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Whitianga Marina Society – 1991 application for reclamation

1. Identification information

Status
Complete
Data Collection Date
Summary
This report describes the proposal to reclaim foreshore for the use of a marina and discusses environmental effects together with suggested mitigation of adverse effects. Purpose: To gain consent for reclamation associated with the Whitianga marina proposal.
Content
Assessment of effects includes: social, economic and cultural; visual impact; open space; landscape; flora and fauna; natural and physical resources, noise, flooding and tsunamis; sedimentation. Mitigation measures are outlined.
Study Types
  • Inventory/Survey
Categories
  • Consents and Structures
  • Social and Economic
  • Coastal Hazards
  • Coastal Development and Public Spaces
  • Benthic Communities (including shellfish)
  • Plants/Vegetation
  • Birds
  • Marine Mammals
  • Sediments
  • Shoreline Change
  • Consents and Structures
  • Water quality
  • Consents and Structures
  • Landscape
  • Benthic Communities (including shellfish)

2. Contact information

Commissioning Agencies
  • Whitianga Marina Society
Contact Organisations
  • Waikato Regional Council

3. Spatial information

Geographic Coverage
Whitianga township foreshore
Grid Coordinates
Whitianga Harbour in vicinity of marina – E2752078 N6481712, NZMG, 1:20000, AREA
Locations
  • Name
    Whitianga Harbour in vicinity of marina
    NZMG Easting
    2752075
    NZMG Northing
    6481715
    Location
    Whitianga Harbour
    East Coast

4. Data acquisition information

Collection Date
1991
Methodology
Not reported Frequency of collection: One off

5. Data quality information

Known Limitations
Not reported Gaps in collection: Not reported Data quality: Not reported Attribute accuracy: Not reported Completeness: Not reported

6. Distribution information

Format
report, charts
Applications
Availability
Freely available

7. Status information

Data Status
Finished

8. Metadata information

General Notes
Additional comments: Very little hard data is provided for environmental effects.
Related Links
Publications
  • Morris, R.L. 1991: Whitianga Marina Society Inc - Application for Reclamation. Works Consultancy Services Ltd., Hamilton
Related Publications
  • Campbell, C. 1990: Whitianga Marina - Environmental Impact Assessment. Report for the Whitianga Marine Society Inc. Works Consultancy Services, Hamilton.
  • Baker, A. 1986: The Whitianga dolphins and the proposed marina development. Report for Wilkins & Davies marina division.
  • Bioresearchers Ltd (1986) report in Wilkins & Davies Marina Division documents Volumes I and II.
  • Campbell, C. 1990: Whitianga Marina – Environmental Impact Assessment. Report for the Whitianga Marine Society Inc. Works Consultancy Services, Hamilton.
  • Coffey, B. T. 1993: Whitianga Marina. A baseline ecological report and proposed monitoring programme. Brian T. Coffey and Associates Ltd, Hamilton.
  • Dell, P., & Higgs, P. 1983: Whitianga Wharf Study. Hauraki Catchment Board and Thames-Coromandel District Council.
  • DoC, 1988: Whitianga Marina Review: A compilation of specialist reports commissioned by the Department of Conservation. Hamilton.
  • Gibb. J.G. Coromandel Coastal Investigation. Report? Ministry of Works.
  • Gibb. J.G. 1973: Report on Second Coromandel Coastal Investigation. Ministry of Works.
  • Maxwell, G.S. 1987: The Whitianga Marina Proposal: An exercise in Ecotoxicology. Report for Mercury Bay Environmental Society.
  • Penny, S. 1986: Ecological Overview of Whitianga Marina Proposal. Wilkins & Davies Environmental Reports Vol II.
  • Raudkivi, A.J. 1981: Preliminary report on coastal stability and sediment movement in the vicinity of Whitianga wharf.
  • Simpson, R. 1972: Erosion at Buffalo Beach, Whitianga. Report? Ministry of Works.
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9. Related files

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