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Harbour and Catchment Management Plan - Whangapoua 2015

TR 2015/03
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Report: TR 2015/03

Author: M Lewis (Waikato Regional Council) and R Britton (Focus Resource Management Group)

About this report

The Whangapoua harbour and catchment area has been recognised by the community and the Waikato Regional Council (the Council) as a priority area for an integrated harbour and catchment plan. The environmental changes occurring in this area have raised people’s awareness of the need for careful management of resources into the future, along with the need to meet economic and social outcomes.

  • Part One provides some contextual background and outlines the issues we heard from people.
  • Part Two sets out the vision and objectives for driving changes in the area. 
  •  Part Three takes community information and added in background information and scientific information held by agencies, in order to provide an overview of the state of the catchment and harbour as it is currently. This provides a baseline snap shot of the current condition of the harbour and surrounding catchment, against which future works and initiatives can be measured to demonstrate change.
  • Building on this, the plan outlines in Part Four the actions and initiatives that are currently being undertaken to address the key environmental issues that were identified through the community consultation and engagement with tangata whenua. It then sets out actions that are focused on the future, that are practical and that will make a difference to the state of the catchment and harbour.

The range of actions identified will involve partnerships between communities, iwi and agencies to achieve the outcomes sought for this area. These actions will be undertaken over a 10-year period and priorities reviewed regularly, to ensure progress is being made. The priorities will be budgeted and included into the annual plan process for agencies.

Read or download the report

Harbour and Catchment Management Plan - Whangapoua 2015 [PDF, 4.9 MB]

Summary of plan [PDF, 963 KB]

Catchment map [PDF, 688 KB]