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Ancient creatures re-discovered in NZ "Some of the world's most ancient and fascinating creatures have been re-discovered in southern New Zealand. Over the past two years, Department of Conservation workers and scientists from the National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research (Niwa) have been searching for phreatoicids. Phreatoicids are blind, unpigmented isopods (relatives of slaters and fish lice, and a sister group to crabs, shrimps, land hoppers and, more distantly, insects). They play a vital role in cleaning up freshwater. The search over 230 locations yielded phreatoicids at 66 places, Niwa's assistant regional manager in Christchurch Graham Fenwick said today. He said phreatoicids had persisted unchanged for some 350 million years but being just 20mm long and dwelling in extremely mucky places, they had lingered mostly forgotten and unnoticed, They were confined to four of ancient Gondwana's five main remnants – South Africa, India, Australia and New Zealand, but not South America. They were first discovered near Christchurch in 1882 followed by nine more species in 1944. Niwa's search focused on six species which had not been reported for over 60 years, Dr Fenwick said. Dense populations were found on Ruapuke Island in Foveaux Strait and in Bayswater Peatland Scenic Reserve near Otautau in Southland. The species lived in surface waters in the southern South Island and appeared to be important in breaking down dead plant matter to recycle their nutrients. The tiny, blind crustaceans played a major role in cleansing the region's groundwater, keeping our drinking water naturally pure, Dr Fenwick said. 'Their high abundances, habitats preferences, and wide tolerances indicate that these ghosts of New Zealand's ancient continental origins can survive in the face of considerable human changes to the landscape, so long as wetlands, in their various forms, are kept intact.'" The Press 05Oct09
Aqua Design "Horticultural Irrigation" etc Gisborne
Auckland The Watchdog "Keeping citizens in the loop" waterpressure.wordpress.com = Water protesters pelt Hucker nzherald.co.nz 11Jun07 & Auckland given stick over water 29Jun07 & Councils get water prices lifeline "to soften the impact of future price rises" 11Jan08 + Water Pressure Group info on "everything you ever wanted to know about water privatization in Auckland" vs Metrowater arena.org.nz links + 1999 posts CASI.org.nz + Papakura Water Pressure Group "United Water Must Go!" + water bill payment strike "calling for an Auckland-wide boycott of all water bills" Thrall Mar/Apr01 & Water Pressure Group At Ike's House scoop.co.nz 10Jul01 & Water Pressure Protest Thursday post GPJA.org.nz + NZ water pressure builds Canadian Union of Public Employees CUPE.ca
Australia looks to bag West Coast's water Press 15Mar08
Beyond ageing pipes. Meeting the freshwater needs of the 21st century / Urban water systems for the 21st century, Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment report 5Apr01
A Cleaner Enviroment NZ Ltd "Innovative Solutions for Pollution Control from Clean TeQ of Australia" air & water Ackd
Cr!key Creek "Water cycle meet media cycle" Daniel Collins sciblogs.co.nz ex blogspot "hydrologist at the National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research NIWA.. PhD in Civil & Environmental Engineering from MIT.. water resource interests revolve around ecohydrology, the impacts of climate & land use changes, & sustainability" + "climate adaptation, from a water-sector perspective" climatechangewater.org blog
CW Drilling & Investigation Geotechnical & Site Environmental 10 Old Wharf Rd POBox264 Motueka + links
Drinking Water for NZ "info source for the public, & those managing NZ drinking-water quality" ESR Water Group & Ministry of Health + Water Info NZ WINZ Database
Ecotanker.com Stainless Steel Water Bottles Dairy Tanks etc links
Emergency Water Containers "Xmas Gifts ..big, sturdy & yellow.. Wellington City Council's Emergency Management Office" wellington.govt.nz Dec07 ***
Environmental Protection Authority EPA.govt.nz "Streamlining the decision making process for nationally significant proposals, such as major infrastructure or public works projects.. statutory office housed within the Ministry for the Environment, under the Secretary for the Environment" + NZ Institute for the Study of Competition & Regulation ISCR.co.nz
Filtration Technology Ltd Filtec "specialise in industrial process filtration & water & wastewater treatment" Ackd
