Quarterly, Issue 7, August 2009 ISSN 1174-0906

Weaving Wastewater outfall the Strands Promoting and facilitating integrated management around the – Tikapa Moana

Whangateau Queens Wharf Pest bust on Rangitoto Set net deaths Te Arai

existing lower capacity outfall pipe 600 Cockles die at Sewage from boats Godwits journey How lucky we are Queens Wharf Rangitoto-Motutapu and Te Arai development metres off . Forum publishes under review revealed Recent photographs in the Herald of purchased for public use restoration on-track cycleway started turned down guidance on Park Act orcas cruising city beaches with It is part of a series of upgrades at the Nearly 70 percent of eating size cockles Maritime is seeking views The miraculous story of the godwits Queens Wharf on ’s The Department of Conservation is Work on the new and much-anticipated Rodney District Council has accepted A guide to the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park soon-to-be-pest-free Rangitoto as a plant to treat sewage produced by more appear to have died over much of the on the adequacy of current regulations and their migrations is told in a new waterfront has been purchased by awaiting a fine weather window to Kopu bridge, the gateway to the the recommendations of independent Act has been published by the Hauraki backdrop makes me proud to live in than 200,000 North Shore residents and Whangateau harbour, though the regarding discharge of untreated book by Miranda Shorebird Centre the Auckland Regional Council enable a third and final aerial at the bottom commissioners not to permit the Gulf Forum. this beautiful, natural part of the world. businesses to a high environmental reason is yet to be determined. sewage from small vessels. manager Keith Woodley. and government. application of bait containing of the will start this development of a coastal settlement at standard and cater for projected growth. Governing the Gulf: Giving Effect to the The Hauraki Gulf Forum acts as brodifacoum on Rangitoto-Motutapu. month. Te Arai, one of the last, significant MAF Biosecurity New Zealand is The Resource Management (Marine Godwits: Long-haul champions follows Announcing the purchase in June, ARC Hauraki Gulf Marine Park Act through a champion for the integrated The department hopes this will undeveloped areas on the east coast of An underground tunnel is currently analysing samples to determine Pollution) Regulations 1998 prohibit the birds from the Firth of Thames to Chairman Mike Lee described Queens Land Transport New Zealand has Policies and Plans shows how the management of this inspirational place. complete a campaign to rid the islands the . being bored from the Rosedale plant to a cause. untreated sewage discharge within 500 mudflats on the Chinese–North Korean Wharf as “a tremendous asset for estimated delays caused by the bridge legislation – which aims to sustain the of mice and rats. Mairangi Bay, which will connect to the metres of land, in water less than 5 border and tundra nesting sites The Department of Conservation Auckland, starting with a public venue have cost the Thames Coromandel The Te Arai Coastal Lands Trust had life-supporting capacity of the Gulf The die back was first noted by outfall pipe. metres deep, or near marine farms, in Alaska. deserves congratulations for to enjoy the Rugby World Cup in 2011. Restoration of the 3,850 ha islands will district about $92 million each year in proposed to change district plan zoning – can be applied in practice by councils residents in January and has been mataitai (traditional food collection) completing the crucial first stages of But the real potential is the opportunity also involve removal of wild cats, lost time, fuel and extra distance to allow a development involving 1,400 Sections of the pipe were assembled throughout its catchments and documented by local scientists The book details the amazing changes reserves or marine reserves. its operation to rid Rangitoto and to transform the wharf into a cruise rabbits, stoats and hedgehogs through travelled for those who choose to households – later scaled back to 850 near Kaiaua on the Firth of Thames then marine area. and the Whangateau Harbour these birds undergo – from moulting Motutapu of introduced pests and turn ship terminal and public open space trapping, shooting and the use of bypass Kopu. Traffic queues have and then 180 homes – and a boutique towed by tugboat, flooded, sunk and Community Group. Forum member and Coromandel into new plumage, to doubling their The guide explains the nature of the islands into a wildlife sanctuary that Auckland, and indeed specialist detection dogs. stretched up to 10km in summer thermal spa, golf course, visitor facilities weighted into place in a trench in the resident Betty Williams says sewage weight and shrinking non-essential environmental impacts on the Gulf, The Ministry of Fisheries is working right at our doorstep. New Zealand, can be proud of.” holiday periods. The $47 million dollar and coastal park and campground. sea bed. should not be discharged from vessels body organs – as well as their innate The eradications will protect the world’s its governance and management with local groups and scientists, and project will be built alongside the anywhere at sea, for cultural, health skills in weather prediction and The Auckland Regional Council and Cruise ships are projected to bring largest pohutukawa forest and help 1,724 submissions were received on the As the weather improves, divers will frameworks, the requirements of the councils in considering whether to close existing 81 year old single-lane bridge and ecological reasons. global navigation. Mike Lee secured another important $713 million in direct spending to the create a important sanctuary for trust’s proposal, the vast majority attach diffusers along the final section Hauraki Gulf Marine Park Act, the Act’s the beds to harvesting to aid recovery. over the . milestone by working with government New Zealand economy over the next species such as kaka, kiwi and takahe, opposing the development. of the marine pipe. relationship to the Resource www.maritimenz.govt.nz/Consultation/ Keith Woodley’s guided walks and talks sedimentation, over-harvesting of The Forum has published a new guide Public-consultation.asp#sewage and the Council to bring 10 years. a half-hour ferry ride from Auckland. The Trails was among www.northshorecity.govt.nz/Water/outfall/intro.htm Management Act, and how courts have are well known to visitors of the The commissioners noted that the site Queens Wharf into public ownership fish and shellfish, loss of wading bird to the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park Act seven proposed cycleway routes interpreted the legislation to date. Miranda Shorebird Centre. The book will The government and the ARC each The department has been supported was highly valued by local residents and and thereby create the opportunity for habitat through sedimentation and showing how regional policy announced as part of the National be published by Penguin in October. contributed $20 million to purchase the by iwi, island groups and stakeholders, people who lived outside of the area as www.haurakigulfforum.org.nz/guide a world-class gateway to the Hauraki mangrove spread, and wildlife declines statements and regional and district Cycleway Project by the Prime Minister wharf from the Ports of Auckland. including the Motutapu Restoration a special place with an undeveloped, Set net deaths Gulf Marine Park. through invasive pests and human plans created under the Resource in July. Trust which has planted over 400,000 remote character. The report identified pressures. Management Act can be written to Prime Minister John Key said “Queens unnecessary And in my district, the Government trees since 1994. Funding of $9 million is available for significant ecological values at the ensure the Gulf is protected and Wharf will be the cornerstone asset in New parkland at announced the Hauraki plains as one Other impacts on the Gulf come from feasibility studies and construction Te Arai site and noted that it provided a At set net containing 166 seabirds has Under consultation enhanced. a wider waterfront development A public awareness campaign has been of seven areas to receive funding for the land – sedimentation from forestry of initial sections of the seven routes, habitat for endangered and threatened sickened rangers at Shakespear Regional Tapapakanga and earthworks, heavy metal Good planning, inspired leadership and programme. By purchasing this site we initiated to remind visitors to check Park. The net, found tangled on the www.ew.govt.nz/finfish the first phase of the New Zealand beginning this summer. species such as New Zealand fairy tern A significant wedge of land overlooking Diversification of aquaculture EW have secured an asset that will live long boats and gear for pests to prevent Cycleway Project. Included in the accumulation from roads and roofs, the involvement of all is the recipe for and the New Zealand dotterel. beach in May, contained 11 kahawai and parkland and out to the Firth of Thames Marine Pollution Regulations Maritime NZ www.maritimenz.govt.nz/Consultation/Public-consultation. nitrate enrichment from intensive success in the Hauraki Gulf. after the Rugby World Cup has finished re-invasion. The Hauraki Plains Trails includes two 166 dead or dying fluttering asp#sewage Hauraki Plains Trails project is a has been added to Tapapakanga and give pleasure to visitors and locals linked rail corridors, between proposed cycleway skirting stopbanks agriculture, pollution from over-flowing www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/threats-and- shearwaters. Regional Park. Regional Parks Management ARC www.arc.govt.nz/parks/parks-projects-and-plans/regional-parks- sewage systems and careless alike for generations to come.” impacts/animal-pests/pest-control/rangitoto-and- and Waihi through the Karangahake management-plan-review.cfm on the Firth of Thames – a great Plan Review motutapu-islands-restoration-project/ Gorge, and from Paeroa to Thames. Wastewater outfall The