1,038 datasets found

  • Annual rainfall Units: percentage of normal, 1998

    Ministry for the Environment
    Annual rainfall is the total accumulated rain over one year. Rain is vital for life, including plant growth, drinking water, river ecosystem health, and sanitation. Floods and droughts affect our environment, economy, and recreational opportunities. This layer shows the annual rainfall as a percentage of normal across New Zealand for 1998 as part of the...
    Created 2 February 2020 • Updated 1 September 2023

  • Sunshine hours 1983

    Ministry for the Environment
    "Sunshine is important for our health and recreation, and for the environment. It is also important for our agriculture-based economy, for example, for plant growth. This layer shows annual sunshine hours across New Zealand for 1983 as part of the data series for years 1972 to 2013. Data is for a calendar year (January-December). The National Institute...
    Created 2 February 2020 • Updated 1 September 2023

  • Macroinvertebrate Community Index percentiles, by monitoring site, 2009-13

    Ministry for the Environment
    Benthic macroinvertebrates are small animals without backbones (eg insects and worms). They live on and under submerged logs, rocks, and aquatic plants on the beds of rivers and streams during some part of their life cycle. Macroinvertebrates play a central role in stream ecosystems by feeding on periphyton (algae), macrophytes (aquatic plants), dead...
    Created 2 February 2020 • Updated 1 September 2023

  • Fishing effort (number of dredge tows) by year (1990–2014)

    Ministry for the Environment
    Seabed trawling is the practice of towing fishing nets near or along the ocean floor. The towing process can physically damage seabed (benthic) habitats and species. It can also stir up sediment from the seabed. This creates sediment plumes that change light conditions. This can affect marine species (for example by limiting their capacity to generate...
    Created 2 February 2020 • Updated 1 September 2023

  • Forest carbon stocks, 1990–2015

    Ministry for the Environment
    Forest carbon stocks and areas, including stock changes, areas, and deforestation. New Zealand’s indigenous and exotic forests absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere through photosynthesis and store the carbon as biomass and in the soil. On average, more than twice as much carbon per hectare is stored in New Zealand’s mature indigenous forests...
    Created 2 February 2020 • Updated 1 September 2023

  • Units: percentage of normal sunshine hours 1995

    Ministry for the Environment
    "Sunshine is important for our health and recreation, and for the environment. It is also important for our agriculture-based economy, for example, for plant growth. This layer shows percentage of normal sunshine hours across New Zealand for 1995 as part of the data series for years 1972 to 2013. Data is for a calendar year (January–December). The...
    Created 2 February 2020 • Updated 1 September 2023

  • Sunshine hours 1982

    Ministry for the Environment
    "Sunshine is important for our health and recreation, and for the environment. It is also important for our agriculture-based economy, for example, for plant growth. This layer shows annual sunshine hours across New Zealand for 1982 as part of the data series for years 1972 to 2013. Data is for a calendar year (January-December). The National Institute...
    Created 2 February 2020 • Updated 1 September 2023

  • Growing season soil moisture deficit, 1976-1977

    Ministry for the Environment
    Soil moisture is important for plant growth. A lack of moisture content over a growing season is a good indicator of drought, which can have social, environmental, and economic impacts. Increasing temperatures and changes in rainfall patterns are expected to increase the frequency and intensity of drought in many regions. Growing season soil moisture...
    Created 2 February 2020 • Updated 1 September 2023

  • Units: percentage of normal sunshine hours 1984

    Ministry for the Environment
    "Sunshine is important for our health and recreation, and for the environment. It is also important for our agriculture-based economy, for example, for plant growth. This layer shows percentage of normal sunshine hours across New Zealand for 1984 as part of the data series for years 1972 to 2013. Data is for a calendar year (January–December). The...
    Created 2 February 2020 • Updated 1 September 2023

  • Standardised soil moisture deficit 1986-1987

    Ministry for the Environment
    Soil moisture is important for plant growth. A lack of moisture content over a growing season is a good indicator of drought, which can have social, environmental, and economic impacts. Increasing temperatures and changes in rainfall patterns are expected to increase the frequency and intensity of drought in many regions. Growing season soil moisture...
    Created 2 February 2020 • Updated 1 September 2023

