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Proposed Regional Policy Statement

The proposed RPS is available for viewing online through the table of contents below, and can also be downloaded.

Table of contents

 Chairman's foreword
 Introduction
 1Role and purpose of regional policy statements
 2Integrated management
 3Relationships with other policies and plans
  3.1National environmental standards
  3.2Regulations
  3.3Vision and Strategy for the Waikato River
  3.4National policy statements
  3.5Iwi planning documents
  3.6Regional plans
  3.7District plans
  3.8Other plans and strategies
 4Policy horizon
 Reader’s guide
 1Structure of the Regional Policy Statement
  1.1Outline
  1.2Issues of significance to iwi authorities
 2General interpretation
 3Area covered by the Regional Policy Statement
 What happens next?
 How to make a submission
 Submission form
 PART A
 1Issues
   Issue 1.1 State of resources
   Issue 1.2 Effects of climate change
   Issue 1.3 Providing for energy demand
   Issue 1.4 Managing the built environment
   Issue 1.5 Relationship of tangata whenua with the environment (te taiao)
   Issue 1.6 Health and wellbeing of the Waikato River
 2Te Ture Whaimana o Te Awa o Waikato Vision and Strategy for the Waikato River
  2.1Waikato Raupatu Claims (Waikato River) Settlement Act1
  2.2Ngati Tuwharetoa, Raukawa, and Te Arawa River Iwi Waikato River Bill2
  2.3Waikato Regional Policy Statement
  2.4Vision and Strategy for the Waikato River
  2.4.1Vision for the Waikato River
  2.4.2Objectives for the Waikato River
  2.4.3Strategies for the Waikato River
 3Objectives
  3.1Integrated management
  3.2Decision making
  3.3Health and wellbeing of the Waikato River
  3.4Energy
  3.5Adapting to climate change
  3.6Coastal environment
  3.7Ecosystem services
  3.8Relationship of tāngata whenua with the environment
  3.9Efficient use of resources
  3.10Air quality
  3.11Built environment
  3.12Mauri and health of marine waters
  3.13Mauri and health of fresh water bodies
  3.14Allocation and use of fresh water
  3.15Riparian areas and wetlands
  3.16Geothermal
  3.17Historic and cultural heritage
  3.18Ecological integrity and indigenous biodiversity
  3.19Outstanding natural features and landscapes
  3.20Amenity
  3.21Natural character
  3.22Public access
  3.23Natural hazards
  3.24Values of soil
  3.25High class soils
 PART B
 4Integrated management
   Policy 4.1 Integrated approach
   Policy 4.2 Collaborative approach
   Policy 4.3 Tangata whenua
 4A Maps - Coastal environment
   Map 4-1: Overview of coastal environment maps
   Map 4-2: Coastal environment 1
   Map 4-3: Coastal environment 2
   Map 4-4: Coastal environment 3
   Map 4-5: Coastal environment 4
   Map 4-6: Coastal environment 5
   Map 4-7: Coastal environment 6
   Map 4-8: Coastal environment 7
   Map 4-9: Coastal environment 8
   Map 4-10: Coastal environment 9
   Map 4-11: Coastal environment 10
   Map 4-12: Coastal environment 11
   Map 4-13: Coastal environment 12
   Map 4-14: Coastal environment 13
   Map 4-15: Coastal environment 14
   Map 4-16: Coastal environment 15
   Map 4-17: Coastal environment 16
   Map 4-18 Coastal environment 17
 5Air
   Policy 5.1 Improve degraded air quality
   Policy 5.2 Manage discharges to air
   Policy 5.3 Limit adverse effects on amenity
 6Built environment
   Policy 6.1 Planned and co-ordinated development
   Policy 6.2 Planning for development in the coastal environment
   Policy 6.3 Co-ordinating growth and infrastructure
   Policy 6.4 Marae and papakāinga
   Policy 6.5 Energy demand management
   Policy 6.6 Significant infrastructure and energy resources
   Policy 6.7 Access to minerals
   Policy 6.8 Information collection
   Policy 6.9 Implementing Blueprint growth strategy
   Policy 6.10 Implementing Taupo District 2050
   Policy 6.11 Implementing Franklin District Growth Strategy
   Policy 6.12 Governance collaboration in the Future Proof area
