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Environmental Health Report: Mount Maunganui Air Quality Monitoring Review 2022

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Summary

This report summarises and reviews Bay of Plenty Regional Council ambient air quality monitoring data from the Mount Maunganui Airshed for the years 2019 through 2022. The focus is on particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5) and sulphur dioxide (SO2) which have previously exceeded national environmental standards for air quality. A brief review of Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency long-term monitoring data for nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in the Mount Maunganui Airshed for the period 2007 – 2021 is also provided.

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