A two-year project to up-date the 2015-25 Manawatu Estuary Management Plan is nearing completion and will be uploaded here when finished but please click this link to see the final draft.

Bi-monthly meetings were held with representatives from local iwi, district, regional and government agencies, plus numerous local organisations and interested individuals resulting in a comprehensive plan going forward. A major part of this was the formation of sub-groups to plan and implement actions to improve and increase knowledge on this special place. The full plan is comprehensive, but the abridged version of actions resulting from this new plan is available here.

The launch of the Plan attracted much local media attention in both the Horowhenua Chronicle and the Horowhenua Star. As time progresses, it is anticipated that there will be more coverage of the Estuary and the activities which are undertaken to improve this important area. It is hoped that there will be enough coverage to warrant a separate page but in the meantime below is a list of links to those that have already been published.