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This plan does not apply to Mt Smart Stadium, the Auckland Botanic Gardens, or
Mutukaroa-Hamlins Hill Regional Park. Mt Smart Stadium at Penrose is unlike other regional
parks in that it is used for organised sports and entertainment purposes. The Auckland
Botanic Gardens focus on presenting gardening ideas, taxonomy and plant conservation
programmes. Mutukaroa-Hamlins Hill is jointly owned and managed by the council and
Auckland City Council. These regional parks are covered by separate management plans.
However, it is intended that the high-level principles within this plan will be applied to the
entire regional parks network and will be incorporated into these management plans as they
are reviewed.
It is intended that the general objectives and management policies of this plan will apply to
new acquisitions to the regional park network.
5.3 The The need need for for th the th plan –legislative legislative overview
The council owns and/or manages approximately 40,000 hectares of park land at 26 regional
park locations, 23 of which are covered by this plan. The majority of land the council owns
or manages (about 90 per cent) is administered by the council under the Local Government
Act 2002; however, some (about 10 per cent) is also administered under the Reserves Act
1977.
The Reserves Reserves Act Act 1977 1977 [Section [Section [Section 41] 41] requires the council to prepare reserve management
plans for the parks and reserves they manage. The purposes of these plans are to:
…provide for and ensure the use, enjoyment, maintenance, protection, and
preservation, as the case may require, and, to the extent that the administering
body’s resources permit, the development, as appropriate, of the reserve for the
purpose for which it is classified, and shall incorporate and ensure compliance with
the principles set out in…this Act for a reserve of that classification [Section 41(3)
Reserves Act].
The Local Local Government Government Government Act Act Act 2002 2002 does not require the preparation of a management plan,
however it does allow for one. The council considers it best practice to prepare a plan to
ensure an integrated management approach across the parks network. The process of
preparing the plan requires a consultation and submission process which gives the public
the opportunity to contribute to the formulation of policy and decision-making on matters
that will affect the future of the regional parks. These processes meets the requirements of
Part 6, and more specifically Section 83, of the LGA 2002 (refer to sections 16.2 Review and
variations and 16.6 Consultation and Appendix 2).
The LGA 2002 also provides a framework to establish and maintain processes for Māori to
participate in decision-making. It includes the requirement to take into account the principles
of the Treaty of Waitangi, and the relationship between Māori and land, or a body of water,
where there is a significant decision to be made.
The Waita Waitakere Waita Waitakere
kere Ranges Heritage Area Area Act 2008 2008, 2008
which covers the Waitakere Ranges
Regional Park, requires the council to prepare, adopt and maintain a management plan for
the integrated management of the park. Part of this process requires the council to use the
special consultative procedure set out in section 83 of the LGA 2002, as outlined above.
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