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This report summarises known and potential Ä«nanga spawning sites within Maraetotara, Waipuka (Ocean Beach) and Waimarama, and provides recommendations to help protect and enhance these important habitats.
Author(s): Joella Brown
Publication Date: 28 May 2026
Publication Number: 5758
This report summarises known and potential Ä«nanga spawning sites within the Wairoa Rivers and Streams, and provides recommendations to help protect and enhance these important habitats.
Author(s): John Cheyne and Hans Rook
Publication Date: 28 May 2026
Publication Number: 5760
This report summarises known and potential inanga spawning sites within the lower Tūtaekurī and Ngaruroro estuary systems, and provides recommendations to help protect and enhance these important habitats.
Author(s): Joella Brown and Hans Rook
Publication Date: 28 May 2026
Publication Number: 5757
This project utilises region-wide LiDAR scans of Hawke’s Bay, taken in 2020 and 2023, to produce various vegetation and vegetation change layers at the regional, catchment and subcatchment scale.
Author(s): Jole van den Hout, Dr Ashton Eaves
Publication Date: 26 March 2026
Publication Number: 5753
This report presents results from the soil quality monitoring programme on cropping land for 2025.
Author(s): Dr Kurt Barichievy
Publication Date: 3 February 2026
Publication Number: 5750
This report provides an update on the state of, and trends in, estuarine ecology in the Hawke's Bay region and build on the contents of Chapter 3 of the State and Trends of the Hawke’s Bay Coastal Marine Environment: 2019-2024 report.
Author(s): Anna Madarasz-Smith, Georgina Flowers
Publication Date: 14 January 2026
Publication Number: 5743
Primary purpose of the report was to undertake a flood hazard assessment to identify areas at risk of flooding from the Esk Rive, suitable for land use planning purposes.
Author(s): Pattle Delamore Partners Limited
Publication Date: 9 December 2025
Publication Number: 5737
Summary of dune monitoring undertaken by HBRC since 2017. Includes Dune Condition Index assessments at 8 sites and detailed vegetation surveys at Ocean Beach.
Author(s): Annabel Beattie, Becky Shanahan
Publication Date: 1 December 2025
Publication Number: 5652
A model review of digital material provided by Pattle Delamore Partners Ltd to assess if the flood model developed by PDP for Esk Valley is suitable for HBRC's purposes.
Author(s): Submergent Limited
Publication Date: 16 October 2025
Publication Number: 5748
Wetland monitoring from 2022-2024 covering the Tukituki, Tutaekuri/Ahuriri/Ngaruroro/Karamu, Mohaka/Esk/Waikari, Nuhaka/Mahia and Porangahau/Southern coast catchments.
Author(s): Jessica Copsey
Publication Date: 10 October 2025
Publication Number: 5654
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