The Guardians have been accepted into a water sampling project to establish our Baseline information. Te Urewera to Whakapunake will give a snapshot answer to the question “What’s in our awa?”

The students at Ruakituri School will be helping with the sampling which involves the Gold standard process of taking 6 samples at each site. We have selected 3 sites; the top, middle, and bottom of the valley.

This is a great opportunity to gather this information in a scientific way. The intension is that this process will be repeated over time and we will see how our efforts on farms are being reflected in our river.