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This site is located in Kaitoke Regional Park and is the most upstream site monitored for water quality and ecology in Te Awa Kairangi (Hutt River). This site captures the state of the environment before the awa (river) is exposed to any rural or urban inputs. Public can access this site from Kaitok...

Te Awa Kairangi (Hutt River) at Birchville is located at the northern end of the Hutt River Trail in Upper Hutt. It is publicly accessible from Akatarawa Road and is popular for swimming and dog walking.  This site is monitored as a part of Greater Wellington Regional Council's Recreational Wat...

This site is located in Kaitoke Regional Park. The site is publicly accessible from Kaitoke Water Works Road. This site was monitored by NIWA until March 2024 and is one of the original National River Water Quality Network (NRWQN) sites, with records dating back to 1989.   

Te Awa Kairangi (Hutt River) at Maoribank Corner is publicly accessible from Awakairangi Park in Totara Park, Upper Hutt. It is a popular swimming and dog walking spot due to the deep pools located there.   This site is monitored as a part of Greater Wellington Regional Council’s Recreatio...

Te Awa Kairangi (Hutt River) at Melling Bridge is located in the middle reaches of the Hutt River in Lower Hutt. The site is publicly accessible from Block Road. This site is monitored as a part of Greater Wellington Regional Council’s Recreational Water Quality Programme, which is specifically desi...

Te Awa Kairangi (Hutt River) at Silverstream Bridge is located in the middle upper reaches of the Hutt River at Silverstream. The site is publicly accessible from the Eastern Hutt Road or the Hutt River Trail, and is a popular picnic spot. This site is monitored as a part of Greater Wellington Regio...

Te Awa Kairangi (Hutt River) at Taita Rock is located in the middle reaches of the Hutt River. The site is publicly accessible off High Street on the Hutt River Trail, and is popular for dog walking and swimming. This site is monitored as a part of Greater Wellington Regional Council’s Recreational...

The Te Hoiere/Pelorus River at Totara Flat has a deep swimming hole with slow-moving water and a grassy picnic area surrounded by bush. The water quality is impacted by the Rai River, which flows into the Te Hoiere/Pelorus River just upstream.

Te Māhia is a sandy estuarine environment with a boat jetty and launch ramp at the mouth of the Whangawehi River. The channel is used for boating access to the sea. The area is also used for swimming, diving and fishing.  Inland, the award-winning Whangawehi Catchment project is planting and enhanci...

Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere is monitored for water quality off the Selwyn River mouth, near the lower Selwyn Huts.

This hill-fed river site is located at the SH1 bridge in Temuka and is monitored for recreational water quality during the summer months only.  

The Tengawai River is a hill-fed river and a tributary of the Opihi River. This site is only monitored for toxic algae aka cyanobacteria, and only during the summer months.