Setting our direction for improving freshwater in Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland

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We are working out what we need to change to put the health of our freshwater first.

Your feedback last year helped us develop values and a vision to better manage our freshwater in Tāmaki Makaurau/ Auckland through the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management (NPS-FM).

Now we want to know if you think we are moving in the right direction.

About the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management

The National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management is a government policy to guide how we can manage freshwater across New Zealand.

It covers our:

  • rivers
  • streams
  • lakes
  • wetlands
  • aquifers (groundwater)
  • springs.

It also considers:

  • how freshwater affects coastal waters
  • the impacts of climate change.

The results from this round of feedback will be worked into next year’s proposed Auckland Unitary Plan (AUP) plan change.

Supporting documents and tools

To support this engagement, we have developed:

What we want your feedback on

We would like feedback on many aspects of the plan, so we have split the feedback form into different topic areas.

If you would like to provide feedback on just some aspects of the plan, you can skip to the sections which are most important to you.

The sections are:

  • long-term vision
  • values and environmental outcomes
  • waterbodies where special management is required
  • achieving the vision and environmental outcomes for freshwater
  • habitat protection and improvement
  • water quantity
  • other feedback.

We encourage you to read the proposed approach and supporting information before you answer the questions.

How you can have your say

You can have your say by:

Engagement with mana whenua is ongoing and undertaken through a separate process.

When you can have your say

You can have your say from 3 November to 4 December 2023.

What happens next

We are required to inform the public about any decision/our plans to apply the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management to the Auckland Unitary Plan at the end of December 2024.

The NPS-FM requires action plans to be developed as soon as reasonably practicable.

These action plans will help us:

  • stop freshwater degradation
  • improve water quality and ecosystem health.

In Auckland we have decided to develop action plans at the same time as the AUP plan change.


We are working out what we need to change to put the health of our freshwater first.

Your feedback last year helped us develop values and a vision to better manage our freshwater in Tāmaki Makaurau/ Auckland through the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management (NPS-FM).

Now we want to know if you think we are moving in the right direction.

About the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management

The National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management is a government policy to guide how we can manage freshwater across New Zealand.

It covers our:

  • rivers
  • streams
  • lakes
  • wetlands
  • aquifers (groundwater)
  • springs.

It also considers:

  • how freshwater affects coastal waters
  • the impacts of climate change.

The results from this round of feedback will be worked into next year’s proposed Auckland Unitary Plan (AUP) plan change.

Supporting documents and tools

To support this engagement, we have developed:

What we want your feedback on

We would like feedback on many aspects of the plan, so we have split the feedback form into different topic areas.

If you would like to provide feedback on just some aspects of the plan, you can skip to the sections which are most important to you.

The sections are:

  • long-term vision
  • values and environmental outcomes
  • waterbodies where special management is required
  • achieving the vision and environmental outcomes for freshwater
  • habitat protection and improvement
  • water quantity
  • other feedback.

We encourage you to read the proposed approach and supporting information before you answer the questions.

How you can have your say

You can have your say by:

Engagement with mana whenua is ongoing and undertaken through a separate process.

When you can have your say

You can have your say from 3 November to 4 December 2023.

What happens next

We are required to inform the public about any decision/our plans to apply the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management to the Auckland Unitary Plan at the end of December 2024.

The NPS-FM requires action plans to be developed as soon as reasonably practicable.

These action plans will help us:

  • stop freshwater degradation
  • improve water quality and ecosystem health.

In Auckland we have decided to develop action plans at the same time as the AUP plan change.


  • Setting our Direction for improving freshwater in Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland

    Feedback must be received by 4 December 2023. 

    We recommend you read about the proposed approach [PDF 36MB] before having your say.


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    Your feedback will be published in Auckland Council reports and online. All personal details will remain private. 

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  • (Te reo Māori) Setting our Direction for improving freshwater in Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland

    Me mātua tae mai ngā whakahokinga kōrero ā te 4 o Tihema 2023, i mua rānei.

    E whiriwhiri ana mātou i ngā mea me panoni e mātou kia noho ai ko te hauora o te wai māori hei mātāmua.

