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BMPs, BEPs and Guidelines

This section aims to provide links to Best Management Practices (BMP’s), Best Environmental Practices (BEP’s) or Guidelines to assist with the management of catchments, coasts and our natural environment. If you know of a BMP or Guideline that you think others would find helpful please fill in the details here.

Research Areas	BMP, BEP or Guideline — Region or NZ wide
ICM general	ANZECC Water Quality Guidelines — New Zealand – wide Information on key sustainable farming topics — NZ–wide Managing Waterways on Farms: A guide to sustainable water and riparian management in rural New Zealand An Everyday Guide to the Resource Management Act Series — NZ–wide Stormwater Best Practice Guide — Tasman Effective Participation in Resource Consent Processes: A guide for Tangata Whenua — NZ–wide Drinking–water standards for New Zealand — NZ–wide The Guidelines for Drinking–water Quality Management for New Zealand — NZ–wide Your Guide to the Resource Management Act — NZ–wide Best practice guidelines for vegetation management and in stream works — Waikato New Zealand Periphyton Guideline: Detecting, Monitoring and Managing Enrichment of Streams — New Zealand – wide New Zealand Stream Health Monitoring and Assessment Kit — NZ–wide Sustainable Drainage Management Field Guide — NZ–wide Code of urban subdivision– Section 4, Appendix B: Methods to prevent erosion and sediment loss — Auckland On–site stormwater guideline — NZ–wide
Other	The Tool Kit: A planning tool for community consultation and quality decision making in local authorities — NZ–wide Cultural Planning Guidelines for Local Government — NZ–wide Tourism Planning Toolkit For Local Government — NZ–wide Heritage Management Guidelines for Resource Management Practitioners — NZ–wide Good Practice Guide for Working with Local Government — NZ–wide Drinking–water standards for New Zealand — NZ–wide The Guidelines for Drinking–water Quality Management for New Zealand — NZ–wide The National Standard for Environmental Certification of well–managed Plantation Forests in New Zealand — NZ–wide Guide to Marine Farming Consent Conditions for Deemed Coastal Permits — NZ–wide Guidelines for Subdivisions, Buildings and Plantings — Tasman Check, Dlean, Dry: Didymo Factsheet for Whitebaiters — NZ–wide Environment Waikato Best Practice Guidelines for Waterway Crossings — Waikato Protecting and Restoring our Natural Heritage – a Practical Guide — NZ–wide Contaminated Land Management Guidelines No. 1: Reporting on Contaminated Sites in New Zealand — NZ–wide Risk Screening System Contaminated Land Management: Guidelines No. 3 — NZ–wide Community–based Dune Management for the Mitigation of Coastal Hazards and Climate Change Effects: A Guide for Local Authorities How Can I Conserve Water? — NZ–wide National Environmental Standards for Clean Water, Air and Land — New Zealand – wide Good Practice Guidelines Consultation (draft document) A Guide to Preparing a Basic Assessment of Environmental Effects — NZ–wide Oil Spill Contingency guidelines: River and catchment services — Waikato Maintaining Your On–Site Wastewater Treatment System (includes septic tanks) — NZ–wide Contaminated Land Management Guidelines No. 2: Hierarchy and Application in New Zealand of Environmental Guideline Values — NZ–wide Information Required with Coastal Permit Applications — Tasman Safe Boating Tips and Rules — Tasman Permeability Guideline — Auckland Code of urban subdivision– Section 4, Appendix B: Methods to prevent erosion and sediment loss — Auckland Guidelines for the safe application of biosolids to land — NZ–wide Restoring the Balance: Biodiversity self–help kit — Northland Sustainable Building Guide — Christchurch Guidelines for Community–focused Ecological Monitoring of Mangrove Habitats in Estuaries — Waikato
Annual General Meetings
