The Waiohine Action Group is a large, diverse and growing number of ratepayers, including three serving Councillors. It works for the ratepayers and communities of Greytown and those who live near the Waiohine river on its Carterton side. Amongst the members are deep skills including expertise and experience in managing the Waiohine River issues, relevant engineering and surveying Greytown and the area, actually maintaining the river banks and bed, running local District Council and so on. Some members have a heritage of three or more generations of knowledge of the community and river. The group have completed many thousands of hours of reading, research and contribution of findings relating to the GWRC draft FMP project and the draft plan. Through consensus and genuine consultation, the group fosters openness and transparency to help the community investigate the good, bad and other work done on the draft FMP by GWRC, understand the costs and implications and participate in a better outcome than the failed approaches of the last nine years.