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Hauraki Gulf Islands District Plan Review Landscape Report
HAURAKI GULF ISLANDS DISTRICT PLAN REVIEW LANDSCAPE REPORT September 2006 1 Prepared by Hudson Associates Landscape Architects for Auckland City Council as part of the Hauraki Gulf Islands District Plan Review September 2006 Hudson Associates Landscape Architects PO Box 8823 06 877-9808 Havelock North Hawke’s Bay [email protected] 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 5 Landscape Character 10 Strategic Management Areas 13 Land Units 16 Rakino 31 Rotoroa 33 Ridgelines 35 Outstanding Natural Landscapes 38 Settlement Areas 40 Assessment Criteria 45 Appendix 48 References 51 3 LIST OF FIGURE Figure # Description Page 1. Oneroa 1920’s. photograph 6 2. Oneroa 1950’s photograph 6 3 Great Barrier Island. Medlands Settlement Area 7 4 Colour for Buildings 8 5 Waiheke View Report 9 6 Western Waiheke aerials over 20 years 11 7 Great Barrier Island. Natural landscape 11 8 Karamuramu Island 11 9 Rotoroa Island 12 10 Rakino Island 12 11 Strategic Management Areas 14 12 Planning layers 15 13 Waiheke Land Units 17 14 Great Barrier Island Land Units 18 15 Land Unit 4 Wetlands 19 16 Land Unit 2 Dunes and Sand Flats 19 17 Land Unit 1 Coastal Cliffs and Slopes 20 18 Land Unit 8 Regenerating Slopes 20 19 Growth on Land Unit 8 1988 21 20 Growth on Land Unit 8, 2004 21 21 LU 12 Bush Residential 22 22 Land Unit 20 Onetangi Straight over 18 years 23 23 Kennedy Point 26 24 Cory Road Land Unit 20 27 25 Aerial of Tiri Road 28 26 Land Unit 22 Western Waiheke 29 27 Thompsons Point 30 28 Rakino Island 32 29 Rotoroa Island 34 30 Matiatia, house on ridge 36 31 Ridge east of Erua Rd 36 32 House on secondary ridge above Gordons Rd 37 4 INTRODUCTION 5 INTRODUCTION This report has been prepared to document some of the landscape contribution made in the preparation of the Hauraki Gulf Islands District Plan Review 2006. -
(Cyanoramphus Novaezelandiae) from Motuihe Island to Little Barrier Island, New Zealand
48 Notornis, 2010, Vol. 57: 48-49 0029-4470 © The Ornithological Society of New Zealand, Inc. SHORT NOTE Homing of a red-crowned parakeet (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae) from Motuihe Island to Little Barrier Island, New Zealand LUIS ORTIZ-CATEDRAL Ecology and Conservation Group, Institute of Natural Sciences, Massey University, Private Bag 102-904 North Shore Mail Centre, Auckland, New Zealand The red-crowned parakeet (Cyanoramphus parakeets were released by members of the novaezelandiae) is New Zealand’s most widespread Motuihe Island Trust and the general public in parakeet species, with a range extending from the a remnant of coastal bush on the west side of the Kermadecs Archipelago, across the North and island. In Apr 2009, I returned to Little Barrier I South Is, to the Chatham and Antipodes Is (Higgins with a team of volunteers to capture parakeets 1999; Juniper & Parr 1998). As the species has destined for translocation to Tawharanui Regional declined on the main islands of New Zealand, it has Park. Mist netting took place between 21 and 25 been translocated to a number of offshore islands Apr in Te Maraeroa flats. On 23 Apr, a banded over the last 40 years including Cuvier, Matiu/ female was captured and confirmed as one of Somes, Tiritiri Matangi and Whale Is (Dawe 1979; the parakeets released on Motuihe I the previous McHalick 1999; Miskelly et al. 2005). In May 2008, month. Thus, this bird had flown a minimum of a group of 31 red-crowned parakeets captured on ca. 65 km between Motuihe and Little Barrier Is. Little Barrier I was released on Motuihe I as part of On recapture on Little Barrier I, the recaptured an island restoration project. -
Great Barrier Island Aotea Brochure
