An Estuary is when salt water meets fresh water. Lots of different animals live there like Oystercatchers,godwit,black billed gulls and crabs shellfish tui Eels flounder. When the water gets bad people go kite-surfing and they walk their dog and go windsurfing and get sick. Eels live in the fresh water. Lots of gulls have their habitats in the Estuary. If the estuary is polluted animals can get sick. People used the estuary as a rubbish bin. In Maori culture the Estuary is important. Plants that grow there are eels grass manawa mangrove and Ureure. The Estuary is a good place because you can do a lot of activities and see all the cool birds like the godwit. The plants are really cool to look at.