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Lucky escape after girl, 12, swept down Motueka River
Girl survives by holding on to branch after being swept down Motueka River.
Girl survives by holding on to branch after being swept down Motueka River.
The region has been hampered by heavy rain for much of the day.
Our $10 whistling duck, the whio, needs protectors.
Scientists are concerned dogs, small children and babies could eat the deadly algae.
COMMENT: Minister's lack of action on vital resource letting council dig in defences.
North Canterbury Fish & Game took legal advice before ignoring last wishes of fisherman.
Residents say they understand that the science. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
COMMENT: No country in the developed world is trashing its rivers as fast as we are.
COMMENT: We are clearly experiencing management by an unwieldy committee, says Paul Glass.
Waikato Regional Council to defend race-based policy claim.
The pair sat on the roof of their 4x4 to escape the rising water level.
CPR was performed on the man at the scene, but he was unable to be revived.
Some of New Zealand's deadliest recorded storms struck in the winter of 1863.
Mathias Svold has just spent a month photographing the Whanganui River and its people
Shrinking rivers are less able to support larger predatory fish like brown trout and eels.
A new commission should be created to help stop decline of our waterways, top forum says.
An algae species that creates mucus-like lake snot has likely now spread to Lake Taupo.
The swollen river overflowed, flooding a construction site.
Russell Roads has paid handsomely for resource consent. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Dry rivers like Canterbury's could be making a hidden contribution to climate change.
Rafting companies said conditions were good and safety procedures were followed.
He was nearing the end of three years worth of research for the book.
Tough measures aim to control pollution in rural waterways.
Whanganui should split from Horizons with the district council expanding its role
Freshwater campaigner Dr Mike Joy aims to get action in new role at new university.
Councils have perfected pretending they're doing something meaningful about water quality
COMMENT: Some of dullest minds in the country found at local government tables.
Lots of water improvement work in hand, and requests for lots more
New guidelines to help remove barriers to fish migrating through our rivers and streams.
New data released by Land, Air, Water Aotearoa shows river quality trends are high.