Links & resources

Teachers’ resources | 2016 Braided River Workshop presentations/papers | 2017 Workshop 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 

Please note: this list is not definitive. Additions and amendments, please contact manager@braid.org.nz.

DOC and ECan braided river 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 – Biodiversity Funding
• ECan – Canterbury Land & Water Regional Plan
• ECan – River plans and bi-laws
• ECan – Waimakariri River Regional Park
• ECan – Upper Rangitata and Rakaia Flagship Programme
• As part of the CWMS several programmes are being undertaken in the upper Rangitata, Rakaia, and Clarence Rivers and the lower Waitaki River. The Braided Rivers – ECan regional funding Annual Report (September 2016 ) is available here: Part 1 (Introduction and Clarence River), Part 2 (Clarence River map), Part 3 (Clarence, Rangitata, Rakaia, and Lower Waitaki rivers).

Because of the threats to braided rivers, under ECan, the Canterbury Water Management Strategy (CWMS) aims to halt the decline through its targets and goals with its focus on the integration of water and land management including the protection of indigenous biodiversity and water quality. This is also integrated with the practice of kaitiakitanga or guardianship by Ngāi Tahu which applies to the ecological health of all waterways. Under the Strategy, 10 Zone Committees have been set up to develop Zone Implementation Plans for water management in Canterbury.

• Canterbury Water Management Strategy (CWMS)
• Zone Committees
• Management Strategies for each of the 11 Zones
• Meeting dates for each Zone Committee – these are open to the public

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
  • Application forms from DOC – Wildlife, research and collection activities
    

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• 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
  • Part 3 Additional functions and powers of ECan after commencement day
    

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• Proposed Canterbury Land & Water Regional Plan
• Canterbury Water Management Strategy (Targets)
• Canterbury Water Management Strategy (website)
  • Canterbury Water Management Strategy (PDF)
  • Part 1 Integrated Management from the mountains to the sea
  • Part 2 Setting the Scene: Key challenges in Canterbury
  • Part 3 Kaitiakitanga
  • Part 4: Ecosystem Health and Biodiversity
  • Part 5: Natural Character of Braided Rivers
• Part 12: Environmental Limits
• Zone Committees
  • Interactive map to determine what zone your river is in
    

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• Waitaki Catchment Amendment Act 2004
  

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• National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management
  • Freshwater reform 2013 and beyond
    

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• Water conservation orders
  

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• Berm land converted to intensive agricultural use between 1990-2012
  

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• Coastal Policy Statement (covers estuaries, which are not covered under Freshwater Management)
  • Coastal Hazards and Climate Change – A Guidance Manual for Local Government in New Zealand (updated from 2008) 2017
    

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• 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
    • (13) River and Lake Beds
    • (14) Water
    • (15) Discharges
    • (17) Adverse Effects
  • Part 4 Functions, powers, and duties of central and local government
    • (31) Function of Territorial Authorities under this Act
    • (43C) Relationship between national environmental standards and water conservation orders
  • Part 9 Water conservation orders
    

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• 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
  • 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
• 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
• What grass is that? https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/resources/identification/plants/grass-key
• NZ eflora: http://www.nzflora.info/index.html
• Australasian Virtual Herbarium: https://avh.chah.org.au/
• 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
  • Chapter 25 Australasia (Australia and New Zealand) – full report
  • Chapter 25 Australasia (Australia and New Zealand) – 2 page PDF infographic
• 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