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Regional Policy Statement for the Wellington region 15

3. Resource management issues, objectives and summary of policies and methods to achieve the objectives in the Regional Policy Statement

This chapter provides an overview of the issues addressed by the Regional Policy Statement, the objectives sought to be achieved and provides a summary of the policies and methods to achieve the objectives. These are presented under the following topic headings:

• Airquality• Coastalenvironment,includingpublicaccess• Energy,infrastructureandwaste• Freshwater,includingpublicaccess• Historicheritage• Indigenousecosystems• Landscape• Naturalhazards• Regionalform,designandfunction• Resourcemanagementwithtangatawhenua• Soilsandminerals

Each section in this chapter addresses a topic then introduces the issues. All the issuesare issues of regional significance or have been identified as issues of significance to theWellington region’s iwi authorities. Each section includes a summary table showing allthe objectives that relate to that topic and the titles of the policies and methods that will achieve those objectives. The table also includes a reference to other policies that need to be considered alongside to gain a complete view of the issue across the full scope of the Regional Policy Statement.


Overall,theWellingtonregionhasgoodairquality.Thisisbecauseithasawindyclimate,andtherearefewairpollutingindustriesintheregion.However,theregiondoesexperiencelocalisedairqualityproblemsthatimpactontheamenityandhealthofthecommunityandthe mauri of air.

Somecontaminantsinairareassociatedwithpeople’sactivities–suchassmokefromfires,dust and other emissions – which may produce fumes or odours.

Of those discharges associated with people’s activities:

• ThemostpollutingaircontaminantintheWellingtonregionisfineparticulatematter.Inwinteralmostallofthiscomesfromdomesticfires

• Odours,smokeanddustfrompeople’sactivitiescanreducetheamenityofanarea,affectpeople’shealthandsocialandculturalwellbeing,createannoyance,andsometimes cause poor visibility

• Ourmonitoringshowsthatdischargesfrommotorvehiclesintheregiondonotoccuratlevelsthatcouldadverselyaffectpeople’shealth

• Industrialdischargesfromsources–suchasabrasiveblastingandwoodprocessing–canhavelocalisedadverseeffects.Industriesthatdischargetoairarelargelyconcentrated around Seaview

Theamenityvalueofairdependsonhowcleanandfreshitis.Highamenityisassociatedwith good visibility, low levels of deposited dust and people’s ability to enjoy their outdoor environment is not impaired. Amenity is reduced by contaminants in the air affectingpeople’s wellbeing – such as when dust and smoke reduces visibility or soils surfaces, or when odour is objectionable.

Reverse sensitivity effects can arise along the interface between areas of differing landuses–suchasbetweenresidentialandindustrialorruralareas.Amenityvaluesneedtobeconsidered in the context ofdifferent environments and theymay change temporarilyorseasonally. Ineffect,whatconstitutesanobjectionableodour,or levelofsmokeordust is,inpart,dependantonthenormalconditionsexperiencedinalocalityoratatimeofyear.Theseeffectsaremostlikelytoarisewhereproductionisadjacenttoresidentialandrural-residentialsubdivisionsoradjacenttoareaswhichcanbesubdivided.Insuchcircumstances,the new activitieswouldneed to accept the effects or incorporate provisions that ensureadequateprotectionfromadverseeffectsfromtheestablishedactivity.

3.1 Air quality

Regional Policy Statement for the Wellington region18

The National Environmental Standards for Air Quality were introduced in 2004. Thestandardsarebreachedwhenthethresholdconcentrationforfineparticulatematter(PM10) is exceededmore than once in an airshed, in a 12 month period. The eight airsheds intheWellington region areKāpiti, Porirua,UpperHutt,LowerHutt,Wainuiomata, centralWellington, Karori and Wairarapa.

Outdoorairqualitymonitoringhasshownthatduringperiodsofcoldcalmweather,levelsoffineparticulatemattermaybuildup,particularlyintheWairarapa(specificallyMasterton),WainuiomataandUpperHuttairsheds.Onoccasions, the levelsoffineparticulatematterhaveexceededthenationalenvironmentalstandardforairquality.

TheregionallysignificantissuesandtheissuesofsignificancetotheWellingtonregion’siwiauthoritiesforairqualityare:

1. Impacts on amenity and wellbeing from odour, smoke and dustOdour, smoke and dust affect amenity values and people’s wellbeing. These effects aregenerally localised and result from the following activities or land uses:

(a) odourfromactivities–suchas,rendering,spraypaintingandsolventuse,landfills,sewagetreatmentplants,silagefeedingandeffluentspreading

(b) smokefromdomesticfiresandbackyardburning(c) dustfromlandusesoractivities–suchas,earthworks,quarries,andlandclearance.

2. Health effects from discharges of fine particulate matterFineparticulatematterpredominantlydischargedfromdomesticfires,occasionallyreachesconcentrations that can harm people’s health. This can happen in valleys and areas where levelsoffineparticulatemattermaybuildupduringperiodsofcoldcalmweather.

Table 1: Air quality Objective 2

Table 1: Air quality Objective 1


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FromŌtakiaroundtotheWairarapa,theregion’scoastalenvironmentcontainssignificanthabitats for a wide variety of plants and animals, and also provides for a diverse range of activities. The character ranges from the largely rural Wairarapa coast to the highly developed urbanareasaroundWellingtonandPoriruaHarbours.TheKāpiticoasthassandybeaches,andisexperiencingrapidpopulationgrowth.Thesouthcoastisrugged,yetbecauseofitsproximitytotheHuttValleyandWellingtoncity,isapopularplacetovisit.

Tangata whenua have strong links with the coastal environment, value its mauri, its mana andallitoffers.Theregion’sidentityandsignificancetoMāoriarecloselyintertwinedwiththecoastalenvironment.Manysiteswithinthecoastalenvironmentareassociatedwithiwihistories,traditionsandtikanga.Forexample,mahingamātaitai(placestogatherseafood)andtaurangawaka(canoelandingplaces).Someofthesesitesembodyspiritualandsacredvalues,suchasurupa(burialplaces).Ofparticularconcerntotangatawhenuaisthedischargeof human and other wastes into the coastal environment, which causes a loss of mauri of the water body.

Aswell as its cultural importance, the coastal environment is important to the regionalcommunityforrecreationandgeneralenjoyment. It isalsothe locationofmanyactivitiesandstructuresthatrequireacoastallocation.Significantinfrastructure–suchasCentreport,theCookStraitcableandothertransmissioninfrastructure,andseveralstatehighwayandrail corridors – is located in the coastal environment. This infrastructure is essential to the community’s economic and social wellbeing. This region’s coastal environment also has significantwindandmarineenergy resources.Therearealsoother commercial activitiesthatmaybeappropriateinhighlymodifiedcoastalareas.

TheRegionalPolicyStatementmustgiveeffecttotheNewZealandCoastalPolicyStatement,which provides a policy framework for both the wet and dry parts of the coastal environment. This framework recognises the ecological, geographical, cultural, social, and economic linkages between land and sea, and the complementary responsibilities that differentauthorities have for coastal management. Other national policy statements are also relevant.

The preservation of natural character in the coastal environment is amatter of nationalimportanceintheResourceManagementAct.Mattersthatcontributetothenaturalcharacterof the coastal environment include: the dynamic coastal processes and ecosystems of escarpments,sanddunes,estuariesandsaltmarshes,significantlandscapesandseascapes,geological features and landforms, sand dunes and beach systems, sites of historic or cultural significance,anarea’samenityandopenness,andinsomeplacesitsremoteness.

3.2 Coastal environment (including public access)


Much of the region’s coastal environment is in private ownership and is being activelyfarmed.Thisrurallandusehashadasignificantimpactonthecoastalenvironmentresultinginlandscapeswhichare‘modifiedbutnatural’inthecontinuumofnaturalcharacter.Thesepastorallandscapesarevaluedbypeoplenotonlyfortheirnaturalcharacter(aestheticappeal)but also by landowners for the economic benefits theyderive from them.While farmingactivitieshavemodified the coastal environment, thesepastoral “working landscapes”, insome cases, have helped to prevent further more intensive development. Reasonable use of thecoastalenvironment,includingexistinguse,shouldbeprovidedfor,whileprotectingthecoast from inappropriate activities and development.

Natural character of the coast is being degraded through incremental loss and damageto coastal ecosystems including estuaries and salt-marshes, e.g. the Waikanae estuary,PauatahanuiInlet,andMotuwairekaStreamestuaryatRiversdale.Ithaslargelybeenlostinthebuilt-upareaofWellingtonHarbourextendingfromKaiwharawharatotheairport,inthereclaimedandhighlydevelopedWellingtoncityarea,andaroundtheOnepotoArmofPoriruaHarbour.Areasthatstillhavehighnaturalcharacterareunderincreasingpressurefordevelopment,particularlyalongtheKāpitiandWairarapacoasts,andPauatahanuiInlet.

The maintenance and enhancement of public access to and along the coastal marine area isanothermatterofnational importanceintheResourceManagementAct.Wherelandispublicly owned, public access can be enhanced by providing walking tracks and recreational areas. Where land is privately owned, city and district councils can take esplanade reserves or strips as part of subdivisions. On private land that is not proposed to be subdivided, however, public access is at the discretion and with the permission of the landowner. To date,therehasbeennoregion-widestrategicplanningintheregionthathasidentifiedwherepublic access should be enhanced. Where esplanade reserves and strips have been taken for publicaccess,cityanddistrictcouncilssometimesstruggletomaintainthem.Evenwherethere is legal access, it is not always aligned with access that is physically possible. There are circumstances where public access to the coastal marine area, lakes and rivers may not be desirable – such as to provide security for regional infrastructure, allow for farming activities and prevent harm to the public.

The coastal marine area is the final receiving environment for contaminants carried instreamsandstormwaterfromruralandurbanlanduses.Inaddition,therearefourdischargesof treatedsewageeffluent fromtheregion’s fourmaincities,numeroussewage ‘overflow’dischargesandotherminordischarges.Sedimentfromearthworksisaffectingcoastalwaterqualityandshellfishbeds,andstormwatersedimentscontaminatedwithheavymetalsandothertoxicsubstancesarebuildingupontheseabedofWellingtonandPoriruaharbourstolevelsthatcouldadverselyaffectaquaticlife.Highlevelsofmicrobialcontaminationinsewage and stormwater discharges can make coastal water unsuitable for swimming and could transmit diseases to marine mammals.

Seawalls,vehicleuseinthecoastalenvironmentandearthworksareexamplesofactivitiesthatmodifydunes, foreshoresand the seabed.Theycauseadverseeffectson thenatural,physical and ecological processes that underpin the proper functioning of the coastal environment,includingthecoastalmarinearea.Insomecircumstances,someinterferencemaybeappropriate,forexampleextractionofsandorgraveltoreducefloodrisk,orplantingof coastal vegetation as part of dune building programmes.


Theimplicationsofsea-levelriseonthecoastalenvironmentalsoneedtobeconsideredwhenlookingatthepotentialeffectsofnewsubdivisions,useanddevelopment.

TheregionallysignificantissuesandtheissuesofsignificancetotheWellingtonregion’siwiauthorities for the coastal environment are:

1. Adverse effects on the natural character of the coastal environmentThe natural character of the region’s coastal environment has been, and continues to be, adverselyaffectedbyactivitiessuchaslarge-scaleearthworksforhousingdevelopmentsandroads, changes in land use and the placement of structures.

2. Coastal water quality and ecosystemsDischarges of stormwater, sewage, sediment and other contaminants to the coast are adversely affectingthehealthofcoastalecosystems,thesuitabilityofcoastalwaterforrecreationandshellfishgathering,mauriandamenity.

3. Human activities interfere with natural coastal processesHumanactivitieshavemodifiedandcontinuetointerferewithnaturalphysicalandecologicalcoastalprocesses.Forexample:

(a) Seawallsaltersedimentmovementalongbeachesandestuariesandcancauseerosionproblems in some areas and deposition problems in others.

(b) Sanddunesanddunevegetationcanbesignificantlyaffectedbyinappropriatedevelopment, vehicles, and trampling by people and animals.

(c) Somelandusesandearthworkscancauseincreasedratesofsedimentationinlowenergyreceivingenvironments,smotheringaquaticlife,forexampleinPoriruaHarbour.

4. Public access to and along the coastal marine area, lakes and rivers (shared with Issue 4 in section 3.4)

There have been inconsistent approaches to the taking of access strips or esplanade reserves as part of subdivisions. This has meant that public access to and along the coastal marine area, lakes and rivers is not always provided, or has been provided in places where people cannottakeadvantageofit.Evenwherephysicalaccessisavailable,itisnotalwayspossibleif access ways are not well maintained.

Table 2: Coastal environment Objectives 3, 4 & 5

Table 2: Coastal environment Objective 6

Table 6(a): Indigenous ecosystems Objective 16


Table 8(a): Natural hazards Objectives 19 & 20


Table 4: Fresh water Objective 8


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153

Met

hod

32: E

ngag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta w

henu

a,

stak

ehol

ders

, lan

dow

ners

and

the

com

mun

ity in

th

e id

entifi

catio

n an

d pr

otec

tion

of s

igni

fican

t va

lues

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

158

Als

o s

ee –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 3

& 6

; Ene

rgy,

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd w

aste

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icy

8;

Indi

geno

us e

cosy

stem

s (T

able

6a)

pol

icy

24; L

ands

cape

(Tab

le 7

) pol

icie

s 26

& 2

8; R

egio

nal f

orm

, des

ign

and

func

tion

(Tab

le 9

) pol

icie

s 30

, 31

& 3

2 an

d c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 35

, 36

& 5

3; E

nerg

y,

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd w

aste

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icy

39; H

isto

ric h

erita

ge (T

able

5) p

olic

y 46

; Ind

igen

ous

ecos

yste

ms

(Tab

le

6a) p

olic

y 47

; Lan

dsca

pe (T

able

7) p

olic

y 50

; Reg

iona

l for

m, d

esig

n an

d fu

nctio

n (T

able

9) p

olic

y 54

; Res

ourc

e m

anag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta w

henu

a (T

able

10)

pol

icie

s 48

& 4

9


Ob

ject

ive

Polic

y ti

tles

Pag

eM

eth

od

tit

les

Imp

lem

enta

tio

n

(* le

ad a

uth

ori

ty)

Pag

e

Ob

ject

ive

3

(Con

tinue

d)

Polic

y 24

: Pro

tect

ing

indi

geno

us e

cosy

stem

s an

d ha

bita

ts w

ith s

igni

fican

t in

dige

nous

bio

dive

rsity

val

ues

– di

stric

t an

d re

gion

al p

lans

105

Met

hod

1: D

istr

ict

plan

impl

emen

tatio

nC

ity a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

153

Met

hod

2: R

egio

nal p

lan

impl

emen

tatio

nW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

153

Met

hod

32: E

ngag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta w

henu

a,

stak

ehol

ders

, lan

dow

ners

and

the

com

mun

ity in

th

e id

entifi

catio

n an

d pr

otec

tion

of s

igni

fican

t va

lues

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

158

Als

o s

ee –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 3

& 6

; Ene

rgy,

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd w

aste

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icy

8; F

resh

w

ater

(Tab

le 4

) pol

icie

s 18

& 1

9; H

isto

ric h

erita

ge (T

able

5) p

olic

y 22

; Ind

igen

ous

ecos

yste

ms

(Tab

le 6

b) p

olic

y 61

; La

ndsc

ape

(Tab

le 7

) pol

icie

s 26

& 2

8 an

d c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 35

, 36

& 5

3; E

nerg

y,

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd w

aste

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icy

39; F

resh

wat

er (T

able

4) p

olic

ies

43 &

53;

His

toric

her

itage

(Tab

le 5

) pol

icy

46; I

ndig

enou

s ec

osys

tem

s (T

able

6a)

pol

icy

47; L

ands

cape

(Tab

le 7

) pol

icy

50; R

egio

nal f

orm

, des

ign

and

func

tion

(Tab

le 9

) pol

icy

54; R

esou

rce

man

agem

ent

with

tan

gata

whe

nua

(Tab

le 1

0) p

olic

ies

48 &

49

Polic

y 26

: Pro

tect

ing

outs

tand

ing

natu

ral f

eatu

res

and

land

scap

e va

lues

– d

istr

ict

and

regi

onal

pla

ns

107

Met

hod

1: D

istr

ict

plan

impl

emen

tatio

nC

ity a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

153

Met

hod

2: R

egio

nal p

lan

impl

emen

tatio

nW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

153

Met

hod

32: E

ngag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta w

henu

a,

stak

ehol

ders

, lan

dow

ners

and

the

com

mun

ity in

th

e id

entifi

catio

n an

d pr

otec

tion

of s

igni

fican

t va

lues

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

158

Als

o s

ee –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 3

& 6

; Ene

rgy,

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd w

aste

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icy

8; F

resh

w

ater

(Tab

le 4

) pol

icie

s 17

& 1

8; H

isto

ric h

erita

ge (T

able

5) p

olic

y 22

; Ind

igen

ous

ecos

yste

ms

(Tab

le 6

a) p

olic

y 24

; Lan

dsca

pe (T

able

7) p

olic

y 28

an

d c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 35

, 36

& 5

3; E

nerg

y,

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd w

aste

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icy

39; H

isto

ric h

erita

ge (T

able

5) p

olic

y 46

; Ind

igen

ous

ecos

yste

ms

(Tab

le 6

a)

polic

y 47

; Lan

dsca

pe (T

able

7) p

olic

y 50

; Reg

iona

l for

m, d

esig

n an

d fu

nctio

n (T

able

9) p

olic

y 54

, 55

& 5

6; R

esou

rce

man

agem

ent

with

tan

gata

whe

nua

(Tab

le 1

0) p

olic

ies

48 &

49

Polic

y 28

: Man

agin

g sp

ecia

l am

enity

land

scap

e va

lues

–

dist

rict

and

regi

onal

pla

ns

108

Met

hod

1: D

istr

ict

plan

impl

emen

tatio

nC

ity a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

153

Met

hod

2: R

egio

nal p

lan

impl

emen

tatio

nW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

153

Met

hod

32: E

ngag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta w

henu

a,

stak

ehol

ders

, lan

dow

ners

and

the

com

mun

ity in

th

e id

entifi

catio

n an

d pr

otec

tion

of s

igni

fican

t va

lues

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

158

Als

o s

ee –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 3

& 6

; Ene

rgy,

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd w

aste

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icy

8; F

resh

w

ater

(Tab

le 4

) pol

icie

s 17

& 1

8; H

isto

ric h

erita

ge (T

able

5) p

olic

y 22

; Ind

igen

ous

ecos

yste

ms

(Tab

le 6

a) p

olic

y 24

; Lan

dsca

pe (T

able

7) p

olic

y 26

an

d c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 35

, 36

& 5

3; E

nerg

y,

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd w

aste

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icy

39; H

isto

ric h

erita

ge (T

able

5) p

olic

y 46

; Ind

igen

ous

ecos

yste

ms

(Tab

le 6

a)

polic

y 47

; Lan

dsca

pe (T

able

7) p

olic

y 50

; Reg

iona

l for

m, d

esig

n an

d fu

nctio

n (T

able

9) p

olic

y 54

, 55

& 5

6; R

esou

rce

man

agem

ent

with

tan

gata

whe

nua

(Tab

le 1

0) p

olic

ies

48 &

49


Ob

ject

ives

Polic

y ti

tles

Pag

eM

eth

od

tit

les

Imp

lem

enta

tio

n

(* le

ad a

uth

ori

ty)

Pag

e

Ob

ject

ive

3

(Con

tinue

d)

Polic

y 35

: Pre

serv

ing

the

natu

ral c

hara

cter

of

the

coas

tal

envi

ronm

ent

– co

nsid

erat

ion

116

Met

hod

4: R

esou

rce

cons

ents

, not

ices

of

requ

irem

ent

and

whe

n ch

angi

ng, v

aryi

ng o

r re

view

ing

plan

s

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

153

Met

hod

7: In

form

atio

n ab

out

high

nat

ural

ch

arac

ter

in t

he c

oast

al e

nviro

nmen

tW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

154

Als

o c

on

sid

er –

Ene

rgy,

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd w

aste

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icy

39; H

isto

ric h

erita

ge (T

able

5) p

olic

y 46

; Ind

igen

ous

ecos

yste

ms

(Tab

le 6

a) p

olic

y 47

; Lan

dsca

pe (T

able

7) p

olic

y 50

; Reg

iona

l for

m, d

esig

n an

d fu

nctio

n (T

able

9) p

olic

ies

54, 5

5 &

56;

Res

ourc

e m

anag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta w

henu

a (T

able

10)

pol

icie

s 48

& 4

9

Polic

y 38

: Ide

ntify

ing

the

land

war

d ex

tent

of

the

coas

tal

envi

ronm

ent

– co

nsid

erat

ion

119

Met

hod

4: R

esou

rce

cons

ents

, not

ices

of

requ

irem

ent

and

whe

n ch

angi

ng, v

aryi

ng o

r re

view

ing

plan

s

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

153

Als

o c

on

sid

er –

Res

ourc

e m

anag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta w

henu

a (T

able

10)

pol

icie

s 48

& 4

9

Polic

y 64

: Sup

port

ing

a w

hole

of

cat

chm

ent

appr

oach

– n

on-

regu

lato

ry

143

Met

hod

12: I

nfor

mat

ion

abou

t te

chni

ques

to

mai

ntai

n an

d en

hanc

e in

dige

nous

eco

syst

ems

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

155

Met

hod

29: T

ake

a w

hole

of

catc

hmen

t ap

proa

ch

to w

orks

, ope

ratio

ns a

nd s

ervi

ces

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

158

Met

hod

53: S

uppo

rt c

omm

unity

res

tora

tion

initi

ativ

es f

or t

he c

oast

al e

nviro

nmen

t, r

iver

s la

kes

and

wet

land

s

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

162

Met

hod

54: A

ssis

t la

ndow

ners

to

mai

ntai

n,

enha

nce

and

rest

ore

indi

geno

us e

cosy

stem

sW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

and

city

and

dis

tric

t co

unci

ls16

2

Ob

ject

ive

4

The

natu

ral c

hara

cter

of

the

coas

tal e

nviro

nmen

t is

pr

otec

ted

from

the

adv

erse

ef

fect

s of

inap

prop

riate

su

bdiv

isio

n, u

se a

nd

deve

lopm

ent.

Polic

y 3:

Pro

tect

ing

high

na

tura

l cha

ract

er in

the

coa

stal

en

viro

nmen

t –

dist

rict

and

regi

onal

pla

ns

91M

etho

d 1:

Dis

tric

t pl

an im

plem

enta

tion

City

and

dis

tric

t co

unci

ls15

3

Met

hod

7: In

form

atio

n ab

out

high

nat

ural

ch

arac

ter

in t

he c

oast

al e

nviro

nmen

tW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

154

Met

hod

32: E

ngag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta w

henu

a,

stak

ehol

ders

, lan

dow

ners

and

the

com

mun

ity in

th

e id

entifi

catio

n an

d pr

otec

tion

of s

igni

fican

t va

lues

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

158

Met

hod

50: P

repa

re a

reg

iona

l lan

dsca

pe c

hara

cter

de

scrip

tion

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il* a

nd c

ity a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

161

Als

o s

ee –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 5

& 6

; Ene

rgy,

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd w

aste

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icie

s 7

& 8

; Fr

esh

wat

er (T

able

4) p

olic

ies

17 &

18;

His

toric

her

itage

(Tab

le 5

) pol

icy

22; I

ndig

enou

s ec

osys

tem

s (T

able

6a)

pol

icy

24; L

ands

cape

(Tab

le 7

) pol

icy

26 a

nd

co

nsi

der

– E

nerg

y, in

fras

truc

ture

and

was

te (T

able

3) p

olic

y 39

; His

toric

he

ritag

e (T

able

5) p

olic

y 46

; Ind

igen

ous

ecos

yste

ms

(Tab

le 6

a) p

olic

y 47

; Lan

dsca

pe (T

able

7) p

olic

y 50

; Reg

iona

l fo

rm, d

esig

n an

d fu

nctio

n (T

able

9) p

olic

y 54

; Res

ourc

e m

anag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta w

henu

a (T

able

10)

pol

icie

s

48 &

49


Ob

ject

ive

Polic

y ti

tles

Pag

eM

eth

od

tit

les

Imp

lem

enta

tio

n

(* le

ad a

uth

ori

ty)

Pag

e

Ob

ject

ive

4

(Con

tinue

d)

Polic

y 4:

Iden

tifyi

ng t

he

land

war

d ex

tent

of

the

coas

tal

envi

ronm

ent

– di

stric

t pl

ans

93M

etho

d 1:

Dis

tric

t pl

an im

plem

enta

tion

City

and

dis

tric

t co

unci

ls15

3

Met

hod

32: E

ngag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta w

henu

a,

stak

ehol

ders

, lan

dow

ners

and

the

com

mun

ity in

th

e id

entifi

catio

n an

d pr

otec

tion

of s

igni

fican

t va

lues

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

158

Met

hod

50: P

repa

re a

reg

iona

l lan

dsca

pe c

hara

cter

de

scrip

tion

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il* a

nd c

ity a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

161

Als

o s

ee –

His

toric

her

itage

(Tab

le 5

) pol

icy

21; I

ndig

enou

s ec

osys

tem

s (T

able

6a)

pol

icy

23; L

ands

cape

(Tab

le 7

) po

licie

s 25

& 2

7 an

d c

on

sid

er –

Res

ourc

e m

anag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta w

henu

a (T

able

10)

pol

icie

s 48

& 4

9

Polic

y 22

: Pro

tect

ing

hist

oric

he

ritag

e va

lues

– d

istr

ict

and

regi

onal

pla

ns

104

Met

hod

1: D

istr

ict

plan

impl

emen

tatio

nC

ity a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

153

Met

hod

2: R

egio

nal p

lan

impl

emen

tatio

nW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

153

Met

hod

32: E

ngag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta w

henu

a,

stak

ehol

ders

, lan

dow

ners

and

the

com

mun

ity in

th

e id

entifi

catio

n an

d pr

otec

tion

of s

igni

fican

t va

lues

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

158

Als

o s

ee –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 3

& 6

; Ene

rgy,

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd w

aste

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icy

8;