Fluoride: Fluoride a poison in our water Opinion Mary Byrne The Press 18May10 Fluoride Action Network NZ fannz.org.nz Wgtn + all NZ "According to the Ministry of Health, 61% of reticulated water supplies is fluoridated. 52% of New Zealanders receive this fluoridated water" + Fluoridation Free NZ "Fluoridation Free coalition.. calling for a nationwide ban on fluoridation of public drinking water" BanFluoride.org.nz + Overview of the Truth about Fluoride & Aspartame youtube Jan09 & Fluoride Truth hits the TV in Australia Jul10
Govt proposes new standard for use of water resources 29/3 NZPA 21Mar08
Green Party Environment Policy Rivers & freshwater 22Jun05 + Water Quality & Use Water Policy 16May07 + Water Management Metiria Turei MP Speech to the Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum 23Jan08 + Water Crisis Nandor Tanczos MP Speech in the House 14Feb08
Irrigation -A Heads Up For Rural Professionals PR Irrigation NZ 3Aug07 & Farmers Pay To Access Water + Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment + Government's water rules likely to dilute milk flows nzherald.co.nz 1May06
KiwiTech 'Python' water systems Bulls
Land and Water Forum "comprises a range of primary industry groups, environmental and recreational NGOs, iwi and other organisations with an interest in fresh water and land management" govt.nz
Left running out of time to save assets from right wing "What about our water?.. centre-left coalition would need to include the Labour, Green and Maori Parties and pull in NZ First as well as other leftist organisations, trade unions and social movement groups" Matt McCarten nzherald.co.nz 15Feb09
Living Rivers Coalition 4 "national NGOs with a passion for NZ's rivers" Fish & Game, Forest & Bird, Recreational Canoeing, Federated Mountain Clubs
More than talk needed on water "Environment Minister Trevor Mallard's sudden tough talking over water has more to do with the pending election than a real Government desire to tackle a pressing problem.. wants the worst of the polluting farmers to be jailed.. and others who foul rivers, streams and lakes treat fines under the Resource Management Act as just another business expense" Dominion Post 30Sep08
National Hydrometric Monitoring Network "network of remote hydrological sites that collect information about rainfall, river stage (height), & meteorological observations" peterweb
National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research NIWA national climate centre & Natural purification of groundwater etc
National Wetland Trust of NZ "appreciation.. enhancement & restoration" Te Kauwhata & "Wai Wetlands?" Symposium UniCanterbury 14-16Feb08
National would restart dam, Key says "controversial Dobson Dam hydro project on the West Coast and free up more Department of Conservation land for tourism" The Press 7Jun07
NZ Hydrological Society NZHS & MFE funded Water Info Directory "NZ's freshwater info source" + H2Know.org.nz "education activities"
NZ Ministry of Agriculture & Forestry MAF Water "Efficient use of our most dynamic resource" & Water Bibliography 95-08.. * * * * *

NZ Ministry for the Environment MFE water quality reports etc + Talk Environment Roadshow + Sustainable Water Programme of Action + Water Programme of Action & 4million.org.nz "NZ, 4 million careful owners, A valuable body of Water" campaign + Proposed National environmental standard on ecological flows & water levels & Draft Guidelines for the Selection of Methods to Determine Mar08 + Water quality trends at National River Water Quality Network sites for 1989-2007 "Overall, some aspects of water quality have deteriorated in rivers over the past 20 years mainly as a result of farming (pastoral land cover) and environmental gains in terms of reduced 'point' pollution of waters in New Zealand are being overshadowed by increasing 'diffuse' pollution" & Temporal & land-cover trends in freshwater fish communities in NZ's rivers: an analysis of data from the NZ Freshwater Database - 1970-2007 Mar09 + Water quality at freshwater swimming spots Jun09 + Water quality in dairy farming catchments Jul09 + ozone & climate.. Wgtn
NZ Council for Infrastructure Development NZCID "best practice.. through research, advocacy & public & private sector collaboration" esp Water Sector Ackd * * * * *
NZ River Recreation Use Survey School of Physical Education UniOtago ***
NZ Water Associates "Business Management, HR, Government Relations & Policy" Wgtn
