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Resources
Teachers’ resources | 2016 Braided River Workshop presentations/papers | DOC and ECan braided river projects & plans | Iwi management plans | NZ Acts, policies, & permits, LINZ | Identifying species | Biodiversity Strategy and Threatened Species lists | Water | Conservation | Climate change & Sustainability | Monitoring Tool Kits | Funding opportunities
Please note: this list is not definitive. Additions and amendments, please contact manager@braid.org.nz.
DOC and ECan braided river conservation projects and management plans
- DOC – Conservation strategy for New Zealand braided rivers: biodiversity values, issues and priority actions
- DOC – Project River Recovery – upper Waitaki (includes links to extensive research projects relevant to other braided rivers)
- DOC – Clarence River black-fronted terns restoration
- DOC – Kakī/black stilt captive breeding centre
- DOC – Interactive Estuaries website – great resource for where to see birds
- ECan – Waimakariri River Regional Park
- ECan – Upper Rangitata and Rakaia Flagship Programme
- ECan – Immediate Steps funding
Iwi Management Plans
- Te Rūnanga o Kaikōura Environmental Management Plan (2007) (incorporating Clarence and Waiau Rivers)
- Mahaanui Iwi Management Plan 2013 (incorporating Hurunui to Rakaia Rivers:
- Ngāi Tūāhuriri Rūnanga
- Te Hapū o Ngāti Wheke (Rāpaki)
- Te Rūnanga o Koukourārata
- Ōnuku Rūnanga
- Wairewa Rūnanga
- Te Taumutu Rūnanga
- Iwi Management Plan of the Kati Huitapa (1992) Arowhenua (Rakaia to Waitaki Rivers)
Government Acts, Policies and Implementation Programmes; LINZ
- Biodiversity: Roles and Functions of Regional Councils
- Wildlife Act 1953
- Environment Canterbury (Temporary Commissioners and Improved Water Management) Act 2010
- Schedule 1 Vision and principles of Canterbury Water Management Strategy—Strategic Framework, November 2009 This is the section of the Act that specifies:
- The planning of natural water use is guided by the following:
– first order priority considerations: the environment, customary uses, community supplies and stock water
– second order priority considerations: irrigation, renewable electricity generation, recreation, tourism and amenity
- The planning of natural water use is guided by the following:
- Part 3 Additional functions and powers of ECan after commencement day
- Schedule 1 Vision and principles of Canterbury Water Management Strategy—Strategic Framework, November 2009 This is the section of the Act that specifies:
- Proposed Canterbury Land & Water Regional Plan
- Canterbury Water Management Strategy (Targets)
- Canterbury Water Management Strategy (website)
- Part 12: Environmental Limits
- Zone Committees
- Waitaki Catchment Amendment Act 2004
- National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management
- Water conservation orders
- Berm land converted to intensive agricultural use between 1990-2012
- Coastal Policy Statement (covers estuaries, which are not covered under Freshwater Management)
- Resource Management Act 1991 – main (but by no means only) policies under the Act relating to braided rivers
- Part 3 Duties and Restrictions under this Act
- Part 4 Functions, powers, and duties of central and local government
- Part 9 Water conservation orders
- LINZ (Land and Information New Zealand)
- Guideline for accretion claims http://www.linz.govt.nz/regulatory/20711
- Guideline for dry stream or riverbed claims : http://www.linz.govt.nz/regulatory/linzg20710
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Standard for title adjustments arising from water boundary changes http://www.linz.govt.nz/regulatory/20005
Identifying species
- Want to quickly identify a bird you see around a braided river? Download this 4-page guide.
- Join NatureWatchNZ (it’s free), upload a photo, and an expert will quickly identify your bird/plant/animal/fungi/fish/bones etc etc (often in as little as 20 minutes!)
- What pest animal is that? http://www.pestdetective.org.nz
- What bird is that? http://nzbirdsonline.org.nz
- Ebird: http://ebird.org
- What fungi is that? www.landcareresearch.co.nz/resources/identification/fungi
- Fungi ID www.hiddenforest.co.nz
- What plant is that? New Zealand Plant Conservation Network: http://nzpcn.org.nz
- What are those bugs in the soil? http://soilbugs.massey.ac.nz/index.php
- What bug is that? www.landcareresearch.co.nz/resources/identification/animals/bug-id/what-is-this-bug
- What insect & spider is that? www.landcareresearch.co.nz/resources/teaching/Insects-and-spiders
- What weavil is that? www.landcareresearch.co.nz/science/plants-animals-fungi/animals/invertebrates/systematics/weevils
- What bumblebee is that? http://naturewatch.org.nz/guides/1425
- What butterfly is that? http://naturewatch.org.nz/guides/1417
- What lizard is that? NZ Lizards Database: http://nzlizards.landcareresearch.co.nz
- What freshwater fish is that? www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/native-animals/fish
- What mussel is that? http://naturewatch.org.nz/guides/1897
- NIWA’s freshwater fish database: www.niwa.co.nz/freshwater-and-estuaries/nzffd
- What sea creature is that? New Zealand Marine Life (free application): https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=661468952&mt=8
- Fishbase – global fish database: www.fishbase.org/search.php
- Ngā Tipu Whakaoranga / Māori Plant Use Database http://maoriplantuse.landcareresearch.co.nz/WebForms/PeoplePlantInformation.aspx
Biodiversity and threatened species
- Canterbury Biodiversity: http://ecan.govt.nz/advice/biodiversity/Pages/Default.aspx
- New Zealand Biodiversity Strategy: www.biodiversity.govt.nz
