Preliminary modelling effort was directed to modelling of physical characteristics (currents, salinity, temperatures...) of the bays from etereological/terrestrial/riverine inputs using numerical models.

Initially this work was used to investigate linkages between river sediment loads and the consequent distribution in the marine environment. Since this preliminary work, Weimin Jiang and Mark Gibbs have also undertaken foodweb studies into the distribution of biomass within the bay ecosystems to estimate the effects of aquaculture encroachment on water–column biomass in order to assess an ecological carrying capacity for the bay (W Jiang and M Gibbs – J. Aquaculture,...
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• 1/12/2022 - "Upper Motueka river gravel management (including new Gravel Envelope assessment method)" presented by David Stephenson, TDC at MCC workshop, Tapawera 29 September 2022
  
• 5/07/2022 - "Alternative Approaches to River Management and how they may relate to the Motueka River" by Mike Harvey and Seb den Doncker. Presentation to Motueka Catchment Collective on 27 June 2022
  
• 31/05/2022 - MCC Forestry in the upper Motueka catchment - Heather Arnold OneFortyOne - May2022
  
• 11/04/2022 - Presentation to Motueka Catchment Collective – River Gravel Management (by David Stephenson, Tasman District Council), 11 April 2022
  
• 1/11/2021 - Presentation to Upper Motueka Water Users and MCC Nov 2021 - Water allocation update and monitoring review (J Thomas, A Fenemor)
  
• 1/09/2021 - Upper Motueka Flood Management and the July & Sept 2021 Flooding - TDC presentation to MCC 11 Oct 2021 (M Doyle, B Scoles, R Lowe)