The project will help the people of the Waiapu catchment, and Ngati Porou in particular look for options that will build resilience by focusing on what land use options, particularly forestry suit the catchment and community and developing new forestry approaches. This will be delivered by the local community, scientists, policy makers, and technical specialists taking a participatory approach to problem solving.

A report on completed and on-going work that examines nitrous oxide emissions from the Waikato River and assesses the results in comparison to previous New Zealand emissions factors for indirect losses from rivers.