✨ National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 71
4 JULY 2014
National Policy Statement
For Freshwater Management 2014
JERRY MATEPARAE, Governor-General
Order in Council
At Wellington this 30th day of June 2014
Present:
His Excellency the Governor-General 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. The National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management 2011, New Zealand Gazette, 12 May 2011, No. 64, page 1482, is revoked with effect from the date of entry into effect of the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management 2014.
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 tāngata 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.
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NZ Gazette 2014, No 71
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🏛️ National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management 2014
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration30 June 2014
Environmental Policy, Freshwater Management, Resource Management Act 1991
- Jerry Mateparae, Governor-General