It’s the responsibility of every lake user to follow the rules to prevent gold clam or any other freshwater pest from spreading to the Rotorua Te Arawa Lakes this summer.

Boaties using the Rotorua lakes are being asked to be extra careful around lake edges following recent heavy rain which has significantly raised lake levels, creating new underwater hazards.

Forms large masses, growing rapidly and smothering the forest canopy.

Can quickly invade pasture, reducing area for grazing and breaking fences that it grows over.

Native to Central and South America. Introduced to New Zealand as an ornamental garden plant. Also called cup-and-saucer vine as the flowers resemble tea cups and the base of the flower looks like a saucer.

Clusters of brown-purple flowers with a vanilla fragrance from August to October.

A slender, scrambling climber with green, twining stems up to 2m long.

A deciduous, woody stemmed climber which grows up to 15m into trees. 

Rampant climber with stout woody stems that will attach to almost anything.

Originally from South Africa it is aptly named because it can rapidly choke and smother other plants.