Hawke’s Bay Regional Resource Management Plan Proposed Plan Change 7 - Outstanding Water Bodies Officers’ s42A Hearing Report HBRC Publication Number: 5520 1 Hawke’s Bay Regional Resource Management Plan Proposed Plan Change 7 - Outstanding Water Bodies Officers’ s42A Hearing Report HBRC Publication Number: 5520 October 2020 Prepared by: Belinda Harper, Senior Policy Planner Nichola Nicholson, Policy Planner Reviewed by: Ceri Edmonds: Manager Policy and Planning Gavin Ide: Principal Advisor Strategic Planning Contents Index of Attachments .................................................................................................................. 2 PART 1 - Readers’ Guide ................................................................................................................ 4 PART 2 – Overview ..................................................................................................................... 10 PART 3 – Change 7 Development Process ..................................................................................... 18 PART 4 – Officers’ Evaluation and Recommendations .................................................................... 22 TOPIC 1 - OUTSTANDING WATER BODIES: NPSFM & NZCPS ................................................................................................ 22 Freshwater and estuary areas / coastal waters Report: 1.0 ......................................................................................... 22 TOPIC 2 - OUTSTANDING AND SIGNIFICANT VALUES .......................................................................................................... 24 Meaning of outstanding & outstanding water body Report: 2.1 .................................................................................. 24 Outstanding values and their sub-parts Report: 2.2 ..................................................................................................... 26 Significant Values Report: 2.3 ........................................................................................................................................ 29 TOPIC 3 - FUTURE MANAGEMENT OF OUTSTANDING WATER BODIES ............................................................................... 31 Management of Outstanding Water Bodies Report 3.0 & 3.1 ....................................................................................... 31 TOPIC 4 - CHAPTER 3.1 OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES .............................................................................................................. 35 Chapter 3.1 Objectives & Policies – General Report: 4.0 .............................................................................................. 35 Objective LW1 Report: 4.1 ............................................................................................................................................. 36 Policy LW1 Report: 4.2 ................................................................................................................................................... 38 Policy LW2 Report: 4.3 .................................................................................................................................................... 41 Policy LW3A Report: 4.4 .................................................................................................................................................. 43 TOPIC 5 CHAPTER 3.2 OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES ................................................................................................................ 46 Objective 11 Report: 5.1................................................................................................................................................. 46 Policy C1 Report: 5.2 ...................................................................................................................................................... 47 Policy C2 Report: 5.3 ...................................................................................................................................................... 49 TOPIC 6 - IDENTIFYING OUTSTANDING WATER BODIES & THEIR OUTSTANDING VALUES................................................. 52 OWB identification framework Report: 6.0 .................................................................................................................... 52 TOPIC 7 - SCHEDULE 25: LIST OF OUTSTANDING WATER BODIES ....................................................................................... 59 Schedule 25 – General Report: 7.0 ................................................................................................................................. 59 Schedule 25 - New OWB Report: 7.39 ........................................................................................................................... 62 Hautapu River Report: 7.1 .............................................................................................................................................. 71 Heretaunga Aquifer [ID #2] Report: 7.2 ......................................................................................................................... 74 Karamū River [ID #3] Report 7.3 ..................................................................................................................................... 78 Kaweka & Ruahine Ranges wetlands [ID #4] Report 7.4 ................................................................................................ 81 Lake Rotoroa and Lake Rototuna (Kaweka Lakes) [ID #5] Report 7.5............................................................................ 83 Lake Poukawa and Pekapeka Swamp [ID #6] Report 7.6 ............................................................................................... 87 Lake Tūtira (including Aropaoanui River and Papakiri Stream) [ID #7] Report 7.7 ....................................................... 90 Lake Waikareiti [ID #8] Report: 7.8 ................................................................................................................................ 94 Lake Waikaremoana [ID #9] Report: 7.9 ........................................................................................................................ 96 Lake Whakakī - Te Paeroa Lagoon - Wairau Lagoon and wetlands [ID #10] Report: 7.10 .......................................... 103 Lake Whatumā [ID #11] Report: 7.11........................................................................................................................... 106 Makirikiri River [ID #12] Report: 7.12 .......................................................................................................................... 109 Mangahouanga Stream [ID #13] Report: 7.13 ............................................................................................................. 111 Maungawhio Lagoon, lower Kopuawhara River, Pukenui Dune Wetlands [ID #14] Report: 7.14 ............................. 114 Mohaka River [ID #15] Report: 7.15 ............................................................................................................................ 117 Morere Springs [ID #16] Report: 7.16 .......................................................................................................................... 126 Ngamatea East Swamp [ID #17] Report: 7.17 ............................................................................................................. 128 Ngaruroro River and Estuary [ID #18] Report: 7.18 ..................................................................................................... 131 Nuhaka River [ID #19] Report: 7.19 ............................................................................................................................. 143 Opoutama Swamp [ID #20] Report: 7.20 ..................................................................................................................... 146 Pōrangahau River & Estuary [ID #21] Report: 7.21 ..................................................................................................... 148 Change 7 s42A Hearing Report, 22 October 2020 1 Putere Lakes [ID #22] Report: 7.22 .............................................................................................................................. 154 Ripia River [ID #23] Report: 7.23 .................................................................................................................................. 156 Ruakituri River [ID #24] Report: 7.24 ........................................................................................................................... 158 Ruataniwha Aquifer [ID #25] Report: 7.25 .................................................................................................................. 164 Tarawera Hot Springs [ID #26] Report: 7.26 ................................................................................................................ 168 Taruarau River [ID #27] Report: 7.27 ........................................................................................................................... 170 Te Hoe River [ID #28] Report: 7.28 .............................................................................................................................. 176 Te Paerahi River [ID #29] Report: 7.29......................................................................................................................... 180 Te Whanganui a Orotū (Ahuriri Estuary) [ID #30] Report: 7.30 .................................................................................