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Appendix 2. NRWQN site description

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Site Code

Type

Brief Description & Reasons for Inclusion
WH1 Baseline Largely native bush and small amount exotic.
HM1 Baseline Catchment largely native bush; unlikely to change. Little pasture.
HM6 Baseline* *Pseudobaseline. Major tributary of the Waihou River. Contains or will contain discharges from several large gold mining operations. Some pasture
RO1 Baseline Catchment includes several Rotorua lakes; mainly bush but some pasture/exotics. Some natural geothermal inputs.
RO4 Baseline With major forestry. Major tributary of Rangitikei. Useful paired with RO3 - geology upstream very different (RO3 -Taupo pumice, flat; RO4 - Urewera grewwacke, steep).
RO6 Baseline* *Psuedobaseline for Waikato region. Major recreation river. Downstream 0f Lake Taupo (area 623 km2). See TU2 and Waikato region.
TU2 Baseline For Waikato system although some catchment development for pasture/exotics. Major international trout fishery. See RO6 and Waikato egion for downstream stations.
WA2 Baseline With small amount of pasture development. Representative of radial streams from Mt Taranaki. Local trout fishing.
WA5 Baseline* *Pseudo baseline. Largely undeveloped bush/tussock catchment; some pasture. Nationally important for recreation (rafting, fishing).
WA7 Baseline* *Pseudo baseline. Some upstream pasture development.
GS2 Baseline Baseline for Waipaoa and, because of similar geology to Motu River catchment, can also be used as Motu baseline.
HV1 Baseline Baseline for Tukituki (HV2). Some pasture development but mainly bush.
HV4 Baseline Bush/tussock.
HV6 Baseline* *Pseudo baseline. Mainly bush catchment but some pasture and exotic development.
WN2 Baseline Bush catchment
WN5 Baseline Bush catchment with a small amount of exotics and pasture.
NN2 Baseline  Native bush catchment.
NN3 Baseline  Native bush catchment.
NN5 Baseline* *Pseudo baseline. Beech forest catchment; some pasture development. (Impact site is GY1).
GY3 Baseline Beech forest catchment. Some minor upstream development for holiday homes.
GY4 Baseline Largest alpine-fed Westland river; representative in terms of catchment geology and lack of development.
CH1 Baseline Typical high alpine catchment, tussock, beech.
CH3 Baseline A major (and representative) braided river of the Canterbury Plains. Major fishery and recreation value. Alpine fed.
TK3 Baseline* Pseudo baseline, for Opihi system. Some development.
TK4 Baseline For river at end of hydroelectric lakes system. Main river in region. Little upstream development.
AX1 Baseline Takes L. Wanaka and L. Hawea waters. Some catchment devpt. Starting point of the country's major river upstream of hydro electric development. Major tourist attraction.
AX2 Baseline* *Pseudo baseline; Little catchment development. Major tourist vlues (and pressures) being downstream of Queenstown and L. Wakatipu. The major tributary of the Clutha River.
AX3 Baseline* *Pseudo baseline; little catchmentdevelopment. Major tributary of Kawarau R. Subject to tourist pressure, past and current alluvial gold mining.
DN2 Baseline Tussock catchment typical of region. Largely undeveloped. Typical input to taieri.
DN6 Baseline Tussock with beech forst patches. Small amount of pasture development.
DN7 Baseline* *Pseudo baseline. Improved pasture on plains. Extensively grazed tussock elsewhere. Regional fishery.
DN10 Baseline (Baseline (although from man-enhance lake) for Waiau system. Wholly beech forest. National Park status.

Notes - Sites in bold have alpine headwaters or are lake-fed

 

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