Department of Conservation and the The 27 ha block was purchased by the opportunity to build awareness of the development that damages cultural Auckland City Council will be Ministry of Fisheries were notified of the Auckland Regional Council in June migratory bird habitat along the sites and landscape features. Climate responsible for the development of A cycleway from Kopu to Miranda using extended into Channel incident. The net was not named or linking two existing pieces of parkland. southern shores of the Hauraki Gulf change will add to these pressures. infrastructure on the wharf. A design stop banks along the southern shores A $116 million outfall project at the securely anchored. Poor netting practices Tapapakanga, south of Orere Point, is The Hauraki Gulf Forum is a statutory body responsible for the integrated management of the Hauraki Gulf. Marine Park. competition will be announced later of the Firth of Thames is proposed as The Forum has representation on behalf of the Ministers of Conservation, Fisheries and Maori Affairs, Auckland This is why an integrated and Rosedale Wastewater Treatment Plant cause fish wastage as well as threatening popular with families, campers, Regional Council and Environment , ten local authorities (Rodney, Franklin, Waikato, Hauraki, Thames comprehensive, catchment-wide policy this month to stimulate innovative part of the trail. is on schedule. seabirds and marine mammals. A set net Coromandel and Piako District Councils, North Shore, Waitakere, Auckland and The Gulf is impacted by a variety of kayakers and is home to the Slore Councils), plus six representatives of the tangata whenua of the Hauraki Gulf and its islands. and planning framework is needed if ideas on ways to transform the space www.beehive.govt.nz/release/pm+announces+firs code of practice is available at factors. Some occur in the coastal and When commissioned next year it will music and arts festival. Contact: Tim Higham, Hauraki Gulf Forum Manager, Auckland Regional Council we are going to look after the Gulf. Mayor John Tregidga into a world-class attraction. t+cycleway+projects marine area – degradation of habitat discharge treated effluent 2.8km into www.fish.govt.nz/en-nz/Recreational/Set+nets/ Ph 09 366 2000 [email protected]. www.haurakigulfforum.org.nz Chair, Hauraki Gulf Forum default.htm through reclamation, trawling and the Rangitoto Channel, replacing an

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Wastewater outfall Weaving the Strands Promoting and facilitating integrated management around the Hauraki Gulf – Tikapa Moana

Queens Wharf Pest bust on Rangitoto Set net deaths Te Arai Whangateau

existing lower capacity outfall pipe 600 Queens Wharf Rangitoto-Motutapu Kopu bridge and Te Arai development metres off Castor Bay. Forum publishes Cockles die at Sewage from boats Godwits journey How lucky we are purchased for public use restoration on-track cycleway started turned down guidance on Park Act Whangateau under review revealed Recent photographs in the Herald of It is part of a series of upgrades at the orcas cruising city beaches with Queens Wharf on Auckland’s The Department of Conservation is Work on the new and much-anticipated Rodney District Council has accepted A guide to the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park Nearly 70 percent of eating size cockles Maritime New Zealand is seeking views The miraculous story of the godwits plant to treat sewage produced by more soon-to-be-pest-free Rangitoto as a waterfront has been purchased by awaiting a fine weather window to Kopu bridge, the gateway to the the recommendations of independent Act has been published by the Hauraki appear to have died over much of the on the adequacy of current regulations and their migrations is told in a new than 200,000 North Shore residents and backdrop makes me proud to live in the Auckland Regional Council enable a third and final aerial Coromandel Peninsula at the bottom commissioners not to permit the Gulf Forum. Whangateau harbour, though the regarding discharge of untreated book by Miranda Shorebird Centre businesses to a high environmental this beautiful, natural part of the world. and government. application of bait containing of the Firth of Thames will start this development of a coastal settlement at reason is yet to be determined. sewage from small vessels. manager Keith Woodley. standard and cater for projected growth. Governing the Gulf: Giving Effect to the brodifacoum on Rangitoto-Motutapu. month. Te Arai, one of the last, significant The Hauraki Gulf Forum acts as Announcing the purchase in June, ARC Hauraki Gulf Marine Park Act through MAF Biosecurity New Zealand is The Resource Management (Marine Godwits: Long-haul champions follows The department hopes this will undeveloped areas on the east coast of An underground tunnel is currently a champion for the integrated Chairman Mike Lee described Queens Land Transport New Zealand has Policies and Plans shows how the analysing samples to determine Pollution) Regulations 1998 prohibit the birds from the Firth