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Current wetlands
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Wai
Overview
  • There are lots of different types of wai. Often when we think of wai on our whenua we think of the wai we can see, rivers, lakes, creeks etc. But there are also the systems of wai that flow below our whenua, either as a reserve of wai or systems of flowing wai. Most of the data we have available relating to wai is based on how Regional Councils think about wai, so keep that in mind as you explore the information available.

Catchment

A catchment, or whaitua, is an area of land where rain flows into a common river, lake or other body of water. A healthy water catchment supports swimming, fishing, and local ecosystems.

Every catchment around Aotearoa has different land use pressures that impact the health of the water. Understanding your catchment helps you to think long-term about the needs of wai and how you might play a role in supporting its hauora.

We have tried to identify your catchment based on information and maps published by Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) and Ministry for the Environment (MfE). In some cases your whenua might overlap more than one catchment or a catchment with no officially recorded name.

Main catchment(s)
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Data not available outside of tool.
  • How to use this data safely

    The map is regional scale (1:50,000 which is equivalent to 10 hectare “smallest area” units). This means it is indicative of what is in the area but is not accurate for the purposes of farm-planning. You’ll need to physically visit parts of your whenua to check the accuracy of what the map suggests. 

    This combined data is version 1.0 and is sourced from the following maps: