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River water quality: Nitrogen, modelled, 2016 - 2020
Ministry for the Environment Adapted by Ministry for the Environment and Statistics New Zealand to provide for environmental reporting transparency. Dataset used to develop the “River water quality: Nitrogen” indicator, (available at https://www.stats.govt.nz/indicators/river-water-quality-nitrogen). Nitrogen in river waters is one of five parameters that provide an overview of New...Created 1 September 2022 • Updated 3 March 2025 -
Lightning recorders
Ministry for the EnvironmentLightning is the discharge of electricity from thunderstorms. Ground strikes can cause significant damage to property and infrastructure, and injure or kill people and livestock. Lightning is often associated with other severe weather events, such as strong wind gusts. Thunderstorms may increase in frequency and intensity with climate change. This dataset...Created 2 February 2020 • Updated 3 March 2025 -
Daily temperature 30 sites, state, 1909 - 2022
Ministry for the EnvironmentTemperature at 30 sites around the country from at least 1972 to 2022. We provide data on average, minimum, and maximum for daily temperatures. Variables: site: NIWA monitoring site. date: Date (day-month-year) statistic: Statistic (Average, Max, Min). temperature: Temperature in degrees Celsius.Created 1 February 2024 • Updated 3 March 2025 -
DoC marine mammal sanctuaries
Ministry for the EnvironmentThe location and extent of Marine mammal sanctuaries in the territorial sea and the exclusive economic zone.Created 2 February 2020 • Updated 3 March 2025 -
LUCAS Chatham Islands Land Use Map 2020 v001
Ministry for the EnvironmentThe LUCAS Chatham Islands Land Use Map 2020 v001 is composed of New Zealand-wide land use classes (12) nominally at 31 December 1989, 31 December 2007, 31 December 2012, 31 December 2016, and 31 December 2020. These date boundaries are dictated by the Paris Agreement and former Kyoto Protocol. The data can therefore be used to create a map at any of the...Created 3 June 2024 • Updated 3 March 2025 -
Annual trends: Particulate matter 10 (PM10), particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5),...
Ministry for the EnvironmentFor trends, sites needed to have at least six complete years between 2011 and 2020. For annual trends, a site could not have a gap in the time series longer tan four months. Annual trends between 2011 and 2020 for: - Particulate matter 10 (PM10) concentrations - Particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5) concentrations - Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) concentrations -...Created 3 March 2024 • Updated 3 March 2025 -
Extreme wind, state, 1980 - 2022
Ministry for the EnvironmentThis dataset measures the strength of extreme wind at 30 sites across Aotearoa New Zealand from 1980 to 2022. For individual sites, we provide data for the highest maximum wind gust, average maximum wind gust, and the number of days with wind gusts extreme for a location. The average of the daily maximum wind gust provides information on windiness, while...Created 1 February 2024 • Updated 3 March 2025 -
Daily rainfall at 30 sites, state, 1960 - 2022
Ministry for the EnvironmentThis dataset measures daily rainfall at 30 sites across Aotearoa New Zealand from 1960 to 2022. Variables: site: location of monitoring station date: date rainfall: rainfall in mm rainfall_units: rainfall is measured in mm lat: Approximate latitude location of NIWA climate stations to represent a site. lon: Approximate longitude location of NIWA climate...Created 1 February 2024 • Updated 3 March 2025 -
NZ Airsheds Gazetted
Ministry for the EnvironmentA spatial dataset delineating the extent of regional airsheds notified in the New Zealand Gazette (https://gazette.govt.nz).Created 2 February 2020 • Updated 3 March 2025 -
Marine Reserves
Ministry for the EnvironmentThe location and extent of Marine reserves (type 1 marine protected areas) in the territorial sea.Created 2 February 2020 • Updated 3 March 2025 -
Irrigated land area, 2017
Ministry for the EnvironmentIrrigation is used to support land use, particularly in areas with low or seasonal rainfall. Irrigation can improve the productivity of land for farming activity, and support amenity or recreational land uses within urban environments.Irrigation can also alter the natural character of our landscapes (eg change dry land to greener and wetter land), and can...Created 2 February 2020 • Updated 3 March 2025 -
