Eastern Bay of Plenty Field Trip

AM: Depart for Ngongotaha area

• Flooded April 2018

• Causes of flooding

• Flow paths

• Areas seriously flooded

• Remedial possibilities

Morning tea and presentation at Okere Gates, Lake Rotoiti. Presentation on lakes level management and water quality.

12 - 12:30 PM: Lunch at Pikowai Beach - an idyllic location.

PM: Matata.

• 2005 debris flow through a housing area. 

Edgecumbe Flooding 2017

• Flood event

• Remedial works

• Lessons learnt

Return: Approx. 3.30pm to Rotorua via the airport

Groundwater and Land use in the Lake Rotorua Catchment

AM:

• Kurau Park and the reestablishment of natural groundwater levels in the Rotorua groundwater system

• Utuhina Springs and groundwater supply/RLC

• Ngontotaha Stream: pristine to turbid

• Lake Rotorua groundwater system: geology, land use and the Mamaku Plateau

Lunch: Group meal in at Awahou Marae, north of Ngontotaha

PM:

• Awahou Spring complex, Ngati Rangiwewehi  and the kaitiaki flows project

• Hamurana Springs

• The Lake Rotoiti diversion wall

• Return to Airport/City