Arts & science collaboration	The Tool Kit: A planning tool for community consultation and quality decision making in local authorities — NZ–wide Tourism Planning Toolkit For Local Government — NZ–wide Heritage Management Guidelines for Resource Management Practitioners — NZ–wide
Capacity building
Community reference group	The Tool Kit: A planning tool for community consultation and quality decision making in local authorities — NZ–wide Good Practice Participate: One–off consultation — NZ–wide Starting a Landcare Group — Hawke´s Bay Assessment of Environmental Effects. Chapter 11: Consultation Approaches — Auckland
Community Resilience – Watershed Talk
Cow crossings and water quality	Using Riparian Strips to Reduce Microbe Pollution — New Zealand – wide Microbiological Water Quality Guidelines for Marine and Freshwater Recreational Areas — NZ–wide Clean Streams: A Guide to Managing Waterways on Tasman – Marlborough Farms — Tasman Culvert and Bridge Construction Guidelines for Farmers — NZ–wide Dairying and the Environment: Managing Farm Dairy Effluent — NZ–wide A Guide to Managing Farm Dairy Effluent – Tasman/Marlborough — Tasman Code of Practice for Nutrient Management — New Zealand – wide Farm Dairy Effluent: Best practice guidelines — Southland Dairy Shed Effluent Treatment and Disposal Guidelines — Bay of Plenty Clean Streams: A Guide to Managing Waterways on Southland Farms — Southland
Dating groundwater	A National Protocol for State of the Environment Groundwater Sampling in New Zealand — NZ–wide
Delta habitat mapping	Community–based Dune Management for the Mitigation of Coastal Hazards and Climate Change Effects: A Guide for Local Authorities Turning the Tide: An estuaries toolkit for New Zealand communities — New Zealand–wide
Ecosystem models of Tasman & Golden Bays	Tonga Island Marine Reserve: Proposed protocol for ongoing subtidal biological monitoring — Nelson
Faecal bacteria in the Motueka River	Microbiological Water Quality Guidelines for Marine and Freshwater Recreational Areas — NZ–wide Drinking–water standards for New Zealand — NZ–wide Dairying and the Environment: Managing Farm Dairy Effluent — NZ–wide A Guide to Managing Farm Dairy Effluent – Tasman/Marlborough — Tasman Farm Dairy Effluent: Best practice guidelines — Southland
Farm environmental planning	Sustainable Management of Native Vegetation Areas in South Marlborough — Marlborough Information on key sustainable farming topics — NZ–wide Soil Conservation Technical Handbook — NZ–wide Managing Waterways on Farms: A guide to sustainable water and riparian management in rural New Zealand Sustainable Options: Farm Tracks––planning, construction and maintenance — Bay of Plenty Culvert Crossings — Bay of Plenty Sustainable Options: Care groups — Bay of Plenty Clean Streams: A Guide to Managing Waterways on Tasman – Marlborough Farms — Tasman Culvert and Bridge Construction Guidelines for Farmers — NZ–wide Dairying and the Environment: Farm Management Issues — NZ–wide Dairying and the Environment: Managing Farm Dairy Effluent — NZ–wide New Zealand constructed wetland planting guidelines — NZ–wide Making Dollars and Sense of Nutrient Management: 7 steps to success — NZ–wide A Guide to Managing Farm Dairy Effluent – Tasman/Marlborough — Tasman Shelter for Hill Country Farms: Part 2 shelterbelt trees — Hawke´s Bay Code of Practice for Nutrient Management — New Zealand – wide Farm Dairy Effluent: Best practice guidelines — Southland Dairy Shed Effluent Treatment and Disposal Guidelines — Bay of Plenty A Guide to Managing Waterways on Canterbury Farms — Canterbury Lowland Plains and Drains — Canterbury Controlling Gully Erosion with Debris Dams — Hawke´s Bay Small Flood Detention Dams Protecting Infilled Valley Bottoms from Gullying — Hawke´s Bay Sustainable Options: Stock Water Supply — Bay of Plenty Protecting and Restoring our Natural Heritage – a Practical Guide — NZ–wide Managing Old Sheep Dip and Footbath Sites: A guideline for landowners — NZ–wide Sustainable