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Whitianga marina – Review of Marina Society E.I.A. (1990)

1. Identification information

Status
Complete
Data Collection Date
Summary
This report reviews the environmental issues raised in the E.I.A. and public submissions in line with the Harbours Act 1950. Specialists within and outside the department were engaged to review specialist topics. Purpose: To provide advice to the Department of Conservation as to how adequately the Whitianga Marina Society has examined environmental issues and addressed concerns raised in public submissions.
Content
Review of specialist topics include: ecology, water quality, hydraulics, flushing, sedimentation, engineering, avifauna, recreation, tangata whenua, visual impacts.
Study Types
  • Inventory/Survey
Categories
  • Consents and Structures
  • Coastal Hazards
  • Coastal Development and Public Spaces
  • Fish
  • Benthic Communities (including shellfish)
  • Plants/Vegetation
  • Birds
  • Sediments
  • Shoreline Change
  • Bathymetry
  • Consents and Structures
  • Water quality
  • Consents and Structures
  • Landscape
  • Benthic Communities (including shellfish)

2. Contact information

Commissioning Agencies
  • Department of Conservation
Contact Organisations
  • Department of Conservation (Waikato Conservancy)

3. Spatial information

Geographic Coverage
Whitianga Harbour and Buffalo Beach
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
  • Name
    NZMG Easting
    0
    NZMG Northing
    0
    Location
    Mercury Bay (including Wharekaho, Buffalo, Maramaratotara and Cooks Beaches)
    East Coast

4. Data acquisition information

Collection Date
October 1990
Methodology
review, professional opinion 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, maps, diagrams Digital Format: MS Word
Applications
Availability
Freely available Sensitivity/Confidentiality: None

7. Status information

Data Status
Finished

8. Metadata information

General Notes
Related Links
Publications
  • Hardy, P. F. 1990: Whitianga Marina - Review of Environmental Impact Assessment. Waikato Conservancy, Department of Conservation, Hamilton.
Related Publications
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Morris, R.L. 1991: Whitianga marina Society Inc – Application for Reclamation. Works Consultancy Services Ltd., Hamilton
  • Penny, S. 1986: Ecological Overview of Whitianga Marina Proposal. Wilkins & Davies Environmental Reports Vol II.
  • Raudkiwi, A.J. 1981: Preliminanry 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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