Our region’s rivers offer many opportunities and challenges.

Whether you enjoy the fantastic recreational opportunities available, live or farm on a floodplain, or want to improve the environmental qualities of our waterways, you will be concerned with proper management of our rivers.

Greater Wellington manages 320 kilometres of river channels and 280 kilometres of stopbanks in the region and is responsible for one of the largest flood protection schemes in New Zealand.

Our activities around rivers include flood protection, river management, recreation facilities and caring for the river environment.

Other parts of this site that have information about rivers, streams and estuaries are:

• Streams – with information about why and how to plant streamside areas, and how Greater Wellington can help.
• River levels – with data on river flows from automatic recording stations across the region. This information is updated every 3 to 6 hours.
• Bathing water quality - river water quality data from 23 popular recreation sites around the region. The sites are tested for bacteria levels during summer and the results posted weekly.
• Take Care - Greater Wellington’s community environmental care programme, what it is, and the groups involved.
• Guide to rules and regulations – this on-line guide will help you find the rules and regulations that apply to activities in and around rivers and the coast in the Wellington region.