Presentation by Ted Taylor

• Wellington Region generally has goodair quality• Vehicle emissions are well within thestandards, peaks are noted at rushhour in central city• Domestic fires contribute to raisedlevels of fine particulate matter (PM 10 )in winter– PM 10 gets close to or exceeds theStandard (50 µg/m 3 24 hour average) on afew days each year in 4 of the 8 airsheds