Mangaone West Catchment Area
The Mangaone West Catchment covers the area between Halcombe through Mt Biggs into Feilding and Kitchener Park. The Mangaone West stream meets the Makino Stream near Kitchner Park, flowing into the Oroua River which connects into the Manawatū River.
The catchment is a mix of larger farms and lifestyle blocks with the landscape ranging from steeper hill country to rolling farmland. The catchment group was started in the early 2000s to encourage sustainable farming and has since achieved extensive riparian planting along the Mangaone West stream among other things.
Mangaone West Catchment Group Vision:
Mangaone West catchment vision is to see swimmable waterways with native regeneration of plants and animals.
Control soil erosion and continue to plant stream margins and green corridors to link remnant bush areas and increase biodiversity and natural ecosystems.
Main photo courtesy of Ana Swart Photography.
Resource
Slowing the flow
How detainment bunds support healthy waterways – with Laura Simpson, Mangaone West Catchment Group.
Laura explains how understanding your local landscape, soil type, and water quality testing insights is crucial when deciding which tools to use for improving stream health. We also talk about the broader catchment-wide mindset and the importance of working together from source to sea to create resilience in our landscapes.
You can watch the video on YouTube, or listen to the podcast on your favourite platform.
On-going projects
Detention BundPS120 Scoping
We have engaged the expertise of John Paterson to map and scope the top tributaries of the Mangaone West catchment identifying sites for detention bunds.
Detention bunds have the ability to detain the water temporarily during rain events (max of 3 days to reduce pasture loss). They assist in slowing the water entering the main flow during peak rainfall and reduce sediment and phosphorus entering the waterways.