Annual and seasonal rainfall at 30 sites, state, 1960 - 2022
Ministry for the EnvironmentThis dataset measures annual and seasonal rainfall at 30 sites across Aotearoa New Zealand from 1960 to 2022. We also provide data for annual and seasonal anomalies (difference from baseline) for each site from 1960 to 2022. Variables: site: NIWA climate site. season: Season or Annual data (combined for ease of data use) precipitation: Rainfall in mm...Created 1 February 2024 • Updated 3 March 2025 -
Annual and seasonal temperatures at 30 sites, state 1972 - 2022
Ministry for the EnvironmentThis dataset reports the annual and seasonal temperatures at 30 sites around the country from at least 1972 to 2022. Data are also provided on anomalies for all 30 stations (difference from the 1991–2020 baseline period) and for 16 stations (difference from the 1961–1990 baseline period). Variables: site: NIWA monitoring site statistic: Statistic: maximum...Created 1 February 2024 • Updated 3 March 2025 -
LUCAS NZ Forest LiDAR Footprints
Ministry for the EnvironmentNote: Metadata relates to LiDAR point clouds. This layer has been provided to enable users to explore coverage and capture dates of the LiDAR. To enquire about ordering the LiDAR and/or related orthophotography, please e-mail lucas[at]mfe.govt.nz. Ministry for the Environment, Land Use Carbon Analysis System collection of swaths of LiDAR over planted...Created 2 February 2020 • Updated 3 March 2025 -
River water quality: Macroinvertebrate community index, modelled, 2016 - 2020
Ministry for the EnvironmentNote that this is a large dataset so is provided as a shapefile, and will need a GIS application to view. Adapted by Ministry for the Environment and Statistics New Zealand to provide for environmental reporting transparency. Dataset used to develop the "River water quality: macroinvertebrate community index" indicator (available at...Created 1 September 2022 • Updated 3 March 2025 -
Indigenous vegetation cover remaining and protection 2001–2012
Ministry for the Environment"New Zealand’s land area has been divided into 500 land environments, each defined by their unique climate, topography, and soils. The extent to which indigenous vegetation is represented in these different land environments, and how that vegetation is formally protected, is described by ‘threatened environment’ categories. These categories can be...Created 2 February 2020 • Updated 3 March 2025 -
Land cover database v4 0 class orders
Ministry for the Environment"Land cover describes the extent of vegetation, water bodies, built environments, and bare natural surfaces (eg gravel and rock) across New Zealand. Measuring the composition and changes in land cover can help us understand the pressures that different land uses are placing on the biodiversity and functioning of ecosystems. This data set relates to the...Created 2 February 2020 • Updated 3 March 2025 -
LUCAS NZ Land Use Map 1990 2008 2012 2016 v011 DEPRECATED
Ministry for the EnvironmentThis data is deprecated. Please visit https://data.mfe.govt.nz/layer/117733 for the latest version. The LUCAS NZ Land Use Map 2016 v011 is composed of New Zealand-wide land use classifications (12) nominally at 1 January 1990, 1 January 2008, 31 December 2012 and 31 December 2016 (known as "1990", "2008", "2012" and "2016"). These date boundaries were...Created 3 June 2024 • Updated 3 March 2025 -
River Environment Classification Catchment Order 6 (2010)
Ministry for the EnvironmentThe REC groups rivers and parts of river networks that share similar ecological characteristics, including physical and biological. Rivers that share the same class can be treated as similar to one another and different to rivers in other classes. The REC classification system groups rivers according to several environmental factors that strongly...Created 1 January 2023 • Updated 3 March 2025 -
Prediction of wetlands before humans arrived
Ministry for the Environment"Wetlands support unique biodiversity and provide important services. They clean water of nutrients and sediment, help dampen floods, provide habitat, and act as carbon sinks. They are also valued for their spiritual and cultural significance and as important sources of food and materials, such as flax. Draining them for agricultural and urban development...Created 2 February 2020 • Updated 3 March 2025
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