People and Nature

DSC_6259 Lowland Longjaw galaxias (Galaxias cobitinus) DoC officers Daniel Jack and Ciaran Campbell, monitor summer water quality in longjaw habitat in one of the lower reaches of the Waitaki River. Our rarest native fish lives here in marginal shallows of the river channels. Kauru River

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DSC_6259 Lowland Longjaw galaxias (Galaxias cobitinus) DoC officers Daniel Jack and Ciaran Campbell, monitor summer water quality in longjaw habitat in one of the lower reaches of the Waitaki River. Our rarest native fish lives here in marginal shallows of the river channels. Kauru River

Lowland longjaw DSC 6259 galaxias cobitinus native galaxiid longjawed tributaries lower Waitaki River rarest freshwater fish shallows swift braided river channels DoC freshwater fisheries officers Daniel Jack Ciaran Campbell sampling water quality Kauru River