“Toxic algae has increased to dangerous red alert levels in the Waipoua River over the last week, with detached mats washing up at the river’s edge, so we strongly advise against swimming and letting your dog off the leash.” Dogs are predominantly at risk because they like the smell and taste of toxic algae. An amount the size of a 50 cent piece, can be enough to kill a dog. The risk of coming into contact with the algae was likely to increase as the weather got warmer, he said.
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Dogs are predominantly at risk because they like the smell and taste of toxic algae. An amount the size of a 50 cent piece, can be enough to kill a dog.
Toxic algae in Wellington rivers, swimmers urged to check first
7 Jan, 2021 05:56 PM
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Toxic algae was a reoccurring issue for the region s fresh waterways when water temperatures warm and water levels lower. Photo / Supplied
RNZ
Wellingtonians are urged not to dive straight in this summer as toxic algae blooms in fresh waterways around the region.
The Greater Wellington Regional Council told the community to check the Land Air Water Aotearoa website for warnings and alerts, following the emergence of toxic algal blooms at Waipoua River, Te Awa Kairangi/Hutt River and the Pakuratahi River at Kaitoke campground.
Toxic algae was a reoccurring issue for the region s fresh waterways when water temperatures warm and water levels lower.
How Wellington became the poster child for NZ s water infrastructure crisis
7 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Wellington issues reporter, NZ Heraldgeorgina.campbell@nzme.co.nz
Wellington s forgotten infrastructure has come home to roost in the form of broken pipes, sludge trucks, sewage in the streets, and a public outcry. In January 2020 Wellington s mayor was comfortable with the amount of money being spent on water infrastructure and described the timing of two catastrophic pipe failures as appallingly bad luck .
A year later it is clear the state of the city s horizontal infrastructure has nothing to do with luck and is instead the victim of decades of underinvestment, three of which Mayor Andy Foster has been on council for.
Press Release – NIWA Where theres mud, theres scientists. NIWA divers recently got down and dirty while completing a harbour-wide dive survey in the Wellington area. A NIWA dive team visited 20 sites in the Wellington and Porirua harbours during November working in …
Where there’s mud, there’s scientists.
NIWA divers recently got down and dirty while completing a harbour-wide dive survey in the Wellington area.
A NIWA dive team visited 20 sites in the Wellington and Porirua harbours during November working in low-visibility conditions to collect sediment samples from the seafloor.
The same survey is carried out every four years as part of Greater Wellington Regional Council’s Coastal Programme. Its aim is to understand the health of the harbours, including what contaminants are found in the seafloor sediments, where they are found and the types of animal communities living there.