Appendix 1: Draft River Health Assessment Form
Questions 1 to 16 are layed out in a large table - view the table of Indicators of River Health
17. How safe would you feel tasting the water at this site?
1 Completely unsafe - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 Completely safe
Please explain your answer:
18. How would you feel about fishing at this site?
1 I would not fish here - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 This is a great place to fish
Please explain your answer:
19. How safe would you feel eating fish caught at this site?
1 Completely unsafe - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 Completely safe
Please explain your answer:
20. When you look at the adjacent land and the waterway together, does everything seem to be in balance?
1 No continuity - no balance between land and river - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 Continuity - land and river in balance
Please explain your answer:
21. 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
22. Please list the mahingakai bird species that you can see at this site.
1.__________ 2.__________ 3.__________
4.__________ 5.__________ 6.__________
7.__________ 8.__________ 9.__________
23. Are there abundant numbers of birds present at this site?
1 No birds present - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 Abundant of birds present
24. Is there a diverse range of birds present at this site?
1 No diversity of species - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 Very diverse range
Plants
24. Please list the mahinga kai plant species that you can see at this site.
1.__________ 2.__________ 3.__________
4.__________ 5.__________ 6.__________
7.__________ 8.__________ 9.__________
25. Are there abundant numbers of mahinga kai plants birds present at this site?
1 No mahinga kai present - 2 - 3- 4 - 5 Abundant numbers present
26. Is there a diverse range of mahinga kai plants present at this site?
1 No diversity of species - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 Very diverse range
Fish
27. What mahinga kai fish species would you expect to find here?
1.__________ 2.__________ 3.__________
4.__________ 5.__________ 6.__________
Access
28. Do you feel as if you have access to this site to harvest mahinga kai?
1 Not able to harvest at this site - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 Able to harvest - no restrictions
Please explain your answer
29. Would you harvest mahinga kai at this site?
1 No harvest at this site - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 Yes, definitely harvest
Please explain your answer:
Final comments
Any other comments about this site