of Thames to complete a campaign to rid the islands the Auckland region. being bored from the Rosedale plant to management of this inspirational place. Wharf as “a tremendous asset for estimated delays caused by the bridge legislation – which aims to sustain the a cause. untreated sewage discharge within 500 mudflats on the Chinese–North Korean of mice and rats. Mairangi Bay, which will connect to the Auckland, starting with a public venue have cost the Thames Coromandel The Te Arai Coastal Lands Trust had life-supporting capacity of the Gulf metres of land, in water less than 5 border and tundra nesting sites The Department of Conservation outfall pipe. The die back was first noted by to enjoy the Rugby World Cup in 2011. Restoration of the 3,850 ha islands will district about $92 million each year in proposed to change district plan zoning – can be applied in practice by councils metres deep, or near marine farms, in Alaska. deserves congratulations for residents in January and has been But the real potential is the opportunity also involve removal of wild cats, lost time, fuel and extra distance to allow a development involving 1,400 Sections of the pipe were assembled throughout its catchments and mataitai (traditional food collection) completing the crucial first stages of documented by local scientists The book details the amazing changes to transform the wharf into a cruise rabbits, stoats and hedgehogs through travelled for those who choose to households – later scaled back to 850 near Kaiaua on the Firth of Thames then marine area. reserves or marine reserves. its operation to rid Rangitoto and and the Whangateau Harbour these birds undergo – from moulting ship terminal and public open space trapping, shooting and the use of bypass Kopu. Traffic queues have and then 180 homes – and a boutique towed by tugboat, flooded, sunk and Motutapu of introduced pests and turn The guide explains the nature of Community Group. Forum member and Coromandel into new plumage, to doubling their that Auckland, and indeed specialist detection dogs. stretched up to 10km in summer thermal spa, golf course, visitor facilities weighted into place in a trench in the the islands into a wildlife sanctuary environmental impacts on the Gulf, resident Betty Williams says sewage weight and shrinking non-essential New Zealand, can be proud of.” holiday periods. The $47 million dollar and coastal park and campground. sea bed. The Ministry of Fisheries is working right at our doorstep. The eradications will protect the world’s its governance and management should not be discharged from vessels body organs – as well as their innate project will be built alongside the with local groups and scientists, iwi and Cruise ships are projected to bring largest pohutukawa forest and help 1,724 submissions were received on the As the weather improves, divers will frameworks, the requirements of the anywhere at sea, for cultural, health skills in weather prediction and The Auckland Regional Council and existing 81 year old single-lane bridge councils in considering whether to close $713 million in direct spending to the create a important sanctuary for trust’s proposal, the vast majority attach diffusers along the final section Hauraki Gulf Marine Park Act, the Act’s and ecological reasons. global navigation. Mike Lee secured another important over the Waihou River. the beds to harvesting to aid recovery. New Zealand economy over the next species such as kaka, kiwi and takahe, opposing the development. of the marine pipe. relationship to the Resource milestone by working with government www.maritimenz.govt.nz/Consultation/ Keith Woodley’s guided walks and talks sedimentation, over-harvesting of The Forum has published a new guide 10 years. a half-hour ferry ride from Auckland. The Hauraki Plains Trails was among www.northshorecity.govt.nz/Water/outfall/intro.htm Management Act, and how courts have Public-consultation.asp#sewage and the Auckland City Council to bring The commissioners noted that the site are well known to visitors of the seven proposed cycleway routes interpreted the legislation to date. Queens Wharf into public ownership fish and shellfish, loss of wading bird to the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park Act The government and the ARC each The department has been supported was highly valued by local residents and Miranda Shorebird Centre. The book will announced as part of the National and thereby create the opportunity for habitat through sedimentation and showing how regional policy contributed $20 million to purchase the by iwi, island groups and stakeholders, people who lived outside of the area as www.haurakigulfforum.org.nz/guide be published by Penguin in October. Cycleway Project by the Prime Minister a world-class gateway to the Hauraki mangrove spread, and wildlife declines statements and regional and district wharf from the Ports of Auckland. including the Motutapu Restoration a special place with an undeveloped, Set net deaths in July. Gulf Marine Park. through invasive pests and human plans