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Welcome to Freshwater Knowledge Hub

Access to Experts (A2E) is excited to launch our new Freshwater Knowledge Hub, providing iwi and hapū, regional councils and community catchment groups with resources to support freshwater management.

We know that navigating Essential Freshwater policies can be tricky, so we’re to help.

Freshwater Knowledge Hub will contain helpful links, articles, and documents produced by our experts as they support groups across Aotearoa New Zealand. It’s all playing a part in helping to understand Essential Freshwater policies and protect our local waterways now and into the future.

How can I use Freshwater Knowledge Hub?

Using Freshwater Knowledge Hub is simple – you might find the answers that you’re looking for here.

You can scroll through the main page to read our current content or use the search bar to find resources specific to your needs.

To reflect the wide range of support we’re providing across the country, we’ll keep Freshwater Knowledge Hub up to date as the weeks progress. You might see some resources marked as ‘in progress’, which means we’ll launch these soon. You can read about support fully delivered in resources marked as ‘complete’.

Can I submit resources for Freshwater Knowledge Hub?

We’re focusing on sharing plans, templates and the like produced by members of our expert panel who have supported our user groups.

If you have ideas around the kind of content you’d like to see, or want to suggest a document, you can email the brokerage team at [Enable JavaScript to view protected content].

We have a lot to share – so stay tuned as Knowledge Hub grows.

Contact us

We look forward to continuing to support iwi and hapū, regional councils and community catchment groups.

If you haven’t quite found the answers you’re looking for, you can reach out the A2E brokerage team by:

  • Calling us on 0800 MFE A2E (0800 633 223
  • Emailing us on [Enable JavaScript to view protected content]
  • Registering for support at www.access2experts.net.nz/request-for-support/registration-form/

Please note that the phone number and email are monitored between 8:30am-5:00pm on weekdays only.

Our latest thinking

  • Welcome to Freshwater Knowledge Hub
  • Awa Matakana bank erosion and channel stability
  • Hauarahi Stream - Water Quality Assessment
  • Hurunui District Water Quality Review
  • Piako Waihou Catchment – Review of Existing Data
  • Implementable Actions for Piakoiti and Piakonui
  • Hurunui Catchment Stream Health Training and Testing
  • Le Roys Bush Slip Remediation – Ecological Restoration Plan
  • Willow Removal at Poolburn Gorge
  • Lowburn Catchment - Willow Management
  • Mangarara Catchment - Erosion and Sediment Reduction Strategy
  • Assessment of potential for modelling an extended set of E.coli mitigation measures for Horizons and Taranaki regions
  • Teviot Valley Water Quality Monitoring Programme Review
  • Kahahakuri Erosion and Cow Cress Mitigations
  • Bream Bay Catchment Action Plan
  • Ecosystem Metabolism Application in the Taranaki Region
  • Puerua-Waitepeka Catchment Group Water Quality Monitoring Programme
  • Periphyton Biomass Baseline Attribute State in Tairāwhiti
  • Kākahi (freshwater mussel) eDNA Sampling in the Coatesville Area Guide
  • Barkers Creek Nutrient Review: Sources, Mitigation and Achievability of Targets
  • Biophysical Risk Mapping Manual and Methodology – Bay of Plenty
  • Stormwater Detainment Bund Design Feasibility on Playnes Farm (Bay of Plenty)
  • Sediment Bunds in the Waitakarao Washdyke Lagoon Catchment
  • Restore Hibiscus and Bays Freshwater Monitoring Plan
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