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Reducing sedimentation
Feature story15 October 2018New Zealand is a land of erosion. We’re losing about 192 million tonnes of soil a year, according to the latest report Our Land 2018, from the Ministry for the Environment and Statistics NZ. -
Community project inspires scientists
Media release06 August 2018A project to restore a stream catchment in Kaikōura—damaged in the 2016 earthquake—is being described as inspirational by NIWA scientists. -
Water sensitive urban design: a concrete case
Feature story27 June 2018The hard concrete surfaces that characterise New Zealand towns and cities are barely likely to register as a problem with most people. But they're never far from the minds of our urban water researchers. -
Environmental Flows Strategic Allocation Platform (EFSAP)
EFSAP is a water planning and management tool designed to assist with setting regional or large-scale water resource use limits for rivers. -
Underwater footage shows exceptional clarity of Te Waikoropupū Springs
Media release25 May 2018On the bottom of New Zealand’s largest freshwater springs is an underwater garden of vivid green, pinks and inky blues. -
Waikoropupu Springs video
NIWA freshwater scientists have completed monitoring the ultra-clear water of the Te Waikoropupū Springs near Takaka. -
Water count
Feature story20 April 2018Ruth Beran discovers that public interest in the state of fresh waterways has driven a dramatic change in the tools used by scientists. -
Summer Series 2017 - Citizen scientists take on Hutt River
Feature story08 January 2018A group of volunteers who love the Hutt River are helping to care for it over summer. -
Citizen scientists take on Hutt River
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Proud of your plants? Take the survey
Media release09 October 2017A new online survey is forming the basis of the National Riparian Restoration Database, which will help scientists to improve understanding of how riparian buffers benefit waterways.
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Q&A: going to sea for fresh water
Feature story05 October 2017Since the end of June, a barge has been stationed just off Wellington’s Miramar Peninsula drilling into the seabed to find an alternative water source for the city.