AUCKLAND Further information Great Barrier Aotea / Great Barrier Island Base Private Bag 96002 Island/Aotea Great Barrier Island 0961 Hauraki Gulf Marine Park PHONE: 09 429 0044 EMAIL: [email protected] www.doc.govt.nz Published by: Department of Conservation DOC Aotea / Great Barrier Island Base Private Bag 96002 Great Barrier Island October 2019 Editing and design: DOC Creative Services, Conservation House, Wellington Front cover: Aotea Track. Photo: Andris Apse Back cover: Kākā landing in a pōhutukawa tree. Photo: Leon Berard This publication is produced using paper sourced from well-managed, renewable and legally logged forests. R153740 Contents Aotea and Ngāti Rehua Aotea and Ngāti Rehua .................1 The island renown Ridge to reef ..........................2 The west coast ...........................3 Aotea is the ancestral land of the The east coast ............................3 Ngāti Rehua hapū of Ngāti Wai. It is Marine life ................................4 the southeastern outpost of the tribal rohe of the Ngāti Wai iwi. Seabirds ..................................4 Rich history ..........................5 Although each island, islet and rock has its own individual character and identity, Aotea is Mining ...................................5 viewed as a single physical and spiritual entity Whaling ..................................6 over which a ‘spiritual grid’ lies. At its centre Shipwrecks ...............................6 stands Hirakimata (Mt Hobson), the maunga Historic buildings. 6 tapu of Ngāti Rehua. To the -
Noises Islands Biodiversity Management Plan 2017
Noises Islands Biodiversity Management Plan 2017 NOISES ISLANDS BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT PLAN Cover photo: Otata Island (Rod Neureuter) Prepared for the Noises Trust by Jo Ritchie, Treescape Environmental MARCH 2017 1 | P a g e Noises Islands Biodiversity Management Plan 2017 CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Purpose 1.2 Location and description 1.3 Ownership 1.4 History of management 2. VISION, GOALS AND OBJECTIVES 2.1 Vision 2.2 Goals 2.3 Objectives 3. GUIDING PRINCIPLES 3.1 A long term commitment 3.2 Low impact management 3.3 Integrated marine and terrestrial management 3.4 Mammal pest free 3.5 A haven for invertebrates and reptiles 3.6 A seabird driven ecosystem 3.7 A collaborative partnership 2 | P a g e Noises Islands Biodiversity Management Plan 2017 4. MANAGEMENT PROGRAMMES 4.1 Terrestrial and marine management 4.1.1 Key features 4.1.2 Recommended priorities and actions 4.1.2.1 Terrestrial flora and fauna Native flora and fauna Introduced species 4.1.2.2 Maria (Ruapuke) Island 4.1.2.3 Marine environment 4.2 Cultural heritage management 4.2.1 Key features 4.2.2 Recommended priorities and actions 4.3 Visitor and recreational use management 4.3.1 Key features 4.3.2 Recommended priorities and actions 4.4 Research and education management 4.4.1 Key features 4.4.2 Recommended priorities and actions 4.5 Partnerships 4.5.1 Key features 4.5.2 Recommended priorities and actions 3 | P a g e Noises Islands Biodiversity Management Plan 2017 5. -
Auckland Region
© Lonely Planet Publications 96 lonelyplanet.com 97 AUCKLAND REGION Auckland Region AUCKLAND REGION Paris may be the city of love, but Auckland is the city of many lovers, according to its Maori name, Tamaki Makaurau. In fact, her lovers so desired this beautiful place that they fought over her for centuries. It’s hard to imagine a more geographically blessed city. Its two magnificent harbours frame a narrow isthmus punctuated by volcanic cones and surrounded by fertile farmland. From any of its numerous vantage points you’ll be astounded at how close the Tasman Sea and Pacific Ocean come to kissing and forming a new island. As a result, water’s never far away – whether it’s the ruggedly beautiful west-coast surf beaches or the glistening Hauraki Gulf with its myriad islands. The 135,000 pleasure crafts filling Auckland’s marinas have lent the city its most durable nickname: the ‘City of Sails’. Within an hour’s drive from the high-rise heart of the city are dense tracts of rainforest, thermal springs, deserted beaches, wineries and wildlife reserves. Yet big-city comforts have spread to all corners of the Auckland Region: a decent coffee or chardonnay is usually close at hand. Yet the rest of the country loves to hate it, tut-tutting about its traffic snarls and the supposed self-obsession of the quarter of the country’s population that call it home. With its many riches, Auckland can justifiably respond to its detractors, ‘Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful’. HIGHLIGHTS Going with the flows, exploring Auckland’s fascinating volcanic -
