Community Based Freshwater Monitoring (CBFM) Trainers

Get to know our Community Based Freshwater Monitoring trainers - experts on the ground who can help you with stream health monitoring!

Community Based Freshwater Monitoring (CBFM) provides practical tools and resources for land owners, iwi/hapū, schools and community groups to monitor the ecological health of Aotearoa New Zealand's streams. CBFM includes use of the SHMAK kit, e. DNA and freshwater fish monitoring. 

To further support groups in becoming CBFM practitioners and using the kit with confidence, our national network of CBFM trainers is able to provide guidance and training to groups wishing to use the kit. The CBFM training endorsement programme has been developed through a collaboration between Whitebait Connection, NIWA, Greater Wellington Regional Council, Mountains To Sea Wellington and the National Advisory Group for Freshwater Citizen Science (NAG-FS) and has been brought to life in 2021. 

Our current trainers are already based in a number of regions across Aotearoa New Zealand, but we hoping we can scale things up in the future to reach even more communities, so please keep an eye out for updates. Please also note that the support your regional trainer can provide you with is subject to available funding, but we are actively working towards resourcing our trainers long-term.

Fore more information about the SHMAK kit and NZ water citizens please visit the NZ Water Citizens website. 

Northland

Rosie Palmer (Mid/Far North)

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Phone: 0220123027

Patricia Clark

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Phone: 0273252054

Nicholas Naysmith 

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Phone: 0276419388

Alexandria Going (currently on maternity leave) 

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Phone: 0212267700

Tracey Phillip

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Phone: 0278230299

Auckland

 Briar Broad 

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Phone: 0210620674

Waikato

Ric Balfour

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Phone: 027555399

Alex Daniel

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Phone: 0211538782

Bay of Plenty

Emma Richardson

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Phone: 0210379207

Tairāwhiti Gisborne

 Amy-Rose Hardy

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Phone: 0277139152

Hawke's Bay

Nathan Burkepile

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Phone: 0277701924

Taranaki

Emily Tuhi-Ao Bailey

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Phone: 0210376737

Manawatu-Whanganui

Channey Iwikau

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Wellington

Liz Gibson

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Phone: 0220378460

Kara Kenny

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Tasman

Elliot Easton

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Phone: 021844665

Nelson

Andrea Goodwin

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Phone: 0211470186

Thalassa Kawachi

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Marlborough

Wendy Sullivan

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Phone: 027 247 3503

West Coast

Vicky Smith

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Phone: 021 778 067

Canterbury

Nick Hempston

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Phone: 0276209577

Jessica Halsey

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Emily Demchick

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Otago

Craig Simpson

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Phone: 272864611

Southland

Rob Williamson

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Phone: 220199798