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2031 Auckland/Waikato Fish & Game 15 SPORTS FISH AND GAME MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR AUCKLAND/WAIKATO FISH AND GAME REGION 2021 – 2031 AUCKLAND/WAIKATO FISH & GAME 156 BRYMER RD, RD 9, HAMILTON PH: 07 849 1666 [email protected] www.fishandgame.org.nz Contents: PART 1 BACKGROUND AND RESOURCE SUMMARY How To Use this Plan ...................................................................................................................... 5 1.1. Operation of Plan .................................................................................................................... 5 1.2. Plan Review ............................................................................................................................. 5 1.3. Organisational management .................................................................................................. 5 2. Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 6 2.1. Fish and Game New Zealand ................................................................................................... 6 2.2. The Auckland/Waikato Fish and Game ................................................................................... 6 3. Legal Context................................................................................................................................... 9 3.1. Conservation Act 1987 ............................................................................................................ 9 3.2. Wildlife Act 1953 ..................................................................................................................... 9 4. Wider Legal Context ...................................................................................................................... 10 4.1. Freshwater Regulations 1983 ............................................................................................... 10 4.2. Resource Management Act 1991 .......................................................................................... 10 4.3. Biosecurity Act 1993 ............................................................................................................. 11 4.4. Local Government Act 1974 .................................................................................................. 11 4.5. Reserves Act 1977 ................................................................................................................. 11 4.6. Fish and Game Council Elections Regulations 1990.............................................................. 11 4.7. Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 .......................................... 11 4.8. Relationship with Tangata Whenua ...................................................................................... 12 4.9. Waikato-Tainui Raupatu Claims (Waikato River) Settlement Act 2010; Ngati Tuwharetoa, Raukawa, and Te Arawa River Iwi Waikato River Act 2010; Nga Wai o Maniapoto (Waipā River) Act 2012. .............................................................................................................................................. 14 4.10. Te Awa Tupua (Whanganui River Claims Settlement) Act 2017 ....................................... 16 4.11. Crown Entities Act 2004, Public Finance Act 1989 and Public Audit Act 2001 ................. 17 4.12. Walking Access Act 2008 ................................................................................................... 17 4.13. Public Works Act 1981 ...................................................................................................... 17 4.14. Relationship with the Department of Conservation (DOC) .............................................. 17 4.15. Relationship with the Regional and Local Authorities ...................................................... 18 4.16. Waipā Peat Lakes and Wetland Accord ............................................................................ 19 4.17. Waikato District Lakes and Freshwater Wetlands Memorandum of Agreement............. 19 4.18. Relationship with the New Zealand Walking Access Commission .................................... 19 4.19. Adjoining Fish and Game Councils (Northland, Eastern, Taranaki) .................................. 19 4.20. New Zealand Game Bird Habitat Trust Board ................................................................... 19 4.21. Auckland and Waikato- Conservation Boards................................................................... 19 5. Resource Summary ....................................................................................................................... 21 5.1. Auckland / Waikato Fish and Game Region .......................................................................... 21 5.2. Topography ........................................................................................................................... 21 5.3. Climate .................................................................................................................................. 21 5.4. History ................................................................................................................................... 21 5.5. Habitats Present .................................................................................................................... 21 5.6. Sports Fish Habitat ................................................................................................................ 22 5.7. Game Bird Habitat................................................................................................................. 22 6. Resource Use................................................................................................................................. 23 6.1. Sports Fish and Game Resources in Auckland and Waikato ................................................. 23 6.2. Sports fish ............................................................................................................................. 23 6.3. Gamebirds ............................................................................................................................. 24 6.4. Hunting .................................................................................................................................. 27 6.5. Fishing ................................................................................................................................... 28 7. Angling and Hunting Recreational Opportunity Spectrum for Auckland/Waikato....................... 30 7.1. Significance grading .............................................................................................................. 32 7.2. Nationally significant ............................................................................................................. 32 7.3. Regionally significant ............................................................................................................ 32 7.4. Locally significant .................................................................................................................. 33 7.5. Review of significance ........................................................................................................... 33 8. Species Management .................................................................................................................... 34 8.1. Outcome ............................................................................................................................... 35 8.2. Issues ..................................................................................................................................... 35 8.3. Objectives.............................................................................................................................. 36 8.4. Policies .................................................................................................................................. 37 9. Habitat Protection & Management .............................................................................................. 39 9.1. Outcome ............................................................................................................................... 40 9.2. Issues ..................................................................................................................................... 40 9.3. Objectives.............................................................................................................................. 42 9.4.1 Policies .............................................................................................................................. 42 10 Angler and Hunter Participation .................................................................................................. 45 10.1 Outcome ............................................................................................................................... 46 10.2 Issues ..................................................................................................................................... 46 10.3 Objectives.............................................................................................................................. 47 10.4 Policies .................................................................................................................................. 48 11 Public Interface.............................................................................................................................
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