Options: Planning farm woodlots — Bay of Plenty Disposal of Effluents on Farm — Bay of Plenty Sustainable Options: Efficient fertiliser use — Bay of Plenty Sustainable Options: Runoff management on pastures — Bay of Plenty Shelter for Hill Country Farms: Part 1 shelter design introduction — Hawke´s Bay Clean Streams: A Guide to Managing Waterways on Southland Farms — Southland Agrichemical Sprayer Filler Pads — Hawke´s Bay Sustainable Drainage Management Field Guide — NZ–wide Sustainable Options: Protection fences — Bay of Plenty Shelter for Hill Country Farms: Part 3 establishment & Maintenance — Hawke´s Bay Trees on Farms: A guide with local experience of growing trees in the Waikato Region — Waikato Wind Erosion and Control — Hawke´s Bay For Peat’s Sake: Good management practices for Waikato peat farmers. Part I — Waikato For Peat’s Sake: Good management practices for Waikato peat farmers. Part II — Waikato
Fine sediment: bringing the geomorphology and biology together	Using Gravel Extraction to Restore Backwaters — Southland Southland’s Wetlands assessment Guide — Southland Soil Conservation Technical Handbook — NZ–wide Clean Streams: A Guide to Managing Waterways on Tasman – Marlborough Farms — Tasman Using Gravel Extraction to Restore Floodway Ponds — Southland Using Gravel Extraction to Restore Oxbow Lakes — Southland Using Gravel Extraction to Restore River Channels — Southland ANZECC Guidelines for Sediment — New Zealand–wide Controlling Gully Erosion with Debris Dams — Hawke´s Bay Protecting Infilled Valley Bottoms from Gullying — Hawke´s Bay Coastal Erosion Management Manual — Auckland Design guidelines for earthworks, tracking and crossings. A practitioner´s technical guide to minor effects based activities. — Waikato Shelter for Hill Country Farms: Part 1 shelter design introduction — Hawke´s Bay Shelter for Hill Country Farms: Part 3 establishment & Maintenance — Hawke´s Bay Earthworks – Erosion and Sediment Control Guidelines — Waikato Design Guidelines for Earthworks, Tracking and Crossing: A practitioner´s technical guide to minor effects based activities — Waikato Wind Erosion and Control — Hawke´s Bay
Flood gate design and management
Forest harvesting effects	Standards and Guidelines for Sustainable Management of Indigenous Forests The National Standard for Environmental Certification of well–managed Plantation Forests in New Zealand — NZ–wide New Zealand Environmental Code of Practice for Plantation Forestry — New Zealand – wide Managing Your Bush Block:A guide to looking after indigenous forest remnants in the Wellington region — Wellington
Futures modelling
Gravel extraction	Using Gravel Extraction to Restore Backwaters — Southland Gravel Extraction Guidelines – Wellington — Wellington Best practice guidelines for vegetation management and in stream works — Waikato Gravel Extraction to Create Backwaters — Southland Using Gravel Extraction to Restore Floodway Ponds — Southland Using Gravel Extraction to Restore Oxbow Lakes — Southland Using Gravel Extraction to Restore River Channels — Southland
Historical development	Tourism Planning Toolkit For Local Government — NZ–wide Heritage Management Guidelines for Resource Management Practitioners — NZ–wide Managing Your Bush Block:A guide to looking after indigenous forest remnants in the Wellington region — Wellington Protecting and Restoring our Natural Heritage – a Practical Guide — NZ–wide Contaminated Land Management Guidelines No. 1: Reporting on Contaminated Sites in New Zealand — NZ–wide Risk Screening System Contaminated Land Management: Guidelines No. 3 — NZ–wide Contaminated Land Management Guidelines No. 2: Hierarchy and Application in New Zealand of Environmental Guideline Values — NZ–wide
IDEAS
