to be measured, and do these measures stack up?

NIWA's Freshwater and Estuaries Chief Scientist Dr John Quinn believes the dairy industry has been responsive in the tools it has adopted to reduce its impact on waterways.

NIWA provides national capabilities in Water Quality Monitoring

A high proportion of New Zealand’s native freshwater fish fauna need to migrate to and from the sea.

Nutrients in waterways are essential for the growth of algae and aquatic plants but too much can destroy an ecosystem.

NIWA discusses, in depth, this year's most asked question—what is happening to our fresh waterways?