Appendix 4: Final recording form used to assess sites in any catchment
Cultural stream health assessment
Date:
Site no:
| Indicators | Unhealthy | Healthy | |||
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| 1 Catchment land use | 1. Land heavily modified | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5. Appears unmodified Wetlands, marshes lost |
| 2 Vegetation – banks & margins (100m either side) | 1. Little or no vegetation | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5. Complete cover of vegetation – mostly indigenous |
| 3. Use of the river banks + margins (100m either side) | 1. Margins heavily modified | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5. Margins unmodified |
| 4. Riverbed condition (sediment) | 1. Covered by mud/sand slime, weed | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5. Clear of (sediment) slime, weed mud/sand/sediment/weed |
| 5. Changes to river channel | 1. Evidence of modification eg stopbanks, straightening, gravel removal, shingle build up | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5. Appears unmodified |
| 6. Water quality | 1. Appears polluted eg foams, oils slime, weeds etc | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5. No pollution evident |
| 7. Water Clarity | 1. Water badly discoloured | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5. Water is clear |
| 8 A variety of habitats | 1. Little or no current, Uniform depth and limited variety of flow related habitats | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Current and depth varies creating a variety of different flow related habitats |
| 9. How would you describe the overall health of the river at this site? | 1. Very unhealthy | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5. Very healthy |
| Please explain your answer | |||||
Birds
Please list the mahinga kai bird species that you can see at this site
1. _______________________
2. _______________________
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Plants
Please list the mahinga kai plant species that you can see at this site.
1. _______________________
2. _______________________
3. _______________________
4. _______________________
5. _______________________
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| 10. Access: Do you consider access to this site is sufficient to harvest mahinga kai? | 1. Not able to gather at this site | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5. Able to gather - no restrictions |
| Please explain your answer | |||||
| 11. Would you return to this site in the future? | 1. No | 5. Yes | |||
12. At the beginning of this trip, how did you feel?
| Very unhappy/discont.d | |
| Fairly unhappy/discont.d | |
| Neutral | |
| Fairly happy/cont.d | |
| Very happy/contented |
13. How do you feel at this particular site, now?
| Very unhappy/discont.d | |
| Fairly unhappy/discont.d | |
| Neutral | |
| Fairly happy/cont.d | |
| Very happy/contented |
14. Have you ever visited this site before? Yes/No
If yes, how long ago ____________________
If yes, what did you do here ____________________
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15. Have you heard of this site/area before today? Yes/No
- If yes, what have you heard about
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If yes, from what sources:
- whanau manuscripts/archives
- recent Ngai Tahu publications other written sources
- other hikoi
- other sources (please name) _______________________
Why have you rated the site this way (write brief comments)
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6. Would you bring whānau here again Yes/No Why or why not? (write brief comments)
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7. Is there anything about this site that limits or stops you enjoying this site? Yes/No Please explain your comment (write brief comments)
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Are there any of these questions you think we shouldn’t ask people? Are there any other questions you think we should ask? Are there any other changes you suggest we make?
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