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Wakapuaka River

The Wakapuaka catchment is dominated by plantation forestry in the headwaters of the Wakapuaka and the two main tributaries: Teal and Lud. The remaining catchment is a mix of small farms and lifestyle properties. 

Many individual landowners in the catchment are working to plant erosion prone hill slopes, improve habitat and riparian margins and exclude stock from waterways. 

Wakapuaka Mouri is a collaborative project to restore the mouri (life force) of the Wakauaka. The project includes planting, fencing and stock exclusion, measuring water quality, cultural health monitoring, creation of a community nursery, predator control, and a new track. 

 

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 6,522 hectares
Wetlands 2 hectares
Length of waterways 108 km
Erosion Susceptibility 16.2%
Land use

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