This report was compiled by the Ministry for the Environment and Stats NZ’s Environmental Reporting team.

Data providers

We would like to thank the following for providing data and advice in the development of indicators used in this report:

Auckland Council, Environment Canterbury, Greater Wellington Regional Council, Land Information New Zealand, Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Rural Fire Authority (now Fire and Emergency New Zealand), National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research, United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, New Zealand Ocean Acidification Observing Network, Waka Kotahi New Zealand Transport Agency, Stats NZ.

Senior science advisors

We would like to thank the following people and organisation for providing advice and helping to shape this report:

Cate Macinnis-Ng, University of Auckland, New Zealand
David Hall, Toha, New Zealand
Gregor Macara, NIWA
Richard Levy, GNS Science.

External peer reviewers

We would like to thank the following people and organisations for providing advice and critical review of this report:

Adrian McDonald, University of Canterbury
Nick Cradock-Henry, GNS Science
Shaun Awatere, Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research.

Infographics

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