Rivers

Management of freshwater, including biodiversity on the region's many rivers, are among the issues facing Environment Canterbury's Commissioners. Audio

In this Ideas hour we look at the pressure on our rivers. The big issue is water quality - the impact of urban wastewater and agricultural runoff on waterways. Audio

History and environment writer David Young on his new book on the importance of the country's rivers - how they shaped the country and its communities, the situation today, and the challenges of the… Audio

An iwi has told the Waitangi Tribunal's water rights hearing that Maori could be grand kaitiaki or guardians of rivers - for the benefit of all New Zealanders. Audio

A Waikato University 'large river' research project is focusing on life in New Zealand's longest river Audio

The outdoorsman, adventurer, travel journalist and photographer goes to the Clarence river. Audio

A biologist and geologist combine efforts to figure out how rivers changed course in the past. Audio