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    What is Oranga Wai?

    Oranga Wai | Our Freshwater Future is Horizons Regional Council’s way to ensure you can learn about and be involved in some key changes to freshwater management  in our region.

    What's involved?
    Freshwater
    Water quality targets engagement
    Learn more about how we came up with the provisional targets, the scale of change required to meet them, and the actions we modelled to see how close they could get us to the targets.
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    Reflecting the views of people in our region
    As a result of central government’s Essential Freshwater Package, we have to revise how we ensure the well-being and sustainable use of freshwater in our region. Some engagement rounds have been done already. Others will happen before we go through a legal process to change the rules.
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    Photo of a stream with rocks running through the centre and native bush surrounding the water
    What is the Essential Freshwater package?
    In 2020, the national direction for protecting, enhancing and preventing further damage to waterways, lakes and streams was announced by the Minister for the Environment. The Essential Freshwater package signalled where changes to freshwater management would be made.
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    Map showing Freshwater Management Units and waterways in the Horizons region
    Freshwater Management Units
    Freshwater Management Units (FMUs) will change the way we manage freshwater in our region.
    Learn about your FMU and its current state ›
    Horizons Regional Council monitoring environmental data at a river
    What the science tells us
    Horizons collects environmental data and initiates research that informs decision making around policy and regulation to ensure that we all manage our activities in a sustainable way.
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