✨ Freshwater Management Values
4 JULY 2014
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 71
APPENDIX 1: NATIONAL VALUES AND USES FOR FRESH WATER
COMPULSORY NATIONAL VALUES
Te Hauora o te Wai / the health and mauri of water
Ecosystem health – The freshwater management unit supports a healthy ecosystem appropriate to that freshwater body type (river, lake, wetland, or aquifer).
In a healthy freshwater ecosystem ecological processes are maintained, there is a range and diversity of indigenous flora and fauna, and there is resilience to change.
Matters to take into account for a healthy freshwater ecosystem include the management of adverse effects on flora and fauna of contaminants, changes in freshwater chemistry, excessive nutrients, algal blooms, high sediment levels, high temperatures, low oxygen, invasive species, and changes in flow regime. Other matters to take into account include the essential habitat needs of flora and fauna and the connections between water bodies. The health of flora and fauna may be indicated by measures of macroinvertebrates.
Te Hauora o te Tāngata / the health and mauri of the people
Human health for recreation – As a minimum, the freshwater management unit will present no more than a moderate risk of infection to people when they are wading or boating or involved in similar activities that involve only occasional immersion in the water. Other contaminants or toxins, such as toxic algae, would not be present in such quantities that they would harm people’s health.
In freshwater management units where a community values more frequent immersion in the water such as swimming, white-water rafting, or water skiing, the risk of infection will be no more than moderate. In some freshwater management units, the risk of infection to people undertaking any activity would be no greater than what would exist there under natural conditions.
ADDITIONAL NATIONAL VALUES
Te Hauora o te Taiao / the health and mauri of the environment
Natural form and character – Where people value particular natural qualities of the freshwater management unit.
Matters contributing to the natural form and character of a freshwater management unit are its visual and physical characteristics that are valued by the community, including its flow regime, colour, clarity, morphology or location. They may be freshwater management units with exceptional, natural, and iconic aesthetic features.
Mahinga kai / food gathering, places of food
Mahinga kai – Kai are safe to harvest and eat.
Mahinga kai generally refers to indigenous freshwater species that have traditionally been used as food, tools, or other resources. Mahinga kai provide food for the people of the rohe and these sites give an indication of the overall health of the catchment.
For this value, kai would be safe to harvest and eat and knowledge transfer is present (intergenerational harvest). In freshwater management units that are highly valued for providing mahinga kai, the desired species are plentiful enough for long-term harvest and the range of desired species is present across all life stages.
Mahinga kai – Kei te ora te mauri (the mauri of the place is intact).
For this value, freshwater resources would be available and able to be
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