Planning for recreation in Ō Tū Wharekai
Ashburton Lakes and upper Rangitata River
Canterbury
Consultation closes: Monday 30 November 2009
The Department of Conservation is seeking public input into planning and managing recreation within the Ō Tū Wharekai project area.
A factsheet that gives more detail is available as a PDF in the see also box.
What is the Ō Tū Wharekai project?
The Ō Tū Wharekai project area covers the Ashburton Lakes and upper Rangitata River of Canterbury. Two conservation parks are included in the project area - Hakatere and Te Kahui Kaupeka.
The focus of the Ō Tū Wharekai project is to protect and restore the wetlands - and is one of three wetlands under the national Arawai Kākāriki wetland programme.
Find out more about the Ō Tū Wharekai project.
Recreation in Ō Tū Wharekai
Ngaire and Stephen Ferris tramping at
Lake Emily, Ashburton Lakes
The area is also highly valued for a wide range of recreation activities such as walking, tramping, fishing, boating and hunting. The purpose of this discussion is to plan for recreation in ways that support wetland restoration.
Some work has been done to identify existing or potential new recreation opportunities and where they may occur. These are outlined in the discussion document below.
Have your say
The discussion document will be available here as a PDF from Thursday 5 November 2009. Comments are welcomed by Monday 30 November.
When providing feedback, please include the section or page number that you are commenting on, and any justification or reasons behind your comments. The Department may contact you to discuss your comments.
Discussion document
Recreation opportunities in Ō Tū Wharekai discussion document November 2009
Complete document (PDF, 4983K)
Note: This is a large file that may take time to download
Or download the document in sections:
Cover, table of contents (PDF, 1186K)
Sections 1 and 2 (PDF, 776K)
Section 3 Recreation opportunities (part) (PDF, 695K)
Sections 3 Recreation opportunities (part), 4 and 5 (PDF, 2405K)
Maps
Note: these are large files and may take time to download
Map 1 Ō Tū Wharekai management area (JPG, 4802K)
Map 2 Location of public conservation lands within Ō Tū Wharekai (JPG, 4619K)
Map 3 Roadside sites (JPG, 3867K))
Map 4 Walking, biking and horse riding tracks (JPG, 4355K)
Map 5 Lake Clearwater existing vehicle tracks (JPG, 2437K)
Map 6 Lake Emma existing vehicle tracks (JPG, 2931K)
Map 7 Paddle Hill Creek existing vehicle tracks (JPG, 2914K)
Map 8 Potential opportunities for vehicle access (JPG, 4404K)
Map 9 Lakes and rivers (JPG, 4274K)
Map 10 Backcountry huts (JPG, 4466K)
Map 11 Hunting blocks (JPG, 4470K)
Viewing these documents
These documents are currently only available on this website as PDFs. If you can't view PDFs please get in touch with the listed contact to request another format or hard copies.
About PDFs
How to send your comments
You have two options for giving use your comments and feedback:
- Email your thoughts to otuwharekai@doc.govt.nz
- Post your thoughts to:
| Raukapuka
Area Office |
| Phone: |
+64 3 693 1010 |
| Fax: |
+64 3 693 1019 |
| Email: |
raukapukaao@doc.govt.nz
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| Address: |
North Terrace
Geraldine 7930
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| Postal Address: |
PO Box 33
Geraldine 7956
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Ō Tū Wharekai - the place
Ō Tū Wharekai may be covered by a specific “place” section in the next Canterbury Conservation Management Strategy (CMS). The review of this is currently on hold.
A pre-draft CMS chapter “2.6 Ō Tū Wharekai” has been prepared and released together with this draft recreation opportunities report. Comment on this chapter may be included with comments on the report.
Canterbury CMS pre-draft chapter 2.6 Ō Tū Wharekai (PDF,107K)
What happens next?
Once the feedback has been considered, the Department will make decisions about the future management of recreation in the area.
These decisions will be formalised into a recreation plan that will guide the management, objectives and policies for recreation in Ō Tū Wharekai.
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