Waikato Regional Coastal Plan review - stakeholder feedback

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Te Mahere Takutai Moana ā-Rohe o Waikato | Waikato Regional Coastal Plan review: stakeholder feedback

The Resource Management Act (RMA) requires the coastal plan to be reviewed every 10 years to update provisions, as necessary, and take into account legislative changes and national and regional policy direction.

The Coastal Plan became operative in 2005 and a lot has changed since then.

  • It does not fully implement some statutory documents, e.g. New Zealand Coastal Policy Statement, and national policy statements and environmental standards
  • Some of the rules in the plan do not sustain values of the coastal marine area, enable regional development, or incorporate Treaty Settlement obligations
  • It’s also been identified as confusing, and difficult to meet, monitor and enforce.

As part of the review process we sought feedback from a range of stakeholders, including iwi, agencies, industry and coastal users and residents.

We wanted input from iwi to ensure the draft coastal plan meets the needs of tangata whenua. We were also keen to find out more about the sites that provide for cultural values and practices within the coastal marine area.

Waikato communities told us that the coastal plan needs to protect and enhance our unique way of life by providing for the restoration of indigenous habitats and ecosystems, prohibiting discharges and establishing water quality standards, and managing disturbances to protect natural coastal processes.

And at the same time, address climate change and the impacts of coastal erosion and inundation, while providing for tangata whenua perspectives and values, and support for our region’s aquaculture industry.

The feedback shared with us helped to inform further revisions to the draft coastal plan.

Kina image: Luke van Helden.


Te Mahere Takutai Moana ā-Rohe o Waikato | Waikato Regional Coastal Plan review: stakeholder feedback

The Resource Management Act (RMA) requires the coastal plan to be reviewed every 10 years to update provisions, as necessary, and take into account legislative changes and national and regional policy direction.

The Coastal Plan became operative in 2005 and a lot has changed since then.

  • It does not fully implement some statutory documents, e.g. New Zealand Coastal Policy Statement, and national policy statements and environmental standards
  • Some of the rules in the plan do not sustain values of the coastal marine area, enable regional development, or incorporate Treaty Settlement obligations
  • It’s also been identified as confusing, and difficult to meet, monitor and enforce.

As part of the review process we sought feedback from a range of stakeholders, including iwi, agencies, industry and coastal users and residents.

We wanted input from iwi to ensure the draft coastal plan meets the needs of tangata whenua. We were also keen to find out more about the sites that provide for cultural values and practices within the coastal marine area.

Waikato communities told us that the coastal plan needs to protect and enhance our unique way of life by providing for the restoration of indigenous habitats and ecosystems, prohibiting discharges and establishing water quality standards, and managing disturbances to protect natural coastal processes.

And at the same time, address climate change and the impacts of coastal erosion and inundation, while providing for tangata whenua perspectives and values, and support for our region’s aquaculture industry.

The feedback shared with us helped to inform further revisions to the draft coastal plan.

Kina image: Luke van Helden.

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    Marine biodiversity protection

    Marine biodiversity, including indigenous species, habitats and ecosystems can be adversely impacted by recreational and commercial activities in the coastal marine area. Some of these activities use techniques or practices that result in disturbance of the foreshore and seabed, or affect marine life.  

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    Natural character and seascapes (landscapes)

    The east and west coast of the Waikato have natural and scenic landscape qualities that are unique to our region. Activities in the coastal marine area can impact on these qualities and the characteristics or seascapes that depict our unique coastal environment.


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    Historic heritage and sites of significance

    The Waikato region’s coastal marine area has a number of recorded archaeological sites; however, there are many sites still unrecorded or unidentified. If not managed appropriately, activities in the coastal marine area can result in damage to or loss of this historic heritage.


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    Indigenous biodiversity

    Some ecosystems and habitats can only be found in our coastal environments, such as estuaries, lagoons, coastal wetlands, rocky reef systems, intertidal zones, eelgrass and saltmarshes. These coastal environments are home to some of our region’s indigenous plants and animals which can be vulnerable to activities in the coastal marine area.


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    Aquaculture

    Balancing economic growth and protecting and enhancing the health of our coastal environment is enabled by the coastal plan. It directs where activities should be avoided and where they are appropriate in the coastal marine area, and provides the objectives, policies and rules to manage these activities.


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    Kaitiakitanga

    Since the coastal plan was first notified in 1995 there has been limited involvement by tangata whenua in coastal management decision making and in the practical expression of kaitiakitanga.

    To address this, we have incorporated iwi views and mātauranga Māori provisions across topic areas in the coastal plan.

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