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Wednesday 22nd February 2023

Weather: Cloudy Tongariro River Flow: 29.0m3/sec The last couple of days has been a mixed bag of sunshine and cloudy periods with no rain of any consequence, this has seen the Tongariro slowly drop back below 30cumec and looked clear and...

Neil Cunnington

February 22, 2023

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Friday 17th February 2023

**** We got word today that there will be changes to the Tongariro flow: there is to be maintenance work on the Poutu Intake so no water will be diverted from the Tongariro River into the Poutu Canal. Work is planned from...

Neil Cunnington

February 17, 2023

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Monday 30th January 2023

The heavy rain has subsided for the time being, but the Tongariro river has been fluctuating in flow this morning currently sitting at 80m3/sec as I write this. I don't think we'll be seeing too much dry fly fishing in...

Tarn Mack-McEwen

January 30, 2023

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Tuesday 24th January 2023

It's been an overcast and humid day in Turangi with patches of sun peering through. The Tongariro is currently flowing at 24.1 m3/sec and the cicadas are still screaming all along the riverbank! The usual suspects (Carty's Camo Cicada and...

Tarn Mack-McEwen

January 24, 2023

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Wednesday 18th January 2023

After a couple of brilliant sunny days some cloud began to drift over us about lunchtime and it became a little breezy, it's nice and sunny again this afternoon but the wind has stayed. The boaties who were out early got the better of...

Neil Cunnington

January 18, 2023

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Tuesday 3rd of January 2023

Happy New Year Tongariro River Flow: 28.2m3/sec Weather: Overcast ⛅ It's a mild overcast day in Turangi and the weather folks suggest more rain is on the way, so stay tuned for more info. There's been some challenging river...

Theresa Beilby

January 3, 2023