Ngā tohutoro | References
Regularly referenced
Marlborough District Council 2015 SOE report
Go to the Marlborough District Council 2015 SOE report
Marlborough District Council Long Term plan
Go to the Marlborough District Council Long Term plan page
Marlborough District Council 2025-2026 Annual Plan
Go to the Marlborough District Council 2025-2026 Annual Plan
Census 2013, 2018 and 2023
Go to the Statistics NZ website
Infometrics Regional Profile
Go to the Infometrics website
Land, Air, Water Aotearoa. Marlborough region
Go to the LAWA website
Marlborough District Council environmental data
Go to MDC's Environmental Data site
National Environmental Monitoring Standards (NEMS)
Go to the NEMS website
Environmental compliance and monitoring
Go to our Environmental compliance and monitoring page
Marlborough Regional Pest Management Plan
Go to the Marlborough Regional Pest Management Plan
Climate change projections and impacts for Marlborough, March 2021, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd
Go to the report on NIWA's website
Introduction
Climate Change
National Adaption Framework
Go to the framework on the MfE website
The proposed Marlborough Environment Plan, operative in part (MEP)
Go to our pMEP (operative in part) section
Climate Change Action Plan (2024/25 - 2027/28)
Go to our Climate Change section
Wairau River and Lagoon Geomorphic Assessment Prepared for Marlborough District Council April 2025, National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research Ltd
Go to the document on the Envirolink website
Sea Level Rise Assessment
Go to our Sea Level Rise Assessment page
Infrastructure
Marlborough Roads Recovery works
Go to the Marlborough Roads Recovery works on the NZTA website
Marlborough Roads Future Access Study
Go to the study information on our website
Marlborough Activity Management Plan Transport
Go to the plan on our website
Regional Land Transport Plan 2024-2034
Go to the plan on our website
Marlborough Walking and Cycling Strategy 2019 - 2029
Go to the strategy on our website
Marlborough Regional Land Transport Plan State of the Transport Network 2027-30, Regional Transport Committee Meeting, March 2026
Go to the meeting agenda
Combined Waters Asset Management Plan 2024-2027
Go to the plan on our website
Biodiversity
Te Mana o te Taiao - Aotearoa New Zealand Biodiversity Strategy, Department of Conservation, 2020
Go to the strategy on the Department of Conservation website
Kotahitanga mō te Taiao Strategy 2019
Go to the strategy
Te Hoiere Project
Go to Te Hoiere website
Marlborough District Council Biosecurity Operational Plan 2018 – 2028
Go to our Biosecurity Operational Plan
Life on the seafloor in Queen Charlotte Sound, Tory Channel and adjacent Cook Strait Report 2020, T Anderson, R Stewart, R D’Archino, J Stead and N Eton, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research LTD.
Go to the report
Ecologically Significant Marine Habitats in Marlborough
Go to the ecologically significant marine habitats page
Marlborough Estuaries: Ecological Vulnerability Assessment and Monitoring Plan 2022, Roberts KL, Forrest BM, Stevens LM, Wade O, Southwick M, Mitterwallner P. 2022. Salt Ecology Report 096, prepared for Marlborough District Council, October 2022. 254p.
Go to the report
New Zealand Threat Classification System, species details
Go to the NZTCS website
Council State of the Environment river monitoring reports
Go to the reports on our website
The Marlborough Significant Natural Areas Project
Go to the SNA Project section
Landowner Assistance Programme
Go to the page on our website
Working for Nature / Mahi mō te Taiao grants
Go to the section on our website
Land
Freshwater Management and Marlborough’s Economy, Moran, E., Pearson, L. and McKay, D. (2025). A EM Consulting report for Marlborough District Council, Blenheim.
Go to the report on our website
Water use on vineyards and in wineries in the Marlborough region over 10 years, October 2023, Prepared by Agrilink NZ for Marlborough District Council and Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand
(Not available online)
Wine Marlborough Annual Report 2025
Go to the report on the Marlborough Wine website
Te Hoiere Water Quality Mitigation Effectiveness Monitoring Report June 2025, prepared by Henkel,S, Senior Environmental Scientist – Water Quality Marlborough District Council.
