53 / 60
Overall grade
Taura/Indicators
Kai
Kai are healthy, and have a strong
whakapapa, are safe to eat, locally
abundant and can be harvested according
to our traditional practices.
Effort
Communities, businesses and individuals
are engaged in comprehensive
contaminant control and rehabilitation
to achieve the Vision and Strategy.
Water Security
Our land use practices and land
development supports communities
and taonga species having access to life
sustaining supplies of water.
Water Quality
Land use and development practices
support water bodies that have
water that is safe to physically
interact with.
Ecological Integrity
Aquatic life has access to healthy
habitats protected from adverse
effects due to land use
and contaminants.
Experience
We have a flourishing and nuturing
connection with the rivers and we are
empowered to pursue and maintain
our positive interaction.
Two additional taura were assessed at the whole catchment /regional scale only, due to lack of
finer scale information. There was insufficient information to score Sites of Significance.
Sites Of Significance
Our sites of significance are forever recognised
and celebrated as areas of historical and
cultural importance and safe for us to
interact with and support a healthy Awa.
Economy
Communities are prosperous, as shown
by high levels of employment, housing
affordability, gross domestic product
and income equality.
A
Delivers in full on the Vision and Strategy
aspirations for a healthy Waikato River.
Excellent rating.
C
Delivers on only some of the Vision and
Strategy aspirations for a healthyWaikato River.
Low rating.
B
Delivers in part on the Vision and Strategy
aspirations for a healthy Waikato River.
Good rating.
D
Does not deliver on the Vision and Strategy
aspirations for a healthy Waikato River.
Poor rating.
C-
C+
C+
C
C
C
C+
B+
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Waikato River Authority
Five Year Report
2015