  • Units: percentage of normal sunshine hours 2002

    Ministry for the Environment
    "Sunshine is important for our health and recreation, and for the environment. It is also important for our agriculture-based economy, for example, for plant growth. This layer shows percentage of normal sunshine hours across New Zealand for 2002 as part of the data series for years 1972 to 2013. Data is for a calendar year (January–December). The...
    Created 2 February 2020 • Updated 1 September 2023

  • Sunshine hours 1990

    Ministry for the Environment
    "Sunshine is important for our health and recreation, and for the environment. It is also important for our agriculture-based economy, for example, for plant growth. This layer shows annual sunshine hours across New Zealand for 1990 as part of the data series for years 1972 to 2013. Data is for a calendar year (January-December). The National Institute...
    Created 2 February 2020 • Updated 1 September 2023

  • Growing season soil moisture deficit, 1992-1993

    Ministry for the Environment
    Soil moisture is important for plant growth. A lack of moisture content over a growing season is a good indicator of drought, which can have social, environmental, and economic impacts. Increasing temperatures and changes in rainfall patterns are expected to increase the frequency and intensity of drought in many regions. Growing season soil moisture...
    Created 2 February 2020 • Updated 1 September 2023

  • Growing season soil moisture deficit, 1984-1985

    Ministry for the Environment
    Soil moisture is important for plant growth. A lack of moisture content over a growing season is a good indicator of drought, which can have social, environmental, and economic impacts. Increasing temperatures and changes in rainfall patterns are expected to increase the frequency and intensity of drought in many regions. Growing season soil moisture...
    Created 2 February 2020 • Updated 1 September 2023

  • Standardised soil moisture deficit 2009-2010

    Ministry for the Environment
    Soil moisture is important for plant growth. A lack of moisture content over a growing season is a good indicator of drought, which can have social, environmental, and economic impacts. Increasing temperatures and changes in rainfall patterns are expected to increase the frequency and intensity of drought in many regions. Growing season soil moisture...
    Created 2 February 2020 • Updated 1 September 2023

  • Units: percentage of normal sunshine hours 2010

    Ministry for the Environment
    "Sunshine is important for our health and recreation, and for the environment. It is also important for our agriculture-based economy, for example, for plant growth. This layer shows percentage of normal sunshine hours across New Zealand for 2010 as part of the data series for years 1972 to 2013. Data is for a calendar year (January–December). The...
    Created 2 February 2020 • Updated 1 September 2023

  • Units: percentage of normal sunshine hours 1993

    Ministry for the Environment
    "Sunshine is important for our health and recreation, and for the environment. It is also important for our agriculture-based economy, for example, for plant growth. This layer shows percentage of normal sunshine hours across New Zealand for 1993 as part of the data series for years 1972 to 2013. Data is for a calendar year (January–December). The...
    Created 2 February 2020 • Updated 1 September 2023

  • Growing season soil moisture deficit, 1980-1981

    Ministry for the Environment
    Soil moisture is important for plant growth. A lack of moisture content over a growing season is a good indicator of drought, which can have social, environmental, and economic impacts. Increasing temperatures and changes in rainfall patterns are expected to increase the frequency and intensity of drought in many regions. Growing season soil moisture...
    Created 2 February 2020 • Updated 1 September 2023

  • Units: percentage of normal sunshine hours 1974

    Ministry for the Environment
    "Sunshine is important for our health and recreation, and for the environment. It is also important for our agriculture-based economy, for example, for plant growth. This layer shows percentage of normal sunshine hours across New Zealand for 1974 as part of the data series for years 1972 to 2013. Data is for a calendar year (January–December). The...
    Created 2 February 2020 • Updated 1 September 2023

  • Units: percentage of normal sunshine hours 1996

    Ministry for the Environment
    "Sunshine is important for our health and recreation, and for the environment. It is also important for our agriculture-based economy, for example, for plant growth. This layer shows percentage of normal sunshine hours across New Zealand for 1996 as part of the data series for years 1972 to 2013. Data is for a calendar year (January–December). The...
    Created 2 February 2020 • Updated 1 September 2023
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