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Telemetry

Find information about our telemetry network, including the equipment we use, what we monitor, and where you can see the data we collect.

About our telemetry network

The Regional Council has telemetry sites all across the region. The equipment at these sites monitors and measures changes in our environment and climate.

All the information is sent from the field sites to our telemetry base by cell or radio. We are also able to continue to communicate the data by satellite at some sites.

How we measure river levels and flows

What we measure

Our monitoring equipment measures:

  • River flows and levels
  • Rainfall
  • Humidity and temperature
  • Wind speed and direction
  • Soil moisture and temperature
  • Ground water levels
  • Air and water quality

Our equipment

Our telemetry monitoring network includes:

  • 65 surface water level monitoring sites
  • 43 rated to produce flow data
  • 34 ground water level monitoring sites
  • 63 rainfall monitoring sites
  • 4 link stations
  • 2 sites shared with NIWA
  • 18 climate stations
  • 4 air quality sites, 2 permanent and 2 mobile sites
  • 1 telemetry repeater
  • 3 lake monitoring sites
  • 3 water quality monitoring sites

Telemetry sites map

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Map of Hawke's Bay are showing telemetry monitoring sites

Viewing the data

The data we collect is collated and is available online. The data goes back many years and can be accessed as tables, maps or charts. The information can be found on the Land, Air, Water, Aotearoa (LAWA) website, and on our environmental data pages.

Webcams

We also have a number of monitoring webcams set up across Hawke's Bay. These cameras are overlooking rivers and the cameras send regular images back to our Napier office. You can view these where you see this icon  on the tables on our environmental data pages. We monitor the rivers more regularly during weather events.

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Contact us

info@hbrc.govt.nz

+64 6 835 9200


159 Dalton Street. Napier 4110

Private Bag 6006, Napier 4142


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