PROTECTING THE HAURAKI GULF ISLANDS Raewyn Peart and Cordelia Woodhouse PROTECTING THE HAURAKI GULF ISLANDS Raewyn Peart and Cordelia Woodhouse First published November 2020 Published by: Environmental Defence Society Incorporated P O Box 91736 Victoria St West Auckland 1142 Phone (09) 302 2972
[email protected] www.eds.org.nz www.environmentguide.org.nz © Environmental Defence Society Incorporated 2020 Design: Neale Wills, Wilsy Design & Production Ltd Photographic images: Raewyn Peart unless otherwise indicated Cover image: Palmers Beach, Aotea/Great Barrier Island Copies can be downloaded from www.eds.org.nz ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We would like to acknowledge the support of Auckland Council in funding this case study. We would also like to thank all those who generously agreed to be interviewed for this study and the peer reviewers for their invaluable contributions. This case study will form part of a report being supported by the Department of Conservation and Land Information New Zealand. ii PROTECTING THE WAITĀKERE RANGES TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Introduction 1 PART ONE: OVERALL CONTEXT 3 2 The Hauraki Gulf 3 2.1 Geological formation of islands 3 2.2 Early Māori settlement 4 2.3 Early European settlement 4 3 Statutory management framework 5 3.1 Resource Management Act 5 3.2 National instruments 9 3.3 Hauraki Gulf Marine Park Act 10 3.4 Regional instruments 15 3.5 District instruments 17 3.6 Incorporation of the Hauraki Gulf islands into the Auckland Unitary Plan framework 19 PART TWO: ISLAND CASE STUDIES 21 4 Aotea/Great Barrier Island 21