created under the Resource Trust which has planted over 400,000 remote character. The report identified Prime Minister John Key said “Queens unnecessary pressures. Management Act can be written to trees since 1994. Funding of $9 million is available for significant ecological values at the And in my district, the Government Wharf will be the cornerstone asset in New parkland at ensure the Gulf is protected and feasibility studies and construction Te Arai site and noted that it provided a At set net containing 166 seabirds has announced the Hauraki plains as one Other impacts on the Gulf come from a wider waterfront development A public awareness campaign has been Under consultation enhanced. of initial sections of the seven routes, habitat for endangered and threatened sickened rangers at Shakespear Regional Tapapakanga of seven areas to receive funding for the land – sedimentation from forestry programme. By purchasing this site we initiated to remind visitors to check Park. The net, found tangled on the and earthworks, heavy metal Good planning, inspired leadership and beginning this summer. species such as New Zealand fairy tern A significant wedge of land overlooking www.ew.govt.nz/finfish the first phase of the New Zealand have secured an asset that will live long boats and gear for pests to prevent Diversification of aquaculture EW and the New Zealand dotterel. beach in May, contained 11 kahawai and parkland and out to the Firth of Thames Cycleway Project. Included in the accumulation from roads and roofs, the involvement of all is the recipe for after the Rugby World Cup has finished re-invasion. The Hauraki Plains Trails includes two 166 dead or dying fluttering Marine Pollution Regulations Maritime NZ www.maritimenz.govt.nz/Consultation/Public-consultation. nitrate enrichment from intensive success in the Hauraki Gulf. has been added to Tapapakanga asp#sewage Hauraki Plains Trails project is a and give pleasure to visitors and locals linked rail corridors, between Paeroa www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/threats-and- shearwaters. Regional Park. proposed cycleway skirting stopbanks agriculture, pollution from over-flowing alike for generations to come.” impacts/animal-pests/pest-control/rangitoto-and- and Waihi through the Karangahake Regional Parks Management ARC www.arc.govt.nz/parks/parks-projects-and-plans/regional-parks- sewage systems and careless management-plan-review.cfm on the Firth of Thames – a great motutapu-islands-restoration-project/ Gorge, and from Paeroa to Thames. Wastewater outfall The Department of Conservation and the The 27 ha block was purchased by the Plan Review Auckland City Council will be opportunity to build awareness of the development that damages cultural Ministry of Fisheries were notified of the Auckland Regional Council in June responsible for the development of A cycleway from Kopu to Miranda using extended into Channel migratory bird habitat along the sites and landscape features. Climate incident. The net was not named or linking two existing pieces of parkland. infrastructure on the wharf. A design stop banks along the southern shores southern shores of the Hauraki Gulf change will add to these pressures. A $116 million outfall project at the securely anchored. Poor netting practices Tapapakanga, south of Orere Point, is competition will be announced later of the Firth of Thames is proposed as The Hauraki Gulf Forum is a statutory body responsible for the integrated management of the Hauraki Gulf. Marine Park. Rosedale Wastewater Treatment Plant cause fish wastage as well as threatening popular with families, campers, The Forum has representation on behalf of the Ministers of Conservation, Fisheries and Maori Affairs, Auckland This is why an integrated and this month to stimulate innovative part of the trail. is on schedule. seabirds and marine mammals. A set net Regional Council and Environment Waikato, ten local authorities (Rodney, Franklin, Waikato, Hauraki, Thames comprehensive, catchment-wide policy kayakers and is home to the Slore Coromandel and Matamata Piako District Councils, North Shore, Waitakere, Auckland and Manukau City The Gulf is impacted by a variety of ideas on ways to transform the space www.beehive.govt.nz/release/pm+announces+firs code of practice is available at Councils), plus six representatives of the tangata whenua of the Hauraki Gulf and its islands. and planning framework is needed if When commissioned next year it will music and arts festival. factors. Some occur in the coastal and into a world-class attraction. t+cycleway+projects Contact: Tim Higham, Hauraki Gulf Forum Manager, Auckland Regional Council we are going to look after the Gulf. Mayor John Tregidga discharge treated effluent 2.8km into www.fish.govt.nz/en-nz/Recreational/Set+nets/ marine area – degradation of habitat default.htm Ph 09 366 2000 [email protected]. www.haurakigulfforum.org.nz Chair, Hauraki Gulf Forum the Rangitoto Channel, replacing an through reclamation, trawling and

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