What's New archive 2000-2005
| Title | Description | Date |
| Reports added | Various reports added to publications page. | 28 November 2005 |
| Upper Motueka groundwater modelling report | River-aquifer interaction modelling in the Upper Motueka river catchment: three-dimensional finite-element groundwater flow model. | 28 November 2005 |
| ICM AGM and HELP Symposium 7-11November 2005 | Details of programme of ICM AGM and South Pacific HELP Symposium. Presentations from the symposium | 28 November 2005 |
| Workshop: Tools and Techniques from ICM Research 8-9 November 2005 | The workshop is being run specifically to showcase results from the ICM programme and provoke discussion on future ICM directions. It is particular relevant to regional council staff working in environmental management and policy but also applies to anyone involved in sustainable land and/or water management from district council staff to central policy agencies such as MfE, MAF, MED, and the PCE. Presentations and photos. | 28 November 2005 |
| EcolSoc Conference presentation & field trip | Presentation at New Zealand Ecological Society and New Zealand Freshwater Sciences Society combined conference in Nelson, August, 28th August – 1st September 2005, "Can our native species perform river bank stabilising functions as well as willows? Case of the cabbage tree". Plus photos of ICM field trip. | 6 September 2005 |
| Regional Council Land Manager's Forum | ICM presentations to Regional Council Land Manager's Forum, Richmond, August 25. | 6 September 2005 |
| Launch of Motueka CD-Rom at Ecofest | Version 1.0 of the ICM for the Motueka River CD was launched at Ecofest in Nelson on 20 and 21 August 2005. | 20 August 2005 |
| State of surface water quality in Tasman District | Report on surface water quality in Tasman District incorporating results from ICM monitoring network | 08 July 2005 |
| ICM stakeholder reports added | Includes: Catchment channel characteristics and riverbed substrate assessment; Conceptual requirements for an erosion-sediment model for the Motueka catchment; Good practice guidelines for working with tangata whenua and Maori organisations: Consolidating our learning | 08 July 2005 |
| Hot topic #14 - ICM update | Various research updates | 23 June 2005 |
| Coastal Workshop at TDC | Unpublished summary report on Coastal Workshop at TDC | 16 May 2005 |
| Results from website evaluation | Responses to the simple questionnaire used to evaluate people's usage of our ICM web site | 20 April 2005 |
| Good Friday Easter Floods | Article and photos of the Good Friday easter Flood that affected the upper Motueka and Motupiko Rivers | 20 April 2005 |
| Collaborative research with Maori groups as part of the Motueka integrated catchment management (ICM) programme | Unpublished paper by Garth Harmsworth, Collaborative Learning Group | 23 February 2005 |
| Motueka Atlas | Downloadable maps of the catchment | 25 January 2005 |
| Photos | Downloadable photos of the catchment | 25 January 2005 |
| Hot topic #13 - ICM update | Notes from the 2004 AGM | 15 November and 20 December 2004 |
| Carrying capacity of Nelson Bays | Report added on carrying capacity of Nelson Bays ecosystems | 26 November 2004 |
| 2004 AGM posters added | 2004 ICM AGM posters added | 15 November 2004 |
| CRG minutes added | October CRG meeting minutes added | 15 November 2004 |
| Trout numbers in the Motueka River | Trout numbers in the Motueka River - drift dive results | 26 May 2004 |
| Application to HELP | Application to Phase 2 of HELP Project | 19 May 2004 |
| Hydrology of the Motueka catchment | May 2004 CRG meeting presentation by Tim Davie | 18 May 2004 |
| CRG Minutes added | December CRG meeting minutes added | 22 April 2004 |
| Water quality monitoring data update | Updated water quality monitoring results from WQ network October 2002-July 2003 | 15 January 2004 |
| WATYIELD - Decision support tool for assessing land cover effects on water availability | Decision Support Tool (DST) based around a water balance model for use in situations where there is a limited amount of data on the climate, soils, and vegetation of the catchment, and is similar to the approach widely used for computing crop water requirements. |
12 January 2004 |
| Land cover effects on water availability | Completed project summarising the state of knowledge into land cover effects on water availability. | 22 December 2003 |
| Arts-Science collaboration | The Mountains to the Sea initiative is a collaboration of scientists and artists drawn together to find new ways of understanding and conveying ideas about the environmental and social interconnections that shape the Motueka Catchment. | 11 December 2003 |
| Hot topics update | Announcement of successful new research funding | 3 December 2003 |
| 2003 AGM | 2003 ICM AGM posters, abstracts, pictures | 10 November 2003 |
| Dating the Moutere aquifer | Press release and information concerning the age of the Moutere aquifer | 30 July 2003 |
| The Motueka & Riwaka Catchments | The technical publication synthesising all known information and issues for the catchment and Tasman Bay. A mjor milestone for the ICM Motueka programme. | 29 July 2003 |
| Maximising the role of science - including collaborative learning - in supporting ICM | Presentation on Who's integrating what - Maximising the role of science - including collaborative learning - in supporting ICM | 27 June 2003 |
| Riparian reports added | Draft report and information on the riparian typology project added | 23 June 2003 |
| Modelling impacts of land cover change on critical water resources in the Motueka River catchment, New Zealand | Conference abstracts updated | 23 June 2003 |
