Additional information

Environmental indicators

Listed below are the environmental indicators incorporated in this report, none of which was updated for this release. Three indicators updated since the release of Our marine environment 2022 are in bold.

• Active sand dune extent
• Coastal and estuarine water quality
• Coastal sea-level rise
• El Niño Southern Oscillation
• Extinction threat to indigenous species
• Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation
• Marine non-indigenous species: Data to 2022
• Marine primary productivity: Data to 2023
• Ocean acidification
• Sea-surface temperature: Data to 2023
• Southern Annular Mode
• Wetland area

Acknowledgements

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.

• CPC (National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center)
• DOC (Department of Conservation) 
• GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
• Land Information New Zealand (New Zealand Hydrographic Authority)
• Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research
• Met Office Hadley Centre for Climate Science and Services
• MPI (Ministry for Primary Industries)
• NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
• NIWA (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research)
• NZOA-ON (New Zealand Ocean Acidification Observing Network)
• Regional councils and unitary authorities

Senior science and mātauranga advisors

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

• Carolyn Lundquist – Earth Sciences New Zealand and University of Auckland
• Linda Faulkner – Earth Sciences New Zealand
• Pete Wilson – SLR Consulting
• Shane Geange – Department of Conservation
• Stephen Hunt – Waikato Regional Council

External peer reviewers

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

• Cliff Law – Earth Sciences New Zealand and Department of Marine Sciences, University of Otago
• Craig Stevens – Earth Sciences New Zealand and University of Auckland
• Jean Davis – Fisheries New Zealand, Ministry for Primary Industries
• Shari Gallop – PDP (Pattle Delamore Partners Ltd) and University of Waikato

Infographic

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