Koura Kraze

Use this form to add your koura data into the national database.

Instructions:

  1. Enter all the koura data you have collected
  2. Check you have entered it in correctly
  3. Click Submit

If you need help with filling out these forms then email emap@rsnz.org

To find out more about how you should collect the data then go here...

Koura Data:

School Name*

Contact Name*

Phone*

Email*

Body of Water Name (if known)

Body of Water Location*

Type of Water Body*

Number of Koura observed*

Number of dead Koura found

Length of biggest Koura

mm

Habitat of Koura*

Sun or Shade*

Depth of water where
Koura was found

cm

Width of Water Body

m

Colour of Koura

Water Temperature

°C

Water pH

Water Clarity

cm

Dissolved Oxygen

mg/L

Water Flow

m/sec

GPS Coordinates of Body
of Water (decimal e.g.
-42.1442, 273.44)

GPS Lat: GPS Long:

'GPS coordinates can be found at the Google Earth website - click here

DOC or Iwi Approval
sought for Koura Kraze
in your stream*

(Tick the box to confirm)

Your region's local DOC contact can be found by clicking here. Select a student to ring on your behalf.

Comments

*denotes required field

Photos taken of koura can be emailed to emap@rsnz.org to go in the draw to win the 'best photo' prize!


Did you know Koura?

  • move around more at night and venture into shallow water. They can be easily spotted by shining a torch on them as their eyes light up golden-red!
  • have a hard shell-like skin which moults allowing the koura to grow!
  • burrow well down into swamps that dry out over summer, to wait until the water returns!
  • have a sort of reverse gear, to shoot back into shelter when alarmed, by flicking their tail forwards violently!
  • can give a painful nip, so be careful!
  • hatched koura cling to their mothers with their pincers until they are nearly 4mm long!
  • are considered an adult when they are four years old!
  • are listed as a threatened species and their populations are in gradual decline!
  • can be protected by fencing off your waterways or ponds from stock and planting native vegetation along the edge of waters!
  • can regenerate their limbs if they lose one!
  • get preyed upon by cats, who like to scoop them up out of the water for a meal!