Mataura Mataitai

Cadet Josh Aitken was thrilled to find a Kanakana (pouched lamprey) during tuna eel monitoring on the Mataura River. The species is considered nationally vulnerable.

Kanakana Monitoring

How Hokonui Rūnanga are working to restore kanakana numbers

Monitoring the species in the river would help the group understand where it needed to focus efforts to reduce its impacts.

23/05/2022 No Comments

Kaloni Taylor releasing tuna after surveying.

Mataura Mataitai

Tuna surveying

The tauira, along with facilitator Matt Dale, set hīnaki in multiple areas stretching from the Mataura Mātaitai through to Wyndham and Edendale, where they caught tuna to investigate. The tauira said that they caught both Perch and Tuna on the day.

10/05/2022 No Comments

How Hokonui Rūnanga are working to restore kanakana numbers

Tuna surveying

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