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Zone news and information

Kauri dieback

Waikato Regional Council is working with landowners and community groups to help protect kauri from kauri dieback. Find out about kauri dieback here, and what you can do to prevent its spread.

Coromandel Planting Guide

The Coromandel Peninsula is a special place and draws thousands of visitors who enjoy its beaches, forests and biodiversity. Find out more about this ecological gem in our Coromandel planting guide.

Velvetleaf

Velvetleaf is one of the world's worst cropping weeds, and it's in the Waikato region. It has spread here via unclean machinery, and infested maize crops, maize silage and maize grain.

Policies, plans and strategies

Coromandel Zone Management Plan

Image - cover of plan document Our zone management plans (ZMPs) are the primary tools for implementation of all our river and catchment management activities.

The Coromandel Zone covers the majority of the Coromandel Peninsula, and includes all land within the Thames-Coromandel District Council boundary, except Kauaeranga, Tararu and catchments flowing into Thames town which
are included in the Waihou Piako Zone. The zone also includes part of the Hauraki District Council area between Whangamatā and Waihi.

The Coromandel Zone Plan includes:

  • an overall vision for the Coromandel zone
  • 30 year goals for the zone
  • implementation actions for the next 10 year period to meet the goals identifies
  • processes (and measures) for monitoring and reviewing
    the plan.

Coromandel Zone newsletters

Read the Coromandel Zone newsletters below.

Harbour and catchment management plans (HCMPs)

Coromandel / Manaia

This HCMP is under development. It will cover the area from Long Bay Motor Camp, in the north, to just past Waitotara Stream at the seaward edge of Manaia. 

Read more about the plan

Tairua

This HCMP covers the central east coast of the Peninsula, from Whitianga catchment to Wharekawa (Opoutere) catchment in the south.

Read more about the plan

Whangamatā

This HCMP covers the Whangamatā catchment, on the east coast of the Coromandel Peninsula.


Read more about the plan

Whangapoua

This HCMP covers the Whangapoua Harbour and its catchment area on the north-eastern coast of the
Coromandel Peninsula.

Read more about the plan

Wharekawa

This HCMP covers the Wharekawa Harbour and its catchment area on the south-eastern coast of the Coromandel Peninsula.

Read more about the plan

Whitianga / Mercury Bay

This HCMP is under development. It will cover from Waitaia Bay to Sailors Grave, including land area, and Whitianga Harbour and Purangi Estuary.

Read more about the plan

The Ūmangawha/Colville landscape has seen the most dramatic change within the last century, which has bought both prosperity and loss to the people and the land. The catchment of Colville today is a hub of community groups and individuals working towards the welfare, the maui and the sustainability of both their people and the environment.

This land management resource document aims to provide both individuals and community groups with information and connections to help them restore or enhance the Colville catchment.

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Thames Coast Project

The Thames coast is situated on the west side of the Coromandel Peninsula between the towns of Thames and Coromandel. The Thames Coast Project aims to reduce flooding in Thames coast communities.

Hauraki Gulf Marine Spatial Plan (Sea Change)

The country’s first marine spatial plan, Sea Change – Tai Timu Tai Pari, covers the Hauraki Gulf and encompasses the entire eastern coastal marine area of the Waikato region.

Coromandel Peninsula Project

The Peninsula Project is about improving the health of the environment and reducing flood risks on the Coromandel Peninsula. The project integrates three key areas of work - flood protection, river and catchment management, and animal pest control.
Need help or advice?

Whitianga office and staff

33-35 Albert Street, Whitianga 3510

Ph 07 866 0172

  • Emily O’Donnell – Manager, Integrated Catchment Management
  • Chloe Wilson - Zone Manager
  • Elaine Iddon / Reef Townsend – Catchment Management Officers
  • James Ferrier-Kerr / Mike Theobald – River Management Officers