Ministry for the Environment Data Service - Freshwater
New Zealand Ministry for the Environment open GIS data service providing freshwater environmental reporting datasets (rivers, wetlands, water quality) for view and download.
data.mfe.govt.nz
At a glance
- Region
- New Zealand (Oceania)
- Coverage
- New Zealand
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Government
- Last updated
- 2026
What's inside
- Water quality
- Wetlands
- Rivers
Terms explained
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Hotspots and trends
Find where contamination is high and whether it is getting worse.
Because it has: Water quality
- 02
Compliance checks
Compare samples against drinking water and discharge standards.
- 03
Storage tracking
Follow storage and releases through the season.
Because it has: Wetlands
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Risk maps
Predict contamination where no samples exist, from geology, land use and climate.
- 02
Anomaly alerts
Catch sudden spikes in sensor or lab data automatically.
- 03
Storage from space
Estimate volume from satellite water area and altimetry.
Machine access and documentation
Open API
Koordinates platform with WFS/WMS and API downloads
Licence: Open data
Listed in our registry of open water APIs, which WaterDataGPT can query live.
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