Watch for high E. Coli levels in the Waikawa River
Avoid going in the Waikawa River after heavy rain. The most recent swim spot monitoring result was Red at 21 November 2022, with an E. Coli level of 683. Horizons…
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E. Coli readings at the footbridge 2022-23
Each week over summer LAWA tests the water at the footbridge for E. Coli and publishes the results a few days later. Latest reading, 30 January 2023: 336 (orange). .
Waiorongomai Stream mouth cleared
A couple of years ago a local resident contacted Wellington Regional Council about the driftwood log jam and the 'bamboo' that together clogged the Waiorongomai Stream mouth. That jam affected…
No HRC budget for river mouth works in 2022
According to decisions made in May 2022, Horizons Regional Council will not be budgeting for works at the Waikawa river mouth. More detail below. On reading the PDF linked above,…
E. Coli readings at the footbridge
Each week over summer LAWA tests the water at the footbridge for E. Coli and publishes the results a few days later. This year results have been poor. According to…
Rare Lamprey in Waikawa stream
Sometimes you notice one little snippet about Waikawa Beach in a larger article on the web: one of New Zealand’s rare native fish Lamprey (Geotria australis) has been discovered in…