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4.2 1 14.1 OUTSTANDING NATURAL FEATURES NATURAL OUTSTANDING APPENDIX 14 APPENDIX APP14 - OUTSTANDING NATURAL FEATURES 198 APP14 - OUTSTANDING NATURAL FEATURES 199 NEW PLYMOUTH DISTRICT PLAN DISTRICT PLYMOUTH NEW (or classified by 1 OUTSTANDING NATURAL FEATURES OUTSTANDING Kenny, J and Hayward, B (1993) Inventory of Important Geological Sites and Landforms in the Kenny, 14.1 14.1 determining Criteria for significance of 72 1 RankingImportance of A importance. – site of international scientific International B importance. educational or aesthetic National – site of national, scientific, If the natural feature is identified in the Inventory of Important Geological Important Geological in the Inventory of feature is identified If the natural Regions Wanganui and in the Sites and Landforms Taranaki and Wanganui Regions Geological Society of Miscellaneous Publication No Wanganui and Taranaki a suitably qualified person) as any of the following it is considered to be an person) as any of the following a suitably qualified FEATURE. NATURAL OUTSTANDING APP14 - OUTSTANDING NATURAL FEATURES 200 ID Property Property n/a various 000057, 000224, 030777, 000341 n/a 027694 n/a Location Central Taranaki Central Sugar Loaf Islets, near New Plymouth Thirty kilometre length of coast, from just north of Rapanui Stream south to Motonui 3 km up the coast from Pariokariwa Point ring plain, thickest to the ring plain, northeast of the north and Pouakai Range. the New Plymouth coastline Widespread on the Pouakai on the Pouakai Widespread of Along and just off-shore Legal Description Carrington roads; Road, Road reserve - Junction Treatment Water south of Plant. n/a n/a various Road reserve - Carrington Road reserve of Oxford Road; Road, east Road reserve - Saunders and Wiremu Road between Blk XIV Egmont SD Blk XIV & Road reserve, Pt Secs 1, 11 Mimi SD. VII 12 Blk Level of Protection Level of Area (statutory protection) National Park (statutory National Park (statutory protection) Sugar Loaf Islands (Nga Area Motu) Marine Protected and Paritutu/Centennial Park (statutory protection) Sugar Loaf Islands (Nga Area Motu) Marine Protected (statutory protection) Area, Mimi-Pukearuhe Coast Strip, Coast Marginal Strip and private Marginal land (statutory protection but some areas not formally protected) Private Land (not formally (not formally Private Land protected) Mt Taranaki / Egmont Taranaki Mt Conservation Whitecliffs Conservation Whitecliffs

Grid Reference Q18/26434 62577 P19/25990 62390, P19/25979 62394, P19/25992 62384, P19/25986 62378, P19/25981 62377. P19/25985 62379 Q18/26491 62697 P20/25897 62185, P20/25897 62187, P20/25913 62308 P19/26065 P20/26018 62117

Name of Feature Name of

sequence Sugar Loaf Islands taranakite

Sugar Loaf Islands and Paritutu volcano sections Katikara Formation aeolian tephra Formation aeolian Katikara Tongaporutu Coast Miocene fossil Tongaporutu coastal cliffs White Cliffs

Mt Taranaki / Egmont strato- Taranaki Mt 14.2 14.2 NATURAL FEATURES OUTSTANDING of Schedule