SIGNIFICANT INDIGENOUS VEGETATION AND HABITATS OF THE FAR NORTH DISTRICT - VOLUME 1 R4899d SIGNIFICANT INDIGENOUS VEGETATION AND HABITATS OF THE FAR NORTH DISTRICT – VOLUME 1 Contract Report No. 4899d December 2019 Project Team: Sarah Beadel - Project management Nick Goldwater - Project management, peer review Keely Paler - Report author Federico Mazzieri - GIS Lynette Deacon - GIS Prepared for: Far North District Council Private Bag 752 Kaikohe 0440 AUCKLAND OFFICE: 12 NIXON STREET, GREY LYNN, AUCKLAND 1021 P.O. BOX 46-299, HERNE BAY, AUCKLAND 1011, Ph 09-360-6083 HEAD OFFICE: 99 SALA STREET, P.O. BOX 7137, TE NGAE, ROTORUA Ph 07-343-9017; Fax 07-343-9018, email
[email protected], www.wildlands.co.nz CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 1 2. METHODS 1 2.1 Review of significance criteria 1 2.2 Collation of existing information to update site information 2 2.3 Site assessments 2 2.4 GIS assessment and site mapping 4 3. ECOLOGICAL CONTEXT - AN OVERVIEW 5 3.1 Overview 5 3.1.1 Land cover 6 3.1.2 Threatened land environments 6 3.1.3 Fauna 7 3.2 Ecological districts of Far North District 7 4. INFORMATION ON EACH ECOLOGICAL DISTRICT 8 4.1 Overview 8 4.2 Ahipara Ecological District 8 4.2.1 Overview 8 4.2.2 Vegetation 9 4.3 Aupouri Ecological District 10 4.3.1 Overview 10 4.3.2 Vegetation 11 4.4 Hokianga Ecological District 13 4.4.1 Overview 13 4.4.2 Vegetation 14 4.5 Kaikohe Ecological District 16 4.5.1 Overview 16 4.5.2 Vegetation 16 4.6 Kerikeri Ecological District 18 4.6.1 Overview 18 4.6.2 Vegetation 19 4.7 Maungataniwha Ecological District 20 4.7.1 Overview 20 4.7.2 Vegetation 22 4.8 Puketi Ecological District 24 4.8.1 Overview 24 4.8.2 Vegetation 25 4.9 Tangihua Ecological District 26 4.9.1 Overview 26 4.9.2 Vegetation 27 4.10 Te Paki Ecological District 29 4.10.1 Overview 29 4.10.2 Vegetation 31 4.11 Tutamoe Ecological District 33 4.11.1 Overview 33 4.11.2 Vegetation 34 © 2019 Contract Report No.