taiao - environmental information

Powered by Land and Water Aotearoa - Water quality information

 Select a site to see the water quality test history, available facilities, how to get to there, and to find out more about recreational water quality monitoring in New Zealand.  Desktop users can see a map view of the sites. 

To inform people of the journey we are going to embark on, to address the pollution and erosion of our river.

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 Plant Checklist for Ohuka Scenic Reserve, NW of Wairoa. Prepared by Tony Druce. 1968. 

This website also includes plant and environmental related resources and information for public use. 

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Plant Checklist for Ruakituri River Scenic Reserve, N of Wairoa. Prepared by Tony Druce, Aug 1979. 

This website also includes plant and environmental related resources and information for public use. 

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Information about the Wairoa land and water catchment, known issues, community feedback, and useful links to their Wairoa State of Environment report, National Policy for Freshwater Management, and HBRC flood control page.

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 This guide to Planting Native Plants in Hawke’s Bay will help you successfully grow native plants on your land and encourage greater diversity in planting, wildlife and landscapes. The planting guides are set out in tables to make it easy to match plants to your particular planting zone. 

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 Wairoa District Council portal for sharing geospatial data and maps. 

 Established in 2010, Para Kore Marae Incorporated is a Māori, not-for-profit, zero waste organisation with a vision of oranga taiao, oranga whānau, oranga marae. 

On their website you'll find information and resources.

 Te Māra Reo is a garden being developed to include examples of as many as possible of the New Zealand native plants which bear names brought to Aotearoa by the first Polynesian settlers and explorers, and a web site devoted to providing information about the plants and also about the history of each name.  

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Ngā Rauropi Whakaoranga provides access to information on how Māori used plants and other organisms to live in Aotearoa - New Zealand, particularly before the arrival of Europeans. Fungi and seaweeds are included, and there is information for some Pacific plants, such as Pandanus, that have links to Māori culture. 

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 Educational resources to help students, teachers and communities contribute to the future wellbeing of the environment. 

This page includes resources from the New Zealand Association of Environmental Education, Ministry of Education, and further information about programmes and education. 

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Use this online tool to view information on Māori land blocks.

1. You can zoom in or out with your mouse.
2. Zoom in to view Blocks.
3. Click on the Block.
4. A pop-up window will open for the respective Block with the name of the Block in the Title and few details.
5. Click on the Block Title and you will be redirected to the Block details screen

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Follow this link to access information about online and offline databases you can use to find Māori land records. 

 By browsing the website you can also find basic information and land record queries

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 Learn about keeping nautical charts up-to-date, tides and tide predictions, and the importance of marine geospatial information. Find our standards and specifications for hydrographic surveys. 

On this page you'll find links to charts, marine geospatial data, tides, tide prediction guidance, maritime boundaries, & hydrology.

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  Māori freehold land is owned by one or more owners. When an owner passes away, it’s important that their shares in Māori freehold land are succeeded to by the person or persons entitled.  

This page includes information you need to succeed to whenua.

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Environmental data of Aotearoa New Zealand - all in one place. 

New Zealand's Crown Research Institutes (CRIs) hold data about our important natural resources. Search the online directory to discover more about our taonga.

This site includes lots of databases and resources in the following catagories; Atmosphere, biodiversity, climate, freshwater, geology, land, ocean.

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 Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research is the Crown Research Institute for our land environment and biodiversity. 

This site includes lots of information and resources including teaching resources, taiao identification, national  collections, mapping, data & databases.

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 Search the government datasets to access information from across local and central government. This link will take you to 'Wairoa' data sets.