Indi

geno

us e

cosy

stem

s (T

able

6a)

pol

icy

24; L

ands

cape

(Tab

le 7

) pol

icie

s 26

& 2

8; R

egio

nal f

orm

, des

ign

and

func

tion

(Tab

le 9

) pol

icie

s 30

, 31

& 3

2 an

d c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 35

, 36

& 5

3; E

nerg

y,

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd w

aste

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icy

39; H

isto

ric h

erita

ge (T

able

5) p

olic

y 46

; Ind

igen

ous

ecos

yste

ms

(Tab

le

6a) p

olic

y 47

; Lan

dsca

pe (T

able

7) p

olic

y 50

; Reg

iona

l for

m, d

esig

n an

d fu

nctio

n (T

able

9) p

olic

y 54

; Res

ourc

e m

anag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta w

henu

a (T

able

10)

pol

icie

s 48

& 4

9

Polic

y 24

: Pro

tect

ing

indi

geno

us e

cosy

stem

s an

d ha

bita

ts w

ith s

igni

fican

t in

dige

nous

bio

dive

rsity

val

ues

– di

stric

t an

d re

gion

al p

lans

105

Met

hod

1: D

istr

ict

plan

impl

emen

tatio

nC

ity a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

153

Met

hod

2: R

egio

nal p

lan

impl

emen

tatio

nW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

153

Met

hod

32: E

ngag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta w

henu

a,

stak

ehol

ders

, lan

dow

ners

and

the

com

mun

ity in

th

e id

entifi

catio

n an

d pr

otec

tion

of s

igni

fican

t va

lues

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

158

Als

o s

ee –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 3

& 6

; Ene

rgy,

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd w

aste

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icy

8; F

resh

w

ater

(Tab

le 4

) pol

icie

s 17

& 1

8; H

isto

ric h

erita

ge (T

able

5) p

olic

y 22

; Ind

igen

ous

ecos

yste

ms

(Tab

le 6

b) p

olic

y 62

; La

ndsc

ape

(Tab

le 7

) pol

icie

s 26

& 2

8 an

d c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 35

, 36

& 5

3; E

nerg

y,

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd w

aste

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icy

39; F

resh

wat

er (T

able

4) p

olic

ies

43 &

53;

His

toric

her

itage

(Tab

le 5

) pol

icy

46; I

ndig

enou

s ec

osys

tem

s (T

able

6a)

pol

icy

47; L

ands

cape

(Tab

le 7

) pol

icy

50; R

egio

nal f

orm

, des

ign

and

func

tion

(Tab

le 9

) pol

icy

54; R

esou

rce

man

agem

ent

with

tan

gata

whe

nua

(Tab

le 1

0) p

olic

ies

48 &

49


Ob

ject

ive

Polic

y ti

tles

Pag

eM

eth

od

tit

les

Imp

lem

enta

tio

n

(* le

ad a

uth

ori

ty)

Pag

e

Ob

ject

ive

4

(Con

tinue

d)

Polic

y 26

: Pro

tect

ing

outs

tand

ing

natu

ral f

eatu

res

and

land

scap

e va

lues

– d

istr

ict

and

regi

onal

pla

ns

107

Met

hod

1: D

istr

ict

plan

impl

emen

tatio

nC

ity a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

153

Met

hod

2: R

egio

nal p

lan

impl

emen

tatio

nW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

153

Met

hod

32: E

ngag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta w

henu

a,

stak

ehol

ders

, lan

dow

ners

and

the

com

mun

ity in

th

e id

entifi

catio

n an

d pr

otec

tion

of s

igni

fican

t va

lues

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

158

Als

o s

ee –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 3

& 6

; Ene

rgy,

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd w

aste

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icy

8;

Fres

h w

ater

(Tab

le 4

) pol

icie

s 17

& 1

8; H

isto

ric h

erita

ge (T

able

5) p

olic

y 22

; Ind

igen

ous

ecos

yste

ms

(Tab

le 6

a) p

olic

y 24

; Lan

dsca

pe (T

able

7) p

olic

y 28

an

d c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 35

, 36

& 5

3; E

nerg

y,

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd w

aste

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icy

39; H

isto

ric h

erita

ge (T

able

5) p

olic

y 46

; Ind

igen

ous

ecos

yste

ms

(Tab

le 6

a)

polic

y 47

Lan

dsca

pe (T

able

7) p

olic

y 50

; Reg

iona

l for

m, d

esig

n an

d fu

nctio

n (T

able

9) p

olic

y 54

, 55

& 5

6; R

esou

rce

man

agem

ent

with

tan

gata

whe

nua

(Tab

le 1

0) p

olic

ies

48 &

49

Polic

y 28

: Man

agin

g sp

ecia

l am

enity

land

scap

e va

lues

–

dist

rict

and

regi

onal

pla

ns

108

Met

hod

1: D

istr

ict

plan

impl

emen

tatio

nC

ity a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

153

Met

hod

2: R

egio

nal p

lan

impl

emen

tatio

nW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

153

Met

hod

32: E

ngag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta w

henu

a,

stak

ehol

ders

, lan

dow

ners

and

the

com

mun

ity in

th

e id

entifi

catio

n an

d pr

otec

tion

of s

igni

fican

t va

lues

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

158

Als

o s

ee –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 3

& 6

; Ene

rgy,

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd w

aste

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icy

8;

Fres

h w

ater

(Tab

le 4

) pol

icie

s 17

& 1

8; H

isto

ric h

erita

ge (T

able

5) p

olic

y 22

; Ind

igen

ous

ecos

yste

ms

(Tab

le 6

a) p

olic

y 24

; Lan

dsca

pe (T

able

7) p

olic

y 26

an

d c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 35

, 36

& 5

3; E

nerg

y,

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd w

aste

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icy

39; H

isto

ric h

erita

ge (T

able

5) p

olic

y 46

; Ind

igen

ous

ecos

yste

ms

(Tab

le 6

a)

polic

y 47

; Lan

dsca

pe (T

able

7) p

olic

y 50

; Reg

iona

l for

m, d

esig

n an

d fu

nctio

n (T

able

9) p

olic

y 54

, 55

& 5

6; R

esou

rce

man

agem

ent

with

tan

gata

whe

nua

(Tab

le 1

0) p

olic

ies

48 &

49

Polic

y 35

: Pre

serv

ing

the

natu

ral c

hara

cter

of

the

coas

tal

envi

ronm

ent

– co

nsid

erat

ion

116

Met

hod

4: R

esou

rce

cons

ents

, not

ices

of

requ

irem

ent

and

whe

n ch

angi

ng, v

aryi

ng o

r re

view

ing

plan

s

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

153

Met

hod

7: In

form

atio

n ab

out

high

nat

ural

ch

arac

ter

in t

he c

oast

al e

nviro

nmen

tW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

154

Als

o c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icy

6; E

nerg

y, in

fras

truc

ture

and

was

te (T

able

3) p

olic

y 39

; H

isto

ric h

erita

ge (T

able

5) p

olic

y 46

; Ind

igen

ous

ecos

yste

ms

(Tab

le 6

a) p

olic

y 47

; Lan

dsca

pe (T

able

7) p

olic

y 50

; Re

gion

al f

orm

, des

ign

and

func

tion

(Tab

le 9

) pol

icie

s 54

, 55

& 5

6; R

esou

rce

man

agem

ent

with

tan

gata

whe

nua

(Tab

le 1

0) p

olic

ies

48 &

49


Ob

ject

ives

Polic

y ti

tles

Pag

eM

eth

od

tit

les

Imp

lem

enta

tio

n

(* le

ad a

uth

ori

ty)

Pag

e

Ob

ject

ive

4

(Con

tinue

d)

Polic

y 36

: Man

agin

g ef

fect

s on

na

tura

l cha

ract

er in

the

coa

stal

en

viro

nmen

t –

cons

ider

atio

n

117

Met

hod

4: R

esou

rce

cons

ents

, not

ices

of

requ

irem

ent

and

whe

n ch

angi

ng, v

aryi

ng o

r re

view

ing

plan

s

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

153

Met

hod

7: In

form

atio

n ab

out

high

nat

ural

ch

arac

ter

in t

he c

oast

al e

nviro

nmen

tW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

154

Als

o c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icy

6; E

nerg

y, in

fras

truc

ture

and

was

te (T

able

3) p

olic

y 39

; H

isto

ric h

erita

ge (T

able

5) p

olic

y 46

; Ind

igen

ous

ecos

yste

ms

(Tab

le 6

a) p

olic

y 47

; Lan

dsca

pe (T

able

7) p

olic

y 50

; Re

gion

al f

orm

, des

ign

and

func

tion

(Tab

le 9

) pol

icy

54; R

esou

rce

man

agem

ent

with

tan

gata

whe

nua

(Tab

le 1

0)

polic

ies

48 &

49

Polic

y 38

: Ide

ntify

ing

the

land

war

d ex

tent

of

the

coas

tal

envi

ronm

ent

– co

nsid

erat

ion

119

Met

hod

4: R

esou

rce

cons

ents

, not

ices

of

requ

irem

ent

and

whe

n ch

angi

ng, v

aryi

ng o

r re

view

ing

plan

s

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

153

Als

o c

on

sid

er –

Res

ourc

e m

anag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta w

henu

a (T

able

10)

pol

icie

s 48

& 4

9

Ob

ject

ive

5

Are

as o

f th

e co

asta

l en

viro

nmen

t w

here

nat

ural

ch

arac

ter

has

been

deg

rade

d ar

e re

stor

ed a

nd r

ehab

ilita

ted.

Polic

y 6:

Rec

ogni

sing

the

re

gion

al s

igni

fican

ce o

f Po

rirua

H

arbo

ur (i

nclu

ding

Pau

atah

anui

In

let

and

One

poto

Arm

) –

dist

rict

and

regi

onal

pla

ns

94M

etho

d 30

: Pre

pare

a h

arbo

ur a

nd c

atch

men

t m

anag

emen

t st

rate

gy f

or P

oriru

a H

arbo

urW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil,

Por

irua

City

Cou

ncil

and

Wel

lingt

on C

ity C

ounc

il15

8

Als

o s

ee –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 3

& 5

; Fre

shw

ater

(Tab

le 4

) pol

icie

s 12

, 14,

15,

17

& 1

8;H

isto

ric

herit

age

(Tab

le 5

) pol

icie

s 21

& 2

2; In

dige

nous

eco

syst

ems

(Tab

le 6

a) p

olic

ies

23 &

24;

Lan

dsca

pe (T

able

7) p

olic

ies

27

& 2

8; a

nd

co

nsi

der

– C

oast

al e

nviro

nmen

t (T

able

2) p

olic

ies

35, 3

6, 3

7, 3

8 &

53;

Fre

shw

ater

(Tab

le 4

) pol

icie

s 40

, 41

, 42

& 4

3; H

isto

ric h

erita

ge (T

able

5) p

olic

y 46

; Lan

dsca

pe (T

able

7) p

olic

y 50

; Reg

iona

l for

m, d

esig

n an

d fu

nctio

n (T

able

9) p

olic

ies

55 &

56;

Res

ourc

e m

anag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta w

henu

a (T

able

10)

pol

icie

s 48

& 4

9

Polic

y 64

: Sup

port

ing

a w

hole

of

cat

chm

ent

appr

oach

– n

on-

regu

lato

ry

143

Met

hod

8: In

form

atio

n ab

out

rest

orat

ion

and

enha

ncem

ent

of d

egra

ded

wat

er b

odie

s an

d th

e na

tura

l cha

ract

er o

f th

e co

asta

l env

ironm

ent

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

155

Met

hod

27: I

nteg

rate

man

agem

ent

acro

ss m

ean

high

wat

er s

prin

gsW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

and

city

and

di

stric

t co

unci

ls15

7

Met

hod

28: P

repa

re a

coa

stal

and

mar

ine

ecos

yste

ms

actio

n pl

anW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

158

Met

hod

29: T

ake

a w

hole

of

catc

hmen

t ap

proa

ch

to w

orks

, ope

ratio

ns a

nd s

ervi

ces

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il* a

nd c

ity a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

158

Met

hod

53: S

uppo

rt c

omm

unity

res

tora

tion

initi

ativ

es f

or t

he c

oast

al e

nviro

nmen

t, r

iver

s la

kes

and

wet

land

s

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

162


Ob

ject

ive

Polic

y ti

tles

Pag

eM

eth

od

tit

les

Imp

lem

enta

tio

n

(* le

ad a

uth

ori

ty)

Pag

e

Ob

ject

ive

6

The

qual

ity o

f co

asta

l wat

ers

is m

aint

aine

d or

enh

ance

d to

a

leve

l tha

t is

sui

tabl

e fo

r th

e he

alth

and

vita

lity

of c

oast

al

and

mar

ine

ecos

yste

ms.

Polic

y 5:

Mai

ntai

ning

and

en

hanc

ing

coas

tal w

ater

qu

ality

for

aqu

atic

eco

syst

em

heal

th –

reg

iona

l pla

ns

94M

etho

d 2:

Reg

iona

l pla

n im

plem

enta

tion

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il 15

3

Met

hod

35: P

repa

re a

reg

iona

l sto

rmw

ater

ac

tion

plan

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il* a

nd c

ity a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

159

Met

hod

36: S

uppo

rt In

dust

ry-le

d en

viro

nmen

tal

acco

rds

and

code

s of

pra

ctic

eW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

and

city

and

di

stric

t co

unci

ls15

9

Als

o s

ee –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icy

6; E

nerg

y, in

fras

truc

ture

and

was

te (T

able

3) p

olic

ies

7 &

8; F

resh

w

ater

(Tab

le 4

) pol

icie

s 12

, 14,

15,

16,

17

& 1

8; In

dige

nous

eco

syst

ems

(Tab

le 6

a) p

olic

y 24

; Soi

ls a

nd m

iner

als

(Tab

le

11) p

olic

y 15

an

d c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 35

& 3

7; E

nerg

y, in

fras

truc

ture

and

was

te (T

able

3)

pol

icy

39; F

resh

wat

er (T

able

4) p

olic

ies

40, 4

1 &

43;

Indi

geno

us e

cosy

stem

s (T

able

6a)

pol

icy

47; R

egio

nal f

orm

, de

sign

and

fun

ctio

n (T

able

9) p

olic

y 54

; Res

ourc

e m

anag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta w

henu

a (T

able

10)

pol

icie

s 48

& 4

9

Polic

y 6:

Rec

ogni

sing

the

re

gion

al s

igni

fican

ce o

f Po

rirua

H

arbo

ur (i

nclu

ding

Pau

atah

anui

In

let

and

One

poto

Arm

) –

dist

rict

and

regi

onal

pla

ns

94M

etho

d 30

: Pre

pare

a h

arbo

ur a

nd c

atch

men

t m

anag

emen

t st

rate

gy f

or P

oriru

a H

arbo

urW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil,

Por

irua

City

Cou

ncil

and

Wel

lingt

on C

ity C

ounc

il15

8

Als

o s

ee –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 3

& 5

; Fre

shw

ater

(Tab

le 4

) pol

icie

s 12

, 14,

15,

17

& 1

8;H

isto

ric

herit

age

(Tab

le 5

) pol

icie

s 21

& 2

2; In

dige

nous

eco

syst

ems

(Tab

le 6

a) p

olic

ies

23 &

24;

Lan

dsca

pe (T

able

7) p

olic

ies

27 &

28;

an

d c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 35

, 36,

37,

38

& 5

3; F

resh

wat

er (T

able

4) p

olic

ies

40, 4

1, 4

2 &

43;

His

toric

her

itage

(Tab

le 5

) pol

icy

46; L

ands

cape

(Tab

le 7

) pol

icy

50; R

egio

nal f

orm

, des

ign

and

func

tion

(Tab

le 9

) pol

icie

s 55

& 5

6; R

esou

rce

man

agem

ent

with

tan

gata

whe

nua

(Tab

le 1

0) p

olic

ies

48 &

49

Polic

y 40

: Saf

egua

rdin

g aq

uatic

ec

osys

tem

hea

lth in

wat

er

bodi

es –

con

side

ratio

n

120

Met

hod

4: R

esou

rce

cons

ents

, not

ices

of

requ

irem

ent

and

whe

n ch

angi

ng, v

aryi

ng o

r re

view

ing

plan

s

City

and

dis

tric

t co

unci

ls15

3

Met

hod

35: P

repa

re a

reg

iona

l sto

rmw

ater

ac

tion

plan

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il* a

nd c

ity a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

159

Met

hod

36: S

uppo

rt In

dust

ry-le

d en

viro

nmen

tal

acco

rds

and

code

s of

pra

ctic

eW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

and

city

and

di

stric

t co

unci

ls15

9

Als

o c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 35

, 37

& 3

8; E

nerg

y, in

fras

truc

ture

and

was

te (T

able

3) p

olic

y 39

; Fre

sh w

ater

(Tab

le 4

) pol

icie

s 41

, 42

& 4

3; In

dige

nous

eco

syst

ems

(Tab

le 6

a) p

olic

y 47

; Reg

iona

l for

m, d

esig

n an

d fu

nctio

n (T

able

9) p

olic

ies

54, 5

5 &

56;

Res

ourc

e m

anag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta w

henu

a (T

able

10)

pol

icie

s 48

& 4

9


Ob

ject

ives

Polic

y ti

tles

Pag

eM

eth

od

tit

les

Imp

lem

enta

tio

n

(* le

ad a

uth

ori

ty)

Pag

e

Ob

ject

ive

7

The

inte

grity

, fun

ctio

ning

an

d re

silie

nce

of p

hysi

cal

and

ecol

ogic

al p

roce

sses

in

the

coas

tal e

nviro

nmen

t ar

e pr

otec

ted

from

the

adv

erse

ef

fect

s of

inap

prop

riate

su

bdiv

isio

n, u

se a

nd

deve

lopm

ent.

Polic

y 6:

Rec

ogni

sing

the

re

gion

al s

igni

fican

ce o

f Po

rirua

H

arbo

ur (i

nclu

ding

Pau

atah

anui

In

let

and

One

poto

Arm

) –

dist

rict

and

regi

onal

pla

ns

94M

etho

d 30

: Pre

pare

a h

arbo

ur a

nd c

atch

men

t m

anag

emen

t st

rate

gy f

or P

oriru

a H

arbo

urW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil,

Por

irua

City

Cou

ncil

and

Wel

lingt

on C

ity C

ounc

il15

8

Als

o s

ee –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 3

& 5

; Fre

shw

ater

(Tab

le 4

) pol

icie

s 12

, 14,

15,

17

& 1

8; H

isto

ric

herit

age

(Tab

le 5

) pol

icie

s 21

& 2

2; In

dige

nous

eco

syst

ems

(Tab

le 6

a) p

olic

ies

23 &

24

Land

scap

e (T

able

7) p

olic

ies

27

& 2

8; a

nd

co

nsi

der

– C

oast

al e

nviro

nmen

t (T

able

2) p

olic

ies

35, 3

6, 3

7, 3

8 &

53;

Fre

shw

ater

(Tab

le 4

) pol

icie

s 40

, 41

, 42

& 4

3; H

isto

ric h

erita

ge (T

able

5) p

olic

y 46

; Lan

dsca

pe (T

able

7) p

olic

y 50

; Reg

iona

l for

m, d

esig

n an

d fu

nctio

n (T

able

9) p

olic

ies

55 &

56;

Res

ourc

e m

anag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta w

henu

a (T

able

10)

pol

icie

s 48

& 4

9

Polic

y 37

: Saf

egua

rdin

g lif

e-su

ppor

ting

capa

city

of

coas

tal

ecos

yste

ms

– co

nsid

erat

ion

118

Met

hod

4: R

esou

rce

cons

ents

, not

ices

of

requ

irem

ent

and

whe

n ch

angi

ng, v

aryi

ng o

r re

view

ing

plan

s

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

153

Als

o c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 6,

34,

37

& 3

9; E

nerg

y, in

fras

truc

ture

and

was

te (T

able

3)

polic

y 39

; Fre

sh w

ater

(Tab

le 4

) pol

icie

s 40

, 41,

42

& 4

3; In

dige

nous

eco

syst

ems

(Tab

le 6

a) p

olic

y 47

; Nat

ural

haz

ards

(T

able

8a)

pol

icy

52; R

egio

nal f

orm

, des

ign

and

func

tion

(Tab

le 9

) pol

icie

s 54

, 55

& 5

6; R

esou

rce

man

agem

ent

with

ta

ngat

a w

henu

a (T

able

10)

pol

icie

s 48

& 4

9

Ob

ject

ive

8

Publ

ic a

cces

s to

and

alo

ng t

he

coas

tal m

arin

e ar

ea, l

akes

and

riv

ers

is e

nhan

ced

(obj

ectiv

e 8

is s

hare

d fo

r th

e co

asta

l en

viro

nmen

t an

d fr

esh

wat

er).

Polic

y 53

: Pub

lic a

cces

s to

and

al

ong

the

coas

tal m

arin

e ar

ea,

lake

s an

d riv

ers

– co

nsid

erat

ion

132

Met

hod

4: R

esou

rce

cons

ents

, not

ices

of

requ

irem

ent

and

whe

n ch

angi

ng, v

aryi

ng o

r re

view

ing

plan

s

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

153

Met

hod

51: I

dent

ify a

reas

for

impr

oved

pub

lic

acce

ssW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil*

and

city

and

di

stric

t co

unci

ls16

1

Als

o c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 6,

35

& 3

6; E

nerg

y, in

fras

truc

ture

and

was

te (T

able

3) p

olic

y 39

; Fre

sh w

ater

(Tab

le 4

) pol

icy

43; H

isto

ric h

erita

ge (T

able

5) p

olic

y 46

; Ind

igen

ous

ecos

yste

ms

(Tab

le 6

a) p

olic

y 47

; La

ndsc

ape

(Tab

le 7

) pol

icy

50; N

atur

al h

azar

ds (T

able

8a)

pol

icy

51; R

esou

rce

man

agem

ent

with

tan

gata

whe

nua

(Tab

le 1

0) p

olic

ies

48 &

49


(a) Energy

NewZealand’senergyneedshavelargelybeenmetfromcoal,oil,gas,hydroandgeothermalresources.NewZealandreliesonimportedoilforaroundhalfofitsenergyneeds.Electricitysupply has been dominated by hydro generation, with fossil fuels used as a backup to meet peak demand and in dry years.

EnergygenerationoperationsintheWellingtonregionincludewind,hydroandlandfillgas.ResourceconsenthasbeengrantedforatrialmarineenergydevelopmentinCookStrait.

Energyisdistributedtoandutilisedbyfivemainsectorsintheregion:transport,agriculture,industrial, commercial and residential. Demand for energy from all sectors continues to grow,withthemostsignificantgrowthcomingfromtransport.

Traditional energy sources will not be able to meet increasing energy demand. The region is vulnerable to oil supply disruptions (as a result of international circumstances) andfluctuationstohydrogenerationduringdryyears.

Inthelongterm,energypricesarelikelytoriseasglobaloildemandapproaches,andthenexceeds,theabilitytosupply.Manyaspectsofsociety–suchastransport,agriculture,trade,tourism, and manufacturing – are heavily dependent on oil, and continuing oil price rises and other risks to supply may lead to severe impacts on the Wellington region’s economy. Appropriateuseandmanagementofsuchresourceswillbecriticalinmeetingtheregion’squalityoflifeinthefuture.

There is also the challenge of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels to meet international climate change obligations.

TheWellingtonregionfacesseveralmajorlong-termenergychallenges,includingrespondingto climate change and tackling carbon emissions, especially from transportation and energy generation.Otherchallengesaresecuringclean,renewableenergyataffordablepricesandusing it efficiently, aswell as responding to impacts on the region fromoil depletion antherisingcostsofoil.Thismeanslookingtomakebetteruseofexistingenergyresourcesthroughenergyconservationandefficiency,betterutilisingtheregion’srenewableenergyresources, and looking at ways that the impacts from oil price increases and oil depletion can be mitigated.

3.3 Energy, infrastructure and waste


The New Zealand Energy Strategy (2007), the New Zealand Energy Efficiency andConservationStrategy(2007)andtheNewZealandTransportStrategy(2008)outlineNewZealand’sactionsonenergyandclimatechange.Theobjectives,policiesandmethodsonenergy in this Regional Policy Statement will assist with making progress towards national targets.Thereare,however,anumberoftargets–suchasreducingcarbondioxide-equivalentemissionsfromtransport–wheretheRegionalPolicyStatementhaslimitedinfluence.

The region contains significantly greater renewable energy resources than are currentlyused.Wind, biofuels and solar (for hot water systems), have been identified as possiblerenewableenergygenerationsourcesfortheregion.Thereisalsothepotentialfordomestic-scaleandsmall-scaledistributedrenewableenergygenerationincludingsmall-scalehydrointheregion.TidalcurrentsinCookStraitand,toalesserextent,waveactioninCookStraitand off theWairarapa coast are also potentially significant renewable energy resources,buttechnologicaladvancesarerequiredtorealisethispotential.NewZealandhaslimitedlocationsappropriateformarineenergydevelopmentandtheCookStraithasoneofthebesttidal/ocean current resources in the country.

(b) Infrastructure

The roading network, airports, the port, telecommunication facilities, the rail network and other utilities and infrastructure, including energy generation, transmission and distribution networks, are significantphysical resources.This infrastructure formspartofnationalorregional networks and enables communities to provide for their social, economic, and cultural wellbeingandtheirhealthandsafety.Theefficientuseanddevelopmentofsuchinfrastructurecanbeadverselyaffectedbydevelopment.Forexample,landdevelopmentcanencroachoninfrastructureorinterferewithitsefficientuse.Infrastructurecanalsohaveanadverseeffecton thesurroundingenvironment.Forexample, theoperationoruseof infrastructurecancreatenoisewhichmayadverselyimpactsurroundingcommunities.Theseeffectsneedtobebalanced to determine what is appropriate for the individual circumstances.

TheNational Policy Statement on Electricity Transmission (2008) sets out objectives andpoliciestoenablethemanagementofeffectsonandoftheelectricitytransmissionnetworkunder theResourceManagementAct. The Statement recognises that efficient and secureelectricity transmissionplaysavital role in thewell-beingofNewZealandandmakes itexplicitthatelectricitytransmissionistobeconsideredamatterofnationalsignificance.

(c) Waste

Dealing with waste is a mounting problem because some of the resources discarded still have value,landfillsuselandthatcouldbeotherwiseproductiveandlandfilldisposalhasadverseeffectsontheenvironment.Thesecanincludereversesensitivityeffects,wherebyanewlyestablishedactivitymaybeadverselyaffectedbyanexistinglandfillandmayneedtoprotectitselffromtheseeffects.

Landfills should be the last resort for unwantedmaterials. This is because they produceleachateandmethanegasfromthedegradationofmaterialsandorganicmatter,andbecauselandfillspaceisfinite.In2004therewere10municipallandfillsintheWellingtonregion,in2007therewerefive,andtwomorewillcloseoverthenexttenyears.


The amount of waste needs to be reduced to ensure potentially valuable resources are used efficiently,reducetheneedtodevelopnewlandfillsandextendthelifeofexistinglandfills.Cleanfillsareonewaytoextendthelifeoflandfillsbydivertingcleaninertwastefromthelandfillwastestream.In2007nearly400,000tonnesofmaterialwassenttolandfillsintheWellingtonregion.Atleast20percentandinsomeareasasmuchas60to70percentcouldhavebeenrecycledorcomposted.ThisoccursbecausethereisnomarketforthefinalproductortherearenofacilitiesinNewZealandtoprocessthematerials.Whilesomematerialsaresentoverseasforrecyclingorresourcerecovery,thisoptionmaynotbeviableinthelong-term,sofindinglocalsolutionswillbecomemoreimportant.

TheLocalGovernmentActrequirescityanddistrictcouncilstopreparewastemanagementplans that make provision for the collection and reduction, reuse, recycling, recovery, treatment, ordisposalofwasteinthedistrict,andprovideforitseffectiveandefficientimplementation.The Regional Policy Statement has no role in the development or implementation of waste management plans.

