Future Management of the Waiho River

25 September 2026

The Technical Advisory Group that developed the Future Management of the Waiho report in 2023, was reconvened by WCRC to establish if any amendments to their findings or recommendations were needed given that the avulsion of the Waiho River into the Tatare continues to develop - Future Management of the Waiho River: Addendum Report

2023

In August 2023, Council engaged independent experts in hydrology, engineering and river modelling to develop a 10 year Management Strategy for the Waiho River.

A Community meeting was held on 11 October for the technical advisory group to present their findings and future considerations for managing the Waiho River. Before finalising the strategy, feedback is being sought from the community.

The Future Management of the Waiho River can be downloaded here

Throughout the document, the Waiho River: Historic and Future Management Strategies is referred to extensively. This report provides critical information regarding the history of the river, aggradation trends etc. and can be downloaded here

To view the Community Presentation follow this link:

2023-10-11 Waiho TAG Presentation Community.pdf (5.98MB)

Waiho River Geomorphic Change Detection Analysis:2019, 2023 and 20242019, 2023 and 2024

Waiho River - morphological modelling outputs and long term management (July 2025)