Hauraki Gulf Islands
SECTION 32 REPORT REVIEW OF INDIGENOUS VEGETATION CLEARANCE CONTROLS – HAURAKI GULF ISLANDS 1.0 Background 1.1 Introduction In 1999, the Council commissioned Hill Young Cooper Limited to undertake a review of the indigenous vegetation clearance, earthworks, and lot coverage controls applying in the Hauraki Gulf Islands Section of the Council’s District Plan (‘the Plan’). The Plan has been operative since June 1996 and this work was commissioned as part of a progressive review. Hill Young Cooper was asked to focus on whether the practical application of the rules actually achieved the stated outcomes. In its report1, Hill Young Cooper suggested several changes to the existing indigenous vegetation clearance controls. In particular, it recommended to reduce or increase the amount of vegetation clearance permitted for differing land units to ensure the controls were more consistent with stated objectives and policies. The consent thresholds could then be better linked to the adverse environmental effects of indigenous vegetation clearance i.e. erosion, loss of natural habitats and ecology etc. Building on the conclusions of the Hill Young Cooper report, the Council prepared a draft Plan Change in October 2001, however, it did not proceed to the Planning and Regulatory Committee as it did not satisfactorily address the findings of the Auditor General’s report2. The Auditor General’s report found that the indigenous vegetation clearance rules were causing difficulty as they are generally more restrictive than that of previous plans. Therefore, particular sectors of the community, particularly farmers, felt disadvantaged due to the strict permitted clearance controls and the relative cost of obtaining a resource consent. -
Hearing Report Recommendation
Appendix 3 314/274010-004 Hearing report recommendation Auckland City District Plan (Proposed Hauraki Gulf Islands Section 2006) alteration under clause 10 of schedule 1 of the Resource Management Act 1991 1. Amendment to planning map no. 2 sheet no. 41 (Maps volume 2 - Outer Islands) Location: 20 Glenfern Road, Great Barrier Island Submission Number: 430/1 The land shown to be removed from sensitive area 41-14 Scale 1:6,000 D 41-14 A O R Y A B A R A A R A I A K Not to scale Rarohara Bay Page 1 Appendix 3 314/274010-001 2. Amendment to planning map no. 2 sheet no. 50 (Maps volume 2 - Outer Islands) Location: 339 Aotea Road, Great Barrier Island Submission Number: 3052/3 The land shown to be added to site of ecological significance 50-2 Scale 1:5,000 O ' S H E A R O A D 50-2 Not to scale A O T E A R O A D Page 2 Appendix 3 314/274010-004 3. Amendment to planning map no. 2 sheet no. 50 (Maps volume 2 - Outer Islands) Location: 219 Aotea Road, Great Barrier Island Submission Numbers: 2865/1, 2865/2 The land shown to be removed from sensitive area 50-4 Scale 1:7,000 C URR EEN RO AD A O T E A R O A D 50-4 Not to scale Awana Bay Page 3 Appendix 3 314/274010-004 4. Amendment to planning map no. 2 sheet no. 53 (Maps volume 2 - Outer Islands) Location: 590 Blind Bay Road, Great Barrier Island Submission Number: 3104/1 The land shown to be removed from sensitive area 53-4 Scale 1:5,000 53-4 Not to scale Page 4 Appendix 3 314/274010-004 5. -
Schedule 8 Outstanding Natural Character
Schedule 8 Outstanding Natural Character and High Natural Character Overlay Schedule Schedule 8 Outstanding Natural Character and High Natural Character Overlay Schedule [rcp/dp] Introduction The factors in B8.2.2(1) have been used to determine the areas that are included in Schedule 8 Outstanding Natural Character and High Natural Character Overlay Schedule and will be used to assess proposed future additions to the schedule. Auckland Unitary Plan Operative in part 1 Schedule 8 Outstanding Natural Character and High Natural Character Overlay Schedule Sche- Name Location Description Natural Character Values dule ID Okahukura Peninsula Bio-physical characteristics: 1 Manukapua Okahukura An extensive and outstanding assemblage of relatively Key Values Island & Peninsula, untouched intertidal sand banks, sand spits, wetlands that