Water

Ruapehu District Council is plugging a giant water leak with a $20,000 fund.

Every day in the township of Ohakune hundreds of thousands of litres of water is wasted through various unidentified leaks… Video, Audio

A bill on water fluoridation decisions has passed its second reading at Parliament - more than four years after it was first introduced. Audio

Chris and Anne-Marie Allen have owned Anna Dale Farm for nearly 30 years. It's a 300-hectare farm at Ashburton Forks and was severely damaged by flood waters over the last week. Anne-Marie joins the… Audio

Do nothing and a big bill is what New Zealanders might face if change does not happen. That's the conclusion of a ream of studies looking at water reform released by the government today.

The… Video, Audio

WaterCare says it has some sympathy for the Aucklanders whose water costs will double in the next ten years, but says - unfortunately - it's a necessary pill to swallow.

Aucklanders meanwhile think… Video, Audio

Protesters sang their displeasure about water quality up to those sitting inside the offices of the Canterbury Regional Council today.

About 200 gathered at lunchtime to let the council know what… Audio

Nearly 80,000 smart water meters will be rolled out across Auckland in the next four years as part of the city's efforts to solve its water woes.

The rollout is part of Auckland Council's plan to… Audio

A new studyhas conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of all the evidence about how blue space positively impacts health, and the news is good for people who live in areas with access to… Audio

Fixing Napier's brown water problem could take two decades and almost $300 million, a new report has revealed.

Since chlorine was added to the water four years ago, residents have complained of… Audio

Residents in the Wairarapa town of Carterton are still being asked to boil their water, after E-coli was detected in the water supply.

The town has been on a boil water notice since the harmful… Audio

The Director-General of Health is being handed what's being described as a political hot potato no one wants to touch.

From March next year, Ashley Bloomfield will be in control of water… Audio

The government is pushing ahead with its three waters reform programme, the biggest shakeup in local government in decades. It comes as residents in two coastal Otago towns are still unable to drink… Audio

Residents of East Otago have been told it is unlikely there have been long-term health effects from the community's exposure to lead in the drinking water. At a meeting in Waikouaiti tonight, the… Audio

Much of New Zealand's freshwater flows underground, and a team from GNS Science is in the process of mapping it. Audio

It's been another hot dry summer for Auckland, and for those on tank water it's been drying up quickly.

Watercare has rolled out a new mobile tanker to help fill the gap - while people wait for more… Video, Audio

Dunedin City Council continues to hunt for the source of the lead contamination spikes in drinking water test results from east Otago, and it has started a project to replace 5km of old pipes.

It has… Audio

The recent lead contamination scare in east Otago has raised the question, how safe are New Zealanders with their drinking water?

The technical manager at industry group Water NZ says he would not… Video, Audio