Freshwater

Science communication student Tegan Good, from the University of Otago, takes a look a freshwater issues in New Zealand.

Many councils would struggle to pay for mandatory water treatment and other proposed measures to make drinking water safer.

Experts investigating the Havelock North gastro outbreak warn 20 percent of the entire country's water supplies are "not safe".

Two Canterbury swimming spots have become unswimmable, and another two have dropped in quality.

The 2017 Marsden Medal is awarded to Carolyn Burns for her internationally renowned research into New Zealand's deep southern lakes.

A district council chief executive is keeping the water to a Māori land protester turned off despite health officials telling him it's illegal.

Victims say a report revealing the $21m cost of the campylobacter outbreak shows they need more financial help. Audio

Despite a walk-back on some of its tax plans, a water tax for commercial users is still part of Labour's policy. We check some of the claims about its cost to farmers.

About 100 people stormed the Canterbury Regional Council offices today to protest the state of the region's waterways.

Drinking water is at increasing risk of contamination as more dairy cows are farmed in the district, local residents have been told. Audio

Massive multinational bottlers such as Coca-Cola Amatil that use municipal supplies wouldn't have to pay proposed charges. Audio

Māori involved in freshwater disputes are welcoming the prospect of some commercial use royalties going to resolve treaty claims.

A new $44m push to clean up New Zealand's waterways fails to address nitrate seeping off farms, according to a leading freshwater scientist. Audio

A luxury resort's plan to take up to 60,000 litres of water a day from a local creek to irrigate its lawns has angered a nearby landowner and local Māori.

The capital's fragile freshwater supply is set to become less of a worry, with hydrogeologists looking for emergency supplies under the city.

The people of a Northland marae have set out to turn a stagnant creek into the river they remember from their childhoods.

The Labour Party wants to ban farmers from intensifying their operations unless they have a resource consent.