- New Zealand Threat Classification System – lists all threatened and endangered species in NZ: http://www.doc.govt.nz/about-us/science-publications/conservation-publications/nz-threat-classification-system/
- Landcare Research Manaaki Whenua: www.landcareresearch.co.nz/home
- Canterbury coastal list of native plants: www.doc.govt.nz/documents/conservation/native-plants/motukarara-nursery/coastal.pdf
- Canterbury plains list of native plants: www.doc.govt.nz/documents/conservation/native-plants/motukarara-nursery/canterbury-plains.pdf
- Canterbury sub-alpine list of native plants: www.doc.govt.nz/documents/conservation/native-plants/motukarara-nursery/subalpine.pdf
- Canterbury foothills list of native plants: www.doc.govt.nz/documents/conservation/native-plants/motukarara-nursery/foothills.pdf
Water
- Braided Rivers: www.doc.govt.nz/publications/conservation/native-animals/birds/life-on-a-braided-river
- Canterbury wetland and river/stream margin list of native plants: www.doc.govt.nz/documents/conservation/native-plants/motukarara-nursery/wetland.pdf
- Canterbury Water Management Strategy: www.cwms.org.nz
- Land Use and Water Quality Project (Hurunui) http://ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/water-projects/land-use-and-water-quality/Pages/Default.aspx
- Water quality: www.mfe.govt.nz/issues/water/water-quality.html
- Online guide to water quality: www.lawa.org.nz
- Working Waters Trust: http://workingwaterstrust.org
- NZ Fish Passage Advisory Group – information on fish passage management: http://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/habitats/freshwater/fish-passage-management
Conservation
- Department of Conservation: www.doc.govt.nz
- Environment Canterbury: Canterbury’s special habitats: http://ecan.govt.nz/advice/biodiversity/special-habitats/pages/default.aspx
- Interactive tool to help you select locally suitable plant species for specific purposes and services within your local region and landscape: http://natureservices.landcareresearch.co.nz/app
- Activities with children: www.doc.govt.nz/getting-involved/conservation-activities/with-children
- Attract lizards to your garden: www.doc.govt.nz/getting-involved/conservation-activities/attract-lizards-to-your-garden
- Build a weta motel: www.doc.govt.nz/getting-involved/conservation-activities/build-a-weta-motel
- DOC training courses: www.doc.govt.nz/getting-involved/training-and-teaching
- NatureWatchNZ – like Facebook for nature watchers: http://naturewatch.org.nz
- Nature Space – promote your conservation project: http://www.naturespace.org.nz
- Bring on the Birds, Gore Bay Ratepayers Association: demeters@xtra.co.nz
- EnviroSchools: www.enviroschools.org.nz
- Dunes Restoration Trust: www.dunestrust.org.nz
- Canterbury Pest Species: ecan.govt.nz/our-responsibilities/pests-biodiversity/Pages/key-issues-pests-biodiversity.aspx
- Environmental Protection Authority: www.epa.govt.nz/Pages/default.aspx
- Weedbusters: www.weedbusters.co.nz
- Landcare Research Pest Management: www.landcareresearch.co.nz/resources/pests
- Monarch Butterfly Trust: www.monarch.org.nz/monarch
- Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment: www.pce.parliament.nz/publications/all-publications
- 1080 Report: www.pce.parliament.nz/assets/Uploads/1080-update-report-web.pdf
- 1080 Facts: www.1080facts.co.nz
- Wetlands monitoring assessment kit for communities & farmers: www.landcare.org.nz/wetmak/hub
- Forest Monitoring Assessment Kit: www.formak.co.nz
- QEII National Trust – protect you land with a covenant: www.openspace.org.nz
- Edge of Existence: www.edgeofexistence.org
- NZ Fish Passage Advisory Group – information on fish passage management: http://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/habitats/freshwater/fish-passage-management
Climate change & sustainability
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report (AR5): https://www.ipcc.ch
- Coastal Hazards and Climate Change – A Guidance Manual for Local Government in New Zealand (2nd ed) 2008.
- Resources for kids and teachers: www.climatechange.govt.nz/reducing-our-emissions/schoolstuff
- Generation Zero – what young people are doing about climate change: http://www.generationzero.org
- How will climate change affect biodiversity? www.doc.govt.nz/documents/science-and-technical/sfc312entire.pdf
- How will climate change affect us? www.niwa.co.nz/our-science/climate/information-and-resources/clivar/scenarios
- CarboNZero: www.landcareresearch.co.nz/resources/business/the-carbonzero-programme
- Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority NZ: www.eeca.govt.nz
- Have you noticed plants flowering sooner? www.nzpcn.org.nz/page.aspx?flora_phenology
- Carbon credits for forests: www.ebex21.co.nz/index.asp
Monitoring Tool Kits
- The World Wildlife Fund Habitat Protection Fund Project Monitoring Kit: http://assets.wwf.org.nz/downloads/hpf_monitoring_toolkit.pdf (probably the most comprehensive toolkit to help community groups develop and maintain project management plans as well as monitoring projects)
- Interactive tool to help you select locally suitable plant species for specific purposes and services within your local region and landscape: http://natureservices.landcareresearch.co.nz/app
- NatureWatchNZ – set up and monitor projects; includes free mobile app. http://naturewatch.org.nz
- Wetlands monitoring assessment kit for communities & farmers: www.landcare.org.nz/wetmak/hub
- Forest Monitoring Assessment Kit: www.formak.co.nz
Funding
Funding for conservation and environmental education and research programmes can be time consuming and frustrating. This 33-page guide updated in July 2015 contains a breakdown of the key funding available to landowners, schools, and community groups, information about tax deductions for businesses who improve waterways, and tips and tricks for applying.