Lake Ngaroto Past and Present
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Lake NgarotoPast and Present
Where
History
Cadastral Map dated late 1800’s early 1900’s
Ngaroto in the 1960’s
Lake Outlet
Lake Ngaroto Water Level Monitoring from 2003 - 2010
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Lake Ngaroto 1980s
Lake Ngaroto at 2007
Lake Ngaroto: Water Quality Monitoring
Parameters Measured • Water temperature • Dissolved Oxygen• Algae in the water column • Rainfall
Lake Ngaroto: Council / Community Goals
1. Retain and enhance the recreational opportunities– Access to and around the lake– Maintain or increase lake depth– Improve water quality
2. Retain and restore indigenous biodiversity– Control mammalian pests and introduced weeds– Adopt a more natural water level management regime that
will improve marginal habitats3. Preserving and promoting the history associated with the Lake
and it catchment– Protecting the on site features and artefacts– Providing quality Interpretation
Actions Taken and Proposed
1. Repair the circuit track and board walk / bridges2. Control willows to encourage more favourable indigenous
species to colonise the margins (treatment started within southern sector)
3. Replace collapsing manuka stand with more suitable species4. Ramp up the control of aggressive weeds5. Complete the application to renew the resource consent to
operate the weir on the lake outlet
Actions Proposed1. Control pest fish – koi, bullhead catfish, rudd and goldfish2. Control mammalian pests – possums, cats, ferrets, stoats and rats3. Acquire those areas of private land that are inundated when lake
levels rise – approx. 22ha4. Re-route inflows from Ngaroto-iti to lake outlet5. Interpret the swamp Pa and other significant features around the
lake 6. Improve the Domain – infill / consolidate the low lying area; retain
the lake edge in front of the Domain to prevent erosion ; reinstate the boat ramp by the rowing sheds
7. Reduce inflow of nutrients to the lake by assisting landowners to change / modify farm management practises