TheregionallysignificantissuesandtheissuesofsignificancetotheWellingtonregion’siwiauthorities for energy, infrastructure and waste are:

1. Energy TheWellingtonregionisdependentonexternallygeneratedelectricityandoverseas-sourcedfossil fuels and is therefore vulnerable to supply disruptions and energy shortages. Inaddition,demandforenergyisincreasing.However,significantrenewableenergyresourcesexistwithintheregion.

2. InfrastructureInfrastructure enables communities to provide for their social, economic and culturalwellbeing.Themanagement,useandoperationofinfrastructurecanbeadverselyaffectedwhen incompatible land uses occur under, over, or adjacent.

3. WasteWe cannot continue to generate the current waste volumes because of the costs of disposal, limited space in existing landfills and because it is inefficient to dispose of potentiallyvaluableresources.Developingnewlandfillsalsoposessignificantchallengeseconomically,environmentally and socially.

Table 3: Energy, infrastructure and waste Objectives 9 & 10

Table 9: Regional form Objective 22

Table 3: Energy, infrastructure and waste Objective 11



Tab

le 3

: En

erg

y, in

fras

tru

ctu

re a

nd

was

te o

bje

ctiv

es a

nd

tit

les

of

po

licie

s an

d m

eth

od

s to

ach

ieve

th

e o

bje

ctiv

es

Ob

ject

ive

Polic

y ti

tles

Pag

eM

eth

od

tit

les

Imp

lem

enta

tio

n

(* le

ad a

uth

ori

ty)

Pag

e

Ob

ject

ive

9

The

regi

on’s

ener

gy n

eeds

are

m

et in

way

s th

at:

(a) i

mpr

ove

ener

gy e

ffici

ency

an

d co

nser

vatio

n;

(b) d

iver

sify

the

typ

e an

d sc

ale

of r

enew

able

ene

rgy

deve

lopm

ent;

(c) m

axim

ise

the

use

of

rene

wab

le e

nerg

y re

sour

ces;

(d) r

educ

e de

pend

ency

on

foss

il fu

els;

and

(e) r

educ

e gr

eenh

ouse

gas

em

issi

ons

from

tra

nspo

rtat

ion.

Polic

y 7:

Rec

ogni

sing

the

be

nefit

s fr

om r

enew

able

en

ergy

and

reg

iona

lly

sign

ifica

nt in

fras

truc

ture

–

regi

onal

and

dis

tric

t pl

ans

95M

etho

d 1:

Dis

tric

t pl

an im

plem

enta

tion

City

and

dis

tric

t co

unci

ls15

3

Met

hod

2: R

egio

nal p

lan

impl

emen

tatio

nW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

153

Als

o s

ee –

Air

qual

ity (T

able

1) p

olic

ies

1 &

2; C

oast

al e

nviro

nmen

t (T

able

2) p

olic

ies

3 &

5; E

nerg

y, in

fras

truc

ture

an

d w

aste

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icie

s 8

& 1

1; F

resh

wat

er (T

able

4) p

olic

ies

12, 1

3, 1

4, 1

7, 1

8 &

19;

His

toric

her

itage

(Tab

le

5) p

olic

y 22

; Ind

igen

ous

ecos

yste

ms

(Tab

le 6

a) p

olic

y 24

; Lan

dsca

pe (T

able

7) p

olic

ies

26 &

28;

Nat

ural

haz

ards

(T

able

8a)

pol

icy

29 a

nd

co

nsi

der

– C

oast

al e

nviro

nmen

t (T

able

2) p

olic

ies

35, 3

6 &

37;

Ene

rgy,

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd

was

te (T

able

3) p

olic

y 39

; Fre

sh w

ater

(Tab

le 4

) pol

icie

s 40

, 41,

42,

43

& 4

4; H

isto

ric h

erita

ge (T

able

5) p

olic

y 46

; In

dige

nous

eco

syst

ems

(Tab

le 6

a) p

olic

y 47

; Lan

dsca

pe (T

able

7) p

olic

y 50

; Nat

ural

haz

ards

(Tab

le 8

a) p

olic

y 51

; Re

gion

al f

orm

, des

ign

and

func

tion

(Tab

le 9

) pol

icie

s 54

, 55,

56,

57

& 5

8; R

esou

rce

man

agem

ent

with

tan

gata

w

henu

a (T

able

10)

pol

icie

s 48

& 4

9

Polic

y 9:

Red

ucin

g th

e us

e an

d co

nsum

ptio

n of

non

-re

new

able

tra

nspo

rt f

uels

and

ca

rbon

dio

xide

em

issi

ons

from

tr

ansp

orta

tion

– Re

gion

al L

and

Tran

spor

t St

rate

gy

96M

etho

d 3:

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal L

and

Tran

spor

t St

rate

gy im

plem

enta

tion

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il 15

3

Als

o s

ee –

Ene

rgy,

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd w

aste

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icy

10; R

egio

nal f

orm

, des

ign

and

func

tion

(Tab

le 9

) po

licy

33

Polic

y 10

: Pro

mot

ing

trav

el

dem

and

man

agem

ent

– di

stric

t pl

ans

and

Regi

onal

Lan

d Tr

ansp

ort

Stra

tegy

97M

etho

d 1:

Dis

tric

t pl

an im

plem

enta

tion

City

and

dis

tric

t co

unci

ls15

3

Met

hod

3: W

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Lan

d Tr

ansp

ort

Stra

tegy

impl

emen

tatio

nW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

153

Met

hod

9: In

form

atio

n ab

out

trav

el d

eman

d m

anag

emen

tW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil*

and

city

and

di

stric

t co

unci

ls15

5

Als

o s

ee –

Air

qual

ity (T

able

1) p

olic

y 2;

Ene

rgy,

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd w

aste

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icie

s 7,

8 &

11;

Reg

iona

l for

m,

desi

gn a

nd f

unct

ion

(Tab

le 9

) pol

icie

s 31

& 3

2 an

d c

on

sid

er –

Ene

rgy,

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd w

aste

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icy

39;

Regi

onal

for

m, d

esig

n an

d fu

nctio

n (T

able

9) p

olic

ies

55, 5

6, 5

7 &

58;

Res

ourc

e m

anag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta w

henu

a (T

able

10)

pol

icie

s 48

& 4

9

Polic

y 11

: Pro

mot

ing

ener

gy

effic

ient

des

ign

and

smal

l sca

le

rene

wab

le e

nerg

y ge

nera

tion

– di

stric

t pl

ans

97M

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10: I

nfor

mat

ion

abou

t en

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bdiv

isio

n, d

esig

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d bu

ildin

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velo

pmen

tW

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gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil*

and

city

and

di

stric

t co

unci

ls15

5

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o s

ee –

Air

qual

ity (T

able

1) p

olic

y 2;

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icy

3; E

nerg

y, in

fras

truc

ture

and

was

te

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icie

s 7,

8 &

10;

Fre

shw

ater

(Tab

le 4

) pol

icie

s 12

, 13,

17,

18,

19

& 2

0; H

isto

ric h

erita

ge (T

able

5) p

olic

y 22

; Ind

igen

ous

ecos

yste

ms

(Tab

le 6

a) p

olic

y 24

; Lan

dsca

pe (T

able

7) p

olic

ies

26 &

28

and

co

nsi

der

– C

oast

al

envi

ronm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 35

, 36

& 3

7; E

nerg

y, in

fras

truc

ture

and

was

te (T

able

3) p

olic

y 39

; Fre

sh w

ater

(Tab

le

4) p

olic

ies

40 &

43;

His

toric

her

itage

(Tab

le 5

) pol

icy

46; I

ndig

enou

s ec

osys

tem

s (T

able

6a)

pol

icy

47; L

ands

cape

(T

able

7) p

olic

ies

50; R

egio

nal f

orm

, des

ign

and

func

tion

(Tab

le 9

) pol

icie

s 54

, 56

& 5

7; R

esou

rce

man

agem

ent

with

ta

ngat

a w

henu

a (T

able

10)

pol

icie

s 48

& 4

9


Ob

ject

ives

Polic

y ti

tles

Pag

eM

eth

od

tit

les

Imp

lem

enta

tio

n

(* le

ad a

uth

ori

ty)

Pag

e

Ob

ject

ive

9

(Con

tinue

d)

Polic

y 39

: Rec

ogni

sing

the

be

nefit

s fr

om r

enew

able

en

ergy

and

reg

iona

lly

sign

ifica

nt in

fras

truc

ture

–

cons

ider

atio

n

119

Met

hod

4: R

esou

rce

cons

ents

, not

ices

of

requ

irem

ent

and

whe

n ch

angi

ng, v

aryi

ng o

r re

view

ing

plan

s

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

153

Als

o c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 35

, 36,

37

& 3

8; F

resh

wat

er (T

able

4) p

olic

ies

40, 4

1, 4

2 &

43;

His

toric

her

itage

(Tab

le 5

) pol

icy

46; I

ndig

enou

s ec

osys

tem

s (T

able

6a)

pol

icy

47; L

ands

cape

(Tab

le 7

) pol

icy

50; N

atur

al h

azar

ds (T

able

8a)

pol

icy

51; R

egio

nal f

orm

, des

ign

and

func

tion

(Tab

le 9

) pol

icie

s 54

, 55,

56,

57

& 5

8;

Reso

urce

man

agem

ent

with

tan

gata

whe

nua

(Tab

le 1

0) p

olic

ies

48 &

49

Polic

y 57

: Int

egra

ting

land

us

e an

d tr

ansp

orta

tion-

co

nsid

erat

ion

135

Met

hod

4: R

esou

rce

cons

ents

, not

ices

of

requ

irem

ent

and

whe

n ch

angi

ng, v

aryi

ng o

r re

view

ing

plan

s

City

and

dis

tric

t co

unci

ls15

3

Met

hod

25: I

nfor

mat

ion

abou

t th

e pr

ovis

ion

of w

alki

ng, c

yclin

g an

d pu

blic

tra

nspo

rt f

or

deve

lopm

ent

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il15

7

Als

o c

on

sid

er –

Ene

rgy,

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd w

aste

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icy

39; R

egio

nal f

orm

, des

ign

and

func

tion

(Tab

le 9

) po

licie

s 54

, 55,

56

& 5

8; R

esou

rce

man

agem

ent

with

tan

gata

whe

nua

(Tab

le 1

0) p

olic

ies

48 &

49;

Soi

ls a

nd m

iner

als

(Tab

le 1

1) p

olic

y 60

Polic

y 65

: Pro

mot

ing

effic

ient

us

e an

d co

nser

vatio

n of

re

sour

ces

– no

n-re

gula

tory

144

Met

hod

10: I

nfor

mat

ion

abou

t en

ergy

effi

cien

t su

bdiv

isio

n, d

esig

n an

d bu

ildin

g de

velo

pmen

tW

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gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil*

and

city

and

di

stric

t co

unci

ls15

5

Met

hod

33: I

dent

ify s

usta

inab

le e

nerg

y pr

ogra

mm

esW

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gton

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iona

l Cou

ncil

and

city

and

di

stric

t co

unci

ls15

8

Met

hod

56: A

ssis

t th

e co

mm

unity

to

redu

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aste

, an

d us

e w

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and

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ject

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10

The

soci

al, e

cono

mic

, cul

tura

l an

d en

viro

nmen

tal,

bene

fits

of r

egio

nally

sig

nific

ant

infr

astr

uctu

re a

re r

ecog

nise

d an

d pr

otec

ted.

Polic

y 7:

Rec

ogni

sing

the

be

nefit

s fr

om r

enew

able

en

ergy

and

reg

iona

lly

sign

ifica

nt in

fras

truc

ture

–

regi

onal

and

dis

tric

t pl

ans

95M

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tric

t pl

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nal p

lan

impl

emen

tatio

nW

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iona

l Cou

ncil

153

Als

o s

ee –

Air

qual

ity (T

able

1) p

olic

ies

1 &

2; C

oast

al e

nviro

nmen

t (T

able

2) p

olic

ies

3 &

5; E

nerg

y, in

fras

truc

ture

an

d w

aste

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icie

s 8

& 1

1; F

resh

wat

er (T

able

4) p

olic

ies

12, 1

3, 1

4, 1

7, 1

8 &

19;

His

toric

her

itage

(Tab

le

5) p

olic

y 22

; Ind

igen

ous

ecos

yste

ms

(Tab

le 6

a) p

olic

y 24

; Lan

dsca

pe (T

able

7) p

olic

ies

26 &

28;

Nat

ural

haz

ards

(T

able

8a)

pol

icy

29 a

nd

co

nsi

der

– C

oast

al e

nviro

nmen

t (T

able

2) p

olic

ies

35, 3

6 &

37;

Ene

rgy,

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd

was

te (T

able

3) p

olic

y 39

; Fre

sh w

ater

(Tab

le 4

) pol

icie

s 40

, 41,

42,

43

& 4

4; H

isto

ric h

erita

ge (T

able

5) p

olic

y 46

; In

dige

nous

eco

syst

ems

(Tab

le 6

a) p

olic

y 47

; Lan

dsca

pe (T

able

7) p

olic

y 50

; Nat

ural

haz

ards

(Tab

le 8

a) p

olic

y 51

; Re

gion

al f

orm

, des

ign

and

func

tion

(Tab

le 9

) pol

icie

s 54

, 55,

56,

57

& 5

8; R

esou

rce

man

agem

ent

with

tan

gata

w

henu

a (T

able

10)

pol

icie

s 48

& 4

9


Ob

ject

ive

Polic

y ti

tles

Pag

eM

eth

od

tit

les

Imp

lem

enta

tio

n

(* le

ad a

uth

ori

ty)

Pag

e

Ob

ject

ive

10

(Con

tinue

d)

Polic

y 8:

Pro

tect

ing

regi

onal

ly

sign

ifica

nt in

fras

truc

ture

–

regi

onal

and

dis

tric

t pl

ans

96M

etho

d 1:

Dis

tric

t pl

an im

plem

enta

tion

City

and

dis

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t co

unci

ls15

3

Met

hod

2: R

egio

nal p

lan

impl

emen

tatio

nW

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gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

153

Als

o s

ee –

Air

qual

ity (T

able

1) p

olic

ies

1 &

2; C

oast

al e

nviro

nmen

t (T

able

2) p

olic

ies

3 &

5; E

nerg

y, in

fras

truc

ture

an

d w

aste

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icie

s 7,

9, 1

0 &

11;

Fre

sh w

ater

(Tab

le 4

) pol

icie

s 12

, 13,

14,

18

& 1

9; H

isto

ric h

erita

ge (T

able

5)

pol

icy

22; I

ndig

enou

s ec

osys

tem

s (T

able

6a)

pol

icy

24; L

ands

cape

(Tab

le 7

) pol

icie

s 26

& 2

8; N

atur

al h

azar

ds

(Tab

le 8

a) p

olic

y 29

an

d c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 35

, 36,

37

& 3

8; E

nerg

y, in

fras

truc

ture

an

d w

aste

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icy

39; F

resh

wat

er (T

able

4) p

olic

ies

40, 4

1, 4

2 &

43;

His

toric

her

itage

(Tab

le 5

) pol

icy

46;

Indi

geno

us e

cosy

stem

s (T

able

6a)

pol

icy

47; L

ands

cape

(Tab

le 7

) pol

icy

50; N

atur

al h

azar

ds (T

able

8a)

pol

icy

51;

Regi

onal

for

m, d

esig

n an

d fu

nctio

n (T

able

9) p

olic

ies

54, 5

5, 5

6, 5

7 &

58;

Res

ourc

e m

anag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta

whe

nua

(Tab

le 1

0) p

olic

ies

48 &

49

Polic

y 39

: Rec

ogni

sing

the

be

nefit

s fr

om r

enew

able

en

ergy

and

reg

iona

lly

sign

ifica

nt in

fras

truc

ture

–

cons

ider

atio

n

119

Met

hod

4: R

esou

rce

cons

ents

, not

ices

of

requ

irem

ent

and

whe

n ch

angi

ng, v

aryi

ng o

r re

view

ing

plan

s

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

153

Als

o c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 35

, 36,

37

& 3

8; F

resh

wat

er (T

able

4) p

olic

ies

40, 4

1, 4

2 &

43;

His

toric

her

itage

(Tab

le 5

) pol

icy

46; I

ndig

enou

s ec

osys

tem

s (T

able

6a)

pol

icy

47; L

ands

cape

(Tab

le 7

) pol

icy

50; N

atur

al h

azar

ds (T

able

8a)

pol

icy

51; R

egio

nal f

orm

, des

ign

and

func

tion

(Tab

le 9

) pol

icie

s 54

, 55,

56,

57

& 5

8;

Reso

urce

man

agem

ent

with

tan

gata

whe

nua

(Tab

le 1

0) p

olic

ies

48 &

49

Ob

ject

ive

11

The

quan

tity

of w

aste

dis

pose

d of

is r

educ

ed.

Polic

y 65

: Pro

mot

ing

effic

ient

us

e an

d co

nser

vatio

n of

re

sour

ces

– no

n-re

gula

tory

144

Met

hod

17: I

nfor

mat

ion

abou

t w

aste

man

agem

ent

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

156

Met

hod

56: A

ssis

t th

e co

mm

unity

to

redu

ce w

aste

, an

d us

e w

ater

and

ene

rgy

effic

ient

lyW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

and

city

and

di

stric

t co

unci

ls16

2


3.4 Fresh water (including public access)

Freshwaterisintegraltoourhealth,wellbeing,livelihoodandculture.Freshwaterisessentialfor our economy anddefines our landscape and sustains ecosystems. People value cleanfresh water for many reasons – economic, recreational, aesthetic, ecological and cultural. It is amatter of national importance to protectwetlands, lakes, rivers and streams frominappropriate use and development.

The region’s fresh water has to meet a range of uses valued by the community. There is a range ofdifferingusesandvaluesassociatedwithfreshwater.Theresourceneedstobeavailableto meet the needs of both current and future generations. This range of uses and values leads tomultiplepressuresonthequantityandqualityofthefreshwaterwhichcancumulativelyimpact on the availability andvalueof the resource foruse.This is a complex issue thatinvolvesmultiple resourceuserswithdifferingvalues.Awholeof catchmentapproach isparticularlyusefulforunderstandingandmanagingthesecomplexities.Itisalsoimportantthattheflowofwaterismanagedappropriately.

Māoriconsiderfreshwatertobeasignificanttaonga(valuedresource)thatplaysacentralroleinbothspiritualandsecularrealms.IntheMāoriworldview,waterrepresentsthelifebloodoftheland.Theconditionofwaterisareflectionofthestateoftheland,andthisinturnisareflectionofthehealthofthepeople.

In their natural state, river catchments andwetlands cleanse and purifywater, rechargegroundwaterandreducetheextremesofflooding.Rivers,lakesandwetlandsprovidehabitatforaquaticlife,butwhentheyandtheircatchmentsaredegradedthewaterbodies’abilitytosupporthealthyfunctioningaquaticecosystemsisreduced.

Monitoring of the region’s rivers shows that many urban and lowland pastoral streamsregularlyfailwaterqualityguidelines.Themostcommonreasonsforfailingarehighlevelsofnutrientsorbacteria,orpoorclarity.Biologicalmonitoringshowsthataquatichealth isalsopoorestinthesestreams.Theadverseeffectsoferosionandsedimentrun-offonfreshwaterarediscussedinsection3.11SoilandMinerals.

Urban streams are affected by stormwater discharges, especially when there are highproportions of impervious cover – such as roofs and roads – in the catchment. Stormwater, which generally has little or no treatment, contains sediments and bacteria, as well aspersistent contaminants – like heavy metals – which accumulate in stream sediments and eventually in the coastal environments where the streams discharge. These contaminants affectfreshwaterfishandinvertebratesandcanhavechronic long-termadverseeffectsonriverandcoastalecosystems.Urbanlandusesalsoaffectwaterqualityinriversandstreamsandcancauseotherpressuresonfreshwaterhabitatbycreatingthedemandtopipeorfillinsmall streams.


There are eight major discharges of treated sewage to fresh water in the region – one from thetreatmentplantatParaparaumu,onefromRathkealeCollegeinMasterton,withtherestfromtheWairarapatownsofMasterton,Castlepoint,Carterton,Greytown,FeatherstonandMartinborough.Treatedsewageoftencontainshighlevelsofdisease-causingorganismsthatcan make the rivers unsafe for recreational use, as well as nutrients, which can promote nuisance aquatic weed and algal growth. Discharges of wastes into water bodies are ofparticular concern to tangata whenua because waste, particularly sewage waste, degrades themauri(lifeforce)ofthewaterbody.

Landuses affect the state of rivers and streams and, consequently, the coast.Nearlyhalfthe land in the region is used for agriculture. Rivers and streams in these catchments have poorbiologicalhealthandwaterquality, andaremore likely to suffer fromalgalgrowthin late summer,when conditions are driest andwarmest and river flows at their lowest.GroundwateraroundTeHoro,Ōtakiand in theWairarapavalley isalsoaffectedby landuses, and in some areas has elevated levels of nitrate. This could be from farming or from septic tanks.

Accommodatingpeople’sneedsforwaterisbecomingmoreandmoredifficultbecausesomewater resources in the region are already fully allocated and others are close to full allocation. Non-consumptiveusesofwater canoftenbeundertakenwithnegligible effectsonwaterbodies. In theWairarapa, theamountofwater takenfor farmpasture irrigationhasmorethandoubledoverthelast10yearsandincreasingpopulationsintheregion’surbanareasmeansdemandforwatersupplyfromrivers,lakesandgroundwaterisexpectedtoincrease.The pressure on water resources is also likely to increase as a result of climate change. Some predictedeffectsarethatthecentralandeasternWairarapawillbecomedrier,anddroughtswilloccurmorefrequentlyandpersistforlongerperiods.

Groundwater levels in some Wairarapa aquifers are declining year by year. Loweredgroundwaterlevelscanaffecttheflowofspringsandriversandstreams,andwaterlevelsinwetlands,whichcaneventuallydryup.Ifcontinuedabstractionskeepthegroundwaterlevellow,thedependentecosystemscanbepermanentlyaffected.

Prolongedlowflowsinriversmeanthereislesshabitatavailableforaquaticlifeandtheadverseeffectsofcontaminationareworsebecauseofreduceddilution.Lowflowsinsummermeanwater temperatures and algal growths increase, especially if there is no riparian vegetation. Because people’s need to take water is greatest at times of low rainfall, abstractions generally lowerriverflowswhenaquaticlifeisalreadystressed.

Existingusersoftenhaveinvestedininfrastructureinrelianceuponconsentsforthetakeand/or use of water.

Allthesemattersshouldberecognisedintheefficientmanagementofwater.

Theintroductionandspreadofaquaticpestsareathreattothehealthofaquaticecosystems.Inwetlands,exoticplantssuchaswillowsandblackberrycandisplacewetlandplantsanddonotprovidesuitablehabitatforwetlandspecies.Pests–suchasdidymoandpestfish–alsohavepotentialforsignificantadverseeffects.

It is amatterofnational importance tomaintainandenhancepublic access toandalongriversandlakes.Thereislittleinformationaboutthestateofpublicaccesstoriversandlakesin the region. Where land is publicly owned, public access has generally been enhanced withtheprovisionofwalkingtracksandrecreationalareas.Forexample,majorriverssuchas theHutt,Waikanae andRuamāhanga,which aremanaged forfloodprotectionor soilconservation purposes, have good access for recreational use.


Where land is privately owned, city and district councils can take esplanade reserves or strips as part of subdivisions. On private land that is not proposed to be subdivided, however, public access is at the discretion and with the permission of the landowner. To date, there has beennoregion-widestrategicplanningintheregionthathasidentifiedwherepublicaccessshould be enhanced. Where esplanade reserves and strips have been taken for public access, cityanddistrictcouncilssometimesstruggle tomaintain them.Evenwhere there is legalaccess, it is not always aligned with access that is physically possible. There are circumstances where public access to the coastal marine area, lakes and rivers may not be desirable – such as to provide security for regional infrastructure, allow for farming activities and prevent harm to the public.

TheregionallysignificantissuesandtheissuesofsignificancetotheWellingtonregion’siwiauthorities for fresh water are:

1. Pollution is affecting water quality in water bodiesThewaterqualityofriversandstreams,lakes,wetlandsandgroundwaterintheregionisbeing polluted by discharges and contaminants arising from urban and rural land uses.

2. Poor ecosystem function in rivers, lakes and wetlands The ecosystem function of some rivers, lakes and wetlands has been impaired, with some wetland and lowland stream ecosystems coming under particular pressure. Some activities that can impair ecosystem function are:

(a) fillingingulliesandephemeralstreamsandstraighteningorpipingsmallstreams(b) liningstreambanksandbedswithrockorconcrete(c) removingstreamsidevegetation(d) worksinrivers,particularlyduringlowflows(e) theintroductionandspreadofaquaticpests,includingdidymoandpestfish,and

weeds in wetlands which displace wetland plants(f) stockaccesstoriverandstreambeds,lakebedsandwetlands,andtheirmargins(g) creatingimpermeablelandwithinacatchmentthroughasphalting,concretingand

building structures(h) takingwaterfromriversandgroundwaterconnectedtorivers,wetlandsandsprings.

3. There is increasing demand on limited water resources There is a limited amount of water in water bodies available for human use and demand is increasing.Theefficientmanagementofwaterintheregion’swaterbodiesisamatterofvitalimportance for sustaining the wellbeing of people, communities and the regional economy.

Anadditionalissuesharedwiththecoastalenvironmentis:

4. Public access to and along the coastal marine area, lakes and rivers (shared with Issue 4 in section 3.2)

There have been inconsistent approaches to the taking of access strips or esplanade reserves as part of subdivisions. This has meant that public access to and along the coastal marine area, lakes and rivers is not always provided, or has been provided in places where people cannottakeadvantageofit.Evenwherephysicalaccessisavailable,itisnotalwayspossibleif access ways are not well maintained.


Table 4: Fresh water Objectives 12 & 13

Table 6(a): Indigenous ecosystems Objective 16

Table 2: Coastal environment




Tab

le 4

: Fre

sh w

ater

ob

ject

ives

an

d t

itle

s o

f p

olic

ies

and

met

ho

ds

to a

chie

ve t

he

ob

ject

ives

Ob

ject

ive

Polic

y ti

tles

Pag

eM

eth

od

tit

les

Imp

lem

enta

tio

n

(* le

ad a

uth

ori

ty)

Pag

e

Ob

ject

ive

12

The

quan

tity

and

qual

ity o

f fr

esh

wat

er:

(a)

mee

t th

e ra

nge

of u

ses

and

valu

es f

or w

hich

wat

er is

re

quire

d;

(b)

safe

guar

d th

e lif

e su

ppor

ting

capa

city

of

wat

er

bodi

es; a

nd

(c)

mee

t th

e re

ason

ably

fo

rese

eabl

e ne

eds

of f

utur

e ge

nera

tions

.

