Water
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- New Start for Fresh Water
September 2009
On 8 June 2009, the Government announced its new strategy New Start for Fresh Water. It outlines the Government’s new direction for water management in New Zealand and sets out some of the choices we face and the implications of those choices. Follow the link above to find information, questions and answers and background reports and Cabinet papers on the New Start for Fresh Water programme. - Qualitative Assessment of the Impacts of the NPS on the Primary Sectors
September 2008
As part of the development of policy for the National Policy Statement (NPS) on Freshwater Management, MAF commissioned a report from Harris Consulting on the impact of a draft of the NPS on the primary sectors. - CLUES - Catchment Land Use for Environmental Sustainability
May 2008
MAF in association with Ministry for the Environment has been working with NIWA and their subcontractors to develop a modelling system to assess the effects of land-use changes on water quality and socio-economic indicators. - Pathogen Pathways - Update on Groundwater Contamination
June 2005
MAF Technical Paper No: 2005/03
This study is part of a consortium approach to quantify the relative significance of key pathogen transmission routes from farm animals to water. -
Property Rights in Water Quality: A Review of Stakeholders' Understanding and Behaviour [268K PDF]
April 2004
The Sustainable Development Programme of Action has identified problems with water quality in New Zealand associated with the impact of human activities. Discharges which affect water quality are generally divided into point source and non point source. -
Economic Instruments for Managing Water Quality in New Zealand [790K PDF]
January 2004
In the area of water quality, economic instruments hold potential to speed adjustment towards optimal outcomes and stretch available resources. But there is devil in the detail. To be effective they must be well designed and, in particular, there must be adequate investment in science and in the administrative arrangements necessary to make them work. - Property Rights in Water: A Review of Stakeholders' Understanding and
Behaviour [424K PDF]
November 2003
Property rights are an integral element in the management and use of resources. Property rights define who has an interest in a resource, and the extent of that interest. They are defined by custom, convention and law and they affect the behaviour of people managing and using a resource. The government's Sustainable Development Programme of Action has identified problems with how water is allocated and used in New Zealand and it may be that these problems are related to the way in which property rights are held in water. - Transferable Water Permits
1st August 1998
This project looked at understanding and documenting a community's views on the concept of Transferable Water Permits as an option for water management.
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