Part of a Government Purpose (Wildlife Management) Reserve
Under the Reserves Act 1977, the Community Relations Manager for the Bay of Plenty Conservancy of the Department of Conservation hereby appoints Fish and
Game New Zealand, Eastern Region, to control and manage that part of the Kapenga Wildlife Management Reserve described in the Schedule.
The appointment to control and manage the said part of the Wildlife Management Reserve is effective from the date this New Zealand Gazette notice is signed.
The appointment to control and manage the reserve will apply for the period over which the Department of Conservation leases the land as a reserve from the trustees of the Kapenga M Trust.
The appointment to control and manage will be reviewed after 10 years if the Department still retains the lease.
Fish and Game New Zealand, Eastern Region ("F&GNZ"), is required to comply with the following general provisions relating to the administration of the reserve:
(a) F&GNZ will obtain any resource consents required by the Resource Management Act 1991 before any activity is carried out on that part of the reserve area that is controlled and managed by F&GNZ.
(b) F&GNZ will comply with the Department of Conservation's Environmental Care Code and
Water Code.
(c) F&GNZ will comply with the terms and conditions of the department's lease agreement with the trustees of the Kapenga M Trust including those terms and conditions contained in a variation to the original lease agreement made with the trust.
(d) F&GNZ will present an annual work plan to the Department of Conservation in January of each year setting out any work that F&GNZ intends to undertake during that year.
(e) Department of Conservation staff will have access to that part of the reserve controlled and managed by F&GNZ for management and monitoring purposes at all times.
(f) No indigenous vegetation is to be cut or removed and no planting of exotic vegetation shall occur on that part of the reserve controlled and managed by F&GNZ without prior written authorisation from the Manager of the Department's Rotorua Lakes Area Office.
(g) Firearms and dogs are not permitted in that part of the reserve controlled and managed by F&GNZ, except for the purpose of hunting during the game bird-hunting season or for reserve management purposes. Hunting dogs must be registered and must be strictly controlled at all times.
(h) No fires shall be lit in that part of the reserve controlled and managed by F&GNZ without the prior written authorisation of the Manager of
the Department's Rotorua Lakes Area Office. The Department of Conservation shall be responsible for fighting fires on that part of the Reserve controlled and managed by F&GNZ but F&GNZ will assist the department in the event of any fire outbreak.
(i) F&GNZ and the Department of Conservation will each pay a one quarter share in the cost of renovation and maintenance of any boundary fencing on or around that part of the reserve controlled and managed by F&GNZ.
(j) F&GNZ and the Department of Conservation will jointly prepare a management strategy for that
part of the reserve controlled and managed
by F&GNZ. The management strategy will be completed by 31 December 2004 and will form the basis of a management agreement between the two organisations.
Schedule
South Auckland Land District-Rotorua District
86.4468 hectares, situated in Block XII, Horohoro Survey District and Block IX, Tarawera Survey District, being part Kapenga M Block, M.L. 20819; marked "A" and "B" on S.O. Plan 61819.
Dated at Rotorua this 10th day of March 2003.
S. A. CAMPBELL.
(DOC File: NHE 05 02 15)