Polic

y 12

: Man

agem

ent

purp

oses

for

sur

face

wat

er

bodi

es –

reg

iona

l pla

ns

98M

etho

d 2:

Reg

iona

l pla

n im

plem

enta

tion

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il15

3

Met

hod

34: P

repa

re a

reg

iona

l wat

er s

trat

egy

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il* a

nd c

ity a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

159

Met

hod

35: P

repa

re a

reg

iona

l sto

rmw

ater

ac

tion

plan

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il* a

nd c

ity a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

159

Met

hod

36: S

uppo

rt In

dust

ry-le

d en

viro

nmen

tal

acco

rds

and

code

s of

pra

ctic

eW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

and

city

and

di

stric

t co

unci

ls15

9

Als

o s

ee –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 5

& 6

; Ene

rgy,

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd w

aste

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icie

s 7&

8;

Fres

h w

ater

(Tab

le 4

) pol

icie

s 14

, 15,

16,

17

& 1

8; In

dige

nous

eco

syst

ems

(Tab

le 6

a) p

olic

y 24

; Soi

ls a

nd m

iner

als

(Tab

le 1

1) p

olic

y 15

an

d c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 35

, 36,

37,

38

& 4

0; E

nerg

y, in

fras

truc

ture

an

d w

aste

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icy

39; F

resh

wat

er (T

able

4) p

olic

ies

40, 4

1 &

43;

Indi

geno

us e

cosy

stem

s (T

able

6a)

pol

icy

47;

Nat

ural

haz

ards

(Tab

le 8

a) p

olic

y 52

; Reg

iona

l for

m, d

esig

n an

d fu

nctio

n (T

able

9) p

olic

y 54

; Res

ourc

e m

anag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta w

henu

a (T

able

10)

pol

icie

s 48

& 4

9

Polic

y 13

: Allo

catin

g w

ater

–

regi

onal

pla

ns98

Met

hod

2: R

egio

nal p

lan

impl

emen

tatio

nW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

153

Als

o s

ee –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icy

5; E

nerg

y, in

fras

truc

ture

and

was

te (T

able

3) p

olic

ies

7& 8

Fre

sh

wat

er (T

able

4) p

olic

ies

12, 1

6, 1

7, 1

8 &

19;

Indi

geno

us e

cosy

stem

s (T

able

6a)

pol

icy

24 a

nd

co

nsi

der

– C

oast

al

envi

ronm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 35

, 36,

37,

38

& 4

0; E

nerg

y, in

fras

truc

ture

and

was

te (T

able

3) p

olic

y 39

; Fre

sh w

ater

(T

able

4) p

olic

ies

40, 4

3, 4

4 &

45;

Indi

geno

us e

cosy

stem

s (T

able

6a)

pol

icy

47; N

atur

al h

azar

ds (T

able

8a)

pol

icy

51;

Regi

onal

for

m, d

esig

n an

d fu

nctio

n (T

able

9) p

olic

y 54

; Res

ourc

e m

anag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta w

henu

a (T

able

10)

po

licie

s 48

& 4

9; S

oils

and

min

eral

s (T

able

11)

pol

icy

59

Polic

y 14

: Min

imis

ing

cont

amin

atio

n in

sto

rmw

ater

fr

om n

ew d

evel

opm

ent

– re

gion

al p

lans

99M

etho

d 2:

Reg

iona

l pla

n im

plem

enta

tion

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il15

3

Met

hod

34: P

repa

re a

reg

iona

l wat

er s

trat

egy

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il* a

nd c

ity a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

159

Met

hod

35: P

repa

re a

reg

iona

l sto

rmw

ater

ac

tion

plan

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il* a

nd c

ity a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

159

Als

o s

ee –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 5

and

6; E

nerg

y, in

fras

truc

ture

and

was

te (T

able

3) p

olic

ies

7 &

8;

Fres

h w

ater

(Tab

le 4

) pol

icie

s 12

, 15,

17

& 1

8; In

dige

nous

eco

syst

ems

(Tab

le 6

a) p

olic

y 24

; Soi

ls a

nd m

iner

als

(Tab

le

11) p

olic

y 15

an

d c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 35

, 36,

37,

38

& 4

0; E

nerg

y, in

fras

truc

ture

and

w

aste

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icy

39; F

resh

wat

er (T

able

4) p

olic

ies

40, 4

1 &

43;

Indi

geno

us e

cosy

stem

s (T

able

6a)

pol

icy

47;

Nat

ural

haz

ards

(Tab

le 8

a) p

olic

y 52

; Reg

iona

l for

m, d

esig

n an

d fu

nctio

n (T

able

9) p

olic

y 54

; Res

ourc

e m

anag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta w

henu

a (T

able

10)

pol

icie

s 48

& 4

9


Ob

ject

ive

Polic

y ti

tles

Pag

eM

eth

od

tit

les

Imp

lem

enta

tio

n

(* le

ad a

uth

ori

ty)

Pag

e

Ob

ject

ive

12

(Con

tinue

d)

Polic

y 15

: Min

imis

ing

the

effe

cts

of e

arth

wor

ks a

nd

vege

tatio

n cl

eara

nce

– di

stric

t an

d re

gion

al p

lans

99M

etho

d 1:

Dis

tric

t pl

an im

plem

enta

tion

City

and

dis

tric

t co

unci

ls15

3

Met

hod

2: R

egio

nal p

lan

impl

emen

tatio

nW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

153

Met

hod

31: P

roto

cols

for

man

agem

ent

of

eart

hwor

ks a

nd a

ir qu

ality

bet

wee

n lo

cal

auth

oriti

es

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il* a

nd c

ity a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

158

Met

hod

35: P

repa

re a

reg

iona

l sto

rmw

ater

act

ion

plan

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il* a

nd c

ity a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

159

Met

hod

36: S

uppo

rt In

dust

ry-le

d en

viro

nmen

tal

acco

rds

and

code

s of

pra

ctic

eW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

and

city

and

di

stric

t co

unci

ls15

9

Als

o s

ee –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 5

& 6

; Ene

rgy,

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd w

aste

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icy

7; F

resh

w

ater

(Tab

le 4

) pol

icie

s 12

, 14,

17

& 1

8; In

dige

nous

eco

syst

ems

(Tab

le 6

a) p

olic

ies

24; L

ands

cape

(Tab

le 7

) pol

icie

s 26

& 2

7; N

atur

al h

azar

ds (T

able

8a)

pol

icy

29 a

nd

co

nsi

der

– C

oast

al e

nviro

nmen

t (T

able

2) p

olic

ies

35, 3

6, 3

7, 3

8 &

40;

Ene

rgy,

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd w

aste

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icy

39; F

resh

wat

er (T

able

4) p

olic

ies

40, 4

2, 4

3; H

isto

ric h

erita

ge

(Tab

le 5

) pol

icy

46; I

ndig

enou

s ec

osys

tem

s (T

able

6a)

pol

icy

47; L

ands

cape

(Tab

le 7

) pol

icy

50; N

atur

al h

azar

ds

(Tab

le 8

a) p

olic

y 52

; Reg

iona

l for

m, d

esig

n an

d fu

nctio

n (T

able

9) p

olic

ies

54, 5

5 &

56;

Res

ourc

e m

anag

emen

t w

ith

tang

ata

whe

nua

(Tab

le 1

0) p

olic

ies

48 &

49;

Soi

ls a

nd m

iner

als

(Tab

le 1

1) p

olic

y 60

Polic

y 16

: Pro

mot

ing

disc

harg

es

to la

nd –

reg

iona

l pla

ns10

0M

etho

d 2:

Reg

iona

l pla

n im

plem

enta

tion

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il15

3

Met

hod

36: S

uppo

rt In

dust

ry-le

d en

viro

nmen

tal

acco

rds

and

code

s of

pra

ctic

eW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

and

city

and

di

stric

t co

unci

ls15

9

Als

o s

ee –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icy

5; E

nerg

y, in

fras

truc

ture

and

was

te (T

able

3) p

olic

ies

7 &

8; F

resh

w

ater

(Tab

le 4

) pol

icie

s 12

, 14,

15,

17

& 1

8; In

dige

nous

eco

syst

ems

(Tab

le 6

a) p

olic

y 24

; Soi

ls a

nd m

iner

als

(Tab

le

11) p

olic

y 15

an

d c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 35

, 36,

37,

38

& 4

0; E

nerg

y, in

fras

truc

ture

and

w

aste

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icy

39; F

resh

wat

er (T

able

4) p

olic

ies

40, 4

1 &

43;

Indi

geno

us e

cosy

stem

s (T

able

6a)

pol

icy

47;

Nat

ural

haz

ards

(Tab

le 8

a) p

olic

y 52

; Res

ourc

e m

anag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta w

henu

a (T

able

10)

pol

icie

s 48

& 4

9

Polic

y 17

: Wat

er a

lloca

tion

and

use

for

the

heal

th n

eeds

of

peop

le –

reg

iona

l pla

ns

101

Met

hod

2: R

egio

nal p

lan

impl

emen

tatio

nW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

153

Als

o s

ee –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icy

5, E

nerg

y, in

fras

truc

ture

and

was

te (T

able

3) p

olic

ies

8 &

9; F

resh

w

ater

(Tab

le 4

) pol

icie

s 12

, 13

& 1

8 an

d c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 37

& 4

0; E

nerg

y,

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd w

aste

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icy

39; F

resh

wat

er (T

able

4) p

olic

y 40

, 43

& 4

4; R

egio

nal f

orm

, des

ign

and

func

tion

(Tab

le 9

) pol

icie

s 54

, 55,

56

& 5

8; R

esou

rce

man

agem

ent

with

tan

gata

whe

nua

(Tab

le 1

0) p

olic

ies

48 &

49;

So

ils a

nd m

iner

als

(Tab

le 1

1) p

olic

y 59


Ob

ject

ive

Polic

y ti

tles

Pag

eM

eth

od

tit

les

Imp

lem

enta

tio

n

(* le

ad a

uth

ori

ty)

Pag

e

Ob

ject

ive

12

(Con

tinue

d)

Polic

y 40

: Saf

egua

rdin

g aq

uatic

ec

osys

tem

hea

lth in

wat

er

bodi

es –

con

side

ratio

n

120

Met

hod

4: R

esou

rce

cons

ents

, not

ices

of

requ

irem

ent

and

whe

n ch

angi

ng, v

aryi

ng o

r re

view

ing

plan

s

City

and

dis

tric

t co

unci

ls15

3

Met

hod

35: P

repa

re a

reg

iona

l sto

rmw

ater

act

ion

plan

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il* a

nd c

ity a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

159

Met

hod

36: S

uppo

rt In

dust

ry-le

d en

viro

nmen

tal

acco

rds

and

code

s of

pra

ctic

eW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

and

city

and

dis

tric

t co

unci

ls15

9

Als

o c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 6,

35

& 3

7; E

nerg

y, in

fras

truc

ture

and

was

te (T

able

3) p

olic

y 39

; Fre

sh w

ater

(Tab

le 4

) pol

icie

s 41

, 42

& 4

3; In

dige

nous

eco

syst

ems

(Tab

le 6

a) p

olic

y 47

; Reg

iona

l for

m, d

esig

n an

d fu

nctio

n (T

able

9) p

olic

ies

54, 5

5 &

56;

Res

ourc

e m

anag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta w

henu

a (T

able

10)

pol

icie

s 48

& 4

9

Polic

y 41

: Min

imis

ing

the

effe

cts

of e

arth

wor

ks a

nd

vege

tatio

n di

stur

banc

e –

cons

ider

atio

n

121

Met

hod

4: R

esou

rce

cons

ents

, not

ices

of

requ

irem

ent

and

whe

n ch

angi

ng, v

aryi

ng o

r re

view

ing

plan

s

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d C

ity a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

153

Met

hod

31: P

roto

cols

for

man

agem

ent

of

eart

hwor

ks a

nd a

ir qu

ality

bet

wee

n lo

cal

auth

oriti

es

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il* a

nd c

ity a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

158

Met

hod

36: S

uppo

rt In

dust

ry-le

d en

viro

nmen

tal

acco

rds

and

code

s of

pra

ctic

eW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

and

city

and

dis

tric

t co

unci

ls15

9

Als

o c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 6,

35,

36,

37

& 4

0; E

nerg

y, in

fras

truc

ture

and

was

te (T

able

3)

polic

y 39

; Fre

sh w

ater

(Tab

le 4

) pol

icie

s 40

, 42,

43;

His

toric

her

itage

(Tab

le 5

) pol

icy

46; I

ndig

enou

s ec

osys

tem

s (T

able

6a

) pol

icy

47; L

ands

cape

(Tab

le 7

) pol

icy

50; N

atur

al h

azar

ds (T

able

8a)

pol

icy

52; R

egio

nal f

orm

, des

ign

and

func

tion

(Tab

le 9

) pol

icie

s 54

, 55

& 5

6; R

esou

rce

man

agem

ent

with

tan

gata

whe

nua

(Tab

le 1

0) p

olic

ies

48 &

49;

Soi

ls a

nd

min

eral

s (T

able

11)

pol

icy

60

Polic

y 42

: Min

imis

ing

cont

amin

atio

n in

sto

rmw

ater

fr

om d

evel

opm

ent

– co

nsid

erat

ion

122

Met

hod

4: R

esou

rce

cons

ents

, not

ices

of

requ

irem

ent

and

whe

n ch

angi

ng, v

aryi

ng o

r re

view

ing

plan

s

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d C

ity a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

153

Met

hod

35: P

repa

re a

reg

iona

l sto

rmw

ater

ac

tion

plan

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il* a

nd c

ity a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

159

Als

o c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 6,

35,

36,

37,

38

& 4

0; E

nerg

y, in

fras

truc

ture

and

was

te

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icy

39; F

resh

wat

er (T

able

4) p

olic

ies

40, 4

1 &

43;

Indi

geno

us e

cosy

stem

s (T

able

6a)

pol

icy

47;

Nat

ural

haz

ards

(Tab

le 8

a) p

olic

y 52

; Reg

iona

l for

m, d

esig

n an

d fu

nctio

n (T

able

9) p

olic

ies

54, 5

5 &

56;

Res

ourc

e m

anag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta w

henu

a (T

able

10)

pol

icie

s 48

& 4

9


Ob

ject

ive

Polic

y ti

tles

Pag

eM

eth

od

tit

les

Imp

lem

enta

tio

n

(* le

ad a

uth

ori

ty)

Pag

e

Ob

ject

ive

13

The

regi

on’s

river

s, la

kes

and

wet

land

s su

ppor

t he

alth

y fu

nctio

ning

eco

syst

ems.

Polic

y 18

: Pro

tect

ing

aqua

tic

ecol

ogic

al f

unct

ion

of w

ater

bo

dies

– r

egio

nal p

lans

101

Met

hod

2: R

egio

nal p

lan

impl

emen

tatio

nW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

153

Met

hod

29: T

ake

a w

hole

of

catc

hmen

t ap

proa

ch

to w

orks

, ope

ratio

ns a

nd s

ervi

ces

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il* a

nd c

ity a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

158

Als

o s

ee –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 5

& 6

; Ene

rgy,

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd w

aste

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icie

s 8

& 9

; Fr

esh

wat

er (T

able

4) p

olic

ies

12, 1

4, 1

5 &

19;

Indi

geno

us e

cosy

stem

s (T

able

6a)

pol

icy

24; S

oils

and

min

eral

s (T

able

11

) pol

icy

15 a

nd

co

nsi

der

– C

oast

al e

nviro

nmen

t (T

able

2) p

olic

ies

35, 3

6, 3

7, 3

8 &

40;

Ene

rgy,

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd

was

te (T

able

3) p

olic

y 39

; Fre

sh w

ater

(Tab

le 4

) pol

icie

s 40

, 41

& 4

3; In

dige

nous

eco

syst

ems

(Tab

le 6

a) p

olic

y 47

; N

atur

al h

azar

ds (T

able

8a)

pol

icy

52; R

egio

nal f

orm

, des

ign

and

func

tion

(Tab

le 9

) pol

icy

54; R

esou

rce

man

agem

ent

with

tan

gata

whe

nua

(Tab

le 1

0) p

olic

ies

48 &

49

Polic

y 19

: Man

agin

g am

enity

, re

crea

tiona

l and

indi

geno

us

biod

iver

sity

val

ues

of r

iver

s an

d la

kes

– re

gion

al p

lans

102

Met

hod

2: R

egio

nal p

lan

impl

emen

tatio

nW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

153

Met

hod

32: E

ngag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta w

henu

a,

stak

ehol

ders

, lan

dow

ners

and

the

com

mun

ity in

th

e id

entifi

catio

n an

d pr

otec

tion

of s

igni

fican

t va

lues

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d C

ity a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

158

Als

o s

ee –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 5

& 6

; Ene

rgy,

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd w

aste

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icie

s 7&

8;

Fres

h w

ater

(Tab

le 4

) pol

icie

s 12

, 14,

15

& 1

8; In

dige

nous

eco

syst

ems

(Tab

le 6

a) p

olic

y 24

; Soi

ls a

nd m

iner

als

(Tab

le

11) p

olic

y 15

an

d c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 35

, 36,

37,

38

& 4

0; E

nerg

y, in

fras

truc

ture

and

w

aste

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icy

39; F

resh

wat

er (T

able

4) p

olic

ies

40, 4

1, 4

2 &

43;

Indi

geno

us e

cosy

stem

s (T

able

6a)

pol

icy

47;

Nat

ural

haz

ards

(Tab

le 8

a) p

olic

y 52

; Reg

iona

l for

m, d

esig

n an

d fu

nctio

n (T

able

9) p

olic

y 54

; Res

ourc

e m

anag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta w

henu

a (T

able

10)

pol

icie

s 48

& 4

9

Polic

y 43

: Pro

tect

ing

aqua

tic

ecol

ogic

al f

unct

ion

of w

ater

bo

dies

– c

onsi

dera

tion

122

Met

hod

4: R

esou

rce

cons

ents

, not

ices

of

requ

irem

ent

and

whe

n ch

angi

ng, v

aryi

ng o

r re

view

ing

plan

s

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d C

ity a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

153

Met

hod

29: T

ake

a w

hole

of

catc

hmen

t ap

proa

ch

to w

orks

, ope

ratio

ns a

nd s

ervi

ces

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il* a

nd c

ity a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

158

Als

o c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 6,

35,

36,

37,

38

& 4

0; E

nerg

y, in

fras

truc

ture

and

was

te

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icy

39; F

resh

wat

er (T

able

4) p

olic

ies

40, 4

1 &

42;

Indi

geno

us e

cosy

stem

s (T

able

6a)

pol

icy

47;

Nat

ural

haz

ards

(Tab

le 8

a) p

olic

y 52

; Reg

iona

l for

m, d

esig

n an

d fu

nctio

n (T

able

9) p

olic

ies

54, 5

5 &

56;

Res

ourc

e m

anag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta w

henu

a (T

able

10)

pol

icie

s 48

& 4

9

Polic

y 64

: Sup

port

ing

a w

hole

of

cat

chm

ent

appr

oach

– n

on-

regu

lato

ry

143

Met

hod

8: In

form

atio

n ab

out

rest

orat

ion

and

enha

ncem

ent

of d

egra

ded

wat

er b

odie

s an

d th

e na

tura

l cha

ract

er o

f th

e co

asta

l env

ironm

ent

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il15

5

Met

hod

11: I

nfor

mat

ion

abou

t w

ater

con

serv

atio

n an

d ef

ficie

nt u

seW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

and

city

and

di

stric

t co

unci

ls15

5

Met

hod

29: T

ake

a w

hole

of

catc

hmen

t ap

proa

ch

to w

orks

, ope

ratio

ns a

nd s

ervi

ces

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il* a

nd c

ity a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

158

Met

hod

53: S

uppo

rt c

omm

unity

res

tora

tion

initi

ativ

es f

or t

he c

oast

al e

nviro

nmen

t, r

iver

s la

kes

and

wet

land

s

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d C

ity a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

162


Ob

ject

ive

Polic

y ti

tles

Pag

eM

eth

od

tit

les

Imp

lem

enta

tio

n

(* le

ad a

uth

ori

ty)

Pag

e

Ob

ject

ive

14

Fres

h w

ater

ava

ilabl

e fo

r us

e an

d de

velo

pmen

t is

allo

cate

d an

d us

ed e

ffici

ently

.

Polic

y 19

: Usi

ng w

ater

ef

ficie

ntly

– r

egio

nal p

lans

102

Met

hod

2: R

egio

nal p

lan

impl

emen

tatio

nW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

153

Met

hod

34: P

repa

re a

reg

iona

l wat

er s

trat

egy

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il* a

nd c

ity a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

159

Met

hod

36: S

uppo

rt in

dust

ry-le

d en

viro

nmen

tal

acco

rds

and

code

s of

pra

ctic

eW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

and

city

and

di

stric

t co

unci

ls15

9

Met

hod

47: I

nves

tigat

e th

e us

e of

tra

nsfe

rabl

e w

ater

per

mits

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il 16

1

Als

o s

ee –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icy

5, E

nerg

y, in

fras

truc

ture

and

was

te (T

able

3) p

olic

ies

7& 8

; Fre

sh

wat

er (T

able

4) p

olic

ies

12, 1

3 &

18

and

co

nsi

der

– C

oast

al e

nviro

nmen

t (T

able

2) p

olic

ies

37 &

40;

Ene

rgy,

in

fras

truc

ture

and

was

te (T

able

3) p

olic

y 39

; Fre

sh w

ater

(Tab

le 4

) pol

icy

40, 4

3 &

44;

Reg

iona

l for

m, d

esig

n an

d fu

nctio

n (T

able

9) p

olic

y 54

; Res

ourc

e m

anag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta w

henu

a (T

able

10)

pol

icie

s 48

& 4

9; S

oils

and

m

iner

als

(Tab

le 1

1) p

olic

y 60

Polic

y 44

: Man

agin

g w

ater

ta

kes

to e

nsur

e ef

ficie

nt u

se –

co

nsid

erat

ion

123

Met

hod

4: R

esou

rce

cons

ents

, not

ices

of

requ

irem

ent

and

whe

n ch

angi

ng, v

aryi

ng o

r re

view

ing

plan

s

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il 15

3

Als

o c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icy

40; E

nerg

y, in

fras

truc

ture

and

was

te (T

able

3) p

olic

y 39

; Fre

sh

wat

er (T

able

4) p

olic

y 40

, 43

& 4

5; R

esou

rce

man

agem

ent

with

tan

gata

whe

nua

(Tab

le 1

0) p

olic

ies

48 &

49;

Soi

ls

and

min

eral

s (T

able

11)

pol

icy

60

Polic

y 45

: Usi

ng w

ater

ef

ficie

ntly

– c

onsi

dera

tion

124

Met

hod

4: R

esou

rce

cons

ents

, not

ices

of

requ

irem

ent

and

whe

n ch

angi

ng, v

aryi

ng o

r re

view

ing

plan

s

City

and

dis

tric

t co

unci

ls15

3

Met

hod

36: S

uppo

rt in

dust

ry-le

d en

viro

nmen

tal

acco

rds

and

code

s of

pra

ctic

eW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

and

city

and

di

stric

t co

unci

ls15

9

Als

o c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icy

40; E

nerg

y, in

fras

truc

ture

and

was

te (T

able

3) p

olic

y 39

; Fre

sh

wat

er (T

able

4) p

olic

y 40

, 43

& 4

4; R

egio

nal f

orm

, des

ign

and

func

tion

(Tab

le 9

) pol

icy

54; R

esou

rce

man

agem

ent

with

tan

gata

whe

nua

(Tab

le 1

0) p

olic

ies

48 &

49;

Soi

ls a

nd m

iner

als

(Tab

le 1

1) p

olic

y 59

Polic

y 65

: Pro

mot

ing

effic

ient

us

e an

d co

nser

vatio

n of

re

sour

ces

– no

n-re

gula

tory

144

Met

hod

11: I

nfor

mat

ion

abou

t w

ater

con

serv

atio

n an

d ef

ficie

nt u

seW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

and

City

and

di

stric

t co

unci

ls15

5

Met

hod

34: P

repa

re a

reg

iona

l wat

er s

trat

egy

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il* a

nd c

ity a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

159

Met

hod

48: I

nves

tigat

e th

e us

e of

tra

nsfe

rabl

e w

ater

per

mits

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il16

1

Met

hod

56: A

ssis

t th

e co

mm

unity

to

redu

ce w

aste

, an

d us

e w

ater

and

ene

rgy

effic

ient

lyW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

and

City

and

di

stric

t co

unci

ls16

2


Ob

ject

ive

Polic

y ti

tles

Pag

eM

eth

od

tit

les

Imp

lem

enta

tio

n

(* le

ad a

uth

ori

ty)

Pag

e

Ob

ject

ive

8

Publ

ic a

cces

s to

and

alo

ng t

he

coas

tal m

arin

e ar

ea, l

akes

and

riv

ers

is e

nhan

ced

(obj

ectiv

e 8

is s

hare

d fo

r th

e co

asta

l en

viro

nmen

t an

d fr

esh

wat

er).

Polic

y 53

: Pub

lic a

cces

s to

and

al

ong

the

coas

tal m

arin

e ar

ea,

lake

s an

d riv

ers

– co

nsid

erat

ion

132

Met

hod

4: R

esou

rce

cons

ents

, not

ices

of

requ

irem

ent

and

whe

n ch

angi

ng, v

aryi

ng o

r re

view

ing

plan

s

City

and

dis

tric

t co

unci

ls15

3

Met

hod

51: I

dent

ify a

reas

for

impr

oved

pub

lic

acce

ssW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil*

and

city

and

dis

tric

t co

unci

ls16

1

Als

o c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 35

& 3

6; E

nerg

y, in

fras

truc

ture

and

was

te (T

able

3) p

olic

y 39

; Fre

sh w

ater

(Tab

le 4

) pol

icy

43; H

isto

ric h

erita

ge (T

able

5) p

olic

y 46

; Ind

igen

ous

ecos

yste

ms

(Tab

le 6

a) p

olic

y 47

; La

ndsc

ape

(Tab

le 7

) pol

icy

50; N

atur

al h

azar

ds (T

able

8a)

pol

icy

51; R

esou

rce

man

agem

ent

with

tan

gata

whe

nua

(Tab

le 1

0) p

olic

ies

48 &

49


Historicheritageprovidesaconnectiontothosewholivedbeforeus.Ithelpsusdefinewhowe are and contributes to our sense of place. Once destroyed, it cannot be replaced.

Our history is found in both the tangible physical remains and in the intangible values associatedwithourancestors.Historicheritage isnot justabouthistory,butalsoculture,archaeology,architecture,scienceandtechnology.ForMāori,placesofculturalandhistoricheritageareintegraltowellbeing.Historicheritageresourcesprovidecontinuitybetweenthepast and the present that, properly maintained, will continue into the future.

IntheWellingtonregion,thereisawiderangeofhistoricheritageresources.Theregion’sbuiltheritagedocumentsimportantaspectsofourpast.Archaeologicalsitescontainevidenceofhowpeoplehavelivedinthepast,perhapsforcenturies.Fortangatawhenua,therearemanysitesofculturalsignificancethatprovideimportantconnectionswithancestors.

