Reports

On this page you will find:

  • technical reports used to help prepare the Proposed Regional Plan
  • documents incorporated into the Proposed Regional Plan by reference
  • assessment sheets for features mapped in the Proposed Regional Plan
    (these can also be accessed via the maps by clicking on a mapped feature – not all mapped features have assessment sheets)

Air quality

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Marsden Point Air Quality Strategy (PDF 2.49 MB)

Historic heritage

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Boatshed Cafe Rawene - Assessment Sheet (PDF 579 KB)

Former Waterline Cafe Kohukohu - Assessment Sheet (PDF 641 KB)

Former Wharf Paihia - assessment sheet (PDF 304 KB)

Former Wharf Paihia - background information (PDF 2.66 MB)

Kaipara North Dairy Factory - assessment sheet (PDF 334 KB)

Kaipara North Dairy Factory – background information (PDF 750 KB)

Kerikeri Historic Heritage Area - assessment sheet (PDF 681 KB)

Kerikeri Basin Historic Heritage Area - background information (PDF 182 KB)

Kerikeri Hydroelectric System (Rainbow Falls Dam and Weir) - Assessment Sheet (PDF 537 KB)

Kohukohu Stone Bridge - assessment sheet (PDF 290 KB)

Kohukohu Stone Bridge - background information (PDF 710 KB)

Kohukohu Wharf Piles - assessment sheet (PDF 397 KB)

Kohukohu Wharf Piles - background information (PDF 1.94 MB)

Kurahaupo Historic Heritage Area - assessment sheet (PDF 715 KB)

Kurahaupo Historic Heritage Area - background information (PDF 1.81 MB)

Lane and Brown Shipyard - assessment sheet (PDF 472 KB)

Lane and Brown Shipyard - background information (PDF 1.53 MB)

Limestone Island Wharf - Assessment Sheet (PDF 289 KB)

Mangonui Store - assessment sheet (PDF 436 KB)

Mangonui Store - background information (PDF 1.28 MB)

Northland Heritage Survey Methodology Report (PDF 1.84 MB)

Opua Store - assessment sheet (PDF 408 KB)

Opua Store - background information (PDF 1.38 MB)

Portland Old Wharf - assessment sheet (PDF 514 KB)

Portland Old Wharf - background information (PDF 575 KB)

Rangihoua Historic Heritage Area - assessment (PDF 378 KB)

Rangihoua Historic Heritage Area - background information (PDF 527 KB)

Rawene Four Square - Assessment Sheet (PDF 197 KB)

Rawene Old Butchers Shop – assessment sheet (PDF 328 KB)

Rawene Old Butchers Shop - background information (PDF 948 KB)

Reotahi Freezing Works - Assessment Sheet (PDF 405 KB)

Reotahi Freezing Works - Background information (PDF 773 KB)

SS Ventnor - assessment sheet (PDF 1.16 MB)
Tawatawhiti / Mairs Landing Historic Area - Whangarei (PDF 1.31 MB)

Te Kopua Kawai o te Whakaheke - assessment sheet (PDF 2.13 MB)

Te Take Waimanoni - assessment sheet (PDF 1.5 MB)

Totara North Gumstore - Assessment Sheet (PDF 264 KB)

Whangamumu whaling station historic heritage assessment (PDF 5.31 MB)

Whangaroa General Store - Assessment Sheet (PDF 248 KB)

Marine Biosecurity

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A benefit-cost model for regional marine biosecurity pathway management (PDF 740 KB)

A risk based predictive tool to prevent accidental introductions of nonindigenous marine species (PDF 283 KB)

Arrival of the alien fan worm Sabella spallanzanii in two New Zealand harbours (PDF 541 KB)

NRC pathway management benefit-cost analysis (Excel spreadsheet) (XLSX 264 KB)

Tai Tokerau Northland Regional Growth Study (PDF 3.28 MB)

Vessel hull fouling as a marine biosecurity indicator in the top of the south: 2014 survey (PDF 1.01 MB)

Outstanding natural features

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Outstanding Natural Features: Identifying and mapping additional sites in Northland (PDF 440 KB)

Natural character

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Defining natural character areas in the Proposed Regional Plan (PDF 41 KB)

