has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Resource Management Act 1991 (as set out in the box below) 

to the extent applicable to the Otago region, has the same meaning as in clause 1.4(1) of the National Policy Statement for Urban Development 2020 (as set out in the box below) 

has the same meaning as in PORPS 2021 (as set out in the box below) 

(1) roads which provide a lifeline connection for a community  

OR roads classified as being of regional importance in  

accordance with the One Network Framework, 

(2) electricity sub-transmission infrastructure, 

(2A) significant electricity distribution infrastructure, 

(3) renewable electricity generation facilities that connect with  

the local distribution network but not including renewable 

electricity generation facilities designed and operated  

principally for supplying a single premise or facility, 

(4) telecommunication and radiocommunication networks, 

(5) public transport terminals and stations, 

(6) the following airports: Dunedin, Queenstown, Wānaka, 

Alexandra, Balclutha, Cromwell, Ōamaru, Taiari. 

(7) navigation infrastructure associated with airports and  

commercial ports which are nationally or regionally  

significant, 

(8) defence facilities for defence purposes in accordance with  

the Defence Act 1990, 

(8A) established community-scale irrigation and stockwater  

infrastructure, 

(9) community drinking water abstraction, supply treatment and  

distribution infrastructure that provides no fewer than 25 

households with drinking water for not less than 90 days  

each calendar year, and community water supply abstraction,  

treatment and distribution infrastructure (excluding delivery  

systems or infrastructure primarily deployed for the delivery  

of water for irrigation of land or rural agricultural drinkingwater supplies) 

(10) community stormwater infrastructure, 

(11) wastewater and sewage collection, treatment and disposal  

infrastructure serving no fewer than 25 households,  

(11A) oil terminals, bulk fuel storage and supply infrastructure, and  

ancillary pipelines at Port Chalmers and Dunedin, and 

(12) Otago Regional Council’s hazard mitigation works including  

flood protection infrastructure and drainage schemes, 

(13) landfills and associated solid waste sorting and transfer  

facilities which are designated by, or are owned and  

operated by, a local authority, 

(14) ski area infrastructure, 

(15) any infrastructure identified as nationally significant  

infrastructure. 

means established in accordance with and compliant with the Resource Management Act 1991 or any former legislation at the time of establishment. 

means a strip of land, usually of varying width, directly adjacent to a waterway and which contributes to the maintenance and enhancement of the natural functioning, quality and character of the waterway and its margins. 

within the coastal environment, has the same meaning as in the Glossary of the New Zealand Coastal Policy Statement 2010 (as set out in the box below) 

And outside the coastal environment, means any kind of structure which is specifically established for the purpose of natural hazard risk mitigation, including dams, weirs, stop banks, carriageways, groynes, reservoirs and rip rap. 

means a freshwater fish species that is:  

(a) listed in APP3 – Desired fish species in all rivers and receiving environments in rivers and receiving environments where they are expected to occur naturally (including those in APP4 – Rivers and receiving environments where desired fish species have been identified); or 

(b) endemic to Otago; or 

(c) endemic to New Zealand or indigenous to New Zealand, and Otago is within the natural range of the species; or 

(d) endemic to New Zealand or indigenous to New Zealand and Otago is within the expected range of the species; or 

(e) a sports fish in rivers and receiving environments where identified as a desired fish species in particular rivers and receiving environments in APP7 – Sports fish as desired fish species or undesirable fish species. 

means utilities provided by an entity named or described in Part A of Schedule 1, or that carries on a business described in Part B of Schedule 1of the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002. 

means utilities provided by an entity named or described in Part A of Schedule 1, or that carries on a business described in Part B of Schedule 1of the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002 

means an organism specified as a pest in a national pest management plan, or a regional pest management plan for Otago, prepared in accordance with the Biosecurity Act 1993.  

As defined in section 2 of the Biosecurity Act 1993:  

In relation to any pest, means an organism capable of –   

As defined in section 2 of the Biosecurity Act 1993:  

means any organism that a chief technical officer believes is capable or potentially capable of causing unwanted harm to any natural and physical resources or human health; and  

(a) includes—  

(i) any new organism, if the Authority has declined approval to import that organism; and  

(ii) any organism specified in Schedule 2 of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996; but  

(b) does not include any organism approved for importation under the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996, unless—  

(i) the organism is an organism which has escaped from a containment facility; or  

(ii) a chief technical officer, after consulting the Authority and taking into account any comments made by the Authority concerning the organism, believes that the organism is capable or potentially capable of causing unwanted harm to any natural and physical resources or human health.  

means an organism identified as an organism of interest in a regional pest management plan or regional pathway management plan for Otago.  

means an area identified as a traditional fishing ground established under section 186 of the Fisheries Act and includes:  

means an area in estuarine or littoral coastal waters that is identified as a local fishery under section 175 of the Fisheries Act, and includes:    

(a) East Otago Taiāpure; and    

(b) any other area approved under section 175 of the Fisheries Act.