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The Moutere River flows from the Moutere Hills and meets the sea near Motueka. The lower part of the river is an artificial straight channel which was dug in the 1850s and 1860s to drain wetlands, increasing land for crops and farms. This site is 2.5 kilometres upstream of the Moutere Estuary, oppos...

Riuwaka Port at Wharf Rd is a 5 minute drive north of Motueka. This site is very tidal and often turbid when windy. At the peak Christmas-mid January period there are up to 20+ visitors a day. On average the site has 3-5 visitors a day.

The Motueka Valley Aquifer is an unconfined gravel alluvial aquifer which underlies the river terraces of the Motueka River and its tributaries. The aquifer is shallow with a gravel depth of up to 10 m and is underlain by claybound gravels in the upper catchments and by granite geology below the Wan...

The Upper Motueka Management Area comprises a very large catchment with varied geology. Precipitation rates vary from 4000mm annually in the western catchments to 1000mm in the east. Land use in the valley floors is mainly cropping and pasture with limited horticulture.

The Wangapeka River catchment is dominated by native bush and is popular for tramping and fishing. This is one of three reference sites in the Motueka catchment, with Motueka at Gorge and Hunters at Kikiwa. Sampling programme change: Beginning July 2016, Tasman District Council increased the freque...