   Policy 6.13 Adopting Future Proof land use pattern
   Policy 6.14 Density targets for Future Proof area
   Policy 6.15 Commercial development in the Future Proof area
   Policy 6.16 Rural-residential development in Future Proof area
   Policy 6.17 Monitoring development in Future Proof area
   Policy 6.18 Review of Future Proof map and tables
 6A Development principles
 6B Significant transport infrastructure maps
 6C Future Proof map and tables
 7Coastal marine area
   Policy 7.1 Interests in the coastal marine area
   Policy 7.2 Marine water quality
 8Fresh water bodies
   Policy 8.1 Approach to managing water bodies
   Policy 8.2 High value water bodies
   Policy 8.3 All water bodies
   Policy 8.4 Catchment-based intervention
   Policy 8.5 Waikato River catchment
   Policy 8.6 Allocating fresh water
   Policy 8.7 Efficient allocation and use of water
 8A High value water bodies
 8B Priority catchments map
 9Geothermal
   Policy 9.1 Geothermal characteristics valued by tangata whenua
   Policy 9.2 Sustainably manage geothermal systems
   Policy 9.3 Significant Geothermal Features
   Policy 9.4 Development Geothermal Systems
   Policy 9.5 Limited Development Geothermal Systems
   Policy 9.6 Protected Geothermal Systems
   Policy 9.7 Research Geothermal Systems
   Policy 9.8 Small Geothermal Systems
 9A Geothermal systems
 9B Geothermal feature types
 10Heritage
   Policy 10.1 Managing historic and cultural heritage
   Policy 10.2 Relationship of Māori to taonga
   Policy 10.3 Effects of development on historic and cultural heritage
 10A Historic and cultural heritage assessment criteria
 11Indigenous biodiversity
   Policy 11.1 Maintain or enhance indigenous biodiversity
   Policy 11.2 Protect significant indigenous biodiversity
   Policy 11.3 Collaborative management
   Policy 11.4 Safeguard coastal/marine ecosystems
 11A Criteria for determining significance of indigenous biodiversity
 12Landscape, natural character and amenity
   Policy 12.1 Outstanding natural features and landscapes
   Policy 12.2 Other landscape values
   Policy 12.3 Protect natural character
   Policy 12.4 Protect areas of high amenity value
   Policy 12.5 Appropriate restrictions on public access
   Policy 12.6 Maintain or enhance public access
 12A Outstanding natural features and landscapes
   Map 12-1: Overview of outstanding natural features and landscapes maps
   Map 12-2: NFL 1 - Tongariro National park
   Map 12-3: NFL 2 - Kaimanawa Mountains
   Map 12-4: NFL 3 - Northern Herangi Range
   Map 12-5: NFL 4 - Mount Karioi
   Map 12-6: NFL 5 - Coromandel Range and Moehau Range
   Map 12-7: NFL 6 - Mount Maungatautari
   Map 12-8: NFL 7 - Mount Pirongia
   Map 12-9: NFL 8 - Kaimai Range (north of Ngatamahinerua)
   Map 12-10: NFL 9 – Lake Taupo
   Map 12-11: NFL 10/1 - Cathedral Cove, Shakespeare Cliff and coastline south of Hahei
   Map 12-12: NFL 10/2 - Northern tip of Coromandel Peninsula and western slopes of Moehau Range out to coast
   Map 12-13: NFL 10/3 - Tuateawa
 12B Landscape values assessment criteria
 13Natural hazards
   Policy 13.1 Natural hazard risk management approach
   Policy 13.2 Manage activities to reduce the risks from natural hazards
   Policy 13.3 High impact, low probability natural hazard events
 14Soils
   Policy 14.1 Maintain or enhance the values of the soil resource
   Policy 14.2 High class soils
   Policy 14.3 Soil contaminants
   Policy 14.4 Contaminated land
   Policy 14.5 Peat soils
 PART C
 15Monitoring and evaluation
  15.1General
  15.2Review existing procedures for monitoring
  15.3Tāngata whenua involvement
  15.4Environmental results anticipated
  15.5Giving effect to the Regional Policy Statement
 16Principal reasons for adopting
  16.1Background
  16.2Objectives
  16.3Policies and implementation methods
 Glossary
 Appendix 1:Statutory acknowledgements


Full Proposed Regional Policy Statement

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