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Fishing
New Zealand’s commercial fishing sector has changed significantly over the last 40 years. Up to the 1970s, the domestic industry was almost entirely made up of relatively small inshore vessels, manned by owner-operators under a licence system. The country’s offshore…
Legislation
New Zealand’s coastal environment is primarily managed under the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA). This legislation establishes which statutory authorities are responsible for various aspects of coastal management, a set of principles which those authorities must apply, and a range…
Freshwater Bodies
Freshwater bodies
New Zealand’s fresh water bodies include glaciers, snow, rivers, streams, lakes, wetlands, springs and aquifers and groundwater.
Rivers
A ‘river’ is defined in the RMA as ‘a continually or intermittently flowing body of fresh water; and includes a…
Te Urewera Act
Te Urewera Act 2014
Te Urewera is an area of mostly forested, sparsely populated rugged hill country in the North Island of New Zealand, much of it in the northern Hawke's Bay Region, and some in the eastern Bay of…
Forests
New Zealand’s forest ecosystems support a diverse array of flora and fauna. Today, indigenous forest is found mainly at higher altitudes; much of what remains in coastal and lowland areas is in small and isolated fragments . Logging and land…
Information Principles and Adaptive Management
Information principles
The EEZ Act requires that the EPA make full use of its powers to request information, obtain advice, and commission reviews or reports when considering an application for marine consent. This places a positive obligation on the EPA…
Non-regulatory Methods
Non-regulatory methods
There are various non-regulatory methods which may be employed, along with appropriate regulatory provisions, to promote high quality environmental management. The following sections outline a number of non-regulatory methods, with a focus on biodiversity and coastal management.
Transfer…
RMA framework
The Resource Management Act defines renewable energy as "energy produced from solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, biomass, tidal, wave, and ocean current sources".
Duties and restrictions
Section 9 of the RMA prohibits the use of land in a manner that contravenes…
Matters of national significance
The Minister may ‘call in’ a matter
The Minister for the Environment may ‘call in’ the decision making process for resource consents, plans (including changes and variations), matters relating to regional policy statements, and notices of requirement for designations or…
Mechanisms to protect marine areas
There are many types of spatially-defined marine areas, which can be created under statute in New Zealand, and which may constitute marine protected areas. These include marine reserves, marine mammal sanctuaries, areas closed to selected fishing methods, marine parks, areas…