Water & Atmosphere 11, November 2014

Where in New Zealand might you find a strawberry sea cucumber?

If you live in the South Island and looked into the sky over June and July, you may have noticed the largest experiment held in New Zealand in the past 20 years.

To reduce their impact on the environment, farmers are being asked to cut down nutrients and effluent escaping into waterways.

Our streams, rivers and lakes should be home to over 40 native species of freshwater fish and hundreds of plant life species and invertebrates – many found only in New Zealand. Where are they?

New Zealand’s rain fuels world-leading agriculture, but the challenge for farmers is when and how much? Mark Blackham went to Fieldays this year to find out how technology is helping the farmer understand weather.

The latest climate change reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reinforce the urgent need to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions as well as to adapt to the impacts of climate change. Michelle Sutton finds that the news is mixed for New Zealand’s agricultural sector.

Why did the weather forecaster move to another country? Because the weather didn’t agree with him.

When Northland Regional Council (NRC) and Whangarei District Council (WDC) joined forces in 2011 to develop a wide-ranging strategy for improving water quality in Whangarei Harbour, they needed a reliable estimation of the contaminant load affecting the harbour, and an accurate analysis of where key contaminants were coming from.