| Maori research pages updated | Various pages on Maori research, projects, history, guidelines for engagement of iwi/hapu | 16 June 2003 |
| DSS for land cover changes on water resources | Presentation on a Decision Support Tool for Assessing the Effects of Land Cover Change on Water Resources | 26 May 2003 |
| Drift diving for "dodos" | Information on drift diving and how it is used to assess trout populations | 23 May 2003 |
| Hot topics update | Hot Topic #8 - Welcome from Andrew Fenemor the new ICM Programme Leader | 10 March 2003 |
| Trout numbers on the way up | Latest trout number data from drift dives | 27 February 2003 |
| HELP conference in Kalmar Sweden 2002 | Presentations to the HELP conference on the Motueka River catchment | 10 December 2002 |
| Recent conference abstracts added | Conference abstracts added | 10 December 2002 |
| 2002 AGM presentations | Download pdf versions of 2002 AGM powerpoint presentations | 04 November 2002 |
| How much water to trout need? | How much water do trout need? Article and report by Roger Young, John Hayes, & Lawson Davey | 02 October 2002 |
| 2002 AGM | Annual General Meeting 21-23 October - Watch for more details | 01 October 2002 |
| Fish distrubution in the Motueka River | Fish distribution maps from the NZ Freshwater Fish database added | 01 October 2002 |
| Water quality monitoring network results added | Water quality monitoring results added for January, April, July 2002 | 20 September 2002 |
| What is driving the food chain in the Motueka River? | Article by Roger Young (downloadable pdf file) | 13 September 2002 |
| 2002 AGM | Annual General Meeting 21-23 October - Watch for more details | 9 September 2002 |
| Upcoming conference abstracts added | Conference abstracts added | 9 September 2002 |
| Field guide to the environment and issues of the Motueka River & Tasman Bay, New Zealand | Updated field guide | 2 August 2002 |
| Sustainability review | Submission from the CRGICM to the FRST Sustainability Review | 26 July 2002 |
| Official opening of the bridge across the dairy crossing on the Sherry River | A case of where science has led to identification of the problem and a willingness to fix it by the local community (belated posting) | 12 July 2002 |
| Hot topics update | Hot Topic #6 - Sustainability? | 14 June 2002 |
| HELP flier | Flier produced by HELP programme about the ICM Motueka Programme | 14 June 2002 |
| FRST Programme review 2002 | Executive summary of a report by John Higgins for the FRST on the ICM Motueka Programme | 14 June 2002 |
| Water pollution by dairy cattle crossing a stream | Cows and rivers - an experiment | 16 April 2002 |
| Hot topics update | Hot topic #5 - What's broken in the Motueka Catchment that needs fixing? | 20 March 2002 |
| Domain Name Change | In March, Landcare Research changed its domain name. All Email addresses have changed but old addresses will still work. The new form is surname(Initial)@LandcareResearch.co.nz
eg., phillipsc at landcareresearch.co.nz Note: it is not case sensitive |
20 March 2002 |
| AGM Abstracts | Consolidated AGM Programme Abstracts listed | 20 March 2002 |
| Article | Article about Roger Wadell - Royal SocietyTeaching Fellow and picture of Roger assisting with hyporheic zone research in the Motueka River. | 25 February 2002 |
| Hot topics update | Hot topic #4 - report on IFIM by Roger Young | 6 November 2001 |
| AGM Presentations added | Powerpoint presentations from AGM added | 6 November 2001 |
| Conference Abstracts & Papers | Abstracts and papers for/from conferences | 6 November 2001 |
| REMINDER | Please remember to hit the refresh button if you are regularly visiting certain pages as your cached version may not be the most up to date | 1 October 2001 |
| Hot topics updated | Hot topic #3 - report just out on cost of erosion to New Zealand by Krausse et al. | 18 September 2001 |
| AGM | Notes and Agenda for ICM Motueka AGM - public days | 6 September 2001 |
| Pre-AGM Meeting | Notes and Agenda for ICM Motueka pre-AGM (Project participants only) | 6 September 2001 |
| FRST report | Report to PGS&T available. Report outlines progress made to date. | 5 September 2001 |
| Page update reminders | Webmaster apologises to those people who have been using MINDIT service and been getting many emails about page updates - due to testing on new server. Things will settle down from now on. | 25 July 2001 |
| Hot topics | Hot topics - updated | 18 July 2001 |
| Privacy Policy | Policy - describes what happens to submitted contact information | 16 July 2001 |
| Monitoring Results | Water Quality Monitoring results for October 2000 to April 2001 posted | 2 July 2001 |
| Staff room changes | Site moved to new server allows faster access and retrieves from Contacts, Events, Outputs databases (project particpants only) | 28 June 2001 |
| Web site launch | Web site launched at presentation to CRG Meeting on May 14 | May 2001 |
| Reference Database for Motueka River catchment | Reference Manager Database. Fully searchable database with over 350 entries. Annotated references with comments by Les Basher. | 20 April 2001 |
| Metadata | Summary information about the types of data we have for the catchment (not complete but getting there) | 15 November 2000 |
| Project partners | Details on the people involved in the project | 13 November 2000 |
| Field tour guide | Summary nformation used in/useful for various field tour guides, including images, maps and trends in some environmental parameters | 7 November 2000 |
| Maps | Some preliminary GIS maps (not complete - a sampler) | 5 October 2000 |