Historical survey of South Beach: Kaitoke Stream to Whanganui River entrance.
- Author
- Welch J
- Publisher / Organisation
- Department of Conservation, Wanganui
- Pages
- 50 pp
- Summary
- This historical survey was conducted as part of a wider study to define and rank conservation values contained within the land administered by Wanganui District Council under the Harbour Boards Dry Land Endowment Revesting Act 1991 at South Beach, Wanganui. As per Ogle, Campbell, La Cock and Wilson (2004:1) the aims of the study were to provide knowledge of the conservation values of the land which will assist the Council and the Department in formulating and assessing proposals for activities on the land or in deciding how to implement greater protection for conservation values on the land. The drivers for the study, again as per Ogle et al. (2004:1), were: • the proposed extraction of sand from land near the airport for the purpose of backfilling trenches for the Wanganui city wastewater separation project and the proposed location of the Wanganui wastewater treatment plant on a central part of the land. • the implementation of legal protection of parts of the land which was agreed between the Crown and the Council during the preparation of the Harbour Boards Dry Land Endowment Revesting Act 1991 and was to be implemented under the provisions of this Act.