Prepared For WAI Wānaka Prepared By Landpro Ltd 13 Pinot Noir Drive PO Box 302 Cromwell Tel +64 3 445 9905 © Landpro Ltd 2019 The information contained in this document produced by Landpro Ltd is solely for the use of the Client identified on the cover sheet for the purpose for which it has been prepared and Landpro Ltd takes no duty to or accepts any responsibility to any third party who may rely upon this document. All rights reserved. No parts or sections of this document may be removed from this document, reproduced, electronically stored or transmitted in any form without the written permission of Landpro Ltd. ii iii QUALITY INFORMATION Reference: Perkins C., Muller T., Boyens N., Langhans S.D. (2019) Upper Clutha Community Catchment Plan. Prepared for WAI Wānaka. Landpro. Date: March 2020 Prepared by: Claire Perkins1, Tim Muller1, Nick Boyens1 & Simone D. Langhans2,3 Reviewed by: Kate Scott Client Review: WAI Wānaka Version Number: 01 1 Landpro Ltd 2 Department of Zoology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand 3 BC3-Basque Centre for Climate Change, Leioa, Spain Disclaimer: We have prepared this report for our client based on their instructions. They may use it, as agreed between us. Landpro has no duty, and does not make or give any express or implied representation or guarantee, whatsoever to any person other than our client. If you are not our client then, unless this report has been provided to you as a local authority or central government agency as part of a public process: • you have no right to use or to rely on this report or any part of it, and • you may not reproduce any of it. We have done our best to ensure the information is fit for purpose at the date of preparation and meets the specific needs of our client. Sometimes things change or new information comes to light. This can affect our recommendations and findings. iv TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Background ................................................................................................................................................................ 1 1.2 Overview of Plan ....................................................................................................................................................... 2 1.3 Outcomes .................................................................................................................................................................... 2 1.4 Contributing Partners ............................................................................................................................................. 3 2. CONTEXT ............................................................................................................................................................................... 4 3. COMMUNITY AND CATCHMENT .............................................................................................................................. 10 4. POLICY AND PLAN DIRECTION .................................................................................................................................. 12 5. STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT ................................................................................................................................... 12 6. RISKS TO CATCHMENT .................................................................................................................................................. 13 7. CONSULTATION ............................................................................................................................................................... 14 8. CATCHMENT VALUES & VISION ................................................................................................................................ 14 8.1 Mātauranga Māori values ................................................................................................................................... 17 8.2 Cultural values ......................................................................................................................................................... 18 9. CATCHMENT OBJECTIVES ............................................................................................................................................. 18 9.1 Healthy Ecosystems ............................................................................................................................................... 19 9.2 Community Wellbeing ......................................................................................................................................... 21 10. MEASURABLE ATTRIBUTES ...................................................................................................................................... 23 11. ACTIONS & METHODS ............................................................................................................................................. 23 11.1 Social and organisational coordination ........................................................................................................ 23 11.2 Land management ................................................................................................................................................. 25 11.3 Mātauranga Māori ................................................................................................................................................. 28 12. CURRENT GAPS ............................................................................................................................................................ 36 13. LIMITS OF CCP .............................................................................................................................................................. 45 14. IMPLEMENTATION ..................................................................................................................................................... 45 15. CCP PROGRESS MONITORING AND EVALUATION ....................................................................................... 47 16. REVIEW ............................................................................................................................................................................ 49 LIST OF APPENDICES APPENDIX A Literature Review APPENDIX B Water Quality Pressures in the Upper Clutha APPENDIX C Consultation Summary APPENDIX D Summary of NPS-FM NOF Attributes and ORC Schedule 15 Attributes APPENDIX E Attributes Table v LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ALREC Alpine Lakes Research and Education Centre BMP Best Management Practices CCP Community Catchment Plan CE Contact Energy CHI Cultural Health Index DOC Department of Conservation E&SC Erosion and Sediment Control EBM Ecosystem-Based Management EU European Union FIF Freshwater Improvement Fund FMU Freshwater Management Unit ICM Integrated Catchment Management LEP Land Environment Plan LINZ Land Information New Zealand GMP Good Management Practices LWRP Land Water Regional Plan LWT Lake Wānaka Tourism MASL Metres above sea level MCA Multi-Criteria Analysis MCI Macroinvertebrate Community Index MfE Ministry for Environment MPI Ministry for Primary Industry NES National Environmental Standards NIWA National Institute of Water and Atmosphere NOF National Objectives Framework NPS-FM National Policy Statement – Freshwater Management ORC Otago Regional Council PSC Primary Sector Council PM&E Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation RMA Resource Management Act RPS Regional Policy Statement SABER CULTURAL SAfeguarding Biodiversity and Ecosystem seRvices by integrating CULTURAL values in freshwater management: learning from Māori SDG Sustainable Development Goals SOF Shaping Our Future ToC Theory of Change QLDC Queenstown Lakes District Council UCLT Upper Clutha Lakes Trust Board (now WAI Wānaka) UN United Nations WQ Water Quality vi 1. INTRODUCTION WAI Wānaka has been working with the community to prepare a Community Catchment Plan (CCP) for the Upper Clutha catchment. This plan will assist future sustainable management of the Upper Clutha’s diverse catchments. The development of this plan has been informed by and is supported by iwi (local whanau and Aukaha1), urban residents, tourism operators, visitors, farmers, scientists and regulators (Otago Regional Council and Queenstown Lakes District Council). WAI Wānaka is focused on maintaining a high level of community involvement in order to work out how to address existing water issues and prevent any decline in water quality and ecosystem function in an integrated way across the whole catchment, whilst addressing current and future risks to freshwater resources. Change in the way land and water are managed in the Upper Clutha is essential in order to achieve a healthy, vibrant future for the community. The community is clear that there needs to be a culture of innovation and changing practice, backed up by robust science and collaborative leadership in seeking a different way to manage the land and water of the Upper Clutha. Innovation is achieved by looking for opportunities outside the box that go beyond the traditional way of doing things and this includes being at the forefront of trialling new technologies. 1.1 Background In mid-2016 the Upper Clutha Water Group was established to facilitate linkages between different groups concerned about water management or carrying