According to the stream invertebrate communities recently studied at 46 sampling sites throughout the catchment, the majority of the Motueka River ecosystem is in good health.

Sites in the headwaters are particularly healthy, while there are some concerns in the lower tributaries. Streams draining ultramafic geology in the headwaters of the catchment are characterised by low invertebrate densities and diversity, but the few species that were found are typical of clean mountain streams. Invertebrate communities in streams draining native forest on the other geological types in the catchment (Moutere gravel, Separation Point Granite, hard sedimentary rock, and marble) appeared to...
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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)