Karamu Stream

The Karamu catchment features pastoral, horticultural, viticultural, industrial and urban land use, and is the main receiving environment of Hastings and Havelock North stormwater. 

It is included in the TANK Plan  - standing for the Tutaekuri, Ahuriri, Ngaruroro and Karamu catchments on the wider Heretaunga Plains - which is well underway in looking at new policies for managing land and water.   

Hawke's Bay Regional Council is working with marae, companies, local councils and volunteers on a planting programme to enhance the Clive and Karamu Stream. This riparian project will help reduce soil and nutrients getting into the water.