Welcome to the National Environmental Monitoring Standards (NEMS) portal

A series of environmental monitoring standards, prepared by the NEMS steering group on authority from the Regional Chief Executive Officers (RCEOs) and the Ministry for the Environment (MfE).

The NEMS initiative is led and supported by the Environmental Data special interest group (formerly known as LAEMG) to assist in ensuring consistency in the application of work practices specific to environmental monitoring and data acquisition throughout New Zealand.

About NEMS

10 Oct 2026 Document release
05 Dec 2026 Workshop

Sponsors

Current and past funding for the NEMS project is provided by the following organisations