In terms of water content, atmospheric rivers are technically the largest freshwater “rivers ... Southeast Asia, and New Zealand. Scientists have created a rating scale for atmospheric ...

Elevated levels of arsenic have been found in the Waikato River, affecting water supplies in Auckland and Waikato. The Water ...

National Public Health Service regional clinical director Dr William Rainger says: “People who are drinking water sourced ...

Far North resident Mike Butler has so much going on in his community he has to assign each project into “bundles”. From civil ...

Scientists from ETH Zurich in Switzerland and Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium have predicted glacier loss under ...

The plan was aimed at increasing freshwater environmental protections and would have set a minimum flow standard for rivers. LDR is local body journalism co-funded by RNZ and NZ On Air.

A man-made lake in a town north of Christchurch is described as a filthy drain but few seem interested in fixing it ...

A group advocating for the protection of Canada's largest river basin attended the latest United Nations biodiversity conference to raise awareness about the need to protect its freshwater. Keepers of ...

Langlands is a well known photographer, researcher and writer who specialises in freshwater and marine issues. He's also an expert wild foods forager, a skill he has been cultivating since he was a ...

Those who founded the Hawke’s Bay Canoe Club 50 years ago wouldn’t have envisaged the diversification of something that has ...

New Zealand’s development policy direction is influenced by our position as a small independent Pacific country, deeply ...