    Nā ō whakahokinga kōrero mātou i āwhina i tērā tau ki te whakawhanake i tētahi matawhānui, i ngā uara hoki, e pai ake ai te whakahaerehia o ō tātou wai māori i Tāmaki Makaurau mā te Tauākī mō te Kaupapa Here ā-Motu e Pā ana ki te Whakahaeretanga o te Wai Māori (NPS-FM).

    Kua pīrangi mātou ki te hoki ki a koutou kia mōhio ai mātou ki te tika rānei o tō mātou ahunga.

    Ko te NPS-FM tētahi kaupapa here nā te kāwanatanga hei ārahi i te āhua o te whakahaerehia o te wai māori huri noa i Aotearoa, i ō tātou awa, i ngā roma, i ngā roto, i ngā repo, i ngā mātāwainuku (wainuku) me ngā puna. Ka whai wāhi hoki ko te āhua o tā te wai māori pā ki ngā wai o te takutai, ā, ka whai whakaaro hoki ki ngā pānga mai o te huringa o te āhuarangi.

    Ka rarangatia ngā hua o tēnei rauna whakahokinga kōrero ki te marohitanga o Te Panonitanga ā-Mahere mō Te Mahere ā-Wae ki Tāmaki Makaurau (AUP), e tukuna ana ā tērā tau. 

    Hei tautoko i tēnei pāhekohekotanga, kua whakaritea e mātou ko:

    1. Te Whakarite i tō Tātou Ahunga (Setting Our Direction) – he tuhinga ā-whiriwhiringa kōrero
    2. Tētahi tirohanga mō te whiriwhiringa kōrero e pā ana ki te wai māori e whai taipitopito ana mō te rohe
    3. Tētahi paemana mō te hanga me te ia e pā ana ki te te ora o ō tātou wāhi wai.

    E akiaki ana mātou i a koe kia pānui i te ara e marohitia nei kia whāia, i ngā pārongo taunaki hoki, i mua i tō whakautu i ngā pātai e whai ake nei. The proposed approach [PDF 36MB] 


    Ka puritia, ka tiakina hoki e Te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau ngā pārongo whaiaro ka whakaurua e koe ki te puka nei, e ai rā ki tā mātou kaupapa here mō te tūmataiti (e wātea ana ki Privacy Policy, ki ō tātou whare pukapuka hoki me ngā pokapū ratonga), tae atu hoki ki te Privacy Act 1993. E whakamārama ana te kaupapa here mō te tūmataiti i te ara e whakamahi ai pea, e tuku ai hoki pea mātou i ō pārongo whaiaro e pā ana ki ō pāhekohekotanga katoa ki te kaunihera, i te ara hoki e toro ai koe ki aua pārongo, e whakatika ai hoki koe i aua pārongo. Me taunga koe ki tēnei kaupapa here i mua i tō tāpae mai i tēnei puka.


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  • (Simplified Chinese) 为改善奥克兰的淡水设定我们的方向

    反馈意见截止到2023年12月4日。

    我们要把淡水的健康放在首位，因此我们在研究要做出哪些改变。

     您去年的反馈意见帮助我们制定了愿景和价值观，通过淡水管理国家政策声明（以下简称NPS-FM）来更好地管理奥克兰的淡水。

     现在我们想再与您联系，确保我们朝着正确的方向前进。

     NPS-FM 是政府的一项政策，用于指导管理新西兰各地的淡水，包括河流、溪流、湖泊、湿地、含水层（地下水）以及泉水。该政策也考虑了淡水对沿海水域以及气候变化的影响。

     本轮反馈所得到的结果，将被纳入明年拟议的《奥克兰统一规划（以下简称AUP）的规划修改案》当中。

     为了支持民众参与这项反馈活动，我们制作了：

    • 《设定我们的方向》--我们的公众咨询文件
    • 一个淡水咨询视图，提供地区的具体信息
    • 一个介绍我们水域健康状况的状态与趋势报表系统。

    我们鼓励您在回答下列问题之前，先阅读拟议的方案和相关的信息。

    We recommend you read about the proposed approach [PDF 36MB] before having your say.

