News & Updates

Reimagining Mataura Full Stakeholder Site Visit – Wednesday 14th June

As part of the full stakeholder wānanga, a site visit to the Diamond Peak gravel extraction site was held to demonstrate some of the current project work in progress. Over 60 attendees from industry, community, and central and local government groups were present.

Fulton Hogan hosted the afternoon and provided a full walkover of the site, noting the completed wetland project, and introducing the future gravel extraction and braided river restoration project. A link to a video created by Tahu News, who attended the site visit, can be found here.

Posted: 19 June 2023

Full Stakeholder Wānanga Agenda

The PSG has been working hard behind the scenes to organise our upcoming full stakeholder wānanga. We have recently finalised the agenda, after confirming a variety of guest speakers who will be presenting at the wānanga. The current confirmed attendees represent iwi, industry, community, and local and central government groups. We hope to confirm more attendees over the next couple of weeks.

A link to the detailed agenda, which contains presentation overviews and information on our guest speakers, can be found here (DOCX, 276.57 kB).

Posted: 18 May 2023

Full Stakeholder Wānanga - Thursday 15th June 2023

We are currently planning for a full stakeholder wānanga on Thursday 15th June at the Croydon Lodge in Gore. To complement this, a field trip is planned for the afternoon of Wednesday 14th June to demonstrate some of the current work in practice.

An initial invitation has been sent out to stakeholders, and a more detailed ‘save the date’ invitation will be circulated in the upcoming weeks. We expect to have representation from iwi, industry, community, and local and central government at the wānanga.

The purpose of the wānanga is to provide updates on the various projects and work underway. It will allow us to build on previous engagements and continue to work alongside all our stakeholder partners. We are asking for expressions of interest from our stakeholders for the presentation of relevant specific projects or initiatives at the wānanga. The ‘save the date’ invitation for the wānanga can be found here (DOCX, 1.31 MB).

Posted: 4 April 2023

Video Competition for Local Schools

We have recently launched a competition for local school students in Year 5 and upwards. This competition is aimed at capturing and understanding our young people’s connections and aspirations for the Mataura River. Students are required to submit a short video on what the Mataura River means to them.

This competition runs until Friday 19th May, with the top videos chosen to be presented at our full stakeholder wānanga on Thursday 15th June. The winning videos will receive prizes at this event. More information about the competition can be found here (DOCX, 225.12 kB).

Posted: 28 March 2023

Project Updates and Progress - March 2023

In 2023, the Reimagining Mataura Project is focusing on four key workstreams. These are,

1. Site-specific projects to test and trial river system improvement works within the catchment.
2. Pulling together data and information from across the catchment and identifying where there are gaps.
3. Developing case studies to support wetland establishment within the catchment and create a framework to support the decision-making process to do so.
4. Having an engagement schedule and approach that allows us to collaborate and engage with all stakeholder groups across industry, agency, and community.

One of the critical areas we are focusing on early this year is getting small-scale site-specific projects underway within the Mataura catchment. We are currently scoping and preparing several projects to achieve this.

The priority site is currently at Cattle Flat, where we are working alongside a local landowner to develop and trial river improvement works. Other sites of interest are beginning to be identified, but the details of which are still being discussed.

Posted: 6 March 2023