Wetlands

We offer a range of ecological monitoring tools.

Constructed wetlands project receives NZ award for environmental sustainability.

See reports produced to guide potential adaptation strategies in the Lower Waikato region.

Scientists find link between temperature and carbon storage rates

A group of international scientists are visiting some of New Zealand’s most significant coastal wetlands as part of a five-year research project to help the country adapt and prepare for sea-level rise.

Specialised monitoring equipment has been installed in Bay of Plenty estuaries to understand whether our coastal wetlands can survive the threat of inevitable sea-level rise.

Constructed wetlands are a water quality restoration tool that can reduce levels of sediment, nutrients and microbes such as E. coli.

Find out more about emergent aquatic plants.

New Zealand rushes (Juncus): species-level factsheets.

To prepare for changes in climate, our freshwater and oceans decision-makers need information on species vulnerability to climate change.

Wetland species and wetland management in New Zealand.

NIWA review of the ten year Whangamarino willow control programme and evaluation of willow distribution and other wetland vegetation types.