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Selection of rivers and lakes with significant amenity and recreational values Research Completed

Title

Selection of rivers and lakes with significant amenity and recreational values

Lead Author

Greater Wellington Regional Council

Organisation(s)

Greater Wellington Regional Council

Publication Year

2009

Publisher

Greater Wellington Regional Council

Contacts

www.gw.govt.nz

Abstract

This report provides the basis for selecting rivers and lakes with significant amenity and recreational values identified in Appendix 1, Table 15, of the proposed Regional Policy Statement using a survey of recreational users. The last assessments of rivers and lakes of the region used for recreation, and the extent of that recreational use, was for the Wellington Regional Council’s first regional policy statement, which was made operative in 1995, and for the Regional Freshwater Plan, which was made operative in 1999. The results of these assessments are listed in Appendix 1, and have also been considered in this assessment of rivers and lakes with significant amenity and recreation values.

Keywords:

Wellington, River, Lake, Waterways, Recreation, Policy, Asset management

How to access

Areas of Focus

Settings (location)

Provision (delivery type & infrastructure)

Rivers and lakes