Monitored sites in the Punehu Stream catchment
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Punehu Stream
The Punehu Stream is a ringplain stream that is representative of a south-western Taranaki catchment subjected primarily to intensive agricultural land use. Water quality in the stream is potentially affected by diffuse source run-off and point-source discharges from dairy shed treatment pond systems. There are no industrial discharges in the catchment. The Punehu Stream holds special value for Taranaki and Ngāruahine Iwi.
The Puneho catchment has 70% agricultural land use, with the rest covered by native forest in the headwaters (within Te Papakura o Taranaki).
Including Te Papakura o Taranaki, the Punehu catchment has a total of 227 km of stream bank. The Council’s database shows 59% of the stream banks in the catchment are planted in riparian vegetation with 16% stream banks located within Te Papakura o Taranaki and 43% of stream banks covered by a Council riparian management plan outside the park boundary. Further to this, 16% of stream banks are protected by riparian fencing within the National Park while a further 79% of stream banks are fenced outside the park. There are stretches of stream bank that are both fenced and planted. Overall, 100% of the stream banks outside of Te Papakura o Taranaki are covered by riparian plans (October 2020).
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