1482 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 64 12 MAY 2011

Performance, Ministry of Education, pursuant to delegated authority, and the proprietor of the following school:

Holy Family School, Wanaka (557).

The said supplementary integration agreement was executed on 6 May 2011.

A copy of the supplementary integration agreement is available for inspection without charge by any member of the public via the following email address:

enquiries.dunedin@minedu.govt.nz

Dated at Wellington this 6th day of May 2011.

JEREMY WOOD, Group Manager, Education, Curriculum and Performance.

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Supplementary Integration Agreements

Pursuant to section 10 of the Private Schools Conditional Integration Act 1975, notice is given that supplementary integration agreements have been signed between the Minister of Education on behalf of Her Majesty The Queen, acting through the Group Manager, Education, Curriculum and Performance, Ministry of Education, pursuant to delegated authority, and the proprietors of the following schools:

St Bernadette’s School, Hornby (3521).
St Joseph’s Catholic School, Te Kuiti (1953).
St Joseph’s School, New Plymouth (2236).

The said supplementary integration agreements were executed on 6 May 2011.

Copies of the supplementary integration agreements are available for inspection without charge by any member of the public via the following email addresses:

enquiries.christchurch@minedu.govt.nz
enquiries.hamilton@minedu.govt.nz
enquiries.whanganui@minedu.govt.nz

Dated at Wellington this 6th day of May 2011.

JEREMY WOOD, Group Manager, Education, Curriculum and Performance.

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Environment

Resource Management Act 1991

National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management 2011

SIR ANAND SATYANAND, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At Wellington this 9th day of May 2011

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL

PRESIDING IN COUNCIL

Pursuant to section 52(2) of the Resource Management Act 1991, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council and on the recommendation of the Minister for the Environment (having satisfied the requirements of that Act), approves the following national policy statement.

PREAMBLE

Fresh water is essential to New Zealand’s economic, environmental, cultural and social well-being. Fresh water gives our primary production, tourism, and energy generation sectors their competitive advantage in the global economy. Fresh water is highly valued for its recreational aspects and it underpins important parts of New Zealand’s biodiversity and natural heritage.

Fresh water has deep cultural meaning to all New Zealanders. Many of New Zealand’s lakes, rivers and wetlands are iconic and well known globally for their natural beauty and intrinsic values.

The Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi) is the underlying foundation of the Crown–iwi/hapū relationship with regard to freshwater resources. Addressing tangata whenua values and interests across all of the well-beings, and including the involvement of iwi and hapū in the overall management of fresh water, are key to meeting obligations under the Treaty of Waitangi.

All New Zealanders have a common interest in ensuring the country’s freshwater lakes, rivers, aquifers and wetlands are managed wisely.

New Zealand faces challenges in managing our fresh water to provide for all of the values that are important to New Zealanders. The quality, health, availability and economic value of our fresh waters are under threat. These challenges are likely to increase over time due to the impacts of climate change.

To respond effectively to these challenges and issues we need to have a good understanding of our freshwater resources, the threats to them and provide a management framework that enables water to contribute both to New Zealand’s economic growth and environmental integrity and provides for the values that are important to New Zealanders.

This national policy statement sets out objectives and policies that direct local government to manage water in an integrated and sustainable way, while providing for economic growth within set water quantity and quality limits. The national policy statement is a first step to improve freshwater management at a national level.

Setting enforceable quality and quantity limits is a key purpose of this national policy statement. This is a fundamental step to achieving environmental outcomes and creating the necessary incentives to use fresh water efficiently, while providing certainty for investment. Water quality and quantity limits must reflect local and national values. The process for setting limits should be informed by the best available information and scientific and socio-economic knowledge.