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Air quality in the Waikato

Here in the Waikato, it's easy to take high quality, clean air for granted. But we do have some areas in our region where, for various reasons, air pollutants can reach or even exceed maximum recommended levels.

Visibility monitoring in the Hamilton Basin shows that visibility varies a lot from day to day. On some days Mount Ruapehu (170 km away from Hamilton) is visible from some of the higher buildings in Hamilton. On other days, Mount Pirongia (30 km away) is not.

Waikato Regional Council regularly monitors and reports on regional air quality. Our current and past air indicators summarise the results of our science and monitoring programmes, and provide a holistic report on the state of the Waikato region's environment.

Indicators - summarising our monitoring results