Mainstem of the
Tūtaekurī River upstream of the SH50
Bridge
The decision was made by an Independent
Hearing Panel appointed to hear submissions on Proposed Plan
Change 7 to Hawke’s Bay Regional Council’s Regional
Resource Management Plan.
The Panel’s decision
confirms that being outstanding is a high test. For a water
body to be classed as ‘outstanding’, it must contain at
least one cultural, spiritual, recreation, landscape,
geology, natural character or ecology value which is
conspicuous, eminent, and/or remarkable in the context of
the Hawke’s Bay Region.
It might have amazing
landscape, a unique geological feature, a very high number