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Resource Management Act 1991
Regional councils can control the activity of fishing through its regional plan, even where that activity is regulated under the Fisheries Act, provided it does so for resource management purposes (not for Fisheries Act purposes). A control would be considered…
Decision Making
Aquaculture reforms, which took place in 2004, placed all aquaculture planning and consent processing under the RMA. Previously marine farmers had to obtain separate consents from the regional council and the former Ministry of Fisheries. The reforms were intended to…
Types of Environments within the coastal environment
The environment provided by the land-sea interface supports a large number of animal, insect and plant species that are not found further inland. The coast also sustains an unusually wide range of birdlife, with birds acting as important ecological engineers…
Grasslands
New Zealand’s indigenous grasslands have been, and remain, a significant component of this country’s indigenous plant cover and ecology, at around 13%. Over the last 10,000 years, during the Holocene period, grasslands formed a mosaic across many parts of the…
Environmental effects
Major marine infrastructure can create positive economic and social benefits, through enabling transport and trade, and facilitating public access to, and enjoyment of, the marine environment. At the same time, because of the large scale of many of these projects,…
Local Government (Auckland Council) Act
Local Government (Auckland Council) Act 2009 The Local Government (Auckland Council) Act 2009 (LGACA) establishes the Auckland Council (Council) as a unitary authority for Auckland. It contains provisions that relate to a range of matters including: the Council’s structure, functions,…
Hauraki Gulf Marine Park Act
The Hauraki Gulf Marine Park Act 2000 (“HGMPA”) provides special recognition for the Hauraki Gulf and this has implications for the resource management framework. In the preamble it states the: "Hauraki Gulf has a quality and diversity of biology and…
What is an ‘outstanding natural feature or landscape’?
A feature or landscape must be both outstanding and natural to fall within section 6(b). Naturalness ‘Natural’ means ‘a product of nature’. It may therefore include pasture and exotic tree species but not human-made structures. A landscape with structures may…
Hearing held
The applicant and any submitter who stated they wished to be heard at the hearing may speak (either personally or through a representative) and call evidence. The applicant and submitters who stated they wish to be heard must be given…
Freshwater Communities
There is a wide variety of biota that makes up freshwater ecosystems and that are dependent on freshwater bodies for their survival. This includes fish, birds, and invertebrates which depend in turn on plants and communities of microscopic organisms such…