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NIWA riparian survey video
NIWA, supported by DairyNZ, are asking anyone who has planted along stream banks to take a short survey. -
National riparian restoration database project
Research ProjectNIWA is undertaking a five-year nationwide study to find out how different approaches to riparian planting influence water quality improvements and to provide better guidance to the people and groups undertaking stream restoration. -
New buoy for Wellington Harbour to boost water quality information
News article10 July 2017A buoy with the ability to “phone home” has been deployed in Wellington Harbour today to monitor currents, waves and water quality in the harbour. -
Hapū joins forces with NIWA in tuna research
Feature story20 June 2017Local hapū and NIWA are working together to find out more about juvenile freshwater eels or tuna in streams connecting to the Wairua River in the Wairoa catchment in Northland. -
Q&A: Another way to measure river health
Feature story20 June 2017There’s another way of measuring the health of rivers – the health of invertebrate populations that need them, says John Quinn, NIWA Chief Scientist, Freshwater
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Erica Williams - Where the water is clean
Feature story20 June 2017Erica 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. -
Raising the bar for swimmable rivers
Feature story20 June 2017The 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? -
Dairy turns the corner
Feature story11 June 2017NIWA'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. -
Algal monitoring service
ServiceBlooms of hazardous cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) in rivers, lakes and reservoirs can cause problems for both animal and human health. How can you find out whether an algal bloom is potentially toxic? -
Infectious substances
Waterways can easily become contaminated by pathogens when effluent is discharged nearby. -
Giant kōkopu
The largest member of the Galaxiidae family.