The methodology report and further information about natural character mapping can be found on the Mapping worksheets and methodology page of the new Regional Policy Statement project

Regionally significant anchorages

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Schedule of cruising boat destinations in Northland (PDF 2.73 MB)

Regionally significant surf breaks

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Application of methodology identifying regionally significant surf breaks in Northland (PDF 121 KB)

Methodology - Identifying regionally significant surf breaks in Northland (PDF 141 KB)

Bluehouse to Pines, Tauroa Point - Surf break values (PDF 30 KB)

Peaks to Shipwreck Bay, Tauroa Point - Surf break values (PDF 30 KB)

Supertube to Mokarau 1, Tauroa Point - Surf break values (PDF 30 KB)

Tapuaetahi, Kerikeri - Surf break values (PDF 32 KB)

Significant marine ecological areas

Estuary and harbour assessment sheets

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Hokianga Harbour Entrance and Lower Harbour - Significant ecological marine area assessment sheet (PDF 720 KB)

Horahora Estuary - Significant ecological marine area assessment sheet (PDF 1.57 MB)

Houhora Estuary - Significant ecological marine area assessment sheet (PDF 1.11 MB)

Mangawhai Estuary - Significant ecological marine area assessment sheet (PDF 598 KB)

Matapouri - Significant ecological marine area assessment sheet (PDF 1.9 MB)

Ngunguru Estuary - Significant ecological marine area assessment sheet (PDF 1.28 MB)

North Kaipara Harbour - Significant ecological marine area assessment sheet (PDF 928 KB)

Parekura Bay Bay of Islands - Significant ecological marine area assessment sheet (PDF 614 KB)

Parengarenga Harbour - Significant ecological marine area assessment sheet (PDF 2.26 MB)

Pataua Estuary - Significant ecological marine area assessment sheet (PDF 1.25 MB)

Pickmere Channel shellfish bed - Significant ecological marine area assessment sheet (PDF 523 KB)

Rangaunu - Significant ecological marine area assessment sheet (PDF 970 KB)

Ruakaka Estuary - Significant ecological marine area assessment sheet (PDF 1.21 MB)

Taiharuru - Significant ecological marine area assessment sheet (PDF 986 KB)

Te Haumi Estuary - Significant ecological marine area assessment sheet (PDF 528 KB)

Waikino Inlet - Significant ecological marine area assessment sheet (PDF 601 KB)

Waipu Estuary - Significant ecological marine area assessment sheet (PDF 1001 KB)

Waitangi Estuary - Significant ecological marine area assessment sheet (PDF 754 KB)

Whananaki Estuary - Significant ecological marine area assessment sheet (PDF 1.69 MB)

Whangārei Harbour - Significant ecological marine area assessment sheet (PDF 2.23 MB)

General reports and dispersed value areas

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Draft Plan Submission Response and mapping edits April 2017 (PDF 365 KB)

Methodology report - Mapping of significant ecological areas - Northland (PDF 365 KB)

Northland coastal management area - general marine values for highly mobile and dispersed species (marine mammals and seabirds) (PDF 398 KB)

Mapping methodology report - Significant Bird Area – Critical Bird Habitat (PDF 246 KB)

Significant bird areas - Wading and aquatic birds - Open coast and islands

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SEAs coastal and island birds - Aranga Beach-south of Maunganui Bluff to Pouto Peninsula (PDF 115 KB)

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SEAs coastal and island birds - Bream Bay - except Waipu and Ruakaka estuaries (PDF 111 KB)

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SEAs coastal and island birds - Bream Head to Taiharuru Head (PDF 118 KB)

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SEAs coastal and island birds - Bream Tail to Waipu Cove (PDF 111 KB)

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SEAs coastal and island birds - Cape Wiwiki to Berghan Point (PDF 111 KB)

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SEAs coastal and island birds - Cavalli Stephenson-Mahinepua and other Islands (PDF 114 KB)

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SEAs coastal and island birds - Doubtless Rangaunu and Great Exhibition Bay (PDF 116 KB)

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SEAs coastal and island birds - Hen and Chickens Islands (PDF 94 KB)

