New Zealand Gazette – 2014 – No. 71

Page 2003

✨ Freshwater Management Policy



4 JULY 2014 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 71 2003

b. ensure information on resource availability is available for current and potential resource users.

Policy CC1

By every regional council:

a. establishing and operating a freshwater quality accounting system and a freshwater quantity accounting system for those freshwater management units where they are setting or reviewing freshwater objectives and limits in accordance with Policy A1, Policy B1, and Policies CA1–CA4; and

b. maintaining a freshwater quality accounting system and a freshwater quantity accounting system at levels of detail that are commensurate with the significance of the freshwater quality and freshwater quantity issues, respectively, in each freshwater management unit.

Policy CC2

By every regional council taking reasonable steps to ensure that information gathered in accordance with Policy CC1 is available to the public, regularly and in a suitable form, for the freshwater management units where they are setting or reviewing, and where they have set or reviewed, freshwater objectives and limits in accordance with Policy A1, Policy B1, and Policies CA1–CA4.

Objective CC1 and Policies CC1 and CC2 will take effect 24 months from the date of entry into effect of the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management 2014.

D. TANGATA WHENUA ROLES AND INTERESTS

Objective D1

To provide for the involvement of iwi and hapū, and to ensure that tāngata whenua values and interests are identified and reflected in the management of fresh water including associated ecosystems, and decision-making regarding freshwater planning, including on how all other objectives of this national policy statement are given effect to.

Policy D1

Local authorities shall take reasonable steps to:

a. involve iwi and hapū in the management of fresh water and freshwater ecosystems in the region;

b. work with iwi and hapū to identify tāngata whenua values and interests in fresh water and freshwater ecosystems in the region; and

c. reflect tāngata whenua values and interests in the management of, and decision-making regarding, fresh water and freshwater ecosystems in the region.

E. PROGRESSIVE IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMME

Policy E1

a. This policy applies to the implementation by a regional council of a policy of this national policy statement.



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🏛️ National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management 2014 (continued from previous page)

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Environmental Policy, Freshwater Management, Water Quality, Resource Management, Regional Councils, Discharge Applications, Water Quantity, Sustainable Management