    奥克兰市议会将根据我们的隐私政策（可参阅Auckland Council’s Privacy Policy，或在图书馆和服务中心取阅）和《2020隐私法案》持有并保护您在该表格中提供的个人信息。隐私政策解释了我们在您跟市议会的互动中使用及分享您的私人信息的方式，以及您获得并修改信息的方式。提交该表格之前，您应该先熟悉该政策。

    For more information, see Is my privacy protected?

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  • (Traditional Chinese) 爲改善奧克蘭的清水設定我們的方向

    反饋意見截止到2023年12月4日。

    我們要把清水的衛生放在首位，因此我們在研究要做出哪些改變。

    您去年的反饋意見幫助我們制定了願景和價值觀，通過清水管理國家政策聲明（以下簡稱NPS-FM）來更好地管理奧克蘭的清水。

    現在我們想再與您聯繫，確保我們朝著正確的方向前進。

    NPS-FM 是政府的一項政策，用于指導管理新西蘭各地的清水，包括河流、溪流、湖泊、濕地、含水層（地下水）以及泉水。該政策也考慮了清水對沿海水域以及氣候變化的影響。

    本輪反饋所得到的結果，將被納入明年的《奧克蘭統一規劃（以下簡稱AUP）的規劃修改案》策畫當中。

    爲了支持民衆參與這項反饋活動，我們製作了：

    • 《設定我們的方向》--我們的公衆諮詢文件
    • 一個清水諮詢視圖提供地區的具體信息
    • 一個介紹我們水域衛生狀况的狀態與趨勢報表系統。

    我們鼓勵您在回答下列問題之前，先閱讀策劃的方案和相關的信息。

    We recommend you read about the proposed approach [PDF 36MB] before having your say.


    奧克蘭市議會將根據我們的隱私政策（可參閱 Privacy Policy, 或在圖書館和服務中心取閱）和《2020隱私法案》持有幷保護您在該表格中提供的個人信息。隱私政策解釋了我們在您跟市議會的互動中使用及分享您的私人信息的方式，以及您獲得幷修改信息的方式。提交該表格之前，您應該先熟悉該政策。


    For more information, see Is my privacy protected?

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  • (Korean) 오클랜드의 담수 개선을 위한 방향 설정

    의견서 제출 마감일은 2023년 12월 4일입니다.

    오클랜드시는 담수(freshwater)의 건강을 최선으로 유지하기 위해 우리가 개선할 점이 무엇인지를 궁리하고 있습니다. 지난 해 보내주신 여러분의 의견에 힘입어,  담수 관리 국가 정책서(National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management :NPS-FM)를 기반으로 하여  오클랜드의 담수를 보다 효율적으로 관리할 수 있는 비전과 가치를 개발 할 수 있었습니다.

    이제 우리가 올바른 방향으로 가고 있는지 다시 한 번 여러분과 확인하고자  합니다. 

    NPS-FM은 뉴질랜드의 담수 관리 지침을 위한 정부의 정책서로서  전국의 강, 하천, 호수, 습지, 대수층(지하수), 샘물 등을 아우르며, 담수가 연안 해역과 기후 변화에 미치는 영향도 반영합니다.

    이번 의견서 취합 결과는 내년 오클랜드 통합 계획(Auckland Unitary Plan-AUP) 수정 안에 반영될 예정입니다. 

    이를 위해 다음과 같은 항목을 구축하였습니다.

    •  방향 설정–  자문 내용에 관한 문서
    • 지역별 상세 정보를 제공하는GIS 온라인 매핑 도구  
    • 수역 건강 상태와 경향 상황판

    다음 문항에 답하기 전에 제시된 정책과 보충 자료를 반드시 읽어보시기 바랍니다.


    We recommend you read about the proposed approach [PDF 36MB] before having your say.


    보호정책(Privacy Policy, 시립 도서관, 서비스 센터에서 법령 확인 가능)과 Privacy Act 2020(2020년 개인정보 보호법)에 의거하여 보유 및 보호됩니다. 개인정보 보호법은 오클랜드시의회와 귀하가 소통하는 과정에서 수집된 개인 정보를 어떻게 사용하고 공유할 수 있는지, 또 어떻게 해당 정보에 접근하고 수정할 수 있는지 설명해줍니다.  본 의견서를 제출하기에 앞서 개인정보 보호정책에 대해서 숙지하시기 바랍니다.

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