In the Wellington region, many heritage places still retain high integrity and are ingood condition. However, some have suffered from inappropriate subdivision, use anddevelopment. Incremental development is resulting in a loss of historic heritage in someof some of the region’s towns, particularly in higher density inner centres where heritage buildingsarebeinginappropriatelymodifiedorreplacedbynewbuildings.Archaeologicalsites have been destroyed, sometimes without being properly recorded, and the evidence they contained about life in the past can never be recovered.

Since2003,WellingtonRegionalCouncilandtheregion’sdistrictandcitycouncilshavehadanobligationundertheResourceManagementActtoidentifyandprovidefortheprotectionoftheregion’shistoricheritage.Untilthencouncilswereonlyrequiredtohave“particularregard”totheprotectionofheritagevalues.Councilshaveimproveddistrictplanprotectionfor historic heritage since this change. All district and city councils in the Wellingtonregionrequireresourceconsentforthedemolition,relocationorforsubstantialalterationsofheritagebuildingslistedinplans.However,moreworkisstillrequired,particularlyforarchaeological sites.

TheregionallysignificantissueandtheissueofsignificancetotheWellingtonregion’siwiauthorities for historic heritage is:

1. Inappropriate modification and destruction of historic heritage.Loss of heritage values as a result of inappropriatemodification, use and destruction ofhistoric heritage.

3.5 Historic heritage

Table 5: Historic heritage Objective 15

Table 10: Resource management with tangata whenua Objective 28


Tab

le 5

: His

tori

c h

erit

age

ob

ject

ive

and

tit

les

of

po

licie

s an

d m

eth

od

s to

ach

ieve

th

e o

bje

ctiv

e

Ob

ject

ive

Polic

y ti

tles

Pag

eM

eth

od

tit

les

Imp

lem

enta

tio

n

(* le

ad a

uth

ori

ty)

Pag

e

Ob

ject

ive

15

His

toric

her

itage

is id

entifi

ed

and

prot

ecte

d fr

om

inap

prop

riate

mod

ifica

tion,

use

an

d de

velo

pmen

t.

Polic

y 21

: Ide

ntify

ing

plac

es,

site

s an

d ar

eas

with

sig

nific

ant

hist

oric

her

itage

val

ues–

dis

tric

t an

d re

gion

al p

lans

102

Met

hod

1: D

istr

ict

plan

impl

emen

tatio

nC

ity a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

153

Met

hod

2: R

egio

nal p

lan

impl

emen

tatio

nW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

153

Met

hod

20: I

nfor

mat

ion

to a

ssis

t w

ith t

he

iden

tifica

tion

of p

lace

s, s

ites

and

area

s w

ith

sign

ifica

nt h

isto

ric h

erita

ge v

alue

s

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il* a

nd c

ity a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

156

Met

hod

32: E

ngag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta w

henu

a,

stak

ehol

ders

, lan

dow

ners

and

the

com

mun

ity in

th

e id

entifi

catio

n an

d pr

otec

tion

of s

igni

fican

t va

lues

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

158

Als

o s

ee –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 4

& 6

; Ind

igen

ous

ecos

yste

ms

(Tab

le 6

a) p

olic

y 23

; Lan

dsca

pe

(Tab

le 7

) pol

icie

s 25

& 2

7; R

egio

nal f

orm

, des

ign

and

func

tion

(Tab

le 9

) pol

icie

s 30

& 3

1 an

d c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

en

viro

nmen

t (T

able

2) p

olic

y 36

& 5

3; R

esou

rce

man

agem

ent

with

tan

gata

whe

nua

(Tab

le 1

0) p

olic

ies

48 &

49

Polic

y 22

: Pro

tect

ing

hist

oric

he

ritag

e va

lues

– d

istr

ict

and

regi

onal

pla

ns

104

Met

hod

1: D

istr

ict

plan

impl

emen

tatio

nC

ity a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

153

Met

hod

2: R

egio

nal p

lan

impl

emen

tatio

nW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

153

Met

hod

32: E

ngag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta w

henu

a,

stak

ehol

ders

, lan

dow

ners

and

the

com

mun

ity in

th

e id

entifi

catio

n an

d pr

otec

tion

of s

igni

fican

t va

lues

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

158

Als

o s

ee –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 3

& 6

; Ene

rgy,

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd w

aste

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icy

8;

Indi

geno

us e

cosy

stem

s (T

able

6a)

pol

icy

24; L

ands

cape

(Tab

le 7

) pol

icie

s 26

& 2

8; R

egio

nal f

orm

, des

ign

and

func

tion

(Tab

le 9

) pol

icie

s 30

, 31

& 3

2 an

d c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 35

, 36

& 5

3; E

nerg

y,

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd w

aste

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icy

39; H

isto

ric h

erita

ge (T

able

5) p

olic

y 46

; Ind

igen

ous

ecos

yste

ms

(Tab

le

6a) p

olic

y 47

; Lan

dsca

pe (T

able

7) p

olic

y 50

; Reg

iona

l for

m, d

esig

n an

d fu

nctio

n (T

able

9) p

olic

y 54

; Res

ourc

e m

anag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta w

henu

a (T

able

10)

pol

icie

s 48

& 4

9

Polic

y 46

: Man

agin

g ef

fect

s on

his

toric

her

itage

val

ues

– co

nsid

erat

ion

124

Met

hod

4: R

esou

rce

cons

ents

, not

ices

of

requ

irem

ent

and

whe

n ch

angi

ng, v

aryi

ng o

r re

view

ing

plan

s

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

153

Als

o c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 6,

35,

36

& 5

3; E

nerg

y, in

fras

truc

ture

and

was

te (T

able

3)

polic

y 39

; Ind

igen

ous

ecos

yste

ms

(Tab

le 6

a) p

olic

y 47

; Lan

dsca

pe (T

able

7) p

olic

y 50

; Reg

iona

l for

m, d

esig

n an

d fu

nctio

n (T

able

9) p

olic

y 54

; Res

ourc

e m

anag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta w

henu

a (T

able

10)

pol

icie

s 48

& 4

9


Anecosystemmaybedescribedasacommunityofplants,animalsandmicro-organismsinteracting with each other and their surrounding environment.

Aswell as contributing to the region’s natural character and having their own intrinsicvalues, healthy ecosystems provide us with life’s essentials – such as plants and animals for food,fibreforclothing,timberforconstruction.Thisistrueeveninanindustrialisedage,althoughtheconnectionsarelessimmediatelyobvious.Healthyecosystemssupplyuswith‘services’ that support life on this planet – such as:

• Processestopurifyairandwater• Decompositionanddetoxificationofwastes• Creationandmaintenanceofproductivesoils• Reductionoftheimpactofclimateextremes• Captureofcarbonandmaintenanceofafunctioningatmosphere

Ecosystemsaredynamic(constantlychanging)andthemanydiversenaturalprocessesthatdriveecosystemsareas importantas thebiodiversityvalueswithinthem.Inaddition,allparts of an ecosystem are interconnected. The species that make up an ecosystem, including humans,cannotexistinisolationfromtheotherspeciesandnon-livingpartsoftheecosystem.TheprimacyofhealthyecosystemsiscentraltoMāoriculturalvalues,wherebyharmtomauridirectly affects thewellbeing of the people.More specifically, degradation of ecosystemsthreatensmahingakai(placeswherefoodisgathered)andothernaturalresourcesusedforcustomary purposes.

The Wellington region has a distinctive range of ecosystems – such as forests, mountains, wetlands, lakes, rivers and coastal and marine ecosystems. Some ecosystems have a high degreeofindigenousness–suchastheTararua,RimutakaandAorangiranges,whileothersaredominatedbyexoticspecies–suchaspastoralfarmlands.

The area of indigenous ecosystems has been in decline since humans first settled in ourregion.ThislossgreatlyacceleratedfromthetimeofEuropeansettlement.Around70percentoftheindigenousforestandmorethan90percentofthewetlandsthatexistedin1840,havebeenclearedforagricultureandurbandevelopment.Mostoftheremainingforestandwetlandsanddunesystemshavebeendegradedormodifiedinsomeway.Inaddition,manyof the processes that ensure ecosystems remain healthy and viable into the future have been compromised, including reproduction, recruitment, dispersal and migration.

3.6 Indigenous ecosystems


Humanactionsthatcontinuetoimpactontheremainingindigenousecosystemsinclude:

• Modificationand,insomecases,destructionofecosystemsbypestplantsandanimals,grazinganimalsandclearanceofindigenousvegetation

• Contaminationofaquaticecosystemsbysediment,pollutantsandnutrients• Destructionofecosystemsasaresultofdevelopment• Drainingwetlandsandchannellingorpipingofnaturalwaterways• Contaminationofcoastalecosystemsbystormwaterandsewagedischarges

The restoration of ecosystems relies upon the good will and actions of landowners. There are a number of individuals and organisations throughout the region that are working to restore indigenous ecosystems. The restoration of indigenous ecosystems on private land provides bothpublicandprivatebenefit.

Ecosystemhealthcanbemeasuredinanumberofways,includinglossofindividualspecies,loss of overall diversity of species, loss of an ecosystem’s ability to function on an ongoing basis, and loss of complete ecosystems and types of ecosystems. While the dramatic collapse of species orwhole ecosystems can capture attention, the gradual erosion of ecosystems’sustainabilityisalsoasignificantissue.

TheregionallysignificantissuesandtheissuesofsignificancetotheWellingtonregion’siwiauthorities for indigenous ecosystems are:

1. The region’s indigenous ecosystems are reduced in extentTheregion’sindigenousecosystemshavebeensignificantlyreducedinextent,specifically:

(a) wetlands(b) lowlandforests(c) lowlandstreams(d) coastaldunesandescarpments(e) estuaries(f) eastern‘dryland’forests.

2. The region’s remaining indigenous ecosystems are under threatThe region’s remaining indigenous ecosystems continue to be degraded or lost.

Table 6a: Indigenous ecosystems Objective 16

Table 6a: Indigenous ecosystems Objective 16


Tab

le 6

(a)

: In

dig

eno

us

eco

syst

ems

ob

ject

ive

and

tit

les

of

po

licie

s an

d m

eth

od

s to

ach

ieve

th

e o

bje

ctiv

e

Ob

ject

ive

Polic

y ti

tles

Pag

eM

eth

od

tit

les

Imp

lem

enta

tio

n

(* le

ad a

uth

ori

ty)

Pag

e

Ob

ject

ive

16

Indi

geno

us e

cosy

stem

s an

d ha

bita

ts w

ith s

igni

fican

t bi

odiv

ersi

ty v

alue

s ar

e m

aint

aine

d an

d re

stor

ed t

o a

heal

thy

func

tioni

ng s

tate

.

Polic

y 23

: Ide

ntify

ing

indi

geno

us e

cosy

stem

s an

d ha

bita

ts w

ith s

igni

fican

t in

dige

nous

bio

dive

rsity

val

ues

– di

stric

t an

d re

gion

al p

lans

104

Met

hod

1: D

istr

ict

plan

impl

emen

tatio

nC

ity a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

153

Met

hod

2: R

egio

nal p

lan

impl

emen

tatio

nW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

153

Met

hod

21: I

nfor

mat

ion

to a

ssis

t w

ith t

he

iden

tifica

tion

of in

dige

nous

eco

syst

ems

and

habi

tats

with

sig

nific

ant

biod

iver

sity

val

ues

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il* a

nd c

ity a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

156

Met

hod

32: E

ngag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta w

henu

a,

stak

ehol

ders

, lan

dow

ners

and

the

com

mun

ity in

th

e id

entifi

catio

n an

d pr

otec

tion

of s

igni

fican

t va

lues

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

158

Als

o s

ee –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 4

& 6

; His

toric

her

itage

(Tab

le 5

) pol

icy

21; I

ndig

enou

s ec

osys

tem

s (T

able

6b)

pol

icy

61; L

ands

cape

(Tab

le 7

) pol

icie

s 25

& 2

7 an

d c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 35

, 36

& 3

7; F

resh

wat

er (T

able

4) p

olic

ies

43 &

53;

Reg

iona

l for

m, d

esig

n an

d fu

nctio

n (T

able

9) p

olic

y 54

; Res

ourc

e m

anag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta w

henu

a (T

able

10)

pol

icie

s 48

& 4

9

Polic

y 24

: Pro

tect

ing

indi

geno

us e

cosy

stem

s an

d ha

bita

ts w

ith s

igni

fican

t in

dige

nous

bio

dive

rsity

val

ues

– di

stric

t an

d re

gion

al p

lans

105

Met

hod

1: D

istr

ict

plan

impl

emen

tatio

nC

ity a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

153

Met

hod

2: R

egio

nal p

lan

impl

emen

tatio

nW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

153

Met

hod

32: E

ngag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta w

henu

a,

stak

ehol

ders

, lan

dow

ners

and

the

com

mun

ity in

th

e id

entifi

catio

n an

d pr

otec

tion

of s

igni

fican

t va

lues

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

158

Als

o s

ee –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 3

& 6

; Ene

rgy,

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd w

aste

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icy

8; F

resh

w

ater

(Tab

le 4

) pol

icie

s 18

& 1

9; H

isto

ric h

erita

ge (T

able

5) p

olic

y 22

; Ind

igen

ous

ecos

yste

ms

(Tab

le 6

b) p

olic

y 61

; La

ndsc

ape

(Tab

le 7

) pol

icie

s 26

& 2

8 an

d c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 35

, 36

& 5

3; E

nerg

y,

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd w

aste

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icy

39; F

resh

wat

er (T

able

4) p

olic

ies

43 &

53;

His

toric

her

itage

(Tab

le 5

) pol

icy

46; I

ndig

enou

s ec

osys

tem

s (T

able

6a)

pol

icy

47; L

ands

cape

(Tab

le 7

) pol

icy

50; R

egio

nal f

orm

, des

ign

and

func

tion

(Tab

le 9

) pol

icy

54; R

esou

rce

man

agem

ent

with

tan

gata

whe

nua

(Tab

le 1

0) p

olic

ies

48 &

49

Polic

y 47

: Man

agin

g ef

fect

s on

indi

geno

us e

cosy

stem

s an

d ha

bita

ts w

ith s

igni

fican

t in

dige

nous

bio

dive

rsity

val

ues

– co

nsid

erat

ion

125

Met

hod

4: R

esou

rce

cons

ents

, not

ices

of

requ

irem

ent

and

whe

n ch

angi

ng, v

aryi

ng o

r re

view

ing

plan

s

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

153

Als

o c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 35

, 36

& 5

3; E

nerg

y, in

fras

truc

ture

and

was

te (T

able

3)

polic

y 39

; Fre

sh w

ater

(Tab

le 4

) pol

icie

s 43

& 5

3; In

dige

nous

eco

syst

ems

(Tab

le 6

a) p

olic

y 47

& (T

able

6b)

pol

icy

61;

Land

scap

e (T

able

7) p

olic

y 50

; Reg

iona

l for

m, d

esig

n an

d fu

nctio

n (T

able

9) p

olic

y 54

; Res

ourc

e m

anag

emen

t w

ith

tang

ata

whe

nua

(Tab

le 1

0) p

olic

ies

48 &

49


Ob

ject

ive

Polic

y ti

tles

Pag

eM

eth

od

tit

les

Imp

lem

enta

tio

n

(* le

ad a

uth

ori

ty)

Pag

e

Ob

ject

ive

16

(Con

tinue

d)

Polic

y 64

: Sup

port

ing

a w

hole

of

cat

chm

ent

appr

oach

– n

on-

regu

lato

ry

143

Met

hod

12: I

nfor

mat

ion

abou

t te

chni

ques

to

mai

ntai

n an

d en

hanc

e in

dige

nous

eco

syst

ems

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

155

Met

hod

29: T

ake

a w

hole

of

catc

hmen

t ap

proa

ch

to w

orks

, ope

ratio

ns a

nd s

ervi

ces

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il* a

nd c

ity a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

15

8

Met

hod

53: S

uppo

rt c

omm

unity

res

tora

tion

initi

ativ

es f

or t

he c

oast

al e

nviro

nmen

t, r

iver

s la

kes

and

wet

land

s

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

162

Met

hod

54: A

ssis

t la

ndow

ners

to

mai

ntai

n,

enha

nce

and

rest

ore

indi

geno

us e

cosy

stem

sW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

and

city

and

dis

tric

t co

unci

ls16

2

Tab

le 6

(b

): A

lloca

tio

n o

f fu

nct

ion

s fo

r in

dig

eno

us

bio

div

ersi

ty in

acc

ord

ance

wit

h t

he

Res

ou

rce

Man

agem

ent

Act

Ob

ject

ive

Polic

y ti

tles

Pag

eM

eth

od

tit

les

Imp

lem

enta

tio

n

(* le

ad a

uth

ori

ty)

Pag

e

Sect

ion

62(1

)(i)(i

ii) “

Con

tent

of

regi

onal

pol

icy

stat

emen

ts”.

Polic

y 61

: Allo

catio

n of

re

spon

sibi

litie

s fo

r la

nd u

se

cont

rols

for

indi

geno

us

biod

iver

sity

139

Met

hod

5: A

lloca

tion

of r

espo

nsib

ilitie

sW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

and

city

and

dis

tric

t co

unci

ls15

4

Als

o s

ee –

coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icy

5; F

resh

wat

er (T

able

4) p

olic

ies

12, 1

8 &

19;

Indi

geno

us e

cosy

stem

s (T

able

6) p

olic

ies

23, 2

4, 4

7, 4

8 &

64


Landscape is shaped by a combination of natural processes and human actions. Thebiophysicalprocessesovertime–suchasplatetectonics,weathering,landslides,waterflow,climateandtheinfluenceofplantsandanimals–areoverlaidbytheeffectsofawiderangeofhumanactivities.Landscapeisthecumulativeexpressionofnaturalandculturalelements,patternsandprocessesinageographicalarea.

Landscapesinfluenceoursenseofidentityandourexperiencesoftheplacesinwhichwelive.Landscapesalsoinfluencehowvisitorsandotherpeoplefromothercountriesperceiveusandourcountry.NewZealandhasaninternationalreputationforhavingadiversityofnaturallandscapes and Wellington’s landscapes are as diverse as those of any region. Wellington’s distinctive landscapes range from forested mountain ranges, rolling pastures, crowded urban hills and valleys, river plains and coastal dunelands, to sheltered harbours, estuaries, wildcoastsandislands.Weattributedifferentvaluestotheselandscapes,dependingontheircharacteristics and our own culture, personal history, relationship with the land and notions aboutwhatissignificant.

While all landscapes have value, the significance of those values differs. It is importantthat this is recognised in the way the values of landscapes are assessed and managed. Landscapesaredynamicandlandscapechangeisinevitable,evenwithouthumanactivityorintervention. Some land use activities such as farming have played a pivotal role in shaping certain landscapes that are highly valued by many people. Other land uses such as poorly planned and designed urban subdivision have eroded or compromised some landscapes.

In theWellington region there is an increasingawarenessabout thevalueof the region’slandscapes and theway they aremanaged. The ResourceManagementAct requires theidentificationandprotectionofoutstandingnaturalfeaturesandlandscapes.Themanagementof landscape more generally is inherent in the concept of sustainable management and maintainingandenhancingamenityandthequalityoftheenvironment.Withintheregionthere are landscapes which are not outstanding natural landscapes but are distinctive, widelyrecognizedandhighlyvaluedbythecommunityfortheircontributiontoamenityandthequalityoftheenvironment.Theselandscapestendtobemodifiedurbanandruralenvironments, such as areas of the coast and prominent hilltops and ridgelines. The general amenity provisions of district and regional plans may not be suitably focused to manage the values of these landscapes, and nor would it be appropriate to strain the interpretation of outstanding natural landscapes in order to allow more careful management of these landscapes.

3.7 Landscape


To be able to manage the region sustainably, an understanding of the landscape resource is required. This is an important first step,which describes the intrinsic values of theselandscapes and identifies the typeandnatureof landuses andother changes that couldpotentiallyaffectthesevaluesineitherapositiveornegativemanner.

Landscapesdonotstartandfinishatdistrictandregionalboundariesandareoftenviewedandappreciatedfromadistance,sometimesacrossboundaries.Usingaconsistentprocessto assess all of the region’s landscapes against the same set of factors or criteria enables landscapestobeclassifiedintooneoftheabovecategories,andensuresregionalconsistencyin landscape assessment. Consistency is particularly important where landscapes crossterritorial authority boundaries and/or are visible from multiple districts.

Landscapescanbebroadlycategorisedintothreegroupings:

1. Thefirstgroupcovers‘outstanding’naturalfeaturesandlandscapes.Theseareconsideredtobeexceptionalandiconic,andwhilenotnecessarilypristine, theyare landscapes inwhichnaturalelementsandprocessesdominate.TheResourceManagementActrequiresthe protection of outstanding natural features and landscapes from inappropriate subdivision, use and development.

2. Thesecondgroupcoversspecialamenitylandscapes.Thesearehighlyvaluedfortheirvisualandphysicalattributeswhichcontributetolandscapeamenityandthequalityoftheenvironment.Whilethesespecial‘amenitylandscapes’maybemoremodifiedthanthe outstanding natural landscapes and features, they are none the less distinctive, widely recognised and highly valued by the community. Community recognition and valuecan manifest itself in various ways and an important part of the evaluation process is to describe and articulate the recognition and value of such landscapes. The values of special amenity landscapes should be managed to maintain or enhance these values.

3. The third group covers all other landscapes. These landscapes contribute to the amenity and character of the region and are managed through the general amenity provisions in localauthorityplans.Impactsontheselandscapesarenotconsideredtobearegionallysignificantissue.

Aswithmanyplaces,distinctiveaspectsofsomeoftheregion’slandscapesareatriskofbeingalteredordegradedduetoongoingpressuretoutiliseanddevelopthelandresource.Forexample,earthworksandotherlandformmodifications,plantationforestry,poorlyplannedand designed subdivisions and poorly sited and designed buildings or other structures can impact adversely on landscape values. Current pressures include large-scale earthworksand rural residential developments. Consequently, there is a need to manage landscapechange. The management of landscape values may be more problematic where the area is a workingenvironment,asismuchofruralWairarapa,and/orwheretheareaisrequiredforthe economic and social wellbeing of the area. There is a need therefore to manage change in a way that allows for ongoing use or development.

The potential pressure on the landscape values of outstanding natural landscapes, special amenity landscapesorother landscapesdonotdiffer innature.However, thecapacityofeach landscape grouping to absorb different activities without affecting the landscapevaluesdoesdiffer,soeachrequiresdifferentthresholdsformanagementofthoseactivities.Forexample,thescopeforchangewithinspecialamenitylandscapeswithoutlosingtheirlandscape values will be greater than for outstanding features and landscapes.


The regionally significant issues and issues of significance to theWellington region’s iwiauthorities for landscape are:

1. Theinappropriatemodificationofthecharacteristicsofoutstandingnaturalfeaturesand landscapes that make them outstanding and natural.

2. Theinappropriatemodificationofthecharacteristicsofspecialamenitylandscapesthatmakes them distinctive, widely recognised, and highly valued by the community.

3. InconsistencyintheidentificationoflandscapesacrosstheWellingtonregionmayresult in discrepancies in the management of landscapes and landscape values, including those which cross local authority boundaries.

Table 7: Landscape Objectives 17 & 18


Tab

le 7

: Lan

dsc

ape

ob

ject

ive

and

tit

les

of

po

licie

s an

d m

eth

od

s to

ach

ieve

th

e o

bje

ctiv

e

Ob

ject

ive

Polic

y ti

tles

Pag

eM

eth

od

tit

les

Imp

lem

enta

tio

n

(* le

ad a

uth

ori

ty)

Pag

e

Ob

ject

ive

17

The

regi

on’s

outs

tand

ing

natu

ral f

eatu

res

and

land

scap

es

are

iden

tified

and

the

ir la

ndsc

ape

valu

es p

rote

cted

fr

om in

appr

opria

te s

ubdi

visi

on,

use

and

deve

lopm

ent.

Polic

y 25

: Ide

ntify

ing

outs

tand

ing

natu

ral f

eatu

res

and

land

scap

es –

dis

tric

t an

d re

gion

al p

lans

106

Met

hod

1: D

istr

ict

plan

impl

emen

tatio

nC

ity a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

153

Met

hod

2: R

egio

nal p

lan

impl

emen

tatio

nW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

153

Met

hod

32: E

ngag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta w

henu

a,

stak

ehol

ders

, lan

dow

ners

and

the

com

mun

ity in

th

e id

entifi

catio

n an

d pr

otec

tion

of s

igni

fican

t va

lues

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

158

Met

hod

50: P

repa

re a

reg

iona

l lan

dsca

pe c

hara

cter

de

scrip

tion

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il* a

nd c

ity a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

161

Als

o s

ee –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icy

4; H

isto

ric h

erita

ge (T

able

5) p

olic

y 21

; Ind

igen

ous

ecos

yste

ms

(Tab

le 6

a) p

olic

y 23

; Lan

dsca

pe (T

able

7) p

olic

y 27

an

d c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 36

& 5

3;

Reso

urce

man

agem

ent

with

tan

gata

whe

nua

(Tab

le 1

0) p

olic

ies

48 &

49

Polic

y 26

: Pro

tect

ing

outs

tand

ing

natu

ral f

eatu

res

and

land

scap

e va

lues

– d

istr

ict

and

regi

onal

pla

ns

107

Met

hod

1: D

istr

ict

plan

impl

emen

tatio

nC

ity a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

153

Met

hod

2: R

egio

nal p

lan

impl

emen

tatio

nW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

153

Met

hod

32: E

ngag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta w

henu

a,

stak

ehol

ders

, lan

dow

ners

and

the

com

mun

ity in

th

e id

entifi

catio

n an

d pr

otec

tion

of s

igni

fican

t va

lues

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

158

Als

o s

ee –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icy

3; E

nerg

y, in

fras

truc

ture

and

was

te (T

able

3) p

olic

y 8;

Fre

sh

wat

er (T

able

4) p

olic

ies

18 &

19;

His

toric

her

itage

(Tab

le 5

) pol

icy

22; I

ndig

enou

s ec

osys

tem

s (T

able

6a)

pol

icy

24; L

ands

cape

(Tab

le 7

) pol

icy

28 a

nd

co

nsi

der

– C

oast

al e

nviro

nmen

t (T

able

2) p

olic

ies

35, 3

6 &

53;

Ene

rgy,

in

fras

truc

ture

and

was

te (T

able

3) p

olic

y 39

; His

toric

her

itage

(Tab

le 5

) pol

icy

46; I

ndig

enou

s ec

osys

tem

s (T

able

6a)

po

licy

47; L

ands

cape

(Tab

le 7

) pol

icy

50; R

egio

nal f

orm

, des

ign

and

func

tion

(Tab

le 9

) pol

icy

54, 5

5 &

56;

Res

ourc

e m

anag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta w

henu

a (T

able

10)

pol

icie

s 48

& 4

9; S

oils

and

min

eral

s (T

able

11)

pol

icy

60

Polic

y 50

: Man

agin

g ef

fect

s on

ou

tsta

ndin

g na

tura

l fea

ture

s an

d la

ndsc

apes

– c

onsi

dera

tion

129

Met

hod

4: R

esou

rce

cons

ents

, not

ices

of

requ

irem

ent

and

whe

n ch

angi

ng, v

aryi

ng o

r re

view

ing

plan

s

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

153

Als

o c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 6,

35,

36

& 5

3; E

nerg

y, in

fras

truc

ture

and

was

te (T

able

3)

polic

y 39

; His

toric

her

itage

(Tab

le 5

) pol

icy

46; I

ndig

enou

s ec

osys

tem

s (T

able

6a)

pol

icy

47; R

egio

nal f

orm

, des

ign

and

func

tion

(Tab

le 9

) pol

icy

54, 5

5 &

56;

Res

ourc

e m

anag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta w

henu

a (T

able

10)

pol

icie

s 48

& 4

9;

Soils

and

min

eral

s (T

able

11)

pol

icy

60


Ob

ject

ive

Polic

y ti

tles

Pag

eM

eth

od

tit

les

Imp

lem

enta

tio

n

(* le

ad a

uth

ori

ty)

Pag

e

Ob

ject

ive

18

The

regi

on’s

spec

ial a

men

ity

land

scap

es a

re id

entifi

ed a

nd

thos

e la

ndsc

ape

valu

es t

hat

cont

ribut

e to

am

enity

and

the

qu

ality

of

the

envi

ronm

ent

are

mai

ntai

ned

or e

nhan

ced.

