New Zealand Gazette – 2017 – No. 81

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✨ Freshwater Management Policy Amendments



NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 81 — 10 AUGUST 2017

  1. After Policy A4, insert:

Policy A5

By every regional council making or changing regional plans to the extent needed to ensure the plans:

a. identify specified rivers and lakes, and primary contact sites; and

b. state what improvements will be made, and over what timeframes, to specified rivers and lakes, and primary contact sites, so they are suitable for primary contact more often; or

c. state how specified rivers and lakes, and primary contact sites, will be maintained if regional targets established under Policy A6(b) have been achieved.

Improvements to specified rivers and lakes in (b) must make a contribution to achieving regional targets established under Policy A6(b).

Policy A6

By every regional council developing regional targets to improve the quality of fresh water in specified rivers and lakes and contribute to achieving the national target in Appendix 6, and ensuring:

a. draft regional targets are available to the public by 31 March 2018; and

b. final regional targets are available to the public by 31 December 2018.

Policy A7

By every regional council considering, when giving effect to this national policy statement, how to enable communities to provide for their economic well-being, including productive economic opportunities, while managing within limits."

  1. Part B amended

  2. After Objective B4, insert:

Objective B5

"To enable communities to provide for their economic well-being, including productive economic opportunities, in sustainably managing freshwater quantity, within limits."

  1. After Policy B7, insert:

Policy B8

"By every regional council considering, when giving effect to this national policy statement, how to enable communities to provide for their economic well-being, including productive economic opportunities, while managing within limits."

  1. Part C amended

Replace Policy C1 with:

Policy C1

By every regional council:

a. recognising the interactions, ki uta ki tai (from the mountains to the sea) between fresh water, land, associated ecosystems and the coastal environment; and

b. managing fresh water, land use, and development in catchments in an integrated and sustainable way to avoid, remedy or mitigate adverse effects, including cumulative effects."

  1. Part CA amended

  2. In Policy CA2, after "By every regional council", insert ", through discussion with communities, including tangata whenua,".

  3. After Policy CA2(e)(ii), insert:

"iia. in those cases where a freshwater objective seeks to maintain overall water quality in accordance with Objective A2, by every regional council ensuring:"

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

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Freshwater Management, National Policy Statement, Resource Management Act, Water Quality, Water Quantity