Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC) will be working with the Whaitua Te Whanganuia-Tara Committee to develop a Whaitua Implementation Programme (WIP) that will include:

• Specific whaitua or catchment objectives and targets for water quality and quantity outcomes related to the management of ecosystem health and human health for recreation, including setting timeframes and priorities for achieving whaitua or catchment objectives and targets; and
• Water quality limits, including nutrient load and contaminant limits, that will ensure objectives and targets are met.

In this report the current state and trends of the waterways in the whaitua in terms of water quality and ecology are summarised and discussed. This report is not only intended to inform the Whaitua Committee of current state, but also of the key drivers of ecosystem health in the whaitua and any knowledge gaps, so that that these can be managed appropriately through the WIP.