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Rangitīkei

The Rangitīkei River is 253 km long, and the Rangitīkei catchment has a number of tributaries including the Moawhango, Hautapu, Kawhatau and Mangawharariki Rivers. 

Almost a third of the catchment is at high risk of erosion. The Rangitīkei flows through rural areas with sheep and beef farming accounting for about half its land use and dairy farming about 20%.  

 

The list of who's involved, and the actions and/or stories reported for this catchment come from the groups that have shared their efforts through the national Healthy Waterways register. You can add your group's actions to improve the health of waterways in this catchment by using the link to the register at the bottom of this page.

The data and stories shown in this topic are sourced from the Healthy Waterways register and are not independently validated by the LAWA project. The information in the register come from councils, industry organisations, and catchment groups. The information may be incomplete and may not necessarily reflect the views of LAWA partner agencies. The topic is designed to showcase actions being taken that could provide inspiration and encouragement to others and help with our future understanding of which actions makes the most difference to the health of waterways depending on the catchment context.

Catchment characteristics

Catchment size 392,565 hectares
Wetlands 1,629 hectares
Length of waterways 6,217 km
Erosion Susceptibility 30.4%
Land use

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