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Kōrero: Law of the sea

Land-based pollution

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Land-based pollution

Run-off from the land can contain harmful chemicals from fertilisers and other pollutants. In this photograph taken from a space shuttle, the blue-green areas around New Zealand’s coast contain debris swept out to sea, where it can have a detrimental effect on marine life.

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NASA-Johnson Space Center

Reference: Image Science & Analysis Group STS104-329-26

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Bill Mansfield, Law of the sea – Protecting the oceans, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/6973/land-based-pollution (accessed 5 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Bill Mansfield, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.