Polic

y 27

: Ide

ntify

ing

spec

ial

amen

ity la

ndsc

apes

– d

istr

ict

and

regi

onal

pla

ns

107

Met

hod

1: D

istr

ict

plan

impl

emen

tatio

nC

ity a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

153

Met

hod

2: R

egio

nal p

lan

impl

emen

tatio

nW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

153

Met

hod

32: E

ngag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta w

henu

a,

stak

ehol

ders

, lan

dow

ners

and

the

com

mun

ity in

th

e id

entifi

catio

n an

d pr

otec

tion

of s

igni

fican

t va

lues

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

158

Met

hod

50: P

repa

re a

reg

iona

l lan

dsca

pe c

hara

cter

de

scrip

tion

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il* a

nd c

ity a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

161

Als

o s

ee –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 4

& 6

; His

toric

her

itage

(Tab

le 5

) pol

icy

21; I

ndig

enou

s ec

osys

tem

s (T

able

6a)

pol

icy

23; L

ands

cape

(Tab

le 7

) pol

icy

25 a

nd

co

nsi

der

– C

oast

al e

nviro

nmen

t (T

able

2) p

olic

y 36

& 5

3;

Reso

urce

man

agem

ent

with

tan

gata

whe

nua

(Tab

le 1

0) p

olic

ies

48 &

49

Polic

y 28

: Man

agin

g sp

ecia

l am

enity

land

scap

e va

lues

–

dist

rict

and

regi

onal

pla

ns

108

Met

hod

1: D

istr

ict

plan

impl

emen

tatio

nC

ity a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

153

Met

hod

2: R

egio

nal p

lan

impl

emen

tatio

nW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

153

Met

hod

32: E

ngag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta w

henu

a,

stak

ehol

ders

, lan

dow

ners

and

the

com

mun

ity in

th

e id

entifi

catio

n an

d pr

otec

tion

of s

igni

fican

t va

lues

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

158

Als

o s

ee –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 3

& 6

; Ene

rgy,

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd w

aste

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icy

8; F

resh

w

ater

(Tab

le 4

) pol

icie

s 18

& 1

9; H

isto

ric h

erita

ge (T

able

5) p

olic

y 22

; Ind

igen

ous

ecos

yste

ms

(Tab

le 6

a) p

olic

y 24

; Lan

dsca

pe (T

able

7) p

olic

y 26

an

d c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 35

, 36

& 5

3; E

nerg

y,

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd w

aste

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icy

39; H

isto

ric h

erita

ge (T

able

5) p

olic

y 46

; Ind

igen

ous

ecos

yste

ms

(Tab

le 6

a)

polic

y 47

; Lan

dsca

pe (T

able

7) p

olic

y 50

; Reg

iona

l for

m, d

esig

n an

d fu

nctio

n (T

able

9) p

olic

y 54

, 55

& 5

6; R

esou

rce

man

agem

ent

with

tan

gata

whe

nua

(Tab

le 1

0) p

olic

ies

48 &

49;

Soi

ls a

nd m

iner

als

(Tab

le 1

1) p

olic

y 60


AnaturalhazardisdefinedintheResourceManagementActasanyatmospheric,earthorwaterrelatedoccurrence(includingearthquake,tsunami,erosion,volcanic,andgeothermalactivity, landslip, subsidence, sedimentation,wind, drought, fire, or flooding)whichmayadverselyaffecthuman life,property,orotheraspectsof theenvironment.On theirown,naturalprocessesdonotconstituteahazard.Naturaleventsbecomehazardouswhentheymayadverselyaffecthumanlives.

TheWellingtonregionhasoneofthemostphysicallydiverseenvironmentsinNewZealand.Itisalsooneofthemostpopulousregionsand,consequently,ourcommunitiesareaffectedbyawiderangeofnaturalhazards.With theexceptionofgeothermalactivity, theregionissubjecttoalltypesofnaturalhazardevents.Commonly,therearetwoormorehazardsassociatedwithagivenevent.Forexample,arainstormmaycausefloodingandlandslips.

Thethreemostpotentiallydamagingandcostlynaturalhazardseventsthatcanoccurintheregion are:

• Earthquake:Highmagnitudeearthquake(7.0+)fromtheruptureofalocalfault(especiallytheWellingtonFault)affectingWellingtoncity,Huttvalley,Porirua,KāpitiCoastandtownsinWairarapaDistrict

• Flooding:MajorriverfloodingintheHuttvalley,KāpitiCoastandthecentralWairarapaplains.Floodingisthemostfrequentlyoccurringhazardeventintheregion

• Tsunami:Largetsunami(particularlyonethatislocallygenerated)affectinglow-lyingareasaroundWellingtonHarbourandthesouthernbays,settlementsalongthesouthernandeasternWairarapacoast,PoriruaHarbourandtheKāpitiCoast

Othernaturalhazardshavemorelocalisedimpactsbutoccurmorefrequently.Theseinclude:• Localisedfloodingandinundationfromstreamsandstormwateroverflow.Thiscan

occurthroughouttheregioninlow-lyingareas–suchasPorirua–aroundtributarystreamsofthelargerrivers–suchastheHuttRiver–andinareasthathaveshortsteepcatchments–suchasPaekākāriki

• Coastalerosionandinundation,oftenassociatedwithstormsurge,affectssomeseafront and low lying coastal developments in the region. Some sections of the coastlineareinlongtermretreat–suchasPaekākārikiandTeKopi.Otherareashave episodes of erosion that form part of a cycle of erosion and deposition – such as Paraparaumu or Riversdale

• LandslipsinthehillsuburbsofWellingtoncity,theHuttvalley,Eastbourne,Wainuiomata,PaekākārikiandintheWairarapahillcountry

3.8 Natural hazards


• Drought,especiallyincentralWairarapaandthecoastalhillsbetweenFlatPointandCastlepoint

• Wildfire,particularlyinhillsuburbsonurbanfringesnearheavilyvegetatedslopes,includingwesternandsouthernWellingtonsuburbs,Eastbourne,Wainuiomata,Huttvalley and Porirua, and farmland in the eastern Wairarapa hill country

• Highwindsthatcanoccurthroughouttheregionandcausewidespreaddamagetobuildings, infrastructure and forestry

• Sedimentationanderosionofriversandstreams,rivermouthsandtidalinlets,thatcanexacerbatethefloodriskbyraisingbedlevelsandunderminingbanks

People’s actions, including mitigation measures and ongoing development in areas at high risk fromnaturalhazards,cancauseor increase therisk fromnaturalhazards.Examplesinclude seawalls or groynes that can cause localised erosion of the adjacent shoreline, and building on landslip prone slopes. Stopbanks and seawalls can also create a sense of security andencouragefurtherdevelopment,increasingtheextentandvalueoftheassetsatrisk.

Inthemediumtolongterm,climatechangeeffectshavethepotentialtoincreaseboththefrequencyandmagnitudeofnaturalhazardeventsthatalreadyoccurintheregion.

Amajor consequenceof climate change is sea level rise.The sea level is expected to riseoverhalfametreby21001.Themainnaturalhazardsassociatedwithariseinsealevelsarecoastal erosion and inundation. Sea level rise will also put increasing pressure on the coastal margin.Astheshorelineadjusts,sedimentwillberedistributedaroundthecoastandmaycause shorelines to form new orientations. Beaches that are currently stable may begin to erode as the shoreline adjusts to a higher water level, while those that are currently eroding mayexperienceanincreasedrateofretreat.

Climate change is expected to increase the intensity and duration of westerly weathersystems and reduce easterly conditions. This will exacerbate differences in the regionalclimate,bybringinghigherrainfalltothewestandreducingcoastalrainsintheeast.Itwillalso bring longer periods of northerly gales to the entire region, particularly in the spring months. Western and southern areas of the region may also have higher rainfall in the winter, increasingthelandslideriskduringwetwinters,particularlyinextremerainfallevents.Thiswillputpressureonstormwatersystemsandfloodprotectionworks.Higherrainfallmayalso result in higher rates of sedimentation at river mouths and in estuaries, increasing the floodriskinthoseareasbyraisingthebaseleveloftheriverbed.

ItisalsoexpectedthatcentralandeasternWairarapawillbecomedrieroverthenext100years.Droughtswilloccurmorefrequentlyandpersistforlongerperiods.Researchsuggeststhatwinter rainfall will decline in the long term, which may lead to a reduction in groundwater recharge rates and pressure on water resources. Dry conditions also result in a heightened riskofwildfire.

1 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (2007), Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Summary for Policymakers.ContributionofworkinggroupItothefourthassessmentreportoftheIPCC,18pp.


TheregionallysignificantissuesandtheissuesofsignificancetotheWellingtonregion’siwiauthoritiesfornaturalhazardsare:

1. Effects of natural hazardsNatural hazard events in theWellington region have an adverse impact on people andcommunities, businesses, property and infrastructure.

2. Human actions can increase risk and consequences from natural hazardsPeople’s actions including mitigation measures and ongoing development in areas at risk fromnaturalhazardscancause,orincrease,theriskandconsequencesfromnaturalhazards.

3. Climate change will increase both the magnitude and frequency of natural hazard events

Climatechangewillincreasetherisksfromnaturalhazardeventsthatalreadyoccurwithinthe region, particularly:

(a) sealevelrise,exacerbatingtheeffectsofcoastalerosionandinundationandriverfloodinginlowlyingareas,especiallyduringstormsurge

(b) increasedfrequencyandintensityofstormevents,addingtotheriskfromfloods,landslides, severe wind, storm surge, coastal erosion and inundation

(c) increasedfrequencyofdrought,placingpressureonwaterresourcesandincreasingthewildfirerisk

Table 8a: Natural hazards Objectives 19, 20 & 21

Table 8a: Natural hazards Objective 21

Table 8a: Natural hazards Objectives 19, 20 & 21


Tab

le 8

(a):

Nat

ura

l haz

ard

s o

bje

ctiv

es a

nd

tit

les

of

po

licie

s an

d m

eth

od

s to

ach

ieve

th

e o

bje

ctiv

es

Ob

ject

ives

Polic

y ti

tles

Pag

eM

eth

od

tit

les

Imp

lem

enta

tio

n

(* le

ad a

uth

ori

ty)

Pag

e

Ob

ject

ive

19

The

risks

and

con

sequ

ence

s to

peo

ple,

com

mun

ities

, the

ir bu

sine

sses

, pro

pert

y an

d in

fras

truc

ture

fro

m n

atur

al

haza

rds

and

clim

ate

chan

ge

effe

cts

are

redu

ced.

Polic

y 29

: Avo

idin

g in

appr

opria

te s

ubdi

visi

on a

nd

deve

lopm

ent

in a

reas

at

high

ris

k fr

om n

atur

al h

azar

ds –

di

stric

t an

d re

gion

al p

lans

109

Met

hod

1: D

istr

ict

plan

impl

emen

tatio

nC

ity a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

153

Met

hod

2: R

egio

nal p

lan

impl

emen

tatio

nW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

153

Met

hod

14: I

nfor

mat

ion

abou

t na

tura

l haz

ard

and

clim

ate

chan

ge e

ffec

tsW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil*

, city

and

di

stric

t co

unci

ls a

nd C

ivil

Def

ence

Em

erge

ncy

Man

agem

ent

Gro

up

155

Met

hod

22: I

nfor

mat

ion

abou

t ar

eas

at h

igh

risk

from

nat

ural

haz

ards

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il* a

nd c

ity a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

157

Als

o s

ee –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icy

3; E

nerg

y, in

fras

truc

ture

and

was

te (T

able

3) p

olic

ies

7 &

8; F

resh

w

ater

(Tab

le 4

) pol

icie

s 14

& 1

7; N

atur

al h

azar

ds (T

able

8b)

pol

icy

62; R

egio

nal f

orm

, des

ign

and

func

tion

(Tab

le 9

) po

licie

s 30

, 31

& 3

2 an

d c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 35

, 36

& 3

7; E

nerg

y, in

fras

truc

ture

and

w

aste

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icy

39; F

resh

wat

er (T

able

4) p

olic

y 43

; Nat

ural

haz

ards

(Tab

le 8

a) p

olic

ies

51 &

52;

Reg

iona

l for

m,

desi

gn a

nd f

unct

ion

(Tab

le 9

) pol

icie

s 54

, 55

& 5

6; R

esou

rce

man

agem

ent

with

tan

gata

whe

nua

(Tab

le 1

0) p

olic

ies

48 &

49

Polic

y 51

: Min

imis

ing

the

risks

an

d co

nseq

uenc

es o

f na

tura

l ha

zard

s –

cons

ider

atio

n

130

Met

hod

4: R

esou

rce

cons

ents

, not

ices

of

requ

irem

ent

and

whe

n ch

angi

ng, v

aryi

ng o

r re

view

ing

plan

s

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

153

Met

hod

14: I

nfor

mat

ion

abou

t na

tura

l haz

ard

and

clim

ate

chan

ge e

ffec

tsW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil*

, city

and

di

stric

t co

unci

ls a

nd C

ivil

Def

ence

Em

erge

ncy

Man

agem

ent

Gro

up

155

Met

hod

22: I

nfor

mat

ion

abou

t ar

eas

at h

igh

risk

from

nat

ural

haz

ards

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il* a

nd c

ity a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

157

Als

o c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 35

, 36

& 3

7; E

nerg

y, in

fras

truc

ture

and

was

te (T

able

3) p

olic

y 39

; Fre

sh w

ater

(Tab

le 4

) pol

icy

43; N

atur

al h

azar

ds (T

able

8a)

pol

icy

52; R

egio

nal f

orm

, des

ign

and

func

tion

(Tab

le 9

) po

licie

s 54

, 55

& 5

6; R

esou

rce

man

agem

ent

with

tan

gata

whe

nua

(Tab

le 1

0) p

olic

ies

48 &

49

Ob

ject

ive

20

Haz

ard

miti

gatio

n m

easu

res,

st

ruct

ural

wor

ks a

nd o

ther

ac

tiviti

es d

o no

t in

crea

se t

he

risk

and

cons

eque

nces

of

natu

ral h

azar

d ev

ents

.

Polic

y 52

: Min

imis

ing

adve

rse

effe

cts

of h

azar

d m

itiga

tion

mea

sure

s –

cons

ider

atio

n

131

Met

hod

4: R

esou

rce

cons

ents

, not

ices

of

requ

irem

ent

and

whe

n ch

angi

ng, v

aryi

ng o

r re

view

ing

plan

s

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

153

Met

hod

14: I

nfor

mat

ion

abou

t na

tura

l haz

ard

and

clim

ate

chan

ge e

ffec

tsW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil*

, city

and

di

stric

t co

unci

ls a

nd C

ivil

Def

ence

Em

erge

ncy

Man

agem

ent

Gro

up

155

Met

hod

23: I

nfor

mat

ion

abou

t na

tura

l fea

ture

s to

pr

otec

t pr

oper

ty f

rom

nat

ural

haz

ards

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il* a

nd c

ity a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

157

Als

o c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 35

, 36

& 3

7; E

nerg

y, in

fras

truc

ture

and

was

te (T

able

3) p

olic

y 39

; Fre

sh w

ater

(Tab

le 4

) pol

icy

43; N

atur

al h

azar

ds (T

able

8a)

pol

icy

51; R

egio

nal f

orm

, des

ign

and

func

tion

(Tab

le 9

) po

licie

s 54

, 55

& 5

6; R

esou

rce

man

agem

ent

with

tan

gata

whe

nua

(Tab

le 1

0) p

olic

ies

48 &

49


Ob

ject

ive

Polic

y ti

tles

Pag

eM

eth

od

tit

les

Imp

lem

enta

tio

n

(* le

ad a

uth

ori

ty)

Pag

e

Ob

ject

ive

21

Com

mun

ities

are

mor

e re

silie

nt

to n

atur

al h

azar

ds, i

nclu

ding

th

e im

pact

s of

clim

ate

chan

ge,

and

peop

le a

re b

ette

r pr

epar

ed

for

the

cons

eque

nces

of

natu

ral h

azar

d ev

ents

.

Polic

y 29

: Avo

idin

g in

appr

opria

te s

ubdi

visi

on a

nd

deve

lopm

ent

in a

reas

at

high

ris

k fr

om n

atur

al h

azar

ds –

di

stric

t an

d re

gion

al p

lans

109

Met

hod

1: D

istr

ict

plan

impl

emen

tatio

nC

ity a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

153

Met

hod

2: R

egio

nal p

lan

impl

emen

tatio

nW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

153

Met

hod

14: I

nfor

mat

ion

abou

t na

tura

l haz

ard

and

clim

ate

chan

ge e

ffec

tsW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil*

, city

and

di

stric

t co

unci

ls a

nd C

ivil

Def

ence

Em

erge

ncy

Man

agem

ent

Gro

up

155

Met

hod

22: I

nfor

mat

ion

abou

t ar

eas

at h

igh

risk

from

nat

ural

haz

ards

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il* a

nd c

ity a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

157

Als

o s

ee –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icy

3; E

nerg

y, in

fras

truc

ture

and

was

te (T

able

3) p

olic

ies

7 &

8; F

resh

w

ater

(Tab

le 4

) pol

icie

s 15

& 1

7; N

atur

al h

azar

ds (T

able

8b)

pol

icy

62; R

egio

nal f

orm

, des

ign

and

func

tion

(Tab

le 9

) po

licie

s 30

, 31

& 3

2 an

d c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 35

, 36

& 3

7; E

nerg

y, in

fras

truc

ture

and

w

aste

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icy

39; F

resh

wat

er (T

able

4) p

olic

y 43

; Nat

ural

haz

ards

(Tab

le 8

a) p

olic

ies

51 &

52;

Reg

iona

l for

m,

desi

gn a

nd f

unct

ion

(Tab

le 9

) pol

icie

s 54

, 55

& 5

6; R

esou

rce

man

agem

ent

with

tan

gata

whe

nua

(Tab

le 1

0) p

olic

ies

48 &

49

Polic

y 51

: Min

imis

ing

the

risks

an

d co

nseq

uenc

es o

f na

tura

l ha

zard

s –

cons

ider

atio

n

130

Met

hod

4: R

esou

rce

cons

ents

, not

ices

of

requ

irem

ent

and

whe

n ch

angi

ng, v

aryi

ng o

r re

view

ing

plan

s

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

153

Met

hod

14: I

nfor

mat

ion

abou

t na

tura

l haz

ard

and

clim

ate

chan

ge e

ffec

tsW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil*

, city

and

di

stric

t co

unci

ls a

nd C

ivil

Def

ence

Em

erge

ncy

Man

agem

ent

Gro

up

155

Met

hod

22: I

nfor

mat

ion

abou

t ar

eas

at h

igh

risk

from

nat

ural

haz

ards

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il* a

nd c

ity a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

157

Als

o c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 35

, 36

& 3

7; E

nerg

y, in

fras

truc

ture

and

was

te (T

able

3) p

olic

y 39

; Fre

sh w

ater

(Tab

le 4

) pol

icy

43; N

atur

al h

azar

ds (T

able

8a)

pol

icy

52; R

egio

nal f

orm

, des

ign

and

func

tion

(Tab

le 9

) po

licie

s 54

, 55

& 5

6; R

esou

rce

man

agem

ent

with

tan

gata

whe

nua

(Tab

le 1

0) p

olic

ies

48 &

49

Polic

y 52

: Min

imis

ing

adve

rse

effe

cts

of h

azar

d m

itiga

tion

mea

sure

s –

cons

ider

atio

n

131

Met

hod

4: R

esou

rce

cons

ents

, not

ices

of

requ

irem

ent

and

whe

n ch

angi

ng, v

aryi

ng o

r re

view

ing

plan

s

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

153

Met

hod

14: I

nfor

mat

ion

abou

t na

tura

l haz

ard

and

clim

ate

chan

ge e

ffec

tsW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil*

, city

and

di

stric

t co

unci

ls a

nd C

ivil

Def

ence

Em

erge

ncy

Man

agem

ent

Gro

up

155

Met

hod

23: I

nfor

mat

ion

abou

t na

tura

l fea

ture

s to

pr

otec

t pr

oper

ty f

rom

nat

ural

haz

ards

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il* a

nd c

ity a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

157

Als

o c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 35

, 36

& 3

7; E

nerg

y, in

fras

truc

ture

and

was

te (T

able

3) p

olic

y 39

; Fre

sh w

ater

(Tab

le 4

) pol

icy

43; N

atur

al h

azar

ds (T

able

8a)

pol

icy

51; R

egio

nal f

orm

, des

ign

and

func

tion

(Tab

le 9

) po

licie

s 54

, 55

& 5

6; R

esou

rce

man

agem

ent

with

tan

gata

whe

nua

(Tab

le 1

0) p

olic

ies

48 &

49


Tab

le 8

(b):

Allo

cati

on

of

fun

ctio

ns

for

nat

ura

l haz

ard

s in

acc

ord

ance

wit

h t

he

Res

ou

rce

Man

agem

ent

Act

Ob

ject

ive

Polic

y ti

tles

Pag

eM

eth

od

tit

les

Imp

lem

enta

tio

n

(* le

ad a

uth

ori

ty)

Pag

e

Sect

ion

62(1

)(i)(i

) “C

onte

nt o

f re

gion

al p

olic

y st

atem

ents

”.Po

licy

62: A

lloca

tion

of

resp

onsi

bilit

ies

for

land

use

co

ntro

ls f

or n

atur

al h

azar

ds

140

Met

hod

5: A

lloca

tion

of r

espo

nsib

ilitie

sW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

and

city

and

dis

tric

t co

unci

ls15

4

Als

o s

ee –

Nat

ural

haz

ards

(Tab

le 8

a) p

olic

ies

29, 5

1 &

52


Regional form is about the physical arrangement within and between urban and rural communities.Goodurbandesignseekstoensurethatthedesignofbuildings,places,spacesandnetworksworkwellforcommunitiesandareenvironmentallyresponsive.Acompactandwelldesignedregionalformenhancesthequalityoflifeforresidentsasitiseasiertoget around, allows for a greater choice of housing, close to where people work or to public transport, town centres are vibrant, safe and cohesive, and business activity is enhanced. Energyconsumptionandcarbonemissionsarealsoreduced.Communitiesandbusinessesaremore resilient to oil shortages or crisis, and there is reduced pressure for new infrastructure andmoreefficientuseofexistinginfrastructure.

CentralWellingtoncitycontains thecentralbusinessdistrict for theregion. Itscontinuedviability, vibrancy and accessibility are important to the whole region. There are also a numberofotherregionallysignificantcentresthatareanimportantpartoftheregion’sform.Theseare the sub-regional city centresofUpperHuttcity centre,LowerHuttcity centre,Porirua city centre,Masterton town centre, Paraparaumu town centre, and the suburbancentresinPetone,JohnsonvilleandKilbirnie.Thesecentresaresignificantareasoftransportmovement and civic and community investment. They also have the potential to support newdevelopmentandincreasetherangeanddiversityofactivities.Goodqualitymediumdensity housing in these centres could increase housing choice and the use of services and publictransport.Encouraginguseanddevelopmentofexistingcentresofbusinessactivitycanalso lead to social andeconomicbenefits.Additional local employment around thesecentres could also provide people with greater choice about where they work. The physical arrangement of urban and rural communities/smaller centres, the region’s industrial business areas, the port, the airport, the road and public transport network, and the region’s open space network are fundamental to a compact and well designed regional form.

Theregionhasastrongcorridorpattern,yet isgenerallycompact.The transportcorridorpatternincludesStateHighway1andtheNorthIslandMainTrunkraillinewhichenterstheregionnearŌtakiandextendssouthwardsthroughKāpitiCoast,PukeruaBay,PoriruaandnorthernWellingtonandthroughtoWellingtoncitycentralbusinessdistrict.StateHighway1continuesthroughtoWellingtonInternationalAirport.StateHighway2andtheWairaraparailwaylineentertheregionnorthofMastertonandextendsouthwestthroughWairarapa,theHuttvalleyandontomergewithStateHighway1andtheNorthIslandMainTrunkraillineatNgauranga.StateHighway58providesavitaleast–westlinkbetweenStateHighways1and2.

Thiscorridorpatternisastrengthfortheregion.Itreinforceslocalcentres,supportspassengertransport, reduces energy use and makes services more accessible.

3.9 Regional form, design and function


Thereare,however,partsoftheregionwheregrowthpressuresexistandwheretheregion’scurrentcompactformisbeginningtofrayattheedges,reducingtransportefficiencyandtheability of some centres to grow as community service and employment areas. The region also haslimitedeast-westtransportlinkages,whichmeansfreightandcommutermovementsarefocusedalongthenorth-southcorridors,increasingcongestiononsomemajorroutes.

Incertainlocations,theregion’surbandesignhasalsobeenweakenedbypoorlydesigneddevelopmentswhichnegativelyaffectthelook,feel,health,safety,vitalityandvibrancyofthose areas.

The region’s form, design and function have been examined by the region’s nine localauthorities, in conjunction with the region’s iwi authorities, central government and business, education, research and voluntary sector interests, as part of the development of theWellington Regional Strategy (2007), a sustainable economic growth strategy for theWellington region. The Wellington Regional Strategy focuses on leadership and partnership, growingtheregion’seconomyandgoodregionalform.Itisrecognisedthattheregion’sformis a key component to making the Wellington region ‘internationally competitive’.

TheregionallysignificantissuesandtheissuesofsignificancetotheWellingtonregion’siwiauthorities for regional form, design and function are:

1. Poor quality urban designPoorqualityurbandesigncanadverselyaffectpublichealth,socialequity,landvalues,thevibrancy of local centres and economies, and the provision of, and access to, civic services. Itcanalsoincreasetheuseofnon-renewableresourcesandvehicleemissionsintheregion.