Identifying Maori needs	Good Practice Guidelines for Working with Tangata Whenua and Māori Organisations: Consolidating our learning — NZ–wide Kawe Korero: Guidelines for communicating with Maori — NZ–wide Kaitiakitanga and Local Government: Tangata Whenua participation in environmental management — NZ–wide Assessment of Environmental Effects. Chapter 11: Consultation Approaches — Auckland Maori and the Resource Management Act — Hawke´s Bay Guidelines for Consulting with Tangata Whenua under the RMA: An Update on Case Law — NZ–wide Guidelines for Research and Evaluation with Mäori — NZ–wide Mäori Liaison Guidelines — Waikato
Institutional Learning – Research and Practice
Knowledge delivery	Using the Cultural Health Index: How to assess the health of streams and waterways Principles and Practices of Agricultural Extension — NZ–wide Planning A Rural Seminar — NZ–wide Striking a Balance: A practice guide on consultation and communication for project advocates — NZ–wide Specialised Participatory Methods — NZ–wide
Knowledge interactions	The Tool Kit: A planning tool for community consultation and quality decision making in local authorities — NZ–wide Good Practice Participate: One–off consultation — NZ–wide Sustainable Options: Care groups — Bay of Plenty Good Practice Guide for Working with Local Government — NZ–wide Kawe Korero: Guidelines for communicating with Maori — NZ–wide Starting a Landcare Group — Hawke´s Bay Principles and Practices of Agricultural Extension — NZ–wide Kaitiakitanga and Local Government: Tangata Whenua participation in environmental management — NZ–wide Planning A Rural Seminar — NZ–wide Striking a Balance: A practice guide on consultation and communication for project advocates — NZ–wide Talking Constructively: A practical guide for building agreements between iwi, hapu and whanau, and loca authorities — NZ–wide Maori and the Resource Management Act — Hawke´s Bay Specialised Participatory Methods — NZ–wide Guidelines for Research and Evaluation with Mäori — NZ–wide Good Practice Guidelines Consultation (draft document) Mäori Liaison Guidelines — Waikato
Links between scientific and cultural indicators of river health
Long term in–situ data collection in Tasman Bay	Tonga Island Marine Reserve: Proposed protocol for ongoing subtidal biological monitoring — Nelson
Maori and ICM	Heritage Management Guidelines for Resource Management Practitioners — NZ–wide Effective Participation in Resource Consent Processes: A guide for Tangata Whenua — NZ–wide Good Practice Guidelines for Working with Tangata Whenua and Māori Organisations: Consolidating our learning — NZ–wide Kawe Korero: Guidelines for communicating with Maori — NZ–wide Kaitiakitanga and Local Government: Tangata Whenua participation in environmental management — NZ–wide Talking Constructively: A practical guide for building agreements between iwi, hapu and whanau, and loca authorities — NZ–wide Assessment of Environmental Effects. Chapter 11: Consultation Approaches — Auckland Maori and the Resource Management Act — Hawke´s Bay Guidelines for Consulting with Tangata Whenua under the RMA: An Update on Case Law — NZ–wide Kaimoana Survey Guidelines for Hapu and Iwi — New Zealand – wide Guidelines for Research and Evaluation with Mäori — NZ–wide Mäori Liaison Guidelines — Waikato Guidelines for the safe application of biosolids to land — NZ–wide
Mechanisms of groundwater recharge	Southland’s Wetlands assessment Guide — Southland A National Protocol for State of the Environment Groundwater Sampling in New Zealand — NZ–wide Permeability Guideline — Auckland
Modelling water quantity and quality
Riparian classification	Lowland Plains and Drains — Canterbury Riparian Zone Management Guidelines — Auckland Riparian Zone Management Planting Guide — Auckland Waitakere District Plan Guidelines – Natural Areas — Auckland Native Plants for Streamsides in Wellington Conservancy — Wellington Streamside Planting Guide — Christchurch and Lowland Canterbury
Riparian vegetation assessment	Riparian Zone Management Guidelines — Auckland Riparian Zone Management Planting Guide — Auckland Native Plants for Streamsides in Wellington Conservancy — Wellington Streamside Planting Guide — Christchurch and Lowland Canterbury
