Rārangi ihirangi “.... -- Sediment regime: sources, transport and changes in the riverbed-D Murray Hicks & Reece B Hill. -- Water quality-WN (Bill) Vant. -- Part 3-River biology -- Plankton-David P Hamilton & Ian C Duggan. -- Native macrophytes and aquatic weeds-Paul D Champion &John S Clayton. -- Macroinvertebrates-Kevin J Collier & Ian D Hogg. -- Native fish-Bruno O David & David A Speirs -- Introduced fish-Brendan J Hicks, Nicholas Ling & Ben J Wilson. -- Bird-life-Paul M Sagar. -- Part 4-Connected ecosystems -- Lowland lakes-David P Hamilton, WN (Bill) Vant & Keri A Neilson. -- Lowland wetlands and floodplains-Catherine M Beard. -- Part 5-Epilogue -- The River: past, present and future-Clive Howard-Williams, WN (Bill) Vant, Kevin J Collier & David P. ...”