NZ Water & Wastes Assn NZWWA Vision "To be the pre-eminent organisation in NZ for promoting & enabling the sustainable management & development of the water environment" Ackd + nzgreenpages.org "2003 Water & Wastes Directory" A-Z search + NZ Water Environment Research Foundation NZWERF Vision "To be the pre-eminent knowledge & research foundation of NZ that protects, enhances & sustains the quality of our water environment for our country's children" + Stormwater Directory of NZ + NZ Water & Environment Training Academy NZWETA + Annual Conference & Expo Chch 11-13 Oct06 etc Events + Managing domestic water demand "On environmental, economic & social equity grounds the case for metering & volumetric charging is compelling" PR scoop.co.nz 13Jan09 + links * * *
Ordish & Stevens "water, milking & electrical services" Wairarapa
Oxfam.org.nz Water for Survival Programme "Living with clean, safe water & sanitation is a basic human right"
Pure conflict "The traditional home of tourism in New Zealand, Rotorua is under pressure to champion the country's 100% Pure brand, with its 16 lakes suffering various degrees of pollution from lakeside agriculture and human activity" NICK CHURCHOUSE Dominion Post 14Nov09 + AgResearch wants GE cows "to produce milk products and therapeutic proteins" KIRAN CHUG 13Nov09
PureWaterOnTap.co.nz "Water Filters, Purifiers & Coolers" all-NZ
Rivers & rainfall Environment Southland SRC * * *
Snapshot of Water Allocation in NZ MfE Nov06
Southland Water Demand Strategy MAF Sustainable Management Fund
Takitimu Weather Modification Indigenous Perspective "Consciousness- based, non-linear, non-local, action-at-a-distance" vs power crisis Ackd + links * * *
Valley Action Network VAN "protest against water privatisation at Hutt City Council Building 12Jun10 expressing opposition to both the Local Government Act Amendment Bill & to water meters, & simultaneously launching its election campaign for Hutt City Council" Grant Brookes huttvan.org.nz + Hutt Water Action Group calls for fight over privatisation concerns Hutt News 15Jun10 & facebook report
Wai Care "working together for healthy waterways" + links * * *
Water Campaign TM .au news International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives iclei.org Local Governments for Sustainability + Communities for Climate Protection CCP-NZ
Watercare services "region-wide.. integrated management of water, supply, wastewater & stormwater" Ackd
Watergain.com Ltd Pour N' Go "helps control bacteria, viruses & algae commonly found in rainwater tanks.. non-chlorine disinfectant.. non toxic, no-taste.. after cleaning.. does not need to be rinsed away, and may be safely left in the tank water" Gutter Witch etc Ackd
Water index page "whose water is it, who will benefit & who will lose if water supplies are managed by 'market mechanisms'?" Peace Movement Aotearoa Wgtn + links * * * * *
Water Industry Training waterit.ac.nz
WaterNZ "A Gateway to the NZ Water Industry" Ackd NZ Weather & Other Phenomena etc Garry Law Associates "Engineering, Management & Heritage Consultants" Aus + Archaeology + climate change + e-News + Water links * * * * *
Water Report Released Today Statistics NZ scoop.co.nz 22Jun07
West Coast Save Our Wild Rivers Petition vs "destruction by hydro-electric development.. sacrificing our natural heritage for short-sighted gains" Mike Drake petitiononline.com Wild Rivers Action Project WRAP
Wellington's excessive water use may be curbed by metering "'If people are told how much they use, they tend to use probably 10 to 20 percent less,' says Peter Neilson" 3news.co.nz 27Nov08 & Wellington may be next city to charge for water "They already charge for it in many cities and towns in the top half of the North Island, but paying for water could soon be a reality for many other parts of the country. Wellington is the latest city to ponder installing meters and charging water rates in a bid to help conserve the resource. But the plan already has many opponents" 25Oct09 + Right to Water "Wellington-based community group working to end user-pays & privatisation of household water supply"
Whitewater NZ rivers.org.nz "Help us save NZ's whitewater rivers" Wgtn
Wild Rivers.org.nz "Let's keep it that way.. campaign.. initially created by Forest & Bird, Whitewater NZ, Federated Mountain Clubs & Fish & Game ..history of campaigning to protect NZ's magnificant wild rivers stretches back into our conservation history.. Over 200,000 Kiwis signed the Manapouri petition.. sparked calls for law reform, resulting in the Wild & Scenic Rivers Act, which became the Water Conservation Order mechanism in the Resource Management Act" new campaign launch 28Oct09

Water link pages:
Canterbury local industry etc
Dairy dilemma
Nitrate danger
Project Waiora cleanup of rivers, estuaries & lagoons ~ Wakapai Kaa Awa
Water hub page
Water bibles historical context
International outside of NZ

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