Riparian vegetation enhancement	Sustainable Indigenous Forest Guidelines — New Zealand – wide Southland’s Wetlands assessment Guide — Southland Best practice guidelines for vegetation management and in stream works — Waikato A Guide to Managing Waterways on Canterbury Farms — Canterbury Riparian Zone Management Guidelines — Auckland Riparian Zone Management Planting Guide — Auckland Managing Riparian Zones: A contribution to protecting New Zealand´s rivers and streams. Volume 1: Concepts — New Zealand – wide Managing Riparian Zones: A contribution to protecting New Zealand´s rivers and streams. Volume 2: Guidelines — New Zealand – wide Waitakere District Plan Guidelines – Natural Areas — Auckland Native Plants for Streamsides in Wellington Conservancy — Wellington Trees on Farms: A guide with local experience of growing trees in the Waikato Region — Waikato Restoring the Balance: Biodiversity self–help kit — Northland Streamside Planting Guide — Christchurch and Lowland Canterbury
River bank styles	Soil Conservation Technical Handbook — NZ–wide Best practice guidelines for vegetation management and in stream works — Waikato
River monitoring	Stormwater – swales — New Zealand – wide ANZECC Water Quality Guidelines — New Zealand – wide Microbiological Water Quality Guidelines for Marine and Freshwater Recreational Areas — NZ–wide Using the Cultural Health Index: How to assess the health of streams and waterways A National Protocol for State of the Environment Groundwater Sampling in New Zealand — NZ–wide A User Guide for the Macroinvertebrate Community Index — NZ–wide Check, Dlean, Dry: Didymo Factsheet for Whitebaiters — NZ–wide New Zealand Periphyton Guideline: Detecting, Monitoring and Managing Enrichment of Streams — New Zealand – wide Stream Periphyton Monitoring Manual — NZ–wide New Zealand Stream Health Monitoring and Assessment Kit — NZ–wide Regional Guidelines for Ecological Assessments of Freshwater Environments : Macroinvertebrate sampling in wadeable streams — Waikato How to Care for Streams in Aukland City: Watercourse guidelines — Auckland Regional Guidelines for Ecological Assessments of Freshwater Environments: Aquatic plant cover in wadeable streams — Waikato A Guide to Preparing a Basic Assessment of Environmental Effects — NZ–wide
River plume ecosystem	Marine Recreational Fishing Guidelines — New Zealand – wide Hold it...We’re Cleaning Up the Coast: Dealing with sewage safely and responsibly on your boat — NZ–wide Guide to Marine Farming Consent Conditions for Deemed Coastal Permits — NZ–wide
Science uptake by councils	An Everyday Guide to the Resource Management Act Series — NZ–wide Stormwater Best Practice Guide — Tasman Good Practice Guide for Working with Local Government — NZ–wide Your Guide to the Resource Management Act — NZ–wide Guidelines for Subdivisions, Buildings and Plantings — Tasman A Guide to Preparing a Basic Assessment of Environmental Effects — NZ–wide Permeability Guideline — Auckland Code of urban subdivision– Section 4, Appendix B: Methods to prevent erosion and sediment loss — Auckland
Sediment generation, delivery and impacts	Gravel Extraction Guidelines – Wellington — Wellington Soil Conservation Technical Handbook — NZ–wide Clean Streams: A Guide to Managing Waterways on Tasman – Marlborough Farms — Tasman New Zealand Environmental Code of Practice for Plantation Forestry — New Zealand – wide Erosion and Sediment Control Guidelines Canterbury Shelter for Hill Country Farms: Part 2 shelterbelt trees — Hawke´s Bay ANZECC Guidelines for Sediment — New Zealand–wide Controlling Gully Erosion with Debris Dams — Hawke´s Bay Small Flood Detention Dams Protecting Infilled Valley Bottoms from Gullying — Hawke´s Bay Coastal Erosion Management Manual — Auckland Contaminated Land Management Guidelines No. 1: Reporting on Contaminated