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Under the Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998, nohoanga/nohoaka sites are specific areas of Crown owned land adjacent to lakeshores or riverbanks and are usually one hectare in size.
The location of Ngai Tahu nohoanga/nohoaka sites can be found here: Nohoanga | Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu (ngaitahu.iwi.nz)
Most small-scale, or environmentally beneficial activities in the bed are likely to be permitted, including the use and maintenance of structures, placement of a range of structures, sediment traps, bank reinstatement and rebattering, suction dredge mining and vegetation planting and removal.
These activities are permitted if they comply with the following conditions:
Functional need is defined in the land and water plan as:
the need for a proposal or activity to traverse, locate or operate in a particular environment because the activity can only occur in that environment.
Advice and specific examples on how to consider functional need can be found here:
It is recommended that climate change and its impacts are considered in relation to your activity. It may mean that the design of the activity is adapted to manage future natural hazard risk e.g. structure is designed to accommodate larger flood flows.
The following tools and reports may assist you with identifying the future environment because of climate change. There are no approved set of climate change parameters for the region.
High Intensity Rainfall System (niwa.co.nz) – This has a climate change module on it
Most large-scale activities will require consent, as will activities that do not meet the permitted activity conditions described above.
Managing all works in, on, over or under the beds of lakes and rivers, including selected activities in the riparian margin (the strip of land that runs alongside a waterway).
Please also refer to the general frequently asked questions.
The Code of Practice for gravel extraction is currently being drafted by Council and is due for completion in 2025. We will add the Code of Practice to the website once it is complete.
The Code of Practice for drain maintenance is currently being drafted by Council and is due for completion in 2025.
Under the RPW, clearing a modified watercourse will likely require consent, but clearing a drain is permitted.
Underthe pLWRP, clearance of a stream, modified watercourse or drain will be permitted under BED-R16-PER1, if the sediment or vegetation is removed by hand or hand tools, or the sediment or vegetation is removed when there is no water present, and the other permitted activity conditions are met.
If the permitted activity conditions cannot be met, a consent will be required.
Even though there are permitted activity rules in the land and water plan, a consent will continue to be required until the land and water plan is operative. The activity may then be able to be permitted.
Under the NPSFM, we need to provide for the passage of desired fish species, and impede the passage of undesirable fish species. The pLWRP defines desired fish species and undesirable fish species, in order to provide clarity around which species are which. In some cases, a species may be desired in one waterbody, but undesirable in another.
A desired fish species is defined by the pLWRP as:
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.
Whether a fish is desired or undesirable depends on its species and where it is found. Some species are desired everywhere, but some are only desired in some places. Appendices 4, 5 and 7 provide further detail on identifying which desired fish species may be present in your area.
Please also refer to the general frequently asked questions.
Managing dams, weirs, and diversions, including activities associated with their placement, maintenance, and removal.
Please also refer to the general frequently asked questions.
Under the NPSFM, we need to provide for the passage of desired fish species, and impede the passage of undesirable fish species. The pLWRP defines desired fish species and undesirable fish species, in order to provide clarity around which species are which. In some cases, a species may be desired in one waterbody, but undesirable in another.
A desired fish species is defined by the pLWRP as:
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.
Whether a fish is desired or undesirable depends on its species and where it is found. Some species are desired everywhere, but some are only desired in some places. Appendices 4, 5 and 7 provide further detail on identifying which desired fish species may be present in your area.
Under the NPSFM, we need to provide for the passage of desired fish species, and impede the passage of undesirable fish species. The pLWRP defines desired fish species and undesirable fish species, in order to provide clarity around which species are which. In some cases, a species may be desired in one waterbody, but undesirable in another.
A desired fish species is defined by the pLWRP as:
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.
Whether a fish is desired or undesirable depends on its species and where it is found. Some species are desired everywhere, but some are only desired in some places. Appendices 4, 5 and 7 provide further detail on identifying which desired fish species may be present in your area.
The Code of Practice for gravel extraction is currently being drafted by Council and is due for completion in 2025. We will add the Code of Practice to the website once it is complete.
The Code of Practice for drain maintenance is currently being drafted by Council and is due for completion in 2025.
Under the RPW, clearing a modified watercourse will likely require consent, but clearing a drain is permitted.
Underthe pLWRP, clearance of a stream, modified watercourse or drain will be permitted under BED-R16-PER1, if the sediment or vegetation is removed by hand or hand tools, or the sediment or vegetation is removed when there is no water present, and the other permitted activity conditions are met.
If the permitted activity conditions cannot be met, a consent will be required.
Even though there are permitted activity rules in the land and water plan, a consent will continue to be required until the land and water plan is operative. The activity may then be able to be permitted.
Under the NPSFM, we need to provide for the passage of desired fish species, and impede the passage of undesirable fish species. The pLWRP defines desired fish species and undesirable fish species, in order to provide clarity around which species are which. In some cases, a species may be desired in one waterbody, but undesirable in another.
A desired fish species is defined by the pLWRP as:
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.
Whether a fish is desired or undesirable depends on its species and where it is found. Some species are desired everywhere, but some are only desired in some places. Appendices 4, 5 and 7 provide further detail on identifying which desired fish species may be present in your area.