Environmental Monitoring

Monitor rainfall, river level, wind, air and soil temperatures and water quality recorded from our telemetry system.  

Rain, river, wind, soil moisture, air quality

River, rainfall, soil moisture and temperature - current levels for all sites

River levels - graphs for last 7 days and 7 months

River flow level - for resource consent water takes

Rainfall - graphs for last 7 days and 7 months

Wind - air temperature, humidity, strength and direction 

Soil moisture and temperature - current 

Air quality(external link) - LAWA

Water quality at swimming and shellfish gathering sites

Can I swim here? Check water quality results

Data limitations

The data is provisional only and there are limitations to the service.  

The data is automatically sent back to us from our monitoring stations. The data is updated every hour approximately at quarter past.  The time of the data is shown in NZST (NZ Standard Times), during daylight savings the data is one hour behind. 

Predicted river stages, fire data

Predicted river stage information for Waipaoa, Waimata, Hikuwai, Waiapu and Te Arai rivers.

Fire weather data(external link) - NIWA calculates data

Gisborne's rain radar - visit MetService website(external link)

Land Air Water Aotearoa - visit LAWA(external link)