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SEAs coastal and island birds - Ohau Point-North Head Parengarenga Harbour to Scott Point on the west coast (PDF 117 KB)

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SEAs coastal and island birds - Poor Knights Islands (PDF 107 KB)

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SEAs coastal and island birds - Scott Point to Maunganui Bluff (PDF 114 KB)

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SEAs coastal and island birds - Taiharuru Head to Cape Brett excluding estuaries (PDF 115 KB)

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 Significant bird areas - Wading and aquatic birds - Estuaries and harbours

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SEAs Estuarine Birds - Bay of Islands (PDF 106 KB)

 

SEAs Estuarine Birds - Hokianga Harbour (PDF 123 KB)

 

SEAs Estuarine Birds - Houhora Harbour (PDF 123 KB)

 

SEAs Estuarine Birds - Mangawhai Estuary (PDF 114 KB)

 

SEAs Estuarine Birds - Mangonui Harbour and Taipa Estuary (PDF 119 KB)

 

SEAs Estuarine Birds - Matapouri Estuary (PDF 119 KB)

 

SEAs Estuarine Birds - Ngunguru Estuary (PDF 106 KB)

 

SEAs Estuarine Birds - North Kaipara Harbour (PDF 118 KB)

 

SEAs Estuarine Birds - Parengarenga Harbour (PDF 99 KB)

 

SEAs Estuarine Birds - Pataua Estuary (PDF 103 KB)

 
SEAs Estuarine Birds - Rangaunu Harbour (PDF 125 KB)  

SEAs Estuarine Birds - Ruakaka Estuary (PDF 119 KB)

 

SEAs Estuarine Birds - Taiharuru Estuary (PDF 105 KB)

 

SEAs Estuarine Birds - Waipu Estuary (PDF 110 KB)

 

SEAs Estuarine Birds - Whananaki Estuary (PDF 118 KB)

 

SEAs Estuarine Birds - Whangape-Herekino Harbours (PDF 119 KB)

 

SEAs Estuarine Birds - Whangarei Harbour (PDF 123 KB)

 

SEAs Estuarine Birds - Whangaroa Harbour (PDF 118 KB)

 

SEAs Estuarine Birds - Whangaruru Harbour (PDF 120 KB)

 

Open coast assessment sheets

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Ahipara Banks - Significant ecological marine area assessment sheet (PDF 793 KB)

 

Berghan Point to Taupo Bay - Significant ecological marine area assessment sheet (PDF 1.1 MB)

 

Black Rocks - Significant ecological marine area assessment sheet (PDF 761 KB)

 

Bland Bay Coast - Significant ecological marine area assessment sheet (PDF 649 KB)

 

Bream Head Coast - Significant ecological marine area assessment sheet (PDF 1.5 MB)

 

Cape Karikari to Rawarawa Beach - Significant ecological marine area assessment sheet (PDF 441 KB)

 

Cavalli Islands and coast - Significant ecological marine area assessment sheet (PDF 2.39 MB)

 

Doubtless Bay - Significant ecological marine area assessment sheet (PDF 944 KB)

 

Eastern BOI Biogenic soft bottom complex - Significant ecological marine area assessment sheet (PDF 1.15 MB)

 

Eastern BOI and Cape Brett Coast - Significant ecological marine area assessment sheet (PDF 1.77 MB)

 

Far North Special Biodiversity Area - Significant ecological marine area assessment sheet (PDF 619 KB)

 

Great Exhibition Bay Biogenic soft bottom complex - Significant ecological marine area assessment sheet (PDF 925 KB)

 

Hen and Chicks Islands - Significant ecological marine area assessment sheet (PDF 893 KB)

 

Kawerua offshore reef - Significant ecological marine area assessment sheet (PDF 213 KB)

 

Matapia Island - Significant ecological marine area assessment sheet (PDF 686 KB)

 

Mimiwhangata - Significant ecological marine area assessment sheet (PDF 2.56 MB)

 

Poor Knights Islands - Significant ecological marine area assessment sheet (PDF 1.42 MB)

 

Takou Beach to Ninepin coast - Significant ecological marine area assessment sheet (PDF 929 KB)

 