2. Sporadic, uncontrolled and/or uncoordinated developmentSporadic,uncontrolledand/oruncoordinated,development(includingofinfrastructure)canadverselyaffecttheregion’scompactform.Thiscan,amongotherthings,resultin:

(a) newdevelopmentthatispoorlylocatedinrelationtoexistinginfrastructure(suchasroads,sewageandstormwatersystems)andiscostlyorotherwisedifficulttoservice

(b) developmentinlocationsthatrestrictaccesstothesignificantphysicalresourceintheregion – such as aggregate

(c) thelossofruraloropenspacelandvaluedforitsproductive,ecological,aestheticandrecreationalqualities

(d) insufficientpopulationdensitiestosupportpublictransportandotherpublicservices(e) developmentinlocationsthatundermineexistingcentresandindustrialemployment

areas(f) lossofvitalityand/orviabilityintheregion’scentralbusinessdistrictandothercentres

ofregionalsignificance(g) displacementofindustrialemploymentactivitiesfromestablishedindustrialareas(h) adverseeffectsonthemanagement,useandoperationofinfrastructurefrom

incompatible land uses under, over, on or adjacent.

Table 9: Regional form, design and function Objective 22





3. Integration of land use and transportationAlackofintegrationbetweenlanduseandtheregion’stransportationnetworkcancreatepatternsofdevelopmentthatincreasetheneedfortravel,thelengthofjourneysandrelianceon private motor vehicles, resulting in:

(a) increasedemissionstoairfromavarietyofpollutants,includinggreenhousegases(b) increaseduseofenergyandrelianceonnon-renewableresources(c) reducedopportunitiesforalternatemeansoftravel(suchaswalkingandcycling),

increased community severance, and increased costs associated with upgrading roads(d) increasedroadcongestionleadingtorestrictedmovementofgoodsandservicesto,

fromandwithintheregion,andcompromisingtheefficientandsafeoperationofthetransport network

(e) inefficientuseofexistinginfrastructure(includingtransportorientatedinfrastructure).


Tab

le 9

: Reg

ion

al f

orm

, des

ign

an

d f

un

ctio

n o

bje

ctiv

e an

d t

itle

s o

f p

olic

ies

and

met

ho

ds

to a

chie

ve t

he

ob

ject

ive

Ob

ject

ive

Polic

y ti

tles

Pag

eM

eth

od

tit

les

Imp

lem

enta

tio

n

(* le

ad a

uth

ori

ty)

Pag

e

Ob

ject

ive

22A

com

pact

wel

l des

igne

d an

d su

stai

nabl

e re

gion

al f

orm

tha

t ha

s an

inte

grat

ed, s

afe

and

resp

onsi

ve t

rans

port

net

wor

k an

d:

(a) a

via

ble

and

vibr

ant

regi

onal

ce

ntra

l bus

ines

s di

stric

t in

W

ellin

gton

city

;(b

) an

incr

ease

d ra

nge

and

dive

rsity

of

activ

ities

in

and

arou

nd t

he r

egio

nally

si

gnifi

cant

cen

tres

to

mai

ntai

n vi

bran

cy a

nd

vita

lity2 ;

(c

) suf

ficie

nt in

dust

rial-b

ased

em

ploy

men

t lo

catio

ns o

r ca

paci

ty t

o m

eet

the

regi

on’s

need

s;(d

) dev

elop

men

t an

d/or

m

anag

emen

t of

the

Reg

iona

l Fo

cus

Are

as id

entifi

ed in

th

e W

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l St

rate

gy3 ;

(e) u

rban

dev

elop

men

t in

ex

istin

g ur

ban

area

s, o

r w

hen

beyo

nd u

rban

are

as,

deve

lopm

ent

that

rei

nfor

ces

the

regi

on’s

exis

ting

urba

n fo

rm;

(f)

stra

tegi

cally

pla

nned

rur

al

deve

lopm

ent;

(g) a

ran

ge o

f ho

usin

g (in

clud

ing

affo

rdab

le h

ousi

ng);

(h) i

nteg

rate

d pu

blic

ope

n sp

aces

;(i)

in

tegr

ated

land

use

and

tr

ansp

orta

tion;

(j)

impr

oved

eas

t-w

est

tran

spor

t lin

kage

s;

(k) e

ffici

ently

use

exi

stin

g in

fras

truc

ture

(inc

ludi

ng

tran

spor

t ne

twor

k in

fras

truc

ture

); an

d(l)

es

sent

ial s

ocia

l ser

vice

s to

m

eet

the

regi

on’s

need

s.

Polic

y 30

: Mai

ntai

ning

and

en

hanc

ing

the

viab

ility

and

vi

bran

cy o

f re

gion

ally

sig

nific

ant

cent

res

– di

stric

t pl

ans

111

Met

hod

1: D

istr

ict

plan

impl

emen

tatio

nC

ity a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

153

Met

hod

42: D

evel

op v

isio

ns f

or t

he r

egio

nally

si

gnifi

cant

cen

tres

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal S

trat

egy

160

Met

hod

43: D

evel

op p

rinci

ples

for

ret

ail a

ctiv

ities

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal S

trat

egy

160

Als

o s

ee –

Air

qual

ity (T

able

1) p

olic

y 1;

Ene

rgy,

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd w

aste

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icie

s 7

& 8

; Fre

sh w

ater

(Tab

le 4

) po

licy

15; H

isto

ric h

erita

ge (T

able

5) p

olic

y 22

; Ind

igen

ous

ecos

yste

ms

(Tab

le 6

a) p

olic

y 24

; Lan

dsca

pe (T

able

7) p

olic

ies

26 &

28;

Nat

ural

haz

ards

(Tab

le 8

a) p

olic

y 29

; Reg

iona

l for

m, d

esig

n an

d fu

nctio

n (T

able

9) p

olic

ies

31 &

32;

Soi

ls

and

min

eral

s (T

able

11)

pol

icy

34 a

nd

co

nsi

der

– C

oast

al e

nviro

nmen

t (T

able

2) p

olic

ies

35, 3

6, 3

7 &

38;

Ene

rgy,

in

fras

truc

ture

and

was

te (T

able

3) p

olic

y 39

; Fre

sh w

ater

(Tab

le 4

) pol

icie

s 40

, 41,

42

& 4

3; H

isto

ric h

erita

ge (T

able

5)

pol

icy

46; I

ndig

enou

s ec

osys

tem

s (T

able

6a)

pol

icy

47; L

ands

cape

(Tab

le 7

) pol

icy

50; N

atur

al h

azar

ds (T

able

8a)

po

licie

s 51

& 5

2; R

egio

nal f

orm

, des

ign

and

func

tion

(Tab

le 9

) pol

icie

s 54

, 55,

56,

57

& 5

8; R

esou

rce

man

agem

ent

with

tan

gata

whe

nua

(Tab

le 1

0) p

olic

ies

48 &

49

Polic

y 31

: Ide

ntify

ing

and

prom

otin

g hi

gher

den

sity

and

m

ixed

use

dev

elop

men

t –

dist

rict

plan

s

111

Met

hod

1: D

istr

ict

plan

impl

emen

tatio

nC

ity a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

153

Met

hod

16: I

nfor

mat

ion

abou

t ke

y lo

catio

ns

with

goo

d ac

cess

to

the

stra

tegi

c pu

blic

tra

nspo

rt

netw

ork

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il*, c

ity a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

156

Als

o s

ee –

Air

qual

ity (T

able

1) p

olic

y 1;

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 3

& 5

; Ene

rgy,

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd w

aste

(T

able

3) p

olic

ies

8 &

10;

Fre

sh w

ater

(Tab

le 4

) pol

icy

15; H

isto

ric h

erita

ge (T

able

5) p

olic

y 22

; Ind

igen

ous

ecos

yste

ms

(Tab

le 6

a) p

olic

y 24

; Lan

dsca

pe (T

able

7) p

olic

ies

26 &

28;

Nat

ural

haz

ards

(Tab

le 8

a) p

olic

y 29

; Reg

iona

l for

m, d

esig

n an

d fu

nctio

n (T

able

9) p

olic

ies

30 &

32;

Soi

ls a

nd m

iner

als

(Tab

le 1

1) p

olic

y 34

an

d c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 35

, 36,

37

& 3

8; F

resh

wat

er (T

able

4) p

olic

ies

40, 4

1, 4

2 , 4

3 &

45;

His

toric

her

itage

(Tab

le 5

) pol

icy

46; I

ndig

enou

s ec

osys

tem

s (T

able

6a)

pol

icy

47; L

ands

cape

(Tab

le 7

) pol

icy

50; N

atur

al h

azar

ds (T

able

8a)

pol

icie

s 51

&

52;

Reg

iona

l for

m, d

esig

n an

d fu

nctio

n (T

able

9) p

olic

ies

54, 5

5, 5

6, 5

7 &

58;

Res

ourc

e m

anag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta

whe

nua

(Tab

le 1

0) p

olic

ies

48 &

49;

Soi

ls a

nd m

iner

als

(Tab

le 1

1) p

olic

y 60

Polic

y 32

: Ide

ntify

ing

and

prot

ectin

g ke

y in

dust

rial-b

ased

em

ploy

men

t lo

catio

ns –

dis

tric

t pl

ans

113

Met

hod

1: D

istr

ict

plan

impl

emen

tatio

nC

ity a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

153

Met

hod

44: A

naly

sis

of in

dust

rial e

mpl

oym

ent

loca

tions

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal S

trat

egy

160

Als

o s

ee –

Air

qual

ity (T

able

1) p

olic

y 1;

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 3

& 5

; Ene

rgy,

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd w

aste

(T

able

3) p

olic

ies

7, 8

& 1

0; F

resh

wat

er (T

able

4) p

olic

ies

12 &

15;

His

toric

her

itage

(Tab

le 5

) pol

icy

22; I

ndig

enou

s ec

osys

tem

s (T

able

6a)

pol

icy

24; L

ands

cape

(Tab

le 7

) pol

icie

s 26

& 2

8; N

atur

al h

azar

ds (T

able

8a)

pol

icy

29; R

egio

nal

form

, des

ign

and

func

tion

(Tab

le 9

) pol

icie

s 30

& 3

1; S

oils

and

min

eral

s (T

able

11)

pol

icy

34 a

nd

co

nsi

der

– C

oast

al

envi

ronm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 35

, 36,

37,

38

& 3

9; F

resh

wat

er (T

able

4) p

olic

ies

40, 4

1, 4

2 , 4

3 &

45;

His

toric

he

ritag

e (T

able

5) p

olic

y 46

; Ind

igen

ous

ecos

yste

ms

(Tab

le 6

a) p

olic

y 47

; Lan

dsca

pe (T

able

7) p

olic

y 50

; Nat

ural

haz

ards

(T

able

8a)

pol

icie

s 51

& 5

2; R

egio

nal f

orm

, des

ign

and

func

tion

(Tab

le 9

) pol

icie

s 54

, 55,

56,

57

& 5

8 ; R

esou

rce

man

agem

ent

with

tan

gata

whe

nua

(Tab

le 1

0) p

olic

ies

48 &

49;

Soi

ls a

nd m

iner

als

(Tab

le 1

1) p

olic

ies

60

Polic

y 33

: Sup

port

ing

a co

mpa

ct,

wel

l des

igne

d an

d su

stai

nabl

e re

gion

al f

orm

– R

egio

nal L

and

Tran

spor

t St

rate

gy

113

Met

hod

3: W

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Lan

d Tr

ansp

ort

Stra

tegy

impl

emen

tatio

nW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

153

Als

o s

ee –

Ene

rgy

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd w

aste

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icie

s 9

& 1

0

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irni

e an

d Jo

hnso

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e.3 TheRegionalFocusAreasaredescribedonpages38to39oftheWellingtonRegionalStrategy(2007).Theyareareasofcriticalimportancetotheachievementoftheregion’scompactformandarepredictedtoeither

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Ob

ject

ive

Polic

y ti

tles

Pag

eM

eth

od

tit

les

Imp

lem

enta

tio

n

(* le

ad a

uth

ori

ty)

Pag

e

Ob

ject

ive

22

(Con

tinue

d)

Polic

y 54

: Ach

ievi

ng t

he

regi

on’s

urba

n de

sign

prin

cipl

es

– co

nsid

erat

ion

133

Met

hod

4: R

esou

rce

cons

ents

, not

ices

of

requ

irem

ent

and

whe

n ch

angi

ng, v

aryi

ng o

r re

view

ing

plan

s

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il, c

ity a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

153

Als

o c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 35

, 36,

37

& 3

8; E

nerg

y, in

fras

truc

ture

and

was

te (T

able

3)

pol

icy

39; F

resh

wat

er (T

able

4) p

olic

ies

40, 4

1, 4

2 , 4

3 &

45;

His

toric

her

itage

(Tab

le 5

) pol

icie

s 46

; Ind

igen

ous

ecos

yste

ms

(Tab

le 6

a) p

olic

ies

47; L

ands

cape

(Tab

le 7

) pol

icie

s 50

; Nat

ural

haz

ards

(Tab

le 8

a) p

olic

ies

51 &

52;

Re

gion

al f

orm

, des

ign

and

func

tion

(Tab

le 9

) pol

icie

s 55

, 56,

57

& 5

8; R

esou

rce

man

agem

ent

with

tan

gata

whe

nua

(Tab

le 1

0) p

olic

ies

48 &

49;

Soi

ls a

nd m

iner

als

(Tab

le 1

1) p

olic

ies

59 &

60

Polic

y 55

: Mai

ntai

ning

a

com

pact

, wel

l des

igne

d an

d su

stai

nabl

e re

gion

al f

orm

–

cons

ider

atio

n

133

Met

hod

4: R

esou

rce

cons

ents

, not

ices

of

requ

irem

ent

and

whe

n ch

angi

ng, v

aryi

ng o

r re

view

ing

plan

s

City

and

dis

tric

t co

unci

ls15

3

Met

hod

18: R

egio

nal s

truc

ture

pla

nnin

g gu

ide

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il*, c

ity a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

156

Als

o c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 6,

35,

36

& 3

7; E

nerg

y, in

fras

truc

ture

and

was

te (T

able

3)

polic

y 39

; Fre

sh w

ater

(Tab

le 4

) pol

icie

s 40

, 41,

42

, 43

& 4

5; H

isto

ric h

erita

ge (T

able

5) p

olic

ies

46; I

ndig

enou

s ec

osys

tem

s (T

able

6a)

pol

icie

s 47

; Lan

dsca

pe (T

able

7) p

olic

ies

50; N

atur

al h

azar

ds (T

able

8a)

pol

icie

s 51

& 5

2;

Regi

onal

for

m, d

esig

n an

d fu

nctio

n (T

able

9) p

olic

ies

54, 5

6, 5

7 &

58;

Res

ourc

e m

anag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta w

henu

a (T

able

10)

pol

icie

s 48

& 4

9; S

oils

and

min

eral

s (T

able

11)

pol

icie

s 59

& 6

0

Polic

y 56

: Man

agin

g de

velo

pmen

t in

rur

al a

reas

–

cons

ider

atio

n

135

Met

hod

4: R

esou

rce

cons

ents

, not

ices

of

requ

irem

ent

and

whe

n ch

angi

ng, v

aryi

ng o

r re

view

ing

plan

s

City

and

dis

tric

t co

unci

ls15

3

Als

o c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 6,

35,

36

& 3

7; E

nerg

y, in

fras

truc

ture

and

was

te (T

able

3)

polic

y 39

; Fre

sh w

ater

(Tab

le 4

) pol

icie

s 40

, 41,

42

, 43

& 4

5; H

isto

ric h

erita

ge (T

able

5) p

olic

ies

46; I

ndig

enou

s ec

osys

tem

s (T

able

6a)

pol

icie

s 47

; Lan

dsca

pe (T

able

7) p

olic

ies

50; N

atur

al h

azar

ds (T

able

8a)

pol

icie

s 51

& 5

2;

Regi

onal

for

m, d

esig

n an

d fu

nctio

n (T

able

9) p

olic

ies

54, 5

5, 5

7 &

58;

Res

ourc

e m

anag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta w

henu

a (T

able

10)

pol

icie

s 48

& 4

9; S

oils

and

min

eral

s (T

able

11)

pol

icie

s 59

& 6

0

Polic

y 57

: Int

egra

ting

land

us

e an

d tr

ansp

orta

tion

– co

nsid

erat

ion

135

Met

hod

4: R

esou

rce

cons

ents

, not

ices

of

requ

irem

ent

and

whe

n ch

angi

ng, v

aryi

ng o

r re

view

ing

plan

s

City

and

dis

tric

t co

unci

ls15

3

Met

hod

25: I

nfor

mat

ion

abou

t th

e pr

ovis

ion

of w

alki

ng, c

yclin

g an

d pu

blic

tra

nspo

rt f

or

deve

lopm

ent

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il15

7

Als

o c

on

sid

er –

Ene

rgy,

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd w

aste

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icy

39; R

egio

nal f

orm

, des

ign

and

func

tion

(Tab

le 9

) po

licie

s 54

, 55,

56

& 5

8; R

esou

rce

man

agem

ent

with

tan

gata

whe

nua

(Tab

le 1

0) p

olic

ies

48 &

49;

Soi

ls a

nd m

iner

als

(Tab

le 1

1) p

olic

y 60


Ob

ject

ive

Polic

y ti

tles

Pag

eM

eth

od

tit

les

Imp

lem

enta

tio

n

(* le

ad a

uth

ori

ty)

Pag

e

Ob

ject

ive

22

(Con

tinue

d)

Polic

y 58

: Co-

ordi

natin

g la

nd

use

with

dev

elop

men

t an

d op

erat

ion

of in

fras

truc

ture

–

cons

ider

atio

n

136

Met

hod

4: R

esou

rce

cons

ents

, not

ices

of

requ

irem

ent

and

whe

n ch

angi

ng, v

aryi

ng o

r re

view

ing

plan

s

City

and

dis

tric

t co

unci

ls15

3

Als

o c

on

sid

er –

Ene

rgy,

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd w

aste

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icy

39; R

egio

nal f

orm

, des

ign

and

func

tion

(Tab

le 9

) po

licie

s 54

, 55,

56

& 5

7; R

esou

rce

man

agem

ent

with

tan

gata

whe

nua

(Tab

le 1

0) p

olic

ies

48 &

49;

Soi

ls a

nd m

iner

als

(Tab

le 1

1) p

olic

y 60

Polic

y 60

: Util

isin

g th

e re

gion

’s m

iner

al r

esou

rces

–

cons

ider

atio

n

137

Met

hod

4: R

esou

rce

cons

ents

, not

ices

of

requ

irem

ent

and

whe

n ch

angi

ng, v

aryi

ng o

r re

view

ing

plan

s

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

15

3

Met

hod

52: I

dent

ify t

he r

egio

n’s

sign

ifica

nt m

iner

al

reso

urce

sW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil*

and

city

and

dis

tric

t co

unci

ls

161

Als

o c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 35

, 36

& 3

7; F

resh

wat

er (T

able

4) p

olic

ies

43 &

44;

His

toric

he

ritag

e (T

able

5) p

olic

y 46

; Ind

igen

ous

ecos

yste

ms

(Tab

le 6

a) p

olic

y 47

; Lan

dsca

pe (T

able

7) p

olic

y 50

; Reg

iona

l fo

rm, d

esig

n an

d fu

nctio

n (T

able

9) p

olic

y 56

; Res

ourc

e m

anag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta w

henu

a (T

able

10)

pol

icie

s

48 &

49

Polic

y 67

: Mai

ntai

ning

and

en

hanc

ing

a co

mpa

ct, w

ell

desi

gned

and

sus

tain

able

re

gion

al f

orm

– n

on-r

egul

ator

y

145

Met

hod

40: S

ign

the

New

Zea

land

Urb

an D

esig

n Pr

otoc

olW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

and

city

and

dis

tric

t co

unci

ls16

0

Met

hod

41: I

nteg

rate

pub

lic o

pen

spac

eW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Str

ateg

y16

0

Met

hod

45: D

evel

op p

rinci

ples

for

rur

al-r

esid

entia

l us

e an

d de

velo

pmen

tW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Str

ateg

y16

0

Met

hod

46: D

evel

op s

trat

egie

s or

dev

elop

men

t fr

amew

orks

for

eac

h Re

gion

al F

ocus

Are

aW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Str

ateg

y16

0

Met

hod

47: A

naly

sis

of t

he r

ange

and

aff

orda

bilit

y of

hou

sing

in t

he r

egio

nW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Str

ateg

y16

1

Als

o c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 35

, 36

& 3

7; E

nerg

y, in

fras

truc

ture

and

was

te (T

able

3)

polic

ies

39; F

resh

wat

er (T

able

4) p

olic

ies

40, 4

1, 4

2, 4

3 &

45;

His

toric

her

itage

(Tab

le 5

) pol

icy

46; I

ndig

enou

s ec

osys

tem

s (T

able

6a)

pol

icy

47; L

ands

cape

(Tab

le 7

) pol

icy

50; N

atur

al h

azar

ds (T

able

8a)

pol

icie

s 51

& 5

2; R

egio

nal

form

, des

ign

and

func

tion

(Tab

le 9

) pol

icie

s 54

, 55,

56,

57

& 5

8; R

esou

rce

man

agem

ent

with

tan

gata

whe

nua

(Tab

le

10) p

olic

ies

48 &

49;

Soi

ls a

nd m

iner

als

(Tab

le 1

1) p

olic

ies

59 &

60


Tangata whenua have a special relationship with the land, air, water and natural resources. VarioustermsareusedtodescribetangatawhenuaoftheWellingtonregion,includingiwi,hapū,whānau,marae,andiwiauthorities.Iwiaretribes,groupsofMāorilinkedbycommonancestryandwithacommonhistory.Hapūaresub-tribes,socialandpoliticalunitsbasedondescentfromacommonancestor.Whānauareextendedfamilygroups.Maraeareimportantculturalinstitutions,facilitiesandcommunitymeetingplaceswheresignificanteventsareheldanddecisionsaremade.Usuallyahapūorwhānauisassociatedwithamarae.

The Treaty of Waitangi guarantees rangatiratanga, the right of tangata whenua to manage their lands and natural resources in accordance with cultural traditions. Tangata whenua today practise the environmental guardianship system, or kaitiakitanga, used by their ancestors. Kaitiakitanga is based on Māori views of the world and its origins, and theprinciplethateverythingisinterrelatedandinterconnected.Mauriisthelifeforcethatexistsin all things in the natural world. Tikanga, or customary practices, are followed in order to protectmauri.Observingtikangaiscentraltotheexerciseofkaitiakitanga.Kaitiakitangaisaparallelsystemofenvironmentalmanagementthatshouldbegivenequalconsiderationinresource management.

Tangata whenua of the region consider that the region’s natural and physical resources need tobemanagedinanintegratedandholisticwayinordertoachieveasustainablefuture.Assuch,alltheresourcemanagementissuesinthisRegionalPolicyStatementareofsignificanceto tangata whenua in the region. The following paragraphs describe additional issues of specificsignificancetoiwiauthoritiesintheWellingtonregion.

There are currently limited opportunities for ongoing involvement of tangata whenua in decision-making.Thisisanoverarchingissuethataffectswhetherandhowlocalauthoritiesand iwiareable towork together. Iwiauthoritieshave identified the followingparticularconcerns:

• TheprinciplesoftheTreatyofWaitangiarenottakenintoaccountinasystematicwayindecision-making

• EducationandawarenessofTreatyprinciplesneedstobeimprovedamonglocalauthoritystaffandelectedmembers

• Limitedavailabilityofresourcestoenableiwitoeffectivelyengageinresourcemanagement processes

• Lackofcommunicationwithiwionhowtheirconcernshavebeentakenintoaccountor acted on by local authorities

• Alackofconsistencyandcoordinationamonglocalauthoritieswithregardtoresourcemanagement planning

3.10 Resource management with tangata whenua


Mauri canbeharmedby insensitive resourceuse.Forexample, thehealthandvitalityofthe sea, streams and rivers and the plants and animals they support can be threatened by activities–suchasdischargesofpollutants;stormwaterandsewage;runoffofcontaminantsfrom land; excessivewater use; changing the course ofwater bodies, or divertingwaterbetweencatchmentsorrivers.Māoriconsiderthatriversarethelifebloodofthelandandthatthewellbeingofnaturalresourcesisreflectedinthewellbeingofpeople.Similarly,themauri of the land and air and the plants and animals they support can be harmed by practices such as clearance of vegetation, soil disturbance and disposal of wastes.

Insensitiveresourceusealsothreatensmahingakai(customaryfoodgathering)andnaturalresources used for customary purposes. Tangata whenua are also sometimes prevented fromaccessingsiteswherecustomaryresourcesarefound.Degradationorlossofngākai(traditional foods),mātaitai (areas of importance for food gathering) andflora and faunacompromisethemana(authority)oftangatawhenuabyimpairingtheirabilitytofulfiltheirroleandresponsibilitiesinrelationtokaitiakitangaandmanaakitanga(theirresponsibilitiesofcareforguests).Foodsoftraditionalimportanceinclude,butarenotlimitedto,forestkai,seafood, eels and whitebait.

Growthanddevelopmentpressureonandaroundsignificantculturalheritagesiteshasledto widespread destruction and degradation of places, sites and areas with spiritual, cultural orhistoricheritagevalueofsignificancetotangatawhenua.

TheadditionalresourcemanagementissuesofsignificancetoiwiauthoritiesintheWellingtonregionandissuesofregionalsignificanceare:

1. Lack of involvement in resource management decision-makingLackoftangatawhenuainvolvementinresourcemanagementdecision-making.

2. Loss of mauriLossofmauri,particularlyinrelationtofreshandcoastalwaters.

3. Quality, quantity and access to mahinga kai and natural resources used for customary purposes

Continuinglossofquality,quantity,andaccesstomahingakaiandnaturalresourcesusedfor customary purposes.

4. Degradation and destruction of spiritual and cultural historic heritage values

Degradation and destruction of places, sites and areas with spiritual, cultural or historic heritage value to tangata whenua.

Table 10: Resource management with tangata whenua Objectives 23, 24 & 25





Tab

le 1

0: R

eso

urc

e m

anag

emen

t w

ith

tan

gat

a w

hen

ua

ob

ject

ives

an

d t

itle

s o

f p

olic

ies

and

met

ho

ds

to a

chie

ve t

he

ob

ject

ives

Ob

ject

ives

Polic

y ti

tles

Pag

eM

eth

od

tit

les

Imp

lem

enta

tio

n

(* le

ad a

uth

ori

ty)

Pag

e

Ob

ject

ive

23

The

regi

on’s

iwi a

utho

ritie

s an

d lo

cal a

utho

ritie

s w

ork

toge

ther

und

er T

reat

y pa

rtne

r pr

inci

ples

for

the

sus

tain

able

m

anag

emen

t of

the

reg

ion’

s en

viro

nmen

t fo

r th

e be

nefit

an

d w

ellb

eing

of

the

regi

onal

co

mm

unity

, bot

h no

w a

nd in

th

e fu

ture

.

