01 July 2021
Freshwater Update 86 brings you the latest information from our Freshwater & Estuaries Centre.
In this issue
There’s no business like snow business
On a still and sunny summer day when most Kiwis were looking longingly towards the beach, two NIWA staff had their eyes firmly on the Southern Alps.
Unlocking the value of community-based freshwater monitoring data
Work is underway to develop a proposed national quality assurance (QA) framework for community-based monitoring (CBM) of Aotearoa New Zealand’s freshwaters.
Fish climb ramps to inform fish passage guidelines
New Zealand’s native fish are doing their best to climb up ramps in a NIWA laboratory so scientists can learn how to better help them navigate our tricky waterways.
EFlows Explorer – a webtool to aid broad-scale river flow management planning
Increasing rates of water use in New Zealand are causing changes to the magnitude, duration, timing, rates of change and predictability of fluxes of water in rivers, wetlands, and groundwater systems.-
Field teams and forecasters cover monumental rainfall event
The prodigious rainmaker that hit Canterbury earlier this month saw NIWA field teams out in the elements collecting flood data from bridges, cableways and jetboat gaugings. 
Staff Profile - Channa Rajanayaka
I am a groundwater modeller with the Hydrology Group in Christchurch.
