Freshwater

Wood chips and plant material make pulp that is used to produce paper products.

Dry stock farming consists predominantly of pasture grazing beef cattle, sheep, and deer for meat, wool, and velvet production.

There are two species of kōura or freshwater crayfish in Aotearoa.

A range of different mining techniques have been developed to obtain these valuable resources

Damming water for urban use, hydro-electric power generation, irrigation, and other industrial and commercial uses.

Estuaries are at the bottom of the freshwater drainage network and, effectively, are a part of it. This means that every time we act to protect and enhance streams and rivers we are also benefiting the estuary at the downstream end.

Here are some simple steps to minimise the effects of dairying on water quality and mahinga kai.

Water clarity or turbidity is the cloudiness or haziness in a fluid caused by individual small particles (suspended solids).

Returning water to our waterways after we’ve used it in our homes, on farms and in industry is a complex and challenging process.

Freshwater eels have an unusual life cycle which sees them travelling between the ocean, estuaries and freshwaters.

Tuna are found in all sorts of habitats (places), including coastal estuaries, lakes, wetlands, rivers, mountain streams and even alpine tarns.