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Canterbury Water Lower Waitaki South Coastal Canterbury Zone Implementation Programme Lower Waitaki South Coastal Canterbury Zone Committee The Lower Waitaki Zone Committee is a joint committee of the Waimate District Council, Waitaki District Council and Environment Canterbury. The Committee comprises “local” people planning locally – the members are: Robin Murphy, Chair (community member) Kate White, Deputy Chair (community member) Anne Te Maiharoa Dodds (community member) Andrew Cocking (community member) Matthew Ross (community member) Andrew Feierabend (Meridian Energy) Mandy Home (Te Rūnanga o Arowhenua) Te Wera King (Te Rūnanga o Waihao) Patrick Tipa (Te Rūnanga o Moeraki) Geoff Keeling (Waitaki District Council) Peter McIlraith (Waimate District Council) Peter Skelton (Environment Canterbury) (see http://ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/canterburywater/committees/ lower-waitaki/Pages/membership.aspx for background information on committee members) With support from Elly Finnerty – Waitaki District Council Michelle Heal – Waimate District Council Melanie Schauer – Environment Canterbury For more information contact [email protected] Ko te wai ko te mauri o te whenua ka takoto mai nei. Kia ora ai nga mea katoa ki uta ki tai e. Water is the lifeforce of the land that lays here. For the wellbeing of all things from the mountains to the sea. CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY PART 1: INTRODUCTION • Geographical scope ..................................................................................................................... 6 • Scope of the Zone Implementation Programme ................................................................................ 6 • Boundaries with other water management zones and Otago Regional Council ...................................... 6 • Zone Committee Process ...............................................................................................................7 PART 2: LOWER WAITAKI AND COASTAL SOUTH CANTERBURY ZONE - OVERVIEW ....................8 • Water resources .......................................................................................................................... 8. • Context ...................................................................................................................................... 9 PART 3: IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK ........................................................................... 12 • Key Principles ............................................................................................................................ 12 • Priority Outcomes ....................................................................................................................... 12 • Kaitiakitanga .............................................................................................................................. 12 • Future directions ........................................................................................................................ 14 PART 4: RECOMMENDED ACTIONS ................................................................................... 15 • Waitaki River ............................................................................................................................. 15 • Hakataramea River ..................................................................................................................... 19 • Wainono Lagoon and catchment ................................................................................................... 21 • Biodiversity ................................................................................................................................ 23 • Drinking Water ...........................................................................................................................28. • Water and nutrient management ..................................................................................................30 APPENDICES • APPENDIX 1: CWMS Vision, Principles, and Targets ............................................................................ 33 • APPENDIX 1.2: Zone Committee ....................................................................................................34 • APPENDIX 1.3: List of Presentations and Reports to the Zone Committee ............................................ 35 • APPENDIX 2: Wainono catchment map ..........................................................................................36 • APPENDIX 3: Hakataramea catchment map ...................................................................................38. • APPENDIX 4: Overview of the Immediate Steps Programme .............................................................. 41 • APPENDIX 5: NRRP Stock Exclusion Factsheet ................................................................................45 • APPENDIX 6: Glossary .................................................................................................................47 Lower Waitaki South Coastal Canterbury Zone Implementation Programme 1 2 Lower Waitaki South Coastal Canterbury Zone Implementation Programme 3 4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Zone Implementation Programme has been produced under the Canterbury Water Management Strategy (CWMS) and is a non-statutory document. It has been prepared by the Lower Waitaki South Coastal Canterbury Zone Committee through a collaborative process. It is a collection of integrated actions and tactics to give effect to the CWMS in the Lower Waitaki South Coastal Canterbury Zone and is a living document. THE MAIN FEATURES OF THIS IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMME ARE: • Waitaki River and tributaries • Hakataramea catchment approach • Wainono Lagoon and Catchment • Biodiversity Protection • Drinking Water • Water and Nutrient Management The Zone Committee considers the delivery of the recommendations of this ZIP and future ZIPs will be largely through catchment groups that take an integrated and collaborative approach to water management. Chairman’s Comment The Zone Committee for the Lower Waitaki South Coastal Canterbury Zone has a wide diversity of experience and desire to work with the community for the betterment of all issues within the zone and has worked as a team to achieve our first ZIP. Our ZIP has been achieved with very good support and interest by the wider community and excellent support from Environment Canterbury, Waitaki and Waimate District Councils and their staff associated with the ZIP, it has been a pleasure chairing such a dedicated Zone Committee. Robin Murphy Chair – Lower Waitaki South Coastal Canterbury Zone Committee Lower Waitaki South Coastal Canterbury Zone Implementation Programme 5 PART 1: INTRODUCTION The Canterbury Water Management Strategy (CWMS) provides a path toward improving the management and use of Canterbury’s water resources. The Strategy takes a regional approach to achieving collaborative and sustainable water management. The CWMS, initiated in 2005 by the Canterbury Mayoral Forum, is a collaborative process between the Canterbury Regional Council, the ten territorial authorities of Canterbury and Ngāi Tahu, as well as key environmental and industry stakeholders. The desired outcome of the CWMS is “To enable present and future generations to gain the greatest social, economic, recreational and cultural benefits from our water resources within an environmentally sustainable framework.” A set of ten targets provides the strategy with a sense of direction and balance, and ensures that all aspects of the solution are advanced in parallel. Achieving continued economic production and environmental quality are key to the strategy. The role of the Lower Waitaki South Coastal Canterbury Zone Committee is to work with the community to prepare a Zone Implementation Programme (ZIP). This outlines a series of actions for integrated water management for the Lower Waitaki South Coastal Canterbury Zone. This ZIP is the first version and contains recommendations principally for actions in the next three years, but with a long-term horizon also in view. The ZIP is a living document and the Zone Committee will review progress against it and update it as required. For more information on the CWMS, including principles and targets, see Appendix 1. 1.1 GEOGRAPHICAL SCOPE 1.3 BOUNDARIES WITH OTHER WATER MANAGEMENT ZONES AND The geographical area covered by the ZIP includes the Waitaki River and its tributaries below the Waitaki dam, OTAGO REGIONAL COUNCIL Wainono lagoon and its tributaries including the Waihao and Hook Rivers and the Makikihi and Otaio Rivers. The Waitaki River catchment is split between the Upper Waitaki and Lower Waitaki South Coastal Canterbury The Zone includes all of the Waimate District and part of Zones. Water management and land use in the Upper Waitaki District (including the rural towns of Duntroon Waitaki Zone will impact on the Lower Waitaki South and Kurow). Coastal Canterbury Zone. The two committees have held joint meetings and will continue to work together to 1.2 SCOPE OF ZONE ensure an integrated approach to water management of the Waitaki River. IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMME Some parts of the southern tributary catchments of This ZIP is intended to direct the implementation of the Waitaki River are in Otago Regional Council and not the Canterbury Water Management Strategy (CWMS) in the Lower Waitaki South Coastal Canterbury Zone. in the Lower Waitaki South Coastal Canterbury Zone. Land use in this area could affect waterways in the It contains 53 recommendations for Environment Lower Waitaki South