We’re working with local landowners, Iwi/hapu, central government, industry and community groups to stop declining estuary health and restore water quality in the Waihī Estuary and the sub-catchments that drain into it.
The Waihī Estuary is a natural taonga (treasure) located between Maketū and Pukehina. In recent decades it has degraded as increasing amounts of nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorous), sediment, and faecal bacteria have been washed into the estuary from surrounding land and contributing waterways.