http://www.eia.net.nz/blog/ The latest Blog feeds from www.eia.net.nz en-us Thu, 29 Oct 2026 17:11:03 +1300 Rocketspark http://www.eia.net.nz/blog/post/171988/wetland-delineations/ When undertaking a wetland delineation, an important consideration is the underlying geology. If the underlying geology has a dark colouration, this is a sign of oxidised soils representative of anoxic conditions common in wetlands. Conversely if the underlying soils are more orange this is a sign that the soils are aerobic and not representative of wetlands. The vegetation overlying the soils of course will enable you to better determine the wetland status but be sure you have consulted the pas... Tue, 27 Oct 2026 17:19:07 +1300 http://www.eia.net.nz/blog/#post171988 http://www.eia.net.nz/blog/post/171929/when-is-a-stream-a-stream/ When undertaking Ecological Impact Assessments we often need to undertake a watercourse assessment to provide resource consent advice to Council as to whether the property contains a stream or an overland flow path. In this photo, I am showing an overland flow path, it is not a stream because it does not show substrate sorting processes, it does not contain any aquatic life and it lacks any aquatic vegetation. Stream ecological valuations are not undertaken on overland flow paths because they la... Mon, 26 Oct 2026 19:27:54 +1300 http://www.eia.net.nz/blog/#post171929 http://www.eia.net.nz/blog/post/143542/the-eia-stream-dream-team/ Meet our team of aquatic bug pickers from left Sarah, Kushaal, Brett (the boss), Gary and Kanchan. Collectively we have a capacity to process large numbers of aquatic invertebrate samples which then provides information for any resource consent application near water. For smaller consignments (2-6 samples) we can usually turn around the work within 2 days. For larger consignments we guarantee we will provide a better turn around than any laboratory in New Zealand.... Mon, 31 Mar 2025 10:22:55 +1300 http://www.eia.net.nz/blog/#post143542 http://www.eia.net.nz/blog/post/136432/spat-ropes-not-always-the-best-remedy/ ... Fri, 18 Oct 2024 16:40:21 +1300 http://www.eia.net.nz/blog/#post136432 http://www.eia.net.nz/blog/post/131103/the-same-stream-in-2024/ ... Thu, 04 Jul 2024 17:03:43 +1200 http://www.eia.net.nz/blog/#post131103 http://www.eia.net.nz/blog/post/131102/urban-stream-2023/ ... Thu, 04 Jul 2024 17:00:52 +1200 http://www.eia.net.nz/blog/#post131102 http://www.eia.net.nz/blog/post/116405/not-good-enough/ I recently visited the Kiwitea Stream in the Manawatu. I noticed some extreme river works had been done to the entire stream channel that has resulted in a mass sediment load to the reach. This can result in degraded spawning habitat, reduced interstitial dissolved oxygen and reduced habitat quality for the entire stream fauna. I lodged this with Horizons Regional Council Pollution hotline on December 30th. Today is January 18th and I'm still waiting for a response. I wouldn't call it a hotline!... Thu, 04 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.eia.net.nz/blog/#post116405 http://www.eia.net.nz/blog/post/116272/our-new-eia-resident/ ... Fri, 12 Jan 2024 17:41:25 +1300 http://www.eia.net.nz/blog/#post116272 http://www.eia.net.nz/blog/post/109973/community-planting-morning-beachaven/ A big thanks to Pest Free Kaipatiki for hosting this vegetation planting morning in a stream gully at Beachaven. We even get people come to these events from GreyLynn! And thanks to our Kaipatiki Local Board for supporting these initiatives. Getting like minded people together is a great thing.... Thu, 07 Sep 2023 11:41:39 +1200 http://www.eia.net.nz/blog/#post109973 http://www.eia.net.nz/blog/post/106093/how-to-prepare-your-macroinvertebrate-sample-for-dispatch/ ... Wed, 21 Jun 2023 17:24:10 +1200 http://www.eia.net.nz/blog/#post106093