WAI Wanaka empowers communities to understand their water, their environment, and their impact. Accelerating local action around fresh water in the Upper Clutha catchment in New Zealand. WAI Wānaka aims to connect the many individuals, community groups, iwi, landowners and businesses undertaking positive work towards building healthy ecosystems and supporting community wellbeing in our region. Taking a whole-of-basin approach, they encourage, utilise and facilitate science (including planning, research and monitoring), community action and educational projects and programmes relating to these purposes.