Our Precious Water
Looking after our streams and waterways
Healthy streams mean healthy harbours, healthy biodiversity and healthier communities. Everyone can have a role in looking after our water quality at home, in streams, or in reserves.
Thanks to Healthy Waters, Pest Free Kaipātiki’s work in the Flood Resilience programme empowers residents and community members in Kaipātiki to learn how to restore and better protect our waterways and the native species that depend on them. Whether you have a stream on private property or near a local reserve, stream restoration is easy, fun, rewarding, and incredibly beneficial for the environment.
Kaipātiki Local Board Water Quality and Ecology: three year report
This report provides a comprehensive summary of water quality and ecology data generated
from monthly water quality and annual ecology sampling of ten urban stream sites within the Kaipātiki Local Board area.
You can access the full report using the PDF link below.
How Can I Get Involved?
> Are you a school that wants to teach your tamariki how to care for waterways in Kaipātiki?
> Do you walk our reserves and enjoy the sights, sounds and wildlife in our many streams?
> Do you often see muddy sections of waterways, eroding banks, smell bad odour and want to help prevent pollution?
> Do you have a stream running through your property and want to help make it a green, lush and healthy place for native fish, tuna (eel) and invertebrates?
Get in touch with us as we aim to provide anyone in our community with an interest in freshwater with:
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Free freshwater monitoring workshops and training
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Advice around native planting and protection of the stream bank
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Access to the testing kit via Wai Care