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Environmental report cards / indicator updates

The Ministry for the Environment collates and reports national environmental information.

We use a core set of 22 national environmental indicators across 10 domains (air, atmosphere, biodiversity, household consumption, energy, fresh water, land, oceans, transport, and waste).

Report cards, sometimes referred to as indicator updates, provide updated information on these 22 indicators.

The table below provides a full list of our report cards, grouped by domain.

Environmental report cards / indicator updates
Title PDF Date released

Air

Air quality (particulate matter PM10)   October 2012
Air quality (four pollutants) PDF (2.25 MB) May 2010

Air quality (Particulate Matter – PM10)

PDF (959 KB) February 2009

Atmosphere

Stratospheric ozone   October 2012
Greenhouse gases (emissions and removals) PDF (1.3MB) April 2012
Greenhouse gases (emissions and removals) PDF (982 KB) April 2011
Greenhouse gases (emissions and removals) PDF (1.1 MB) April 2010
Greenhouse gases (emissions and removals)   May 2009

Biodiversity

Native land cover (protected areas) PDF (1.26 MB) April 2010

Energy

Energy supply and demand PDF (1.5 MB) July 2009

Fresh water

Recreational water quality in New Zealand   October 2012
Recreational water quality in New Zealand PDF (646 KB) July 2011
Freshwater demand   November 2010
Lake water quality   November 2010
Groundwater quality   September 2009
River water quality   July 2009

Household consumption

Household consumption expenditure   October 2012
Household consumption expenditure PDF (745 KB) April 2009

Land

Soil health PDF (443 KB) January 2010
Land use PDF (1.5 MB) January 2010

Oceans

Marine Protected Areas
  December 2012
Recreational water quality in New Zealand   October 2012
Recreational water quality in New Zealand PDF (646 KB) July 2011
Fishing activity (fish stocks) PDF (1.18 MB) November 2010
Fishing activity (trawling) PDF (1.03 MB) March 2010
Fishing activity (fish stocks) PDF (585 KB) September 2009
Marine areas with legal protection PDF (2.73 MB) December 2008

Transport

Vehicle kilometres travelled by road PDF (1.2 MB) March 2009

Waste

Solid waste disposal

  October 2012
Solid waste disposal, 2010   August 2011
Solid waste composition PDF (1.5 MB) July 2009

Last updated: 9 October 2012