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The Ruamāhanga River at The Cliffs is located near the settlement of Gladstone and is accessed from Dakins Road. It is a popular spot for swimming, trout fishing and camping. This site is monitored as a part of Greater Wellington Regional Council’s Recreational Water Quality Programme, which is spec...

The Ruamāhanga River at Waihenga Bridge is located near Martinborough and is accessed from Bidwills Cutting Rd at the southern end of the State Highway 53 bridge. It is popular for swimming and trout fishing.  The site is monitored by Greater Wellington Regional Council as a part of the Recreational...

Rūnanga Lake is a moderately sized system in a cluster of lakes, located inland from Napier and Hastings. The outlet of the lake is at the southern end of the lake and flows into the Ngaruroro River.

The Selwyn River/Waikirikiri  at Coes Ford is a popular recreational area near Lincoln.

This site is located in the upper reaches of the Selwyn River, in the small township of Glentunnel. This site is monitored for recreational water quality during the summer months  only.

This site is located in the lower reaches of the Selwyn River, a short distance from Lake Ellesmere. This site is monitored for recreational water quality during the summer months  only.

The Shag at Goodwood Pump is a lower catchment site with good water quality. The Shag River/Waihemo rises in the Kakanui Mountains, before flowing almost 90 km in a south-easterly direction to the coast, entering the Pacific Ocean just south of Shag Point/Matakaea.  It drains a total catchment area...

This site is one of the original National River Water Quality Network (NRWQN) sites dating back to 1989. Water quality is excellent, other than high turbidity due to glacial melt.

Significant tributary of the Lower Taieri River, which has been modified by engineering works to provide flood protection to the lower Taieri. The Silver Stream provides significant habitat for koaro and habitat for fish spawning and juvenile fish.  Reasonable water quality now but intermittently im...

The Smite River is a mountain-fed braided river near the head waters of Lake Heron.

The Southland Region is the second largest in New Zealand and covers an area of 34,000 square kilometres. Just over half (53%) of Southland is managed as conservation estate, while farmland occupies 85% of the non-conservation land. If you can't find what you're looking for, please contact Environme...

St Leonards Drain is a small spring-fed waterway that flows through private farmland within the Culverden Basin and is a tributary of the Pahau River.  This site is monitored for water quality and macroinvertebrates.