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y 66

: Enh

anci

ng

invo

lvem

ent

of t

anga

ta

whe

nua

in r

esou

rce

man

agem

ent

deci

sion

-mak

ing

– no

n-re

gula

tory

145

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hod

32: E

ngag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta w

henu

a,

stak

ehol

ders

, lan

dow

ners

and

the

com

mun

ity in

th

e id

entifi

catio

n an

d pr

otec

tion

of s

igni

fican

t va

lues

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

158

Met

hod

37: I

nvol

ve t

anga

ta w

henu

a in

res

ourc

e m

anag

emen

t de

cisi

on m

akin

gW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

and

city

and

dis

tric

t co

unci

ls15

9

Met

hod

38: I

wi a

utho

ritie

s pr

epar

e pl

anni

ng

docu

men

tsIw

i aut

horit

ies*

, Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

159

Con

side

r al

ongs

ide

polic

ies

1 to

60

Ob

ject

ive

24

The

prin

cipl

es o

f th

e Tr

eaty

of

Wai

tang

i are

tak

en in

to

acco

unt

in a

sys

tem

atic

way

w

hen

reso

urce

man

agem

ent

deci

sion

s ar

e m

ade.

Polic

y 48

: Prin

cipl

es o

f th

e Tr

eaty

of

Wai

tang

i –

cons

ider

atio

n

125

Met

hod

4: R

esou

rce

cons

ents

, not

ices

of

requ

irem

ent

and

whe

n ch

angi

ng, v

aryi

ng o

r re

view

ing

plan

s

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

153

Met

hod

19: I

nfor

mat

ion

to a

ssis

t w

ith t

he

appl

icat

ion

of t

he T

reat

y of

Wai

tang

i prin

cipl

es in

th

e re

gion

Iwi a

utho

ritie

s*, W

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

and

city

and

dis

tric

t co

unci

ls15

6

Con

side

r al

ongs

ide

polic

ies

1 to

60

Ob

ject

ive

25

The

conc

ept

of k

aitia

kita

nga

is

inte

grat

ed in

to t

he s

usta

inab

le

man

agem

ent

of t

he W

ellin

gton

re

gion

’s na

tura

l and

phy

sica

l re

sour

ces.

Polic

y 49

: Rec

ogni

sing

and

pr

ovid

ing

for

mat

ters

of

sign

ifica

nce

to t

anga

ta w

henu

a –

cons

ider

atio

n

127

Met

hod

4: R

esou

rce

cons

ents

, not

ices

of

requ

irem

ent

and

whe

n ch

angi

ng, v

aryi

ng o

r re

view

ing

plan

s

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

153

Met

hod

38: I

wi a

utho

ritie

s pr

epar

e pl

anni

ng

docu

men

tsIw

i aut

horit

ies*

, Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

159

Con

side

r al

ongs

ide

polic

ies

1 to

60

Ob

ject

ive

26

Mau

ri is

sus

tain

ed, p

artic

ular

ly

in r

elat

ion

to c

oast

al a

nd f

resh

w

ater

s.

Polic

y 49

: Rec

ogni

sing

and

pr

ovid

ing

for

mat

ters

of

sign

ifica

nce

to t

anga

ta w

henu

a –

cons

ider

atio

n

127

Met

hod

4: R

esou

rce

cons

ents

, not

ices

of

requ

irem

ent

and

whe

n ch

angi

ng, v

aryi

ng o

r re

view

ing

plan

s

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

153

Met

hod

38: I

wi a

utho

ritie

s pr

epar

e pl

anni

ng

docu

men

tsIw

i aut

horit

ies*

, Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

159

Oth

er t

opic

pol

icie

s th

at h

ave

an im

port

ant

role

in a

chie

ving

obj

ectiv

e 26

are

:

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y 3:

Pro

tect

ing

high

nat

ural

cha

ract

er in

the

coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

– di

stric

t an

d re

gion

al p

lans

Polic

y 5:

Mai

ntai

ning

and

enh

anci

ng c

oast

al w

ater

qua

lity

for

aqua

tic e

cosy

stem

hea

lth –

reg

iona

l pla

ns

Polic

y 12

: Man

agem

ent

purp

oses

for

sur

face

wat

er b

odie

s –

regi

onal

pla

ns

Polic

y 16

: Pro

mot

ing

disc

harg

es t

o la

nd –

reg

iona

l pla

ns

Polic

y 18

: Pro

tect

ing

aqua

tic e

colo

gica

l fun

ctio

n of

wat

er b

odie

s –

regi

onal

pla

ns


Ob

ject

ives

Polic

y ti

tles

Pag

eM

eth

od

tit

les

Imp

lem

enta

tio

n

(* le

ad a

uth

ori

ty)

Pag

e

Ob

ject

ive

27

Mah

inga

kai

and

nat

ural

re

sour

ces

used

for

cus

tom

ary

purp

oses

, are

mai

ntai

ned

and

enha

nced

, and

the

se r

esou

rces

ar

e he

alth

y an

d ac

cess

ible

to

tang

ata

whe

nua.

Polic

y 49

: Rec

ogni

sing

and

pr

ovid

ing

for

mat

ters

of

sign

ifica

nce

to t

anga

ta w

henu

a –

cons

ider

atio

n

127

Met

hod

4: R

esou

rce

cons

ents

, not

ices

of

requ

irem

ent

and

whe

n ch

angi

ng, v

aryi

ng o

r re

view

ing

plan

s

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

153

Met

hod

38: I

wi a

utho

ritie

s pr

epar

e pl

anni

ng

docu

men

tsIw

i aut

horit

ies*

, Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

159

Met

hod

39: P

repa

re p

roto

cols

for

tan

gata

whe

nua

acce

ss t

o m

ahin

ga k

ai a

nd n

atur

al r

esou

rces

use

d fo

r cu

stom

ary

purp

oses

on

publ

ic la

nd

Iwi a

utho

ritie

s, W

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

and

city

and

dis

tric

t co

unci

ls16

0

Oth

er t

opic

pol

icie

s th

at h

ave

an im

port

ant

role

in a

chie

ving

obj

ectiv

e 27

are

:

Polic

y 3:

Pro

tect

ing

high

nat

ural

cha

ract

er in

the

coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

– di

stric

t an

d re

gion

al p

lans

Polic

y 5:

Mai

ntai

ning

and

enh

anci

ng c

oast

al w

ater

qua

lity

for

aqua

tic e

cosy

stem

hea

lth –

reg

iona

l pla

ns

Polic

y 12

: Man

agem

ent

purp

oses

for

sur

face

wat

er b

odie

s –

regi

onal

pla

ns

Polic

y 18

: Pro

tect

ing

aqua

tic e

colo

gica

l fun

ctio

n of

wat

erbo

dies

– r

egio

nal p

lans

Polic

y 23

: Ide

ntify

ing

indi

geno

us e

cosy

stem

s an

d ha

bita

ts w

ith s

igni

fican

t bi

odiv

ersi

ty v

alue

s –

dist

rict

and

regi

onal

pla

ns

Polic

y 24

: Pro

tect

ing

indi

geno

us e

cosy

stem

s an

d ha

bita

ts w

ith s

igni

fican

t in

dige

nous

bio

dive

rsity

val

ues

– di

stric

t an

d re

gion

al p

lans

Ob

ject

ive

28

The

cultu

ral r

elat

ions

hip

of

Mäo

ri w

ith t

heir

ance

stra

l la

nds,

wat

er, s

ites,

wäh

i ta

pu a

nd o

ther

tao

nga

is

mai

ntai

ned.

Polic

y 49

: Rec

ogni

sing

and

pr

ovid

ing

for

mat

ters

of

sign

ifica

nce

to t

anga

ta w

henu

a –

cons

ider

atio

n

127

Met

hod

4: R

esou

rce

cons

ents

, not

ices

of

requ

irem

ent

and

whe

n ch

angi

ng, v

aryi

ng o

r re

view

ing

plan

s

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

153

Met

hod

13: I

nfor

mat

ion

abou

t be

st p

ract

ice

for

eart

hwor

ks t

o pr

otec

t M

äori

arch

aeol

ogic

al s

ites,

ot

her

sign

ifica

nt s

ites

and

köiw

i

Iwi a

utho

ritie

s, W

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

and

city

and

dis

tric

t co

unci

ls15

5

Met

hod

38: I

wi a

utho

ritie

s pr

epar

e pl

anni

ng

docu

men

tsIw

i aut

horit

ies*

, Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

159

Met

hod

49: I

nves

tigat

e us

e of

Mäo

ri na

mes

for

riv

ers,

lake

s an

d pl

aces

of

cultu

ral s

igni

fican

ce in

th

e re

gion

Iwi a

utho

ritie

s, W

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

and

city

and

dis

tric

t co

unci

ls

161

Oth

er t

opic

pol

icie

s th

at h

ave

an im

port

ant

role

in a

chie

ving

obj

ectiv

e 28

are

:

Polic

y 21

: Ide

ntify

ing

plac

es, s

ites

and

area

s w

ith s

igni

fican

t hi

stor

ic h

erita

ge v

alue

s– d

istr

ict

and

regi

onal

pla

ns

Polic

y 22

: Pro

tect

ing

hist

oric

her

itage

val

ues

– di

stric

t an

d re

gion

al p

lans

Polic

y 23

: Ide

ntify

ing

indi

geno

us e

cosy

stem

s an

d ha

bita

ts w

ith s

igni

fican

t bi

odiv

ersi

ty v

alue

s –

dist

rict

and

regi

onal

pla

ns

Polic

y 24

: Pro

tect

ing

indi

geno

us e

cosy

stem

s an

d ha

bita

ts w

ith s

igni

fican

t in

dige

nous

bio

dive

rsity

val

ues

– di

stric

t an

d re

gion

al p

lans

Polic

y 25

: Ide

ntify

ing

outs

tand

ing

natu

ral f

eatu

res

and

land

scap

es –

dis

tric

t an

d re

gion

al p

lans

Polic

y 26

: Pro

tect

ing

outs

tand

ing

natu

ral f

eatu

res

and

land

scap

e va

lues

– d

istr

ict

and

regi

onal

pla

ns


(a) Soils

The soils of the Wellington region are an important source of its economic wealth, and overall wellbeing. They perform a range of important functions – such as absorbing, retaining and channellingwater; supporting and sustaining vegetation and crops; storing and treatingnatural,domestic,andindustrialwaste;providingsupportforbuildingsandotherstructures;and, soils are a source of valuable minerals and construction materials.

As the life-giving base element of the land, soils are a significant taonga toMāori. Theconditionofthesoilisadirectreadingofthestateofthelandandthis,inturn,reflectsthehealth of the people.

Fivemajormanagementchallengesexistforsoilsandmineralsintheregion:

• Preventingsoilerosion• Maintainingsoilhealth• Retainingproductivesoilsforagriculturaluse• Preventingunsafeuseofcontaminatedsites• Efficientmineralextraction

Soil erosion leads to land degradation and loss of soil productivity, capability and versatility. Soils are subject to the natural forces of erosion, including rain, high winds, and ice action, which can cause slumping, slips, and the formation of scree slopes.

NearlyhalfthelandintheWellingtonregionhaslittleornosignofsoilerosion.Thislanddoes not have a high risk of accelerated erosion in the long term, so long as good management practices prevail.

Aboutonethirdoftheregioniserosionproneland,whichismoresusceptibletoacceleratedsoil erosion frompoor landmanagementpractices.Accelerated soil erosionhas occurredwhere there is pastoral grazing on erosion-prone land (predominantly in the easternWairarapahills),winderosion(asaresultofthecultivationofarablesoilsintheWairarapaValley), largescaleearthworks (associatedwithsubdivisionsandroading),andwhere theremovalofnativevegetationortheharvestingofplantationforestryarepoorlyexecutedonerosion prone land.

Off-site effects of soil erosion include reduction in water clarity in rivers and streams,degradation of aquatic habitat from sediment deposition on stream beds, downstreamfloodingandaggradationofriverbeds.

3.11 Soil and minerals


Longtermpredictionsofchangingweatherpatternsfromclimatechangealsosuggestthattherecouldbemorefrequentandintenserainstormeventsintheregion,whichmaycausemore widespread damage to erosion prone land.

Soilhealthreferstothebiological,chemicalandphysicalqualitiesofthesoil thatsupportthesoil’secosystems.Unlikesoilerosionproblems,whicharegenerallyobvious,soilhealthproblems are less evident, but no less important. Soils contain the necessary minerals and nutrients to enable plants and animals to grow. Soil health can be compromised or degraded through contamination, compaction and the loss of minerals and nutrients. Soils are resilient and their health can improve over time through certain land management practices.

Some of the land in the region has elevated levels of available phosphate, particularly horticulturalland.Phosphateattachestosoilparticlesand,ifwashedofflandandintorivers,canpromotenuisanceaquaticweedoralgalgrowth.Someareasaremoreprone to theseproblems than others.

Onlandusedfordairying,andtoalesserextentforhorticulture,thereisevidenceofsoilcompaction and elevated nitrogen concentrations. Soil compaction reduces soil pore spaces, whichreduceswaterinfiltrationandincreasesrun-off.Soilmonitoringtodateshowsthatsoilorganicmatterisslowlydeclininginarablesoilsintheregion.

The region has a small amount of land that is suitable for multiple uses such as for growing awiderangeofcrops,pastureandforest,andforsupportinggrazinganimals.ThislandisdescribedasClassIandIIlandundertheLandUseCapabilityclassification.

ClassIandIIlandintheregionisfoundintherivervalleysoftheŌtakiandRuamāhangariversandaroundthetownshipsofŌtaki,Featherston,Greytown,Carterton,andMasterton.There is growing pressure to develop some of this land, especially around Ōtaki andGreytown.ThetotalareaofClassIlandintheregionissmall,about0.6percentofthetotallandarea(4800hectares).ClassIIlandisabout1.7percent(13,800hectares).

Contaminatedlandariseswherehazardoussubstancesarefoundorarereasonablylikelytooccuratlevelsthatcouldhavesignificantadverseeffectsontheenvironment.Therearemorethan1,600sitesintheregionthathaveahistoryofusing,storingormanufacturinghazardoussubstances, including closed landfills. Contaminated land can make land unsuitable orunsafe for future land uses.

(b) Minerals

IntheWellingtonregion,sand,rock,gravelandlimestoneareextractedfromrivers,seabed,beaches,coastalcliffsandinlandquarries.OilandgasexplorationarealsoongoinginpartsoftheseabedofWairarapaandKāpiti.Astheregion’spopulationcontinuestoexpand,thedemand for mineral resources, particularly aggregate, will increase. A sustained supplyof aggregate will be needed to provide for building, construction and roading projects associated with this growth but also to maintain and redevelop existing infrastructure.Resourceavailabilityorinefficienciesinobtainingsuchresourceshasthepotentialtoimpactonthetimelyandefficientprovisionofregionallysignificantinfrastructure–inparticularnew roading projects.


Mineralresourcesarefixedinlocation,unevenlydistributedandfinite.Extractionprocesses,sitesandtransportationroutescancreateadverseenvironmentaleffects.Ifactivitiessensitiveto the effects of extraction,processing and transportation are establishednearby, the fullandefficientfutureextractionoftheseresourcescanbecompromised.Additionally,reversesensitivity effects can arise where a new sensitive activity must either accept or protectitselffromtheeffectsassociatedwiththeworkingsite.Theseeffectsaremostlikelytoarisewhereworkingsitesandtheiraccessroutesareadjacenttoresidentialandrural-residentialsubdivisions or adjacent to areas which can be subdivided. In such circumstances, thenewactivitieswouldneedtoincorporateprovisionsthatensureadequateprotectionfrompotentialeffectssuchasnoise,dustandvisualimpactsfromtheestablishedactivity.

Similarly, the transportation of mineral resources around, through and out of the region can giverise toadverseenvironmentaleffectsandcanhaveeconomic implications.Therearebenefitstoallowingextractionandprocessingbyextractiveindustriesascloseaspossibletothelocationofuseofthefinalproducttoavoiddistributingadverseeffectsacrossagreaterarea than necessary to meet the need for these resources.

TheregionallysignificantissuesandtheissuesofsignificancetotheWellingtonregion’siwiauthorities for soils and minerals are:

1. Accelerated soil erosionSomelandmanagementpracticesacceleratesoilerosionandreducesoilquality.Soillosscanleadtoincreasedsedimentationofwaterwaysandsubsequenteffectsonthecoastalmarinearea. Soil loss can also decrease farm production, soil biodiversity and ecosystem function.

2. Reduction of soil healthSome land use practices are reducing the health and productive capability of soils.

3. Highly productive agricultural land under threat from developmentHighlyproductiveagriculturalland(ClassIandIIland)isunderthreatfromdevelopment,including residential development and the construction of roads.

4. Contaminated landSomelandwherehazardoussubstanceshavebeenmanufactured,usedorstored–suchasgasworks,petrolstations,landfills,andsheepdips–havecontaminatedsoils.Developmentof that land for new uses may not be safe if soils are contaminated.

5. Limited mineral resources There are limitedmineral resources in the region anddemand for thesewill increase.Asustained supply of mineral resources is essential to provide for the well being of the regional and local communities and the people of Wellington, and for the regional economy. There are alsobenefitsfromextractingmineralresourceslocally.

Table 11: Soils and minerals Objectives 29 & 30

Table 11: Soils and minerals Objective 30





Tab

le 1

1: S

oils

an

d m

iner

als

ob

ject

ives

an

d t

itle

s o

f p

olic

ies

and

met

ho

ds

to a

chie

ve t

he

ob

ject

ives

Ob

ject

ives

Polic

y ti

tles

Pag

eM

eth

od

tit

les

Imp

lem

enta

tio

n

(* le

ad a

uth

ori

ty)

Pag

e

Ob

ject

ive

29

Land

man

agem

ent

prac

tices

do

not

acce

lera

te s

oil e

rosi

on.

Polic

y 15

: Min

imis

ing

the

effe

cts

of e

arth

wor

ks a

nd

vege

tatio

n cl

eara

nce

– di

stric

t an

d re

gion

al p

lans

99M

etho

d 1:

Dis

tric

t pl

an im

plem

enta

tion

City

and

dis

tric

t co

unci

ls15

3

Met

hod

2: R

egio

nal p

lan

impl

emen

tatio

nW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

153

Met

hod

31: P

roto

cols

for

man

agem

ent

of

eart

hwor

ks a

nd a

ir qu

ality

bet

wee

n lo

cal

auth

oriti

es

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il* a

nd c

ity a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

158

Met

hod

35: P

repa

re a

reg

iona

l sto

rmw

ater

ac

tion

plan

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il* a

nd c

ity a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

159

Met

hod

36: S

uppo

rt in

dust

ry-le

d en

viro

nmen

tal

acco

rds

and

code

s of

pra

ctic

eW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

and

city

and

di

stric

t co

unci

ls15

9

Als

o s

ee –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 5

& 6

; Ene

rgy,

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd w

aste

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icy

7; F

resh

w

ater

(Tab

le 4

) pol

icie

s 12

, 14,

18

& 1

9; In

dige

nous

eco

syst

ems

(Tab

le 6

a) p

olic

ies

24; L

ands

cape

(Tab

le 7

) pol

icie

s 26

&

28;

Nat

ural

haz

ards

(Tab

le 8

a) p

olic

y 29

an

d c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 35

, 36,

37,

38

&

40; E

nerg

y, in

fras

truc

ture

and

was

te (T

able

3) p

olic

y 39

; Fre

sh w

ater

(Tab

le 4

) pol

icie

s 40

, 42

& 4

3; H

isto

ric h

erita

ge

(Tab

le 5

) pol

icy

46; I

ndig

enou

s ec

osys

tem

s (T

able

6a)

pol

icy

47; L

ands

cape

(Tab

le 7

) pol

icy

50; N

atur

al h

azar

ds (T

able

8a

) pol

icy

52; R

egio

nal f

orm

, des

ign

and

func

tion

(Tab

le 9

) pol

icie

s 54

, 55

& 5

6; R

esou

rce

man

agem

ent

with

tan

gata

w

henu

a (T

able

10)

pol

icie

s 48

& 4

9; S

oils

and

min

eral

s (T

able

11)

pol

icy

60

Polic

y 41

: Min

imis

ing

the

effe

cts

of e

arth

wor

ks a

nd

vege

tatio

n di

stur

banc

e –

cons

ider

atio

n

121

Met

hod

4: R

esou

rce

cons

ents

, not

ices

of

requ

irem

ent

and

whe

n ch

angi

ng, v

aryi

ng o

r re

view

ing

plan

s

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

153

Met

hod

31: P

roto

cols

for

man

agem

ent

of

eart

hwor

ks a

nd a

ir qu

ality

bet

wee

n lo

cal

auth

oriti

es

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il* a

nd c

ity a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

158

Met

hod

36: S

uppo

rt in

dust

ry-le

d en

viro

nmen

tal

acco

rds

and

code

s of

pra

ctic

eW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

and

city

and

di

stric

t co

unci

ls15

9

Als

o c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 35

, 36,

37

& 4

0; E

nerg

y, in

fras

truc

ture

and

was

te (T

able

3)

polic

y 39

; Fre

sh w

ater

(Tab

le 4

) pol

icie

s 40

, 42

& 4

3; H

isto

ric h

erita

ge (T

able

5) p

olic

y 46

; Ind

igen

ous

ecos

yste

ms

(Tab

le 6

a) p

olic

y 47

; Lan

dsca

pe (T

able

7) p

olic

y 50

; Nat

ural

haz

ards

(Tab

le 8

a) p

olic

y 52

; Reg

iona

l for

m, d

esig

n an

d fu

nctio

n (T

able

9) p

olic

ies

54, 5

5 &

56;

Res

ourc

e m

anag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta w

henu

a (T

able

10)

pol

icie

s 48

& 4

9;

Soils

and

min

eral

s (T

able

11)

pol

icy

60

Polic

y 68

: Min

imis

ing

soil

eros

ion

– no

n-re

gula

tory

147

Met

hod

15: I

nfor

mat

ion

abou

t su

stai

nabl

e la

nd

man

agem

ent

prac

tices

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il 15

6

Met

hod

29: T

ake

a w

hole

of

catc

hmen

t ap

proa

ch

to w

orks

, ope

ratio

ns a

nd s

ervi

ces

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il* a

nd c

ity a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

158

Met

hod

36: S

uppo

rt in

dust

ry-le

d en

viro

nmen

tal

acco

rds

and

code

s of

pra

ctic

eW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

and

city

and

dis

tric

t co

unci

ls15

9

Met

hod

55: A

ssis

t la

ndow

ners

to

prot

ect

eros

ion

pron

e la

ndW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

162


Ob

ject

ives

Polic

y ti

tles

Pag

eM

eth

od

tit

les

Imp

lem

enta

tio

n

(* le

ad a

uth

ori

ty)

Pag

e

Ob

ject

ive

30

Soils

mai

ntai

n th

ose

desi

rabl

e ph

ysic

al, c

hem

ical

and

bi

olog

ical

cha

ract

eris

tics

that

en

able

the

m t

o re

tain

the

ir ec

osys

tem

fun

ctio

n an

d ra

nge

of u

ses.

Polic

y 34

: Con

trol

ling

activ

ities

on

con

tam

inat

ed la

nd –

dis

tric

t pl

ans

113

Met

hod

1: D

istr

ict

plan

impl

emen

tatio

nC

ity a

nd d

istr

ict

coun

cils

153

Met

hod

24: D

atab

ase

of s

ites

at r

isk

of

cont

amin

atio

nW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

157

Met

hod

36: S

uppo

rt in

dust

ry-le

d en

viro

nmen

tal

acco

rds

and

code

s of

pra

ctic

eW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

and

city

and

di

stric

t co

unci

ls15

9

Als

o s

ee –

Ene

rgy,

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd w

aste

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icie

s 8

& 9

; Reg

iona

l for

m, d

esig

n an

d fu

nctio

n (T

able

9)

polic

ies

30, 3

1 &

32

and

co

nsi

der

Ene

rgy,

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd w

aste

(Tab

le 3

) pol

icy

39; R

egio

nal f

orm

, des

ign

and

func

tion

(Tab

le 9

) pol

icy

54; R

esou

rce

man

agem

ent

with

tan

gata

whe

nua

(Tab

le 1

0) p

olic

ies

48 &

49;

Polic

y 59

: Ret

aini

ng h

ighl

y pr

oduc

tive

agric

ultu

ral

land

(Cla

ss I

and

II la

nd) –

co

nsid

erat

ion

137

Met

hod

4: R

esou

rce

cons

ents

, not

ices

of

requ

irem

ent

and

whe

n ch

angi

ng, v

aryi

ng o

r re

view

ing

plan

s

City

and

dis

tric

t co

unci

ls15

3

Als

o c

on

sid

er –

Reg

iona

l for

m, d

esig

n an

d fu

nctio

n (T

able

9) p

olic

y 56

; Ene

rgy,

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd w

aste

(Tab

le 3

) po

licy

39; R

esou

rce

man

agem

ent

with

tan

gata

whe

nua

(Tab

le 1

0) p

olic

ies

48 &

49

Polic

y 69

: Pre

vent

ing

long

-ter

m

soil

dete

riora

tion

– no

n-re

gula

tory

147

Met

hod

15: I

nfor

mat

ion

abou

t su

stai

nabl

e la

nd

man

agem

ent

prac

tices

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il 15

6

Met

hod

29: T

ake

a w

hole

of

catc

hmen

t ap

proa

ch

to w

orks

, ope

ratio

ns a

nd s

ervi

ces

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il* a

nd c

ity a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

15

8

Ob

ject

ive

31

The

dem

and

for

min

eral

re

sour

ces

is m

et f

rom

res

ourc

es

loca

ted

in c

lose

pro

xim

ity t

o th

e ar

eas

of d

eman

d.

Polic

y 60

: Util

isin

g th

e re

gion

’s m

iner

al r

esou

rces

–

cons

ider

atio

n

137

Met

hod

4: R

esou

rce

cons

ents

, not

ices

of

requ

irem

ent

and

whe

n ch

angi

ng, v

aryi

ng o

r re

view

ing

plan

s

Wel

lingt

on R

egio

nal C

ounc

il an

d ci

ty a

nd

dist

rict

coun

cils

153

Met

hod

5: A

lloca

tion

of r

espo

nsib

ilitie

sW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

and

city

and

di

stric

t co

unci

ls15

4

Met

hod

52: I

dent

ify t

he r

egio

n’s

sign

ifica

nt m

iner

al

reso

urce

sW

ellin

gton

Reg

iona

l Cou

ncil

161

Als

o c

on

sid

er –

Coa

stal

env

ironm

ent

(Tab

le 2

) pol

icie

s 35

, 36

& 3

7; F

resh

wat

er (T

able

4) p

olic

ies

43 &

44;

His

toric

he

ritag

e (T

able

5) p

olic

y 46

; Ind

igen

ous

ecos

yste

ms

(Tab

le 6

a) p

olic

y 47

; Lan

dsca

pe (T

able

7) p

olic

y 50

; Reg

iona

l fo

rm, d

esig

n an

d fu

nctio

n (T

able

9) p

olic

y 56

; Res

ourc

e m

anag

emen

t w

ith t

anga

ta w

henu

a (T

able

10)

pol

icie

s 48

&

49

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