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Kimberley Reserve is a recreational reserve and camping ground managed by Horowhenua District Council. It is extremely popular during the summer holiday period as a camping and picnicing destination.

Kirkcaldies Reserve is a recreational reserve managed by Horowhenua District Council. Water quality is generally good, however, rainfall events can cause runoff from farmland upstream and cause short term drops in water quality. As such it is recommended to avoid contact recreation during and immedi...

This monitoring site is located just upstream of the confluence with the Makahika stream east of Levin at the foot of the Tararua Ranges. The main influence on water quality at this site is the surrounding landscape and is generally very good. The Ōhau River is highly valued for its native fish biot...

The Ohautira Stream at Waingaro-Te Uku Rd is a water quality site. The stream is hard-bottomed with the substrate consisting of cobbles/boulders. The stream banks have good riparian cover in the vicinity of the monitoring site.

Ōhawe Beach is a popular South Taranaki beach. The beach is accessed at the road end beside the campground.

The Ohinemahuta River was formerly known as Onamalutu River. The catchment is dominated by forest with nearly equal cover of native and production forest. There is some pastoral land use in the lowland areas. The water quality site is located on private land with no public access.

This site has been monitored by NIWA up to July 2021, and is one of the original National River Water Quality Network (NRWQN) sites dating back to 1989.  The site is now monitored by Waikato Regional Council with data starting in July 2017.

The water quality and flow recording site located on the Ohinemuri River is accessed via Queens Head. The substrate at this site consists of cobbles and boulders. The riparian cover is limited to grass on the true left whilst there are some native trees on the true right bank.

The water quality site on the Ohinemuri River is one of two water quality sites on this river and is located under the SH25 Bridge. Ecological monitoring is also undertaken at this site, downstream of the bridge. The site is north east of Waihi. The substrate at this site consists of gravel, sand an...

The Ohoka River is spring-fed waterway and tributary of the Kaiapoi River.  Water quality and macroinverbrates are collected from the reach upstream of Island Road.

The water quality site located on the Ohote Stream is accessed via Whatawhata/Horotiu Road. The water sample is taken under the bridge that spans the gully with a dense covering of willows, kahikatea, pines and rank grass.

The Ōhura is a tributary of the Whanganui River and land use in the catchment upstream is predominantly rural. The Ōhura catchment is undergoing soil conservation work through the Whanganui Catchment Strategy and the Sustainable Land Use Initiative to reduce sediment from erosion prone land entering...