Upper Waitaki braided rivers

Help safeguard riverbed plants

See also:

Braided river care code (PDF, 247K)

Braided rivers are home to some of New Zealand's unique and threatened plants. Your actions can help ensure their survival.

Please:

  • 4WD in river bed. Photo: Ursula Paul.
    If driving in a river bed is unavoidable,
    please keep to marked tracks

  • Avoid driving any vehicle on riverbeds - park on the bank and walk to your destination. Vehicles damage fragile plants which may take years to recover. Vehicles also spread weed seeds into riverbeds, carried in tyre treads.
  • If driving on a riverbed is unavoidable, please stay on formed tracks.
  • Obtain any necessary resource consents from regional councils for riverbed works.
  • Talk with Department of Conservation staff about how you can minimise the impact of your activities on riverbed plants.
  • Above all, respect braided riverbeds. The plants and animals that live there need your help to survive.
For more information
Twizel Area Office
Phone: +64 3 435 0802
Fax: +64 3 435 0852
Email: TwizelAO@doc.govt.nz
Address: Wairepo Road
Twizel 7901
Postal Address: Private Bag
Twizel 7944

Find out more

Publications

Project River Recovery publications and bibliography

The vegetation of braided rivers in the upper Waitaki basin

River life: braided rivers in the MacKenzie Basin

Life on a braided river Information on river-nesting seabirds.

Learn more

Weedbusters

NIWA Atlas of New Zealand Freshwater Fishes

Contacts

Twizel Area Office
Phone: +64 3 435 0802
Fax: +64 3 435 0852
Email: TwizelAO@doc.govt.nz
Address: Wairepo Road
Twizel 7901
Postal Address: Private Bag
Twizel 7944
Conservation for prosperity. Tiakina te taiao, kia puawai