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Information may be incomplete or change. A status the provider has not stated is not a statement that a site is unrestricted. To confirm restrictions, check with the named provider.

Details for 9 - South of the Opihi catchment including Waitaki Catchment

The publisher's site groups within this area, and the sites it publishes a restriction for in each.

Data last read 6 Oct 2026.

701 - Pareora River 2 sites

Site	Restriction	Today's flow	Tomorrow's flow
Huts (Recorder)	6 bands	3.039	2.803
Pareroa River Dam (Pareora River Reserve) @ Immediately below Dam	No Restriction	0.171	0.171

703 - Otaio River 1 site

Site	Restriction	Today's flow	Tomorrow's flow
Gorge (Recorder)	3 bands	0.607	0.584

704 - Kohika Stream 1 site

Site	Restriction	Today's flow	Tomorrow's flow
Kohika Stream @ downstream intake	No Restriction	0.01	0.01

707 - Wainono Lagoon 2 sites

Site	Restriction	Today's flow	Tomorrow's flow
Gunns Bush	No Restriction	0.075	0.075
SH1 Bridge	No Restriction	251	251

708 - Waimate Creek 5 sites

Site	Restriction	Today's flow	Tomorrow's flow
Haymans Road Bridge	2 bands	0.128	0.128
Lindsays Road	No Restriction	0.013	0.013
Poingdestres Road (Recorder)	No Restriction	1.535	1.546
Rooney's Bridge	2 bands	0.4	0.4
Waimate Creek @ Immediately below Intake	No Restriction	0.296	0.296

709 - Waihao River 4 sites

Site	Restriction	Today's flow	Tomorrow's flow
Fletchers Farm (Recorder)	2 bands	0.359	0.362
Immediately below Intake	2 bands	1.529	1.529
McCulloughs Bridge (Recorder)	8 bands	2.695	2.504
Upstream Bradshaws Bridge (Recorder)	No Restriction	0.287	0.287

711 - Waitaki Catchment 57 sites

Site	Restriction	Today's flow	Tomorrow's flow
above intake	See Consent	0.055	0.049
Above Tara Hills (Recorder)	No Restriction	2.721	2.677
Above Wairepo Lagoon	1% Allocation	0.031	0.031
Above Waitangi (Calculated BCL)	No Restriction	0.503	0.473
Awahokomo Creek River @ below intakes for Inverness storage dam	No Restriction	0.122	0.122
Bendrose Stream @ immediately downstream of intake	2 bands	0.2	0.2
Benmore Station/Willow Burn boundary	No Restriction	0.087	0.087
Black Forest Stream above intake (Calc)	No Restriction	0.079	0.079
Boultons Gully and unnamed tributary @ immediately downstream of intake	No Restriction	–	–
Camerons Culvert	No Restriction	0.687	0.664
Curries	No Restriction	0.853	0.726
Footbridge	3 bands	1.379	1.329
Fork Stream at Balmoral (ESNZ - Restricted)	No Restriction	1.774	1.774
Glen Bouie Creek @ Ford - Race Intake	No Restriction	1	1
Glenbrook Run/Benmore Station boundary	No Restriction	0.047	0.047
Hakataramea Downs Road	No Restriction	0.088	0.088
Hakataramea Valley Rd Bge	2 bands	0.05	0.05
Hayman diversion	No Restriction	0.121	0.121
Hen Burn @ immediately downstream of intake	2 bands	0.05	0.05
Hen Burn Road	No Restriction	0.931	0.918
Hinch Bend	No Restriction	2.45	2.45
immediately downstream of lower intake	No Restriction	0.249	0.249
Kellys Gully	3 bands	2.102	1.955
Kurow (Recorder)	7 bands	426.772	411.2
Lake Aviemore (Meridian)	No Restriction	268.057	268.14
Lake Benmore (Meridian)	No Restriction	361.121	361.116
Lake Pukaki (Meridian)	No Restriction	530.093	529.977
Lake Tekapo (Genesis)	No Restriction	707.288	707.246
Lake Waitaki (Meridian)	No Restriction	229.003	229.996
Lone Stream @ immediately downstream of intake	No Restriction	0.071	0.071
Longslip Creek upstream SH8	No Restriction	0.794	0.746
Lower Gorge	See Consent	0.471	0.471
McKays Stream @ immediately downstream of intake	No Restriction	–	–
Mistake River @ Godley Peaks Bge below i	2 bands	0.774	0.776
Mistake River at Godley Intake (Calculat	53% Allocation	0.777	0.782
Ohau River @ immediately downstream of intake	No Restriction	11.804	11.804
Otekaieke River falls below 95.74m ASL	No Restriction	–	–
Pasons Rock Creek @ immediately downstream of intake	No Restriction	0.16	0.16
Pumphouse	2 bands	12.943	12.588
Quail Burn Road	No Restriction	0.969	0.94
SH83	2 bands	0.892	0.848
Silver Creek @ immediately downstream of intake	No Restriction	0.059	0.059
State Highway 83	No Restriction	0.4	0.4
Station Stream (Godley) @ Lilybank - Godley River Confluence	No Restriction	0.154	0.154
Sth. Diadem	3 bands	23.248	22.872
Sutherlands Creek @ immediately downstream of lower intake	No Restriction	0.01	0.01
Tekapo River at Downstream Mary Burn Con	2 bands	14.039	13.574
Temple Creek @ immediately downstream of intake	No Restriction	0.018	0.018
Twin Peaks	No Restriction	0.191	0.191
Twizel River at Downstream SH8 Bridge	No Restriction	4.513	4.385
Upstream SH82 Bridge (NIWA)	7 bands	6.801	6.323
Upstream Tekapo Confluence	2 bands	2.568	2.553
Upstream Water Race	No Restriction	0.085	0.085
Wainui Drain @ Immediately d/s of diversion	No Restriction	0.393	0.393
Waitaki River @ Unnamed Drain J40:396-905	No Restriction	–	–
Wardells Bridge (Recorder)	2 bands	3.802	3.759
Weir	4 bands	0.743	0.702

Attribution

The restriction statuses and the flow readings republished from Environment Canterbury.