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The Kaiapoi River is a spring-fed river situated near the North Canterbury township of Kaiapoi.

The Kaikōura water management zone includes the catchments of Oaro, Kahutara, Kōwhai, Hāpuku, Puhi Puhi, Greenburn and Kekerengu Rivers and most of the Waiau Toa / Clarence River catchment (except the part of Waiau Toa / Clarence River catchment that is in the Marlborough District). The Zone include...

The Kaikōura water management zone includes the catchments of Oaro, Kahutara, Kōwhai, Hāpuku, Puhi Puhi, Greenburn and Kekerengu Rivers and most of the Waiau Toa / Clarence River catchment (except the part of Waiau Toa / Clarence River catchment that is in the Marlborough District). The Zone include...

The upper Kaituna River catchment encompasses 623 km2 and includes Lakes Rotorua and Rotoiti and their tributaries. Land use in the upper catchment is dominated by pasture and urban development. The catchment area downstream of Lake Rotoiti is approximately 620 km2 and is dominated by pastoral and e...

The Kaituna River sampling site is located on private land, however, the land owners do allow access to the public. The water quality at the site is strongly influenced by the pastoral land use upstream.

The Kaituna River is located in the Kaituna Valley.

The Kaituna-Maketū-Pongakawa Water Management Area (WMA) stretches from Pāpāmoa in the west to Ōtamarākau in the east and rises southwards to the Rotorua Te Arawa Lakes catchment. It's the site of Pāpāmoa’s future municipal water supply and its population is growing. This WMA includes almost a quart...

The Kaniwhaniwha Stream at Wright Rd is a water quality site. The stream is soft bottomed with the substrate consisting of mud/silt at the monitoring site. The stream banks have some riparian cover in the vicinity of the monitoring site.

The Clive River upstream of the Whakatu Rail Bridge site is a HBRC fresh water quality monitoring site at the coastal end of the Karamu. This site is influenced by the tides. Interpretation of the ecological data may be affected by salt water.

Karapiro Stream water quality site at Hickey Road Bridge. This site is lined with willows and poplars with pines planted further upstream. The stream follows the base  of a small cliff along the valley and this cliff face was used in places as a quarry in the past. The stream bed is generally silt a...

Kauaeranga River water quality and flow recorder site at Smiths Cableway/Recorder. The catchment is steep and starts in DoC land in the Coromandel Forest park. The catchment is primarily native forest but there are some farms in the lower reaches of the valley near the sampling site.

The site is located in the lower reach of the river near the mouth and is tidal. The site is adjacent to a camping ground and is used for swimming, fishing, whitebaiting (in season) and picnicking.  Please note that water quality can change depending on weather. Don't swim if the water is murky or s...