Sites in New Zealand — NZ–wide Design guidelines for earthworks, tracking and crossings. A practitioner´s technical guide to minor effects based activities. — Waikato Shelter for Hill Country Farms: Part 1 shelter design introduction — Hawke´s Bay Risk Screening System Contaminated Land Management: Guidelines No. 3 — NZ–wide Community–based Dune Management for the Mitigation of Coastal Hazards and Climate Change Effects: A Guide for Local Authorities Shelter for Hill Country Farms: Part 3 establishment & Maintenance — Hawke´s Bay Contaminated Land Management Guidelines No. 2: Hierarchy and Application in New Zealand of Environmental Guideline Values — NZ–wide Earthworks – Erosion and Sediment Control Guidelines — Waikato Best Management Practices (BMPs) for Construction Site Planning and Management, Erosion and Sediment Control, Pollution Prevention, and Sampling Guidelines. — International Design Guidelines for Earthworks, Tracking and Crossing: A practitioner´s technical guide to minor effects based activities — Waikato Wind Erosion and Control — Hawke´s Bay
Sediment learning group	Soil Conservation Technical Handbook — NZ–wide New Zealand Environmental Code of Practice for Plantation Forestry — New Zealand – wide Design guidelines for earthworks, tracking and crossings. A practitioner´s technical guide to minor effects based activities. — Waikato Contaminated Land Management Guidelines No. 1: Reporting on Contaminated Sites in New Zealand — NZ–wide Risk Screening System Contaminated Land Management: Guidelines No. 3 — NZ–wide Contaminated Land Management Guidelines No. 2: Hierarchy and Application in New Zealand of Environmental Guideline Values — NZ–wide Earthworks – Erosion and Sediment Control Guidelines — Waikato
Sherry River Community	Culvert and Bridge Construction Guidelines for Farmers — NZ–wide Clean Streams: A Guide to Managing Waterways on Tasman – Marlborough Farms — Tasman A Guide to Managing Farm Dairy Effluent – Tasman/Marlborough — Tasman Dairy Shed Effluent Treatment and Disposal Guidelines — Bay of Plenty
Social learning
Stabilising characteristics of native plants	Southland’s Wetlands assessment Guide — Southland Best practice guidelines for vegetation management and in stream works — Waikato Protecting and Restoring our Natural Heritage – a Practical Guide — NZ–wide Riparian Zone Management Guidelines — Auckland Riparian Zone Management Planting Guide — Auckland Native Plants for Streamsides in Wellington Conservancy — Wellington Trees on Farms: A guide with local experience of growing trees in the Waikato Region — Waikato Wind Erosion and Control — Hawke´s Bay Restoring the Balance: Biodiversity self–help kit — Northland Streamside Planting Guide — Christchurch and Lowland Canterbury
Stakeholder issues	The Tool Kit: A planning tool for community consultation and quality decision making in local authorities — NZ–wide Cultural Planning Guidelines for Local Government — NZ–wide Good Practice Participate: One–off consultation — NZ–wide Sustainable Options: Care groups — Bay of Plenty Effective Participation in Resource Consent Processes: A guide for Tangata Whenua — NZ–wide Drinking–water standards for New Zealand — NZ–wide The Guidelines for Drinking–water Quality Management for New Zealand — NZ–wide Dairying and the Environment: Farm Management Issues — NZ–wide Shelter for Hill Country Farms: Part 2 shelterbelt trees — Hawke´s Bay Farm Dairy Effluent: Best practice guidelines — Southland Starting a Landcare Group — Hawke´s Bay Planning A Rural Seminar — NZ–wide Striking a Balance: A practice guide on consultation and communication for project advocates — NZ–wide Talking Constructively: A practical guide for building agreements between iwi, hapu and whanau, and loca authorities — NZ–wide Assessment of Environmental Effects. Chapter 11: Consultation Approaches — Auckland Specialised Participatory Methods — NZ–wide Managing Old Sheep Dip and Footbath Sites: A guideline for landowners — NZ–wide
