CONTENTS
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1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.5.1
1.5.2
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2
3
4
6
7
7
1.6
Introduction
Overview of the Wellington Region
Mahitahi – a work in partnership
Guiding principles of Te Upoko Taiao
Integrated catchment management
Factors shaping this Plan
Statutory framework
Community views, scientific and technical information – identifying
issues
Values of water in the Plan
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2.1
2.1.1
2.1.2
2.1.3
2.1.4
2.1.5
2.1.6
2.2
Interpretation
How to use this Plan
Objectives
Policies
Rules
Other methods
Whaitua chapters
Definitions, schedules and maps
Definitions
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3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
3.6
3.7
3.8
3.9
3.10
3.11
3.12
3.13
Objectives
Ki uta ki tai: mountains to the sea
Beneficial use and development
Māori relationships
Natural character, form and function
Water quality
Biodiversity, aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kai
Sites with significant values
Air
Soil
Land use
Discharges
Water allocation
Coastal management
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4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.4.1
4.4.2
4.4.3
Policies
Ki uta ki tai and integrated catchment management
Beneficial use and development
Māori relationships
Natural form and function
Estuaries and harbours
Natural character
Natural processes
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11
4.4.4
4.5
4.6
4.6.1
4.6.2
4.6.3
4.6.4
4.6.5
4.7
4.8
4.8.1
4.8.2
4.8.3
4.8.4
4.8.5
4.8.6
4.8.7
4.8.8
4.8.9
4.8.10
4.8.11
4.8.12
4.9
4.9.1
4.9.2
4.9.3
4.9.4
4.9.5
4.9.6
4.9.7
4.10
4.10.1
4.10.2
4.10.3
Natural hazards
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Biodiversity, aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kai
58
Sites with significant values
60
Outstanding water bodies
60
Sites with significant indigenous biodiversity value
60
Sites with significant mana whenua values
61
Sites with significant historic heritage value
62
Natural features and landscapes and special amenity landscapes
63
Air quality
64
Discharges to land and water
66
Land and water
66
Discharges to water
68
Stormwater
70
Wastewater
73
Wastewater from vessels and offshore installations and biofoul cleaning 75
Contaminated land, hazardous substances and landfills
75
Hydraulic fracturing
76
Discharges to land
77
Land use
78
Earthworks and vegetation clearance
78
Livestock access and riparian management
78
Activities in beds of lakes and rivers
79
Taking, using, damming and diverting water
81
Minimum flows
82
Allocating water
82
Reasonable and efficient use of water
84
Managing adverse effects
85
Transferring water permits
86
Damming and diverting water
86
Constructing and managing bores
86
Coastal management
87
Primary coastal policies
87
Structures
88
Other activities in the coastal marine area
90
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5.1
5.1.1
5.1.2
5.1.3
5.1.4
5.1.5
5.1.6
5.1.7
5.1.8
5.1.9
5.1.10
5.1.11
5.1.12
Rules
Air quality
Air quality other methods
Outdoor burning
Domestic fires
Large scale combustion activities
Chemical and metallurgical processes
Cremation and incineration
Dust generating activities
Food, animal or plant matter manufacturing and processing
Fuel storage
Mobile sources
Gas, water and wastewater processes
Drying and kiln processes
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5.1.13
5.1.14
5.1.15
5.2
5.2.1
5.2.2
5.2.3
5.2.4
5.2.5
5.2.6
5.2.7
5.2.8
5.3
5.3.1
5.3.2
5.3.3
5.3.4
5.3.5
5.3.6
5.3.7
5.3.8
5.3.9
5.4
5.4.1
5.4.2
5.4.3
5.4.4
5.4.5
5.5
5.5.1
5.5.2
5.5.3
5.5.4
5.5.5
5.5.6
5.5.7
5.5.8
5.6
5.6.1
5.6.2
5.6.3
5.6.4
5.7
5.7.1
5.7.2
5.7.3
5.7.4
5.7.5
5.7.6
5.7.7
Ground-based and aerial applications
Fumigation
All other discharges
Discharges to water
Discharges to water other methods
Water discharges
Stormwater
Contaminated land and hazardous substances
Water races and pumped drainage schemes
Wastewater
Biofoul cleaning
All other discharges
Discharges to land
Discharges to land other methods
Discharge of contaminants
Biosolids
Treated wastewater
Drinking water treatment plant waste
Fertiliser and animal effluent
Vertebrate toxic agents
Refuse, silage and compost
All other discharges
Land use
Land use other methods
Cultivation and break-feeding
Livestock exclusion
Earthworks and vegetation clearance
Plantation forestry
Wetlands and beds of lakes and rivers
Wetlands and beds of lakes and rivers other methods
Activities in wetlands general conditions
Activities in wetlands
Activities in beds of lakes and rivers general conditions
Activities in beds of lakes and rivers
Reclamation and placement of a dam
All other activities in the beds of rivers and lakes
Damming and diverting water
Water allocation
Water allocation other methods
Take and use of water
Transferring water permits
Bore construction or alteration
Coastal management
