Action for healthy waterways
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A Freshwater Futures community group has been established for the Rangitāiki catchments, to inform the development of changes to the Regional Natural Resources Plan.
Through a series of workshops held over two years, the group is helping to identify community values and aspirations for freshwater, and providing advice on freshwater management options.
The group's area of interest includes Thornton, Edgecumbe, Te Teko, Te Mahoe/Waiohau, Galatea, Murupara, Whirinaki (Minginui, Te Whāiti, Ngāputahi), Rerewhakaaitu, Rangitāiki at SH5. Their work will result in a draft plan change that sets objectives, limits and methods (including rules) for improving the way water quality and quantity is managed locally.
So far, the group has discussed:
- The process for implementing the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management and what values should be provided for.
- The current state of water quality, quantity and ecology in the catchment's rivers, groundwater, wetlands and hydro-electric power dam lakes.
- Logical geographic areas for establishing water management objectives (Freshwater Management Units).
- What an acceptable state of in-river values such as ecosystem health, swimmability and mahinga kai (food gathering) might look like in local waterways, and how that could be measured.
Community group members were appointed following a call for expressions of interest in 2015. As a collective they provide a broad range of feedback and information based on their experience and perceptions as local residents, iwi, businesspeople, councillors and industry, agency, recreation or environmental interest group representatives. As at January 2019 members included:
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Alamoti Te Pou Alan Law Atamira Nuku Bill Clark (Regional Councillor) Bill Kerrison Keri Topperwien Cathy Brown Colin Maunder Craig Rowe Christina Bunny Earl Rewi George Johnston James Doherty |
John Gibson Kerry Snowdon Kirsty Joynt Larry Wetting Linda Conning Mark Ross Matt Osborne Matt Gow Ngapera Rangiaho Nicholas Woodley Nick Doney Steve Brightwell Tom Lynch |
- Briefing Notes Workshop 3: Values Framework and Freshwater Management Units
- Briefing Notes Workshop 4: Community Views on Water in Rivers, Streams and Lakes
- Briefing Notes Workshop 5: In-river State and Use Values/ Modelling
- Briefing Notes Workshop 6: Catchment Modelling Scenarios and Use Values
- Briefing Notes Workshop 7: Mitigation Bundles and Information on Surface and Ground Water Quantity
- Briefing Notes Workshop 8: Surface water quality
- Briefing Notes Workshop 9: Groundwater quantity
- Briefing Notes Workshop 10: Surface water quality
- Workshop 1: Introduction
- Workshop 2: Current State of the Water Management Area
- Workshop 3: Values Framework and Freshwater Management Units
- Workshop 4: Community Views on Water in Rivers, Streams and Lakes
- Workshop 5: In-river State and Use Values/ Modelling
- Workshop 5b: In-river State and Use Values/ Modelling
- Workshop 6: Catchment Modelling Scenarios and Use Values
- Workshop 7: Mitigation Bundles and Information on Surface and Ground Water Quantity
- Workshop 8: Surface Water Quality
- Workshop 8a: (Optional) Opportunities and Barriers and Surface Water Quality
- Rangitāiki Water Management Area: The Science Story Environmental Summary Report
- Fact sheet - Introduction to Groundwater Environmental Level Setting in Rangitāiki Catchment
- Snapshot of Water Quality and Ecology of the Rangitāiki Water Management Area (2016)
- Rangitāiki Water Management Area: Current State and Gap Analysis 2016
- Fisheries assessment of waterways throughout the Rangitāiki WMA, 2016
- Fact sheet: Geology and soil health of the Rangitāiki catchment
- Fact sheet: Water quality and ecology of the Rangitāiki catchment
- Fact sheet: Rangitāiki surface water and groundwater
- Ecological and water quality conditions of drains and land drainage canals in the Rangitāiki and Kaituna Plains
- Workshop 3: Rangitāiki Community Group - Values Framework and Freshwater Management Units
- Workshop 4: Rangitāiki Community Group - Community Views on Water in Rivers, Streams and Lakes
- Workshop 5: Rangitāiki Community Group - Desired InRiver State and Use Values
- Workshop 5A: Rangitāiki Community Group - Desired InRiver State and Use Values
- Workshop 6: Rangitāiki Community Group - Catchment Modelling Scenarios and Use Values
- Workshop 7: Rangitāiki Community Group - Mitigation Bundles and Information on Surface and Ground Water Quantity
- Workshop 8: Rangitaiki Community Group - Surface Water Quality
- Workshop 9: Rangitāiki Community Group - Groundwater
- Workshop 9: Groundwater quantity
- Workshop 10: Surface water quality
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