How healthy is your stream? SHMAK - the New Zealand Stream Health Monitoring and Assessment Kit - has been designed to help you find out.
NIWA’s Stream Health Monitoring Assessment Kit (SHMAK) gives land owners, iwi, school and community groups simple, scientifically-sound tools and resources to monitor the ecological health of New Zealand’s streams.
Allen Sheppard
NIWA
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Overview of SHMAK
An overview of what the SHMAK kit comprises, and various uses for it. -
SHMAK Manual
Download the entire manual or just the chapters you need. A printed version is also available. -
SHMAK videos
We've developed a series of instructional videos on what SHMAK is and how to use it -
Identification and e-guides
Downloadable and printable guides on identification of common freshwater invertebrates found in New Zealand waterways and lakes. -
NZ Water Citizens Database
NZ Water Citizens is a landing page for anyone in New Zealand interested in volunteer stream monitoring. -
Quality Assurance for Community-Based Monitoring
A national quality assurance (QA) framework for community-based monitoring (CBM) of Aotearoa New Zealand’s freshwaters. -
Order Form
Details for how to order our Stream Health Monitoring and Assessment Kit.