Ngā Pānui Whakamārama Mahere Waimāori

Freshwater Plan Fact Sheets

This information applies if you take water for irrigation, grow crops, farm livestock, develop land, do any work in a waterway or do any trade or industrial development.

Culverts

Rules for installing culverts
Freshwater fish passage

Responsibilities and guides
Farm dam

Farm dams are important for storing water on farms.
Fertiliser application

Guide for good fertiliser management
Gravel takes from rivers

Rules to protect the resource and environment
Water allocation

Water permit on the Poverty Bay Flats or in the Waipaoa Catchment
Water permit for irrigation

Water permit required to irrigate an area larger than 1 hectare
Water takes

Requirements for non-consented water takes.
Winter intensive grazing

Intensively grazed or break feeding animals on crops or pasture
Vegetable and maize cropping

More than 1 hectare of vegetable or maize crops.