Coastal Restoration Trust of New Zealand

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Gunnera hamiltonii in Stewart Island, New Zealand Journal Paper

Author
Webb, C.J.; Webb, T.H.
Year
1976
Journal / Source
New Zealand Journal of Botany
Volume
14
Pages
361-3
Summary
In preparing this report my brief was to analyse, consider and make recommendations on the Seaport provisions of the Proposed District Plan. In doing so, I found I had to consider the aerial extent of the Seaport Zone, which differed from the aerial extent of the Seaport Sub-Area in the Operative District Plan. In turn, this means that some of my recommendations have implications for the Industrial 1A zone, most but not all of which replaced part of the previous Seaport Sub-Area along the Bluff foreshore. I have concluded that there is tension between the weight of national and regional policy and the aspirations of the Port Company and the need to build economic critical mass in the Bluff community. On the one hand, there are strong directives in the NZ Coastal Policy Statement and particularly in the Proposed Regional Policy Statement calling for a conservative approach to the way the coastal environment is used