Most culverts have been designed to move water efficiently rather than for ecological reasons. That’s why our native freshwater fish need more help to get to habitat upstream.
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An underwater electric barrier is providing a safe haven for the ‘nationally critical’ Canterbury Mudfish/kōwaro.
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Last summer ranger Sam Fisher got to spend a week as hut warden at Rotomairewhenua / Blue Lake. It’s the site of the clearest freshwater in the world, but it’s at risk from an invisible threat.
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Zooming in on a precious, unusual, and poorly understood native freshwater fish, known around the country as lamprey, kanakana and piharau.
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An ambitious programme to revive the Rakitata (Rangitata) River is seeking public input on a strategy to restore the mauri (life force) of the river.
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