Coastal management other methods
Coastal management general conditions
Maintenance, repair, additions and alterations to existing structures
Removal or demolition of structures
New and replacement structures (including temporary structures)
Seawalls
Heritage structures
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211
5.7.8
5.7.9
5.7.10
5.7.11
5.7.12
5.7.13
5.7.14
5.7.15
5.7.16
5.7.17
5.7.18
5.7.19
5.7.20
Structures in the Commercial Port Area
Boatsheds and swing moorings
Occupation
Surface water and foreshore activities
General disturbance activities
Motor vehicles on the foreshore
Dredging
All other destruction, damage or disturbance
Deposition
Dumping of waste or other matter
Reclamation and drainage
Destruction
Introduction of plants
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228
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236
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6.1
6.2
6.3
6.4
6.4.1
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239
239
6.4.2
6.4.3
6.4.4
6.5
6.6
6.7
6.8
6.9
6.10
6.11
6.12
6.13
6.14
6.15
Other methods
General
Natural hazards
Air quality
Land and water
Implementing the National Policy Statement for Freshwater
Management
Te Awarua-o-Porirua Harbour restoration
Wairarapa Moana
Improving water quality
Rural land use
Stormwater
Contaminated land
Waste reduction and efficient use of water and energy
Biodiversity
Coast
Historic heritage
Natural features and landscapes
Mana whenua
Contact recreation and Māori customary use
Good management practice
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7.1
7.2
Ruamāhanga Whaitua
Policies
Rules
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248
249
8
8.1
8.2
Wellington Harbour and Hutt Valley Whaitua
Policies
Rules
264
264
265
9
9.1
9.2
Te Awarua-o-Porirua Whaitua
Policies
Rules
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270
270
239
240
240
240
241
243
243
243
245
245
246
246
246
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247
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10.1
10.2
Kāpiti Coast Whaitu
Policies
Rules
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271
272
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11.1
11.2
Wairarapa Coast Whaitua
Policies
Rules
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277
277
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Schedules
Schedule A: Outstanding water bodies
Schedule A1: Rivers with outstanding indigenous ecosystem values
Schedule A2: Lakes with outstanding indigenous ecosystem values
Schedule A3: Wetlands with outstanding indigenous biodiversity values
Schedule B: Ngā Taonga Nui a Kiwa
Schedule C: Sites with significant mana whenua values
Schedule C1: Sites of significance to Ngā Hāpu o Ōtaki
Schedule C2: Sites of significance to Te Ᾱtiawa ki Whakarongotai
Schedule C3: Sites of significance to Ngāti Toa Rangatira
Schedule C4: Sites of significance to Taranaki Whānui ki te Upoko o te Ika a
Maui
Schedule C5: Sites of significance to Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa and
Rangitāne o Wairarapa
Schedule D: Statutory Acknowledgements
Schedule D1: Statutory Acknowledgements from the Port Nicholson Block
(Taranaki Whānui ki Te Upoko o Te Ika) Claims Settlement Act 2009
Schedule D2: Statutory Acknowledgements from the Ngāti Toa Rangatira
Claims Settlement Act 2014
Schedule E: Sites with significant historic heritage values
Schedule E1: Historic heritage structures
Schedule E2: Historic heritage wharves and boatsheds
Schedule E3: Historic heritage navigation aids
Schedule E4: Archaeological sites
Schedule E5: Historic heritage freshwater sites
Schedule F: Ecosystems and habitats with significant indigenous biodiversity
values
Schedule F1: Rivers and lakes with significant indigenous ecosystems
Schedule F1a: Known spawning and migration times for indigenous fish
species
Schedule F1b: Known rivers and parts of the coastal marine area with inanga
spawning habitat
Schedule F1c: Lakes with significant aquatic plant communities
Schedule F2: Habitats for indigenous birds
Schedule F2a: Habitats for indigenous birds in rivers
Schedule F2b: Habitats for indigenous birds in lakes
Schedule F2c: Habitats for indigenous birds in the coastal marine area
Schedule F3: Identified significant natural wetlands
Schedule F3a: Contents of restoration management plans
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352
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Schedule F4: Sites with significant indigenous biodiversity values in the coastal
marine area
Schedule F5: Habitats with significant indigenous biodiversity values in the
coastal marine area
Schedule G: Principles to be applied when proposing and considering
mitigation and offsetting in relation to biodiversity
Schedule H: Contact recreation and Māori customary use
Schedule H1: Regionally significant primary contact recreation water bodies
Schedule H2: Priorities for improvement of fresh and coastal water quality for