Stream health – fish	Marine Recreational Fishing Guidelines — New Zealand – wide Southland’s Wetlands assessment Guide — Southland Guide to Marine Farming Consent Conditions for Deemed Coastal Permits — NZ–wide Check, Dlean, Dry: Didymo Factsheet for Whitebaiters — NZ–wide Environmental Best Practice Guidelines for the Offshore Petroleum Industry — NZ–wide
Stream health – invertebrates	Stormwater – swales — New Zealand – wide Information on key sustainable farming topics — NZ–wide Managing Waterways on Farms: A guide to sustainable water and riparian management in rural New Zealand Microbiological Water Quality Guidelines for Marine and Freshwater Recreational Areas — NZ–wide Culvert and Bridge Construction Guidelines for Farmers — NZ–wide Sustainable Options: Farm Tracks––planning, construction and maintenance — Bay of Plenty Stormwater Best Practice Guide — Tasman Culvert Crossings — Bay of Plenty Clean Streams: A Guide to Managing Waterways on Tasman – Marlborough Farms — Tasman The National Standard for Environmental Certification of well–managed Plantation Forests in New Zealand — NZ–wide Dairying and the Environment: Farm Management Issues — NZ–wide Dairying and the Environment: Managing Farm Dairy Effluent — NZ–wide Making Dollars and Sense of Nutrient Management: 7 steps to success — NZ–wide Using the Cultural Health Index: How to assess the health of streams and waterways A User Guide for the Macroinvertebrate Community Index — NZ–wide Code of Practice for Nutrient Management — New Zealand – wide Check, Dlean, Dry: Didymo Factsheet for Whitebaiters — NZ–wide Farm Dairy Effluent: Best practice guidelines — Southland A Guide to Managing Farm Dairy Effluent – Tasman/Marlborough — Tasman Environment Waikato Best Practice Guidelines for Waterway Crossings — Waikato ANZECC Guidelines for Sediment — New Zealand–wide Lowland Plains and Drains — Canterbury A Guide to Managing Waterways on Canterbury Farms — Canterbury Dairy Shed Effluent Treatment and Disposal Guidelines — Bay of Plenty Sustainable Options: Stock Water Supply — Bay of Plenty New Zealand Periphyton Guideline: Detecting, Monitoring and Managing Enrichment of Streams — New Zealand – wide Stream Periphyton Monitoring Manual — NZ–wide Regional Guidelines for Ecological Assessments of Freshwater Environments : Macroinvertebrate sampling in wadeable streams — Waikato New Zealand Stream Health Monitoring and Assessment Kit — NZ–wide Managing Old Sheep Dip and Footbath Sites: A guideline for landowners — NZ–wide How to Care for Streams in Aukland City: Watercourse guidelines — Auckland Managing Riparian Zones: A contribution to protecting New Zealand´s rivers and streams. Volume 1: Concepts — New Zealand – wide Clean Streams: A Guide to Managing Waterways on Southland Farms — Southland Sustainable Options: Runoff management on pastures — Bay of Plenty Disposal of Effluents on Farm — Bay of Plenty Sustainable Options: Efficient fertiliser use — Bay of Plenty Sustainable Options: Protection fences — Bay of Plenty Sustainable Drainage Management Field Guide — NZ–wide Oil Spill Contingency guidelines: River and catchment services — Waikato Maintaining Your On–Site Wastewater Treatment System (includes septic tanks) — NZ–wide Regional Guidelines for Ecological Assessments of Freshwater Environments: Aquatic plant cover in wadeable streams — Waikato Waitakere District Plan Guidelines – Natural Areas — Auckland For Peat’s Sake: Good management practices for Waikato peat farmers. Part I — Waikato For Peat’s Sake: Good management practices for Waikato peat farmers. Part II — Waikato
