Coastal Water Quality Monitoring 2010-2014 Results

The Northland Regional Council carries out routine state of the environment monitoring of the region’s coastal water quality to assess its state, identify environmental issues and to track changes in water quality over time.

The council carries out long-term state of the environment water quality monitoring at 42 sites in the Kaipara Harbour, Whangārei Harbour and Bay of Islands. This report presents the results from monitoring undertaken by the council between January 2010 and December 2014 (five full years of data).