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Ambitious Nationwide Initiative To Track And Share Actions To Improve Freshwater
Friday, 29 November 2024, 11:36 am | Land Air Water Aotearoa
“The Actions for Healthy Waterways topic on LAWA provides a platform for groups and individuals to share what they’re doing and what has been achieved. This will inspire others and start to build a nationwide picture of progress." More >>
New Zealand’s Air Pollution Stocktake Finds Continued Improvement In Most Towns
Thursday, 6 June 2024, 12:06 pm | Land Air Water Aotearoa
The latest stocktake of air quality monitoring results from councils presented by the Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA) project highlights meaningful improvements and underscores the importance of reducing pollution where possible. More >>
Where’s Good To Swim This Christmas Long Weekend — And All Summer Long
Thursday, 21 December 2023, 11:15 am | Land Air Water Aotearoa
New Zealand’s official online swimming water quality guide titled ‘Can I swim here?’ is back for another season to help people decide when and where to enjoy the water. The tool lists around 850 popular swim spots across the country and will ... More >>
New Zealand’s Groundwater Quality Steady With Contamination In Places
Monday, 20 November 2023, 10:34 am | Land Air Water Aotearoa
Today marks the release of the Groundwater National Picture 2023 by Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA), offering an updated glance into the state of New Zealand's vital groundwater resources. This year's summary, now available on the LAWA website , underscores ... More >>
Freshwater Health Monitoring Results From All Regions Of New Zealand
Sunday, 24 September 2023, 8:55 am | Land Air Water Aotearoa
The Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA) project has released freshwater quality and ecological health monitoring results from more than 1,500 river sites and around 200 lake sites across New Zealand. The results span river and lake health indicators ... More >>
Latest Water Quality Results For More Than 800 River, Lake, And Beach Spots Across New Zealand Available On LAWA Website
Wednesday, 21 December 2022, 1:48 pm | Land Air Water Aotearoa
Water Quality Scientist Anna Madarasz-Smith advises all would-be-swimmers to check ‘Can I swim here?’ on the LAWA website before deciding when and where to cool off this summer. The ‘Can I swim here?’ tool lists water quality information ... More >>
Check It’s Good To Swim Before You Get In
Tuesday, 21 December 2021, 7:30 pm | Land Air Water Aotearoa
The Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA) website makes recreational water quality monitoring results from all regions freely available through the ‘Can I swim here?’ tool. This means that wherever people are spending the holidays, they can get the information ... More >>
New Zealand Lakes Are Diverse In Their Condition And Type
Thursday, 28 October 2021, 9:58 am | Land Air Water Aotearoa
Freshwater scientists have come together through the Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA) project to summarise the condition of New Zealand’s monitored lakes. They have found a varied picture of lake condition with some examples of lakes that demonstrate ... More >>
Two-thirds Of New Zealand’s Monitored River Sites Ecologically Impaired
Sunday, 26 September 2021, 6:26 pm | Land Air Water Aotearoa
Today, the Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA) project has released the LAWA River Water Quality National Picture Summary 2021, alongside updated river monitoring result histories for more than 1500 individual sites across New Zealand. The release is ... More >>
Air Pollution In New Zealand Towns Revealed As Winter Bites
Thursday, 1 July 2021, 11:13 am | Land Air Water Aotearoa
The LAWA Air Quality National Picture Summary 2021 released today confirms air quality in New Zealand towns is generally good and has improved over the past 15 years, however it highlights there are still unacceptable levels of winter air pollution in some ... More >>
Find Out Where’s Good To Swim This Summer
Friday, 11 December 2020, 8:13 am | Land Air Water Aotearoa
Summer recreational water quality monitoring of 750 popular swim spots across New Zealand is now underway. The Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA) website shows the latest monitoring results from Kaitaia to Stewart Island through the ‘Can I swim here?’ ... More >>
Q&A: LAWA River Water Quality National Picture
Sunday, 27 September 2020, 8:46 am | Land Air Water Aotearoa
What does the LAWA River Water Quality National Picture Summary tell us about river water quality from 2010 - 2019? The summary presents a high-level aggregated picture of the current state of our rivers and streams, how state compares among different More >>
Data Reveals The Impact Of Land Cover On River Water Quality
Sunday, 27 September 2020, 8:37 am | Land Air Water Aotearoa
Today, the team at Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA) released the annual update of New Zealand’s river water quality monitoring data. Data analysis by Cawthron Institute has revealed water quality is poorest in New Zealand’s urban waterways and a large ... More >>
Call To Reduce Home-heating Emissions Due To Air Quality Concerns
Monday, 22 June 2020, 1:22 pm | Land Air Water Aotearoa
As temperatures drop, the team at LAWA are encouraging people to help keep the air in our towns and cities healthy by using clean home-heating methods. In New Zealand, burning wood or coal for home heating is the main source of harmful particulate matter ... More >>
More can be done to #BeatAirPollution
Wednesday, 5 June 2019, 11:40 am | Land Air Water Aotearoa
This World Environment Day the UN is calling on countries to come together to beat air pollution. In New Zealand, monitoring results collated by Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA) show air quality has improved over the past 10-years, but there is still more ... More >>
Strong data networks for better environmental guardianship
Thursday, 18 April 2019, 1:19 pm | Land Air Water Aotearoa
Today, Stats NZ and the Ministry for the Environment (MfE) released Environment Aotearoa 2019, an overview report on the state of our environment as mandated by the Environmental Reporting Act 2015. More >>
Summer water quality good for swimming most of the time
Thursday, 13 December 2018, 2:47 pm | Land Air Water Aotearoa
Monitoring data from last summer made available by Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA) reveals outdoor swimming spots in New Zealand have good recreational water quality most of the time, but project scientists recommend avoiding the water for 2-3 days ... More >>
Communities shine during World Rivers Day
Friday, 23 September 2016, 12:13 pm | Land Air Water Aotearoa
This Sunday is World Rivers Day, and Land Air Water Aotearoa (LAWA) is joining more than 60 countries around the world to raise awareness of the need to take better care of our water resources. LAWA is marking the day by launching a video that celebrates ... More >>
Surf’s up at New Zealand’s environmental website
Sunday, 21 December 2014, 1:20 pm | Land Air Water Aotearoa
New Zealanders are encouraged to do their surfing online before hitting the beach this summer. Beach goers can check the quality of the water at their nearest beach thanks to environmental monitoring website Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA) . More >>
Water website a first for New Zealand
Wednesday, 19 March 2014, 9:59 am | Land Air Water Aotearoa
A new website housing water quality data from New Zealand’s freshwater monitoring sites was launched in Wellington today. Fran Wilde, chair of the Regional Council Sector Group, Local Government New Zealand said the Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA) ... More >>