Stream health – productivity	Microbiological Water Quality Guidelines for Marine and Freshwater Recreational Areas — NZ–wide Contaminated Land Management Guidelines – Schedule A: Hazardous Activities and Industries List (HAIL) — New Zealand – wide Clean Streams: A Guide to Managing Waterways on Tasman – Marlborough Farms — Tasman Dairying and the Environment: Farm Management Issues — NZ–wide Dairying and the Environment: Managing Farm Dairy Effluent — NZ–wide Making Dollars and Sense of Nutrient Management: 7 steps to success — NZ–wide A User Guide for the Macroinvertebrate Community Index — NZ–wide Check, Dlean, Dry: Didymo Factsheet for Whitebaiters — NZ–wide A Guide to Managing Farm Dairy Effluent – Tasman/Marlborough — Tasman New Zealand Periphyton Guideline: Detecting, Monitoring and Managing Enrichment of Streams — New Zealand – wide Stream Periphyton Monitoring Manual — NZ–wide New Zealand Stream Health Monitoring and Assessment Kit — NZ–wide Regional Guidelines for Ecological Assessments of Freshwater Environments : Macroinvertebrate sampling in wadeable streams — Waikato Regional Guidelines for Ecological Assessments of Freshwater Environments: Aquatic plant cover in wadeable streams — Waikato
Sustaining ecosystem services	Southland’s Wetlands assessment Guide — Southland Sustainable Management of Native Vegetation Areas in South Marlborough — Marlborough Information on key sustainable farming topics — NZ–wide Standards and Guidelines for Sustainable Management of Indigenous Forests The National Standard for Environmental Certification of well–managed Plantation Forests in New Zealand — NZ–wide Using Gravel Extraction to Restore Floodway Ponds — Southland Using Gravel Extraction to Restore Oxbow Lakes — Southland Using Gravel Extraction to Restore River Channels — Southland Protecting and Restoring our Natural Heritage – a Practical Guide — NZ–wide Coastal Erosion Management Manual — Auckland The Value of Conservation — NZ–wide Native Plants for Streamsides in Wellington Conservancy — Wellington Sustainable Building Guide — Christchurch Guidelines for Community–focused Ecological Monitoring of Mangrove Habitats in Estuaries — Waikato Restoring the Balance: Biodiversity self–help kit — Northland For Peat’s Sake: Good management practices for Waikato peat farmers. Part I — Waikato For Peat’s Sake: Good management practices for Waikato peat farmers. Part II — Waikato
Tall vegetation effects on water yield	New Zealand Environmental Code of Practice for Plantation Forestry — New Zealand – wide
Tangata Whenua	Effective Participation in Resource Consent Processes: A guide for Tangata Whenua — NZ–wide Using the Cultural Health Index: How to assess the health of streams and waterways Kawe Korero: Guidelines for communicating with Maori — NZ–wide Kaitiakitanga and Local Government: Tangata Whenua participation in environmental management — NZ–wide Talking Constructively: A practical guide for building agreements between iwi, hapu and whanau, and loca authorities — NZ–wide Maori and the Resource Management Act — Hawke´s Bay Guidelines for Consulting with Tangata Whenua under the RMA: An Update on Case Law — NZ–wide Guidelines for Research and Evaluation with Mäori — NZ–wide
Tasman Bay productivity	Marine Recreational Fishing Guidelines — New Zealand – wide Tonga Island Marine Reserve: Proposed protocol for ongoing subtidal biological monitoring — Nelson Hold it...We’re Cleaning Up the Coast: Dealing with sewage safely and responsibly on your boat — NZ–wide Guide to Marine Farming Consent Conditions for Deemed Coastal Permits — NZ–wide Best practice Environmental Guidelines for Offshore Petroleum Activities in New Zealand´s Exclusive Economic Zone — New Zealand – wide Coastal Erosion Management Manual — Auckland Safe Boating Tips and Rules — Tasman Environmental Best Practice Guidelines for the Offshore Petroleum Industry — NZ–wide
Thalweg Mapping: A measure of habitat quality
Trout tracking
UNESCO HELP Catchment & International links
Upper Motueka water resources
Valuing water	Heritage Management Guidelines for Resource Management Practitioners — NZ–wide The Value of Conservation — NZ–wide
Water augmentation

Integrated Catchment Management

BMPs, BEPs and Guidelines