Geomorphological / landform features & characteristics Tapora Bank Tapora comprise Manukapua Island and Tapora Bank. The Islands punctuate the end of the Okahukura Peninsula and the Vegetation type, cover & patterns convergence of the Kaipara Harbour and its entrance into the Habitat / ecological values Tasman. The Islands have a very strong sense of naturalness, rawness, and wilderness which is highly Water bodies & the movement of water & sediment apparent along this remote coastal environment. Bio-physical values: Low .......................... High Perceptual Values: Key Values The wider coastal ‘context’ / setting Experiential attributes Perceptual Values: Low .......................... High Overall Natural Character Evaluation HIGH OUTSTANDING Bio-physical characteristics: 2 Tapora Bank Okahukura An extensive assemblage of intertidal sand banks, sand Key Values Peninsula, spits, intertidal flats, and wetlands that define the end of the Geomorphological / landform features & characteristics Tapora Okahukura Peninsula and the convergence of the Kaipara Harbour and its entrance into the Tasman. -
Barrier Island Aotea Great
The Needles (Ngā Taratara o Toi) Driving times from Claris Aiguilles Island (Owhanga) Tryphena - 20 minutes Okupu -15 minutes Aotea Great Whangaparapara - 20 minutes Awana - 10 minutes Harataonga - 30 minutes Okiwi - 40 minutes Barrier Island Port FitzRoy - 50 minutes SS Wairarapa Mabey Road end - 60 minutes Driving map Miners Head Tataweka This map is not suitable to use as a walking map. Please refer to the Auckland Council Te Paparahi Rangiwhakea Bay Dog Information No dogs on DOC reserves, campgrounds Discovery Maps, the Department of and tracks, or on Motu Kaikoura. Dogs Conservation track brochures (available on leash allowed on all beaches, Auckland Council reserves and tracks from local Information Centres) and Ahuriri Point and public places. Dogs off-leash only doc.govt.nz for detailed information in ‘under control off leash areas’ marked on the map - this includes some of the about local walkways and tracks. beaches and the northern side of Okiwi airfield. Please pick up after your pet. Waste on Aotea/ Motu Pakainga Great Barrier Motairehe Waikaro Motairehe Whanga M o y Roa 16 SS Wairarapa graves Rubbish collection on Aotea Great ta be d 15 ireh d a Barrier has changed in 2019. Katherine Bay e Roa M Residential waste is collected ad wa Ro Ka Rakitū weekly using supplied binsMaunganui and SS Wairarapa graves 14 Whangapoua Beach bags. Take casual rubbish and (Arid Island) recycling home or drop it off at Kawa the Aotea Community Recycling d a Whangapoua Centre and Claris Landfill at 70 o R Okiwi Gray Road, Claris. y e See Port FitzRoy Discovery Map b Airfield a 11 Please support us in our goal to go M K Okiwi School / Zero Waste. -
Success of Translocations of Red-Fronted Parakeets
Conservation Evidence (2010) 7, 21-26 www.ConservationEvidence.com Success of translocations of red-fronted parakeets Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae novaezelandiae from Little Barrier Island (Hauturu) to Motuihe Island, Auckland, New Zealand Luis Ortiz-Catedral* & Dianne H. Brunton Ecology and Conservation Group, Institute of Natural Sciences, Massey University, Private Bag 102-904, Auckland, New Zealand * Corresponding author e-mail: [email protected] SUMMARY The red-fronted parakeet Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae is a vulnerable New Zealand endemic with a fragmented distribution, mostly inhabiting offshore islands free of introduced mammalian predators. Four populations have been established since the 1970s using captive-bred or wild-sourced individuals translocated to islands undergoing ecological restoration. To establish a new population in the Hauraki Gulf, North Island, a total of 31 parakeets were transferred from Little Barrier Island (Hauturu) to Motuihe Island in May 2008 and a further 18 in March 2009. Overall 55% and 42% of individuals from the first translocation were confirmed alive at 30 and 60 days post-release, respectively. Evidence of nesting and unassisted dispersal to a neighbouring island was observed within a year of release. These are outcomes are promising