Table: Taieri Catchment: Site Name: Barbours Stream

Catchment condition

2.5

Runanga comments, when they visited the site, were as follows:

Safety drinking the water

• No.

Fishing at the site

• No.

Eating the fish

• No.

Balance

• Both not good.
• Slime is unappealing.

Overall health

• Water quality not good at all. A lot of human interference on banks.
• The slime trails are yuck.
• Water detracts from the catchment.

Access at the site

• Locked gates. DOC land.
• Not really, this is private property. No I would not fish here.
• Locked gates.

Harvesting mahinga kai from the site

• Access and lack of quality.
• We did not see any fish, maybe koura?
• Too far. Too remote. Locked gates.

Final comments

• Really horrible site.
• Not a place to fish from. Most tussocks. Not a viable proposition. Too far from home.

Riverbank condition

4.5

River shape

-

Riparian vegetation

2.5

Indigenous vegetation
(on adjacent land)

3.6

Mahinga kai birds

1

Riverbed condition

2.6

Use of the river
(modifications)

2.6

Use of the river
(takes / discharges)

4

Flow visible

5

Flow heard

5

Odours present / absent

3

Water quality

4

Water clarity

4.5

Sediment present / absent

3

Use of riparian areas

1

Safety tasting water

1

Suitability for fishing

1

Safety eating fish

1

Balance between land and water

1.3

Abundance of birds

1

Diversity of birds

1

Abundance of plants

3.6

Species that were present when the site was surveyed were:

• tussock, wawa, taramea, harakeke.

Diversity of plants

3.6

Access to the site

1

Suitability for harvesting mahinga kai

1.3

Overall score

1.6

MCI score 143

SHMAK score 3