River Values Assessment System (RiVAS)
RiVAS (and RiVAS+): Insights and lessons from 5 years' experience with the River Values Assessment System
... The River Values Assessment System (RiVAS and RiVAS+) are tools that enable regional councils and others to ‘objectively’ and systematically evaluate rivers in their regions for ...
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'Water used for domestic purposes’ in Gisborne District: Application of the river values assessment system (RiVAS and RiVAS+)
... The River Values Assessment System (RiVAS) was applied to the river value ‘water use for domestic purposes’ in Gisborne District, to identify rivers of relatively higher and ...
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Jet boating on Canterbury rivers: Application of the river values assessment system (RiVAS)
... the River Values Assessment System for existing value (RiVAS) to jet boating in the Canterbury region, undertaken in April-May ...the RiVAS method (see Hughey et ...
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River swimming in the Gisborne District: Application of the river values assessment system (RiVAS)
... A: River Swimming in the Manawatu-Wanganui Region: Application of the River Values Assessment System (RiVAS), in Hughey, ...The River Values Assessment ...
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Irrigation in Hawke’s Bay: Application of the River Values Assessment System (RiVAS)
... The River Values Assessment System (RiVAS) aims to outline assessment criteria and significance thresholds for river values, for application within national and ...
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Native birdlife in Gisborne District: Application of the river values assessment system (RiVAS and RiVAS+)
... The River Values Assessment System (RiVAS and RiVAS+) was applied to the native birdlife value in Gisborne ...or river segments evaluated one was considered of regional ...
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Natural character in Northland: application of the River Values Assessment System (RiVAS)
... the River Significance Assessment Method to Marlborough District, in Hughey, ...The River Values Assessment System: Volume 2: Application to cultural, production and ...
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River swimming in Northland: application of the River Values Assessment System (RiVAS and RiVAS+)
... The River Values Assessment System (RiVAS and RiVAS+) was applied by a River Expert Panel to eight resource and user attributes to assess 44 known river swimming ...
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Natural character in the Gisborne District: application of the river values assessment system (RiVAS)
... The spreadsheet was used to sum the indicator threshold scores for each river unit (Appendix 3). The significance thresholds from the most recent application of RiVAS for natural character (Tasman District ...
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Native fish in Hawke's Bay: development and application of the river values assessment system (RiVAS and RiVAS+)
... the River Values Assessment System (RiVAS and RiVAS+) for native fisheries value was made in the Hawke’s Bay ...or river clusters evaluated, four were considered of ...
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Salmonid Angling in the Gisborne District: application of the river values assessment system (RiVAS)
... Opato River: The Panel felt the RiVAS assessment under-valued the Waioeka ...the river into two parts – the Koranga River and Opato ...‘whole’ river, it would have achieved ...
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Native Fish: Development and Application of the River Values Assessment System (RiVAS and RiVAS+) Method to the Gisborne District Council Region
... the RiVAS application component), assisted by Ken Hughey met on 14 th March 2012 in Gisborne to ‘refine’ the raw data in RiVAS in light of local knowledge, and to undertake the RiVAS+ part of the ...
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Irrigation in Gisborne District: Application of the River Values Assessment System (RiVAS)
... outline assessment criteria and significance thresholds for river values, for application within national and regional planning under the Resource Management Act ...panel. RiVAS for irrigation ...
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Swimming in Hawke’s Bay: Application of the River Values Assessment System (RiVAS and RiVAS+)
... The site characteristics identified as desirable for swimming in the most recent application of RiVAS for river swimming (Tasman District – Booth et al. 2010a) were adopted. In most (but not necessarily ...
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Natural Character in Hawke’s Bay: application of the river values assessment system (RiVAS and RiVAS+)
... The spreadsheet was used to sum the indicator threshold scores for each river reach (Appendix 4). The significance thresholds from the most recent application of RiVAS for natural character (Tasman District ...
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Native Birdlife in Hawke’s Bay: application of the river values assessment system (RiVAS and RiVAS+)
... Thresholds are applied to an indicator to determine high, medium and low relative importance for that indicator. Thresholds are defined by real data (e.g. for recreational fishing <1,000 angler days per annum = ...
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Whitewater Kayaking in Hawke’s Bay: application of the river values assessment system (RiVAS)
... Access is an obvious prerequisite for kayaking to take place and mode is a practical measure of ease of access. Although a positive relationship may exist between mode of access and kayaking value (i.e. easy access ...
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Salmonid Angling in Hawke’s Bay: application of the river values assessment system (RiVAS)
... Their assessment of the recreational potential of New Zealand rivers nearly three decades ago does not match the current use patterns owing to the sort of factors already ...
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Whitebaiting: Application of the River Values Assessment System (RiVAS)
... Expert Panel discussion identified that whitebaiting is very different in nature to fishing for other native species, notably eeling and floundering. For the purposes of this analysis, there was considered to be little ...
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Native fish in Northland: application of the River Values Assessment System (RiVAS and RiVAS+)
... Although the adult habitat of many native fish species occur in particular river segments (e.g., lowland or upper reaches), native fish habitat in rivers is usually driven by catchment scale characteristics (e.g., ...
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