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How 19 words thwarted efforts to save our shrinking braided rivers

How 19 words thwarted efforts to save our shrinking braided rivers
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Rangitata River flood risk as rain hammers South Island

Rangitata River flood risk as rain hammers South Island
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ECan report on Canterbury hāpua raises questions

“The Rakaia and Rangitata hāpua provided substantial catches of smelt and yellow-eyed mullet, whereas the Hakatere hāpua was lacking mullet and flounder, and smelt counts were lower than those in the Rakaia and Rangitata hāpua,” the report says. “Repeated surveys of the hāpua at various times of the year will provide a much clearer picture of current fish communities in each of the hāpua, especially of the large runs of smelt into the hāpua which historically occurred during December and January.” The report noted greater numbers of yellow-eyed mullet compared to 1980. However, catches of this species varied greatly in the 2020 hāpua surveys; none were caught in the Ashburton/Hakatere Hāpua, whereas more than 1500 were caught in the Rangitata, including 1425 in one seine haul.

Big rain, big pain, big cost - Canterbury s week of flooding devastation

Martin Van Beynen05:00, Jun 05 2021 ALDEN WILLIAMS/STUFF Beef and dairy farmer Rob Withers saw his Springburn farm, near Mt Somers, ravaged in the Canterbury floods, the geography of the land itself entirely redrawn by the power of the water. An intensively farmed region of Canterbury lying between the north branch of the Ashburton/Hakatere and Hinds rivers was one of the hardest-hit by this week s floods. Reporter MARTIN VAN BEYNEN spent four days in the area assessing the impact. Farmers in Mid-Canterbury knew it would be bad. The MetService warned that 200-300 millimetres of rain was expected to “accumulate” about the high country between 3pm on Saturday and 11am on Monday. The rain would cause dangerous river conditions and significant flooding, the agency said.

Heavy Rains Causing High River Flows

Environment Canterbury is monitoring rainfall and river flows across the region, with details available on our website: https://www.ecan.govt.nz/home/flood-warning/ . Rivers manager, Leigh Griffiths, says that teams are continuing to monitor the .

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