Table: Taieri Catchment: Site Name: Owhiro Creek

Catchment condition

1

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

Safety drinking the water

• No.
• Water colour, discharge, grazed.
• Dirty, grazing, discharge.

Fishing at the site

• No.

Eating the fish

• No.

Balance

• Grasses only; this is just a stream.
• Both bad.
• Both bad.

Overall health

• Because of discoloration. Unfit for anything.

Access at the site

• No.
• Private farmland.

Harvesting mahinga kai from the site

• No.

Riverbank condition

2.5

River shape

-

Riparian vegetation

1.25

Indigenous vegetation
(on adjacent land)

1

Mahinga kai birds

1

Riverbed condition

1

Use of the river
(modifications)

1

Use of the river
(takes / discharges)

1

Flow visible

4

Flow heard

2

Odours present / absent

1

Water quality

1.25

Water clarity

1.5

Sediment present / absent

1.3

Use of riparian areas

1

Safety tasting water

1

Suitability for fishing

1

Safety eating fish

1.25

Balance between land and water

3

Abundance of birds

1

Diversity of birds

1

Abundance of plants

1

Species that were harvested in the 19th century include:

• eels.

Species that were present when the site was surveyed were:

• tuna (long finned) (4)
• inanga(7).

Diversity of plants

1

Access to the site

2

Suitability for harvesting mahinga kai

1

Overall score

1

MCI score 71

SHMAK score 1