Advocates for the Tongariro River

Advocates for the Tongariro River
PO Box 335

Turangi

New Zealand

Freephone: 0800 386 783

Phone: +64 7 386 6501

Email: advocates@tongariroriver.org.nz
Web: www.tongariroriver.org.nz

To become a member, please send your name, contact details and a cheque for the subscription fee. A membership application form is available at the Advocates for the Tongariro River website.

Subscription fee:

$20 per year for one person
$25 for two or more people at the same address.

Donations to help with the work of the group are appreciated.

Please make your cheque out to: Advocates for the Tongariro River Inc. and send it to the address above.

The Advocates site displays a full series of 2007 Google Earth aerial photos of the fishable portions of the Tongariro River upstream to Beggs Pool and the Pillars of Hercules. (Scroll down to see them.)

It also has a photo gallery of Tongariro River photos.

Current issues that the Advocates are actively pursuing are:

• Concerns about the effects of a proposed subdivison to be centred near the Mangamawhitiwhiti Stream, an important trout spawning ground. Heather Macdonald, president of Advocates for the Tongariro River, said run-off from housing and roads would seep into the stream and destroy the spawning ground for wild brown trout (reported in the Dominion Post  March 2008).

• Prevention of didymo
• Concerns about a reduction in trout size, numbers and condition

See the Advocates website issue page for more information.

See also:
What Anglers Can Do to Prevent Didymo
Didymo Biosecurity Alert