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Air pollution breaches

  • May 7, 2015

Invercargill’s air pollution levels breached national standards 13 times last year, Environment Southland (ES) monitoring found. That was the same number of breaches as in 2013.

All were at the mounitoring site in Pomona St, South Invercargill, ES quality scientist Owen West, said in a report to a strategy and policy committee meeting last week.

To meet the targets ES is proposing strict controls on home fires, including a ban on open fires, and phasing out coal burners and non-approved wood burners.

3 Comments

  • PETER COX February 17, 2016 at 7:08 pm

    I unfortunately have a neighbour who repeatedly burns what can only be described as toxic materials and it it obvious that these materials are not fully combusting and are causing a blanketing of smoke that lingers around and is very annoying to the point where I am coughing and feeling nauseous. There is no point in asking my neighbour to try and be more responsible as she is the type of person who would make the situation even worse. Who can I contact that can take a sample of what comes out of her chimney and hopefully bring to her attention that she is being a nuisance and possibly breaking the law?

    • NZHHA Admin February 19, 2016 at 1:19 pm

      Hi Peter,

      Thanks for your query. The situation sounds awful for you. No one wants toxic material in the air. One of our Field Officers will get in touch with you soon with some advice.

  • Hebergeur May 24, 2016 at 2:51 am

    Many of our daily activities release chemicals and particles into the air we breathe.  For example, motor vehicles release chemicals from their exhausts, and if we use fires and log burners to heat our homes, particles and other chemicals are released out of the chimney.