An interactive environmental management tool that helps to increase the environmental literacy of the wider community.
The Ministry for the Environment Manatū Mō Te Taiao appointed Boffa Miskell to assist the Waikawa River catchment communities, organisations, and businesses to develop an Integrated Catchment Management Plan to articulate the community’s aspirations and to list actions to help achieve those goals.
The 23-kilometre Waikawa River flows east then south through the Catlins in the southern South Island and flows into the Pacific Ocean at Waikawa. Close to its mouth, it cascades over a small series of cataracts.
The Waikawa Integrated Catchment Management Plan is a community-led and non-statutory plan that supports the community in improving the health of the Waikawa by providing a platform from which to share values and information, to action projects, track progress and celebrate successes. It aims to assist in planning and carrying out actions for water quality and environmental wellbeing, but also for social, cultural, and economic benefits.
This ICMP was developed collaboratively at community wānanga / workshops, through online survey submissions and mapping exercises, as well as via email, post, and online gatherings from October 2023 to March 2024.