and indicate that translocation from a remnant wild population to an island free of introduced predators is a useful conservation tool to expand the geographic range of red-fronted parakeets. BACKGROUND mammalian predators and undergoing ecological restoration, Motuihe Island. The avifauna of New Zealand is presently considered to be the world’s most extinction- Little Barrier Island (c. 3,000 ha; 36 °12’S, prone (Sekercioglu et al. 2004). Currently, 77 175 °04’E) lies in the Hauraki Gulf of approximately 280 extant native species are approximately 80 km north of Auckland City considered threatened of which approximately (North Island), and is New Zealand’s oldest 30% are listed as Critically Endangered wildlife reserve, established in 1894 (Cometti (Miskelly et al. -
Habitat Utilisation and Diet of Brown Kiwi (Apteryx Mantelli) Adults Within a High-Density Island Population
Copyright is owned by the Author of the thesis. Permission is given for a copy to be downloaded by an individual for the purpose of research and private study only. The thesis may not be reproduced elsewhere without the permission of the Author. What they do in the shadows: Habitat utilisation and diet of brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli) adults within a high-density island population. A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Ecology Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand. Thomas Dixon 2015 I “The natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.” Sir David Attenborough II 1 Abstract Exploring the complex interactions between an animal and its spatial environment can reveal much about its biology and behaviour and identify strategies to improve future management. Despite this, surprisingly little research has been undertaken in this field in respect to one of New Zealand’s most iconic endangered species, the brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli). This thesis aims to produce the most comprehensive report to date of brown kiwi spatial behaviour, investigating the habitat utilisation of brown kiwi adults within a high-density population while they are active at night and when roosting during the day. Additionally, the study examines how habitat utilisation varies, and explores the likely drivers of brown kiwi spatial behaviour including food availability, social/reproductive cues, population demographics and environmental variables. Forty seven radio-tagged brown kiwi adults were tracked across a 1.2km2 study site on Ponui Island from March 2013 to February 2014. -
Conservation Campsites North Island 2019-20 Auckland
Cape Reinga 1 Kaitaia 10 Kerikeri 1 Kaikohe 12 1 AUCKLAND WHANGĀREI Note: Campsites 1–3 and 14 9 are pack in, pack out (no rubbish or recycling facilities). Dargaville See page 3. Mangawhai Heads Great Barrier 5 Island 12 6 (Aotea Island) Cape Rodney- 4 1 Okakari Point 7 Marine Reserve 9 8 Tāwharanui Warkworth Marine Reserve 1 16 1 Orewa Long Bay-Okura Marine Reserve Helensville 2 Te Matuku 25 AUCKLAND 3 Marine Motu Manawa-Pollen Reserve Whitianga Island Marine Reserve Tāmaki Makaurau/ Auckland Visitor Centre 1 West Coast North Island Marine Thames Mammal Sanctuary Pukekohe Whangamata Waiuku 25 Tuakau 2 26 25 2 Paeroa 0 25 50 km Waihi 27 1 Te Aroha Huntly Katikati Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland Ngāruawāhia Morrinsville 2 Visitor Centre 26 TAURANGA P Shed 19, 137 Princes Wharf 27 Raglan HAMILTON Auckland 23 Te Puke Matamata 35 2 P (09) 379 6476 Cambridge 29 1 33 P [email protected] WHAKATANE 35 Te Awamutu Edgecumbe Ohope Opotiki 31 Putaruru 5 3 30 Kauri dieback Kawerau ROTORUA disease is Otorohanga 1 2 killing trees All of Auckland’s campsitesTOKOROA 5 in Auckland. are on pest-free islands. Check 30 Te Kuiti Help prevent your gear and clothing for the spread – seeds and pests before you see page 4. travel – see page 4. 38 30 Murupara 2 3 1 5 35 4 10 32 TAUPO Lake GISBORNE Taupo Taumarunui 5 41 1 3 41 38 Waitara Turangi Frasertown Lepperton 4 2 NEW PLYMOUTH 47 Oakura 46 Wairoa 3 43 45 Inglewood 2 5 Stratford 1 Opunake Eltham Raetihi Ohakune 3 49 Waiouru Normanby 45 NAPIER Hawera 1 Taihape HASTINGS 4 3 50 2 WANGANUI 1 Otane Waipawa 3 Waipukurau