Go to the report on Te Hoiere website
Marlborough District Council Hill Country Erosion Programme (HCE)
Go to the page on our website
Marlborough District Council Catchment Care Programme
Go to the Catchment Care section on our website
Marlborough District Council Annual and other soil quality reports
Go to the reports on our website
Hazardous Activities and Industries List (HAIL)
Go to the report on HAIL website
Marlborough Sounds Restoration Trust
Go to the Sounds Restoration website
National wilding conifer control programme
Go to the Wilding Pines website
South Marlborough Landscape Restoration Trust
Go to the South Marlborough Landscape Restoration Trust website
Growing Marlborough strategies
Go to the strategy page on our website
The National Policy Statement on Urban Development 2020 (NPS-UD) reporting
Go to the NPS-UD page on our website
Marlborough District Council Wither Hills Management Plan
Go to the plan on our website
Kainga Ora articles
A new start for Blenheim whānau
Go to the article on Kāinga Ora website
New Kāinga Ora homes in Blenheim ready to welcome families
Go to the article on Kāinga Ora website
Freshwater
Freshwater Management Units
Go to the FMU section of our website
Gravel Bed Rivers National Research Project and Wairau Aquifer Project
Go to the Aquifer page on our website
Water Quality in the Tuamarina River Catchment Report 2018
Go to the report on our website
The National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management 2020 (NPS FM 2020)
Go to the report on the MfE website
Marlborough District Council reports on Lake health
Go to the Lake health page on our website
Marlborough District Council groundwater reports and special investigations
Go to the reports on our website
Coast
Measuring Mussel Farming Effects on Plankton in the Marlborough Sounds, E Newcombe, N Broekhuizen, Cawthron Institute and National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, 2020
Ministry for the Environment & Stats NZ. (2025). New Zealand’s Environmental Reporting Series: Our Marine Environment 2025 | Tō Tātou Taiao Moana. https://environment.govt.nz ME 1920 ISBN: 2382-0179 ISBN: 978-1-991404-08-4. Page 11.
Te Uru Kahika Marine Vessel Portal
https://myboat-ton-mvp.hub.arcgis.com/
Final report MO-2016-202: Passenger ship, Azamara Quest, contact with Wheki Rock, Tory Channel, 27 January 2016
Climate trends and air quality
Ambient Air Quality Guidelines 2002 update, Ministry for the Environment (Report No. 438)
Annual Air Quality Monitoring Report, Blenheim 2024. Technical Report No: 24-007 December 2024. Prepared for Marlborough District Council by E. Wilton Environet Ltd, January 2025
Blenheim Air Emission Inventory – 2022 Prepared for Marlborough District Council by E. Wilton Environet Ltd, June 2022.
Kuschel et al (2022). Health and air pollution in New Zealand 2016 (HAPINZ 3.0): Volume 1 – Finding and implications. Report prepared by G Kuschel, J Metcalfe, S Sridhar, P Davy, K Hastings, K Mason, T Denne, J Berentson-Shaw, S Bell, S Hales, J Atkinson and A Woodward for Ministry for the Environment, Ministry of Health, Te Manatū Waka Ministry of Transport and Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, March 2022.
Gray, S. & Bromley, T. (2021) Air quality in Picton - An analysis of data collected between July 2019 and August 2020. NIWA Report 2021162WN.
Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Air Quality) Regulations 2004 Ministry for the Environment Website and New Zealand Legislation Website
Picton Air Emission Inventory – 2022 - Prepared for Marlborough District Council by E. Wilton Environet Ltd, July 2022.
2011 User’s Guide to the revised National Environmental Standards for Air Quality – Updated 2014 - Ministry for the Environment (Report No. ME 1141).
WHO global air quality guidelines. Particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10), ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide and carbon monoxide. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2021.
Air quality evaluation Blenheim. Wilton, E., & Zawar-Reza, P. (2024). Envirolink Report - 2508- MLDC175.
Natural hazards
NIWA Fire indices map for Nelson and Marlborough
https://fireweather.niwa.co.nz/region/Nelson%20Marlborough
Aguilera et al., 2021. Wildfire smoke impacts respiratory health more than fine particles from other sources: observational evidence from Southern California. Nature Comms. 12, Article number: 1493.
Stats NZ Tatauranga Aotearoa Wilfire risk data to 2023
Gross, S., Aguilar-Arguello, S., Woods, D., Wallace, H., & Clifford, V. April 2025. 2022/2023 New Zealand Wildfire Summary. Fire and Emergency New Zealand Publication.
News articles regarding fires in the Marlborough District:
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/265430/residents-briefed-on-evacuation
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/top/537859/lightning-causes-wildfire-in-marlborough
https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360848073/large-fire-wither-hills-marlborough
The New Zealand Tsunami Database, GNS Science
The New Zealand Tsunami Database
Geonet article: M 7.8 earthquake, Kaikōura, Monday, November 14 2016
https://www.geonet.org.nz/tsunami/story/2016p858000
Rosser BJ, Wolter A, Boyes AF, Lin SL, Farr J, Chen E, Townsend DB, Jones KE. 2023. Phase II: Remote mapping of landslides triggered by the July 2021 and August 2022 Marlborough storms, and selected field investigations of landslide impact. Lower Hutt (NZ): GNS Science. GNS Science Report 2023/20).
Storm response following July 2021 and August 2022 weather events
https://www.marlborough.govt.nz/environment/land/erosion/mass-movement/storm-response
