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Revised Kaihu Management Plan March 2010ClassKaihu River Flood Management Rate: descriptionDescriptionRate perHa EXClGSTABCatchment RateUrban ContributionLand on the floodplain and side valleys downstream of theRotu Bottleneck.Land on the floodplain and tributary side valleys betweenAhikiwi and the Rotu BottleneckBalance of rateable land within the Kaihu River rating areaA Contribution from Kaipara District Council instead of aseparate rate per property$22.28$11.14$1.67$4,951 perannumHow much is the rate?The estimated targeted Kaihu River Management Rate amounts to $78,612 ExclGST in the 2010-2011 financial year. The revenue sought from each category ofrateable land will be as follows:Total Revenue $ Excl GSTClass AClass BCatchment RateUrbanContributionTotal RateHow is the rate applied?$25,022$17,215$31,424$4,951$78,612The rate is applied 100% to Kaihu River Management works which forms part ofthe River Management Activity.6. DESCRIPTION OF KAIHU RIVER MANAGEMENT AREAThis Revised Management Plan, while considering the whole of the Kaihu Rivercatchment, deals primarily with the management of a community river managementscheme on the Kaihu River downstream of the confluence of the Waima River andthe Mangatu Stream.The Kaihu River catchment comprises 354 square kilometres on the western slopesof the Tutamoe Plateau and the old volcanic Aranga downland between Whatoro andMaunganui Bluff. Several major tributaries meet to form the Kaihu River immediatelyupstream of the small settlement of Kaihu, and the river then flows in a broad valleyNorthland Regional Council - 7 -