The Bluff Ninety Mile Beach - Significant ecological marine area assessment sheet (PDF 675 KB)

 

Toheroa Beaches West Coast - Significant ecological marine area assessment sheet (PDF 546 KB)

 

Tutukaka to Taiharuru Coast - Significant ecological marine area assessment sheet (PDF 1.83 MB)

 

West Coast shallow reefs - Significant ecological marine area assessment sheet (PDF 886 KB)

 

Whananaki Coast - Significant ecological marine area assessment sheet (PDF 1.02 MB)

 

Whangaroa Coast - Significant ecological marine area assessment sheet (PDF 680 KB)

 

Water quality and quantity

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A guide for the management of closing and closed landfills in New Zealand (PDF 692 KB)

 

Average annual and seasonal accrual periods for Northland streams (PDF 1.45 MB)

 

Contaminated land management guidelines no.1 (PDF 404 KB)

 

Contaminated land management guidelines no.5 (PDF 835 KB)

 

Defining freshwater management units for Northland: A recommended approach (PDF 1.9 MB)

 

Doubtless Bay catchment water quality update (PDF 2.99 MB)

 

Doubtless Bay catchment water quantity update (PDF 502 KB)

 

Draft guidelines for the selection of methods to determine ecological flows and water levels (PDF 1 MB)

 

Forestry and water yield: The New Zealand example (PDF 567 KB)

 

Guidelines for the safe application of bio-solids to land in New Zealand (PDF 845 KB)

 

Historical changes in sources of catchment sediment accumulating in Whangarei Harbour (PDF 1.54 MB)

 

Identifying outstanding waterbodies in Northland (PDF 370 KB)

 

Identifying the degree of hydrological alteration for ecological flow assessment in Northland streams (PDF 908 KB)

 

Lake FMUs for Northland: Recommendations for policy development (PDF 2.96 MB)

 

Mangere catchment water quality update (PDF 3.09 MB)

 

Mangere catchment water quantity update (PDF 357 KB)

 

Northland lakes strategy (PDF 920 KB)

 

Northland lakes strategy - part II - update and implementation strategy (PDF 1.25 MB)

 

Northland tangata whenua freshwater values - A framework to guide decision-making (PDF 1.2 MB)

 

Northland tangata whenua freshwater values - A literature review (PDF 1.55 MB)

 

Nutrient management for Northland's dune lakes (PDF 1.65 MB)

 

Options for default minimum flow and allocation limits in Northland Part 2: Technical report (PDF 5.56 MB)
(excludes appendices due to file size - see below)

 

Appendices - Options for default minimum flow and allocation limits in Northland Part 2: Technical report (PDF 4.96 MB)

 

Options for river water quality management classifications for the Northland region (PDF 1.54 MB)

 

Preliminary hydrogeological assessment for Lake Rototuna (PDF 662 KB)

 

Recommended Coastal Water Quality Standards for Northland (PDF 3.73 MB)

 

Report on assessment of water available for allocation (PDF 390 KB)

 

SedNetNZ modelling of soil erosion in Northland (PDF 901 KB)

 

Technical guidelines for disposal to land (PDF 2.17 MB)

 

Appendices - Technical guidelines for disposal to land (PDF 1.23 MB)

 

Waitangi catchment water quality update (PDF 2.59 MB)

 

Waitangi catchment water quantity update (PDF 417 KB)

 

Whangarei Harbour catchment water quality (PDF 3.5 MB)

 

Whangarei Harbour catchment water quantity update (PDF 399 KB)

 

Sites and areas of significance to tangata whenua

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Patuharakeke - Ruakaka dune lake (PDF 443 KB)  
Patuharakeke - Mangawhati Mahinga Mataitai (PDF 942 KB)  
Patuharakeke - Patu Te Poupouwhenua Mahinga Mataitai (PDF 883 KB)  
Patuharakeke - Ruakaka Estuary Mahinga Mataitai (PDF 1.37 MB)  
Patuharakeke - Takahiwai Mahinga Mataitai (PDF 1.24 MB)  
Te Uri o Hau Settlement Trust - Environs Holdings Limited - Lake Humuhumu (PDF 1.68 MB)