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Well it ' s official, the Whaka Inaka bales nurtured over 1.5 million eggs during the 2016 spawning season! Many of these eggs would never have survived if it wasn ' t for the bales. The programme has also helped to pinpoint those areas where long-term restoration of spawning habitat is needed.
Find out more about the results from the Whaka Inaka programme in this wonderful wee report summary- and let us know what you think!
http:// www. eosecology. co. nz / files / Whaka _ Inaka _ 2016 _ Results _ Summary. pdf
The results from Whaka Inaka provide some really good information about the potential for inanga spawning in the Ōpāwaho / Heathcote River catchment. It would be great to see these results feed into action on the ground- plus there are a committed bunch of schools who are keen to protect their " love zones ".
The Whaka Inaka team would like to turn this science project( with community support) into a community-led project( with science support) so that any community in New Zealand can investigate inanga spawning in their catchment and better understand how to improve their spawning success. They are currently looking for funding to make this happen!
Some of the schools that were involved are looking into adopting a section of the river to look after it into the future, some have taken on an Environmental focus with their class to continue their learning, and some have created special school-wide programmes such as Ōpāwa School ' s ' Friends of the River ' crews who " continue to help keep our riverbanks rubbish free, so the spawning sites can remain in good condition ".
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