Links

New Zealand catchment-based projects

These links connect to examples of other Integrated Catchment Management (ICM) sites, gateways and discussion groups.

There are a number of ICM-related projects being carried out in New Zealand.  Some of the projects listed below address similar issues to those being addressed in the Kaipara Harbour project.

• ICM for the Motueka River
• Taeri River - Otago
• Wairewa - Canterbury - A collaborative project focussing on rehabilitation of Te Roto o Wairewa/Lake Forsyth
• Rotorua lakes restoration
• Lake Taupo
• Styx River - Styx Living Laboratory Trust - Christchurch
• Avon-Heathcote Estuary - Ihutai Trust - Christchurch
• Twin Streams - Waitakere - urbanising catchments near Auckland
• Guardians Establishment Committee - Waikato River

Local-Regional Kaipara links

These link to our partner websites and other information gateways utilised and supporting our initiative:

• Te Uri o Hau
• Ngāti Whātua Ngā Rima o Kaipara
• Northland Regional Council
• Auckland Council
• Kaipara District Council
• Whangarei District Council
• Department of Conservation - Northland region
• Department of Conservation - Auckland region
• Ministry of Fisheries
• Ministry for the Environment
• Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
• Guardians of the Kaipara
• Te ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand - Ngāti Whātua
• Te ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand - Upper Kaipara Harbour
• Winstone Aggregates
• Te Puni Kokiri
• Landcare Research
• NIWA
• Biodiversity Northland
• NZ Landcare Trust

Awheawhe/workshop supporters

These are our awheawhe workshop and community supporters websites:

• Alter-Natives Nursery & Landscaping
• QEII National Trust Open Space New Zealand
• Kaipara Coast Plant Centre
• Kaipara 2 Kaipara Walk
• CUE Haven
• NZ Conservation Volunteers
• Integrity Soils
• Avoca Lime Group

Web-based Resources in New Zealand

Here are some web-based information and interactive mapping links that are connected in some way to our work in the Kaipara:

• Coastal Explorer - beaches, monitoring, storm surges, coastcare, estuaries
• eFISH - online customary fisheries management system
• LRIS Portal - Environment & Land Data from Landcare Research
• NABIS - National Aquatic Biodiversity Information System
• National Vegetation Survey Database
• New Zealand Mollusca Database
• Ornithological Society New Zealand
• Our Environment - Map
• S-Map Online - Access to NZ Soil Data
• Swell Map - Kaipara Harbour
• T.E.R.R.A.I.N - Taranki Educational Resource, Research Analysis & Information Network
• World Register of Marine Species (WORM)

Compost & Soil Health Links

We are reading about the implications of compost on water quality and soil health.  Check out these links:

• Chaos Springs - farm scale production of compost
• Promotion of Native Grasslands - Stipa Association
• Farming Secrets - a support network & information haven
• The GOD project - Growing Organic Dairy - trials & results
• Compost for Crops - Living Earth & Plan & Food Research trials
• Tirohia Compost Solutions - trials & production
• Camperdown Compost Company - trials on dairy farms, technology use, education
• Compost for Soils - Austrialian case studies - dairy, crops, vineyards, blueberries, advocados, catchments
• NZ Soils - websist providing a visual introduction to soils, how they differ, importance & distribution
• Compost Fundamentals - biology, chemistry, materials/sources, benefits, cost, uses

Other Interesting & Relevant Links

Here are some further interesting and relevant information links that are connected in some way to our work in the Kaipara:

• Marine Planning Approaches - Toolkit
• Ecosystem-Based Management Tools Network
• Green Wave Initiative - Plant a billion trees
• New Zealand Climate Change Information
• Dunes Restoration Trust of New Zealand
• Wikipedia - Kaipara Harbour
• Office of Treaty Settlements
• RMA Link - Resource Management Act
• Waterwatch Queensland - community caring for catchments
• Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011
• New Zealand Historic Places Trust
• Tāne Tree Trust
• Parliamentary Commissioner of Environment - New Zealand