contact recreation and Māori customary use
Schedule I: Important trout fishery rivers and spawning waters
Schedule J: Significant geological features in the coastal marine area
Schedule K: Significant surf breaks
Schedule L: Air quality
Schedule L1: Regional ambient air quality targets
Schedule L2: Hazardous air pollutants
Schedule M: Community drinking water supply abstraction points
Schedule M1: Surface water community drinking water supply abstraction
points
Schedule M2: Groundwater community drinking water supply abstraction points
Schedule N: Stormwater management strategy
Schedule O: Plantation forestry harvest plan
Schedule P: Classifying and managing groundwater and surface water
connectivity
Schedule Q: Reasonable and efficient use criteria
Schedule R: Guideline for stepdown allocations
Schedule S: Guideline for measuring and reporting of water takes
Schedule T: Pumping test
Schedule U: Trigger levels for river and stream mouth cutting
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Maps
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Map 1: Outstanding water bodies (Schedule A1, A2, A3)
Map 2: Ngā Taonga Nui a Kiwa (Schedule B)
Map 3: Sites of significance to Ngā Hapū ō Ōtaki (Schedule C1)
Map 4: Sites of significance to Te Ātiawa ki Whakarongotai (Schedule C2)
Map 5: Sites of significance to Ngāti Toa Rangatira (Schedule C3)
Map 6: Sites of significance to Taranaki Whānui ki Te Upoko o Te Ika o Maui
(Schedule C4)
Map 7: Sites of significance to Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa and Rangitāne o
Wairarapa (Schedule C5)
Map 8: Historic heritage structures (Schedule E1)
Map 9: Historic heritage wharves and boatsheds (Schedule E2)
Map 10: Historic heritage navigation aids (Schedule E3)
Map 11: Archaeological sites (Schedule E4)
Map 12: Historic heritage freshwater sites (Schedule E5)
Map 13a: Rivers and lakes with significant indigenous ecosystems: high
macroinvertebrate community health (Schedule F1)
Map 13b: Rivers and lakes with significant indigenous ecosystems: habitat for
indigenous threatened/at risk fish species (Schedule F1)
Map 13c: Rivers and lakes with significant indigenous ecosystems: habitat for
six or more migratory indigenous fish species (Schedule F1)
Map 14: Known rivers and parts of the coastal marine area with inanga
spawning habitat (Schedule F1b)
Map 15: Lakes with significant aquatic plant communities (Schedule F1c)
Map 16: Habitats for indigenous birds in rivers (Schedule F2a)
Map 17: Habitats for indigenous birds in lakes (Schedule F2b)
Map 18: Habitats for indigenous birds in the coastal marine area (Schedule
F2c)
Map 19: Sites with significant indigenous biodiversity values in the coastal
marine area (Schedule F4)
Map 20: Significant primary contact recreation rivers and lakes (Schedule H)
Map 21a: Modelled river classes – upper Wairarapa valley catchments
(Table 3.1)
Map 21b: Modelled river classes – middle Wairarapa valley catchments
(Table 3.1)
Map 21c: Modelled river classes – Lake Wairarapa and lower valley
catchments (Table 3.1)
Map 21d: Modelled river classes – Wellington Hutt Valley and Wainuiomata
catchments (Table 3.1)
Map 21e: Modelled river classes – Kāpiti Coast catchments (Table 3.1)
Map 22: Trout fishery rivers and trout spawning waters (Schedule I)
Map 23: Significant geological features in the coastal marine area (Schedule J)
Map 24: Significant surf breaks (Schedule K)
Map 25: Masterton urban airshed
Map 26: Surface water community drinking water supply protection areas
(incorporates Schedule M1)
Map 27a: Groundwater community drinking water supply protection areas –
Wairarapa (incorporates Schedule M2)
Map 27b: Groundwater community drinking water supply protection areas –
Hutt Valley (incorporates Schedule M2)
Map 27c: Groundwater community drinking water supply protection areas –
Kāpiti Coast (incorporates Schedule M2)
Map 28: Water races in the Wairarapa
Map 29: Lowland areas for Category 2 surface water bodies
Map 30: Hutt Valley aquifer zone in Wellington Harbour (Port Nicholson)
Map 31: Boatshed areas
Map 32: Commercial port, Lambton Harbour Area & noise control lines –
Lambton Harbour
Map 33: Commercial port area & noise control lines – Miramar and Burnham
Wharves
Map 34: Commercial port area – Seaview Wharf
Map 35: Titahi Bay fossil forest (indicative)
Map 36: Mooring areas Wellington Harbour (Port Nicholson) – Evans Bay
Map 37: Mooring areas Wellington Harbour (Port Nicholson) – Whiorau/Lowry
Bay
Map 38: Mooring areas Island Bay
Map 39: Mooring areas Te Awarua-o-Porirua Harbour – Onepoto
Map 40: Mooring areas Te Awarua-o-Porirua Harbour – Mana
Map 41: Mooring areas Te Awarua-o-Porirua Harbour – Pauatahanui Arm
Maps 42-48: Coastal marine area and river mouth boundaries
Map 49: Navigation protection areas in Wellington Harbour (Port Nicolson)
Map 50: Wellington International Airport height restrictions
Map 51: Kapiti Coast Airport approach gradients
Map 52: Cook Strait cable protection zone