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The regional park network is capable of providing a range of recreational opportunities.
However, not all activities are appropriate on every regional park (refer to Principles 12 and
16). The classification system works so that individual parks provide recreation opportunities
based on their particular natural, landscape, tangata whenua and cultural values, and their
capacity to absorb the activity without threatening these values and quality of visitor
experience on the park.
There is a need to provide infrastructure to support recreation opportunities (refer to Part 14
Infrastructure). The classification system defines the extent of development and
infrastructure on the parks, appropriate to the type of experience people are seeking and to
the park setting. It is critical to ensure that the supporting infrastructure, as well as the
activity, does not threaten the park values.
The classification also defines the type of core visitor services to be found at each class of
park. Again, these are not exclusive to each class of park but are most likely to be provided
at the class indicated in the table.
7.1.2 Manage each park in terms of their class in accordance with Figure 2 below.
Figure Figure 2 Regional park classifications
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