New Zealand Gazette – 2017 – No. 81

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✨ Freshwater Management Policy Amendments



NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 81 — 10 AUGUST 2017

a. using the Macroinvertebrate Community Index;

b. establishing methods under Policy CB2 to respond to a Macroinvertebrate Community Index score below 80, or a declining trend; and

c. ensuring that methods:
i. investigate the causes of declining trends or the Macroinvertebrate Community Index score below 80;
ii. seek to halt declining trends; and
iii. seek to improve on a Macroinvertebrate Community Index score if it is below 80, unless this is caused by naturally occurring processes, pest or unwanted organism, or by infrastructure listed in Appendix 3.

Policy CB4

By every regional council taking reasonable steps to ensure information gathered in accordance with Policy CB1 is available to the public regularly and in a suitable form."

15. Part E amended

  1. Replace Policy E1(f) with:

"f) Any programme adopted under Policy E1(c) of the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management 2011 or under Policy E1(c) of the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management 2014 by a regional council is to be reviewed, revised if necessary, formally adopted by the regional council by 31 December 2018, and publicly notified."

  1. After Policy E1(f), insert:

"g) Every regional council must, at intervals of not more than five years, compile and make available to the public a review of the improvements to specified rivers and lakes, and primary contact sites, made in giving effect to Policy A5."

Part 3

Amendments to Appendices

16. Appendix 1 amended

  1. This clause amends Appendix 1.

  2. Delete the heading "Te Hauora o te Wai / the Health and Mauri of the Water".

  3. In the "Ecosystem Health" value description box, delete "The health of flora and fauna may be indicated by measures of macroinvertebrates."

  4. Delete the heading "Te Hauora o te Tangata / the Health and Mauri of the People".

  5. Replace all the text in the "Human Health for Recreation" value description box with:

"Human Health for Recreation – In a healthy waterbody, people are able to connect with the water through a range of activities such as swimming, waka, boating, fishing, mahinga kai and water-skiing, in a range of different flows.

Matters to take into account for a healthy waterbody for human use include pathogens, clarity, deposited sediment, plant growth (from macrophytes to periphyton to phytoplankton), cyanobacteria, and other toxicants."

  1. Replace the heading "Additional National Values" with "Other National Values".

  2. Delete the heading "Te Hauora o te Taiao / the Health and Mauri of the Environment".

  3. Replace all the text for "Natural Form and Character" value description box with:

"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 biological, visual and physical characteristics that are valued by the community, including:

i. its biophysical, ecological, geological, geomorphological and morphological aspects;



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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