New Zealand Gazette – 2017 – No. 81

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✨ Amendments to National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management



NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 81 — 10 AUGUST 2017

  1. the natural movement of water and sediment including hydrological and fluvial processes;
  2. the location of the water body relative to its natural course;
  3. the relative dominance of indigenous flora and fauna;
  4. the presence of culturally significant species;
  5. the colour of the water; and
  6. the clarity of the water.

They may be freshwater management units with exceptional, natural, and iconic aesthetic features.

  1. Delete the heading "Mahinga Kai / Food Gathering, Places of Food".

  2. In the "Mahinga Kai – Kai are safe to harvest and eat" value description box:
    a. after "Mahinga kai generally refers to indigenous freshwater species that have traditionally been used as food, tools, or other resources.", insert "It also refers to the places those species are found and to the act of catching them.";
    b. replace "catchment" with "water";
    c. replace "and knowledge transfer is present (intergenerational harvest)." with ". Transfer of knowledge would occur about the preparation, storage and cooking of kai.";
    d. replace "highly valued" with "used".

  3. In the "Mahinga Kai – kei te or ate mauri (the mauri of the place is intact)" value description box:
    a. delete "at some places (but not everywhere)";
    b. delete "highly".

  4. Delete the heading "Mahi Māra / Cultivation".

  5. In the sub-heading for "Irrigation and Food Production", after "Irrigation" insert ", Cultivation".

  6. Delete the heading "Wai Tapu / Sacred Waters".

  7. In the "Wai tapu" value description box:
    a. after "performed", insert ", or where there is special significance to iwi/hapū";
    b. delete "to some extent";
    c. delete "identified catchments have integrity".

  8. Delete the heading "Wai Māori / Municipal and Domestic Water Supply".

  9. Delete the heading "Āu Putea / Economic or Commercial Development".

  10. Delete the heading "He Ara Haere / Navigation".

17. Appendix 2 amended

  1. This clause amends Appendix 2.

  2. In the "Phytoplankton (Trophic State)" attribute table:
    a. in row B, after "and", insert "/or";
    b. in row B, replace "nutrients" with "nutrient";
    c. in row C, replace "nutrients" with "nutrient";
    d. in row C, after "conditions.", insert: "Reduced water clarity is likely to affect habitat available for native macrophytes.";
    e. in row D, after "state", insert "(without native macrophyte/seagrass cover),";
    f. under the table, insert:

    Note: For lakes and lagoons that are intermittently open to the sea, monitoring data should be analysed separately for closed periods and open periods.

  3. In the "Total Nitrogen (Trophic State)" attribute table:
    a. replace "Brackish*" with "Brackish";
    b. in row B after "and", insert "/or";
    c. in row B, replace "nutrients" with "nutrient";
    d. in row C, replace "nutrients" with "nutrient";



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🏛️ National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management Amendment Order 2017 (continued from previous page)

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