Inventory of coastal areas of local or regional significance in the ...
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Arawhata Road Beach<br />
Number: 43 GPS: 2579108E<br />
6198116N<br />
General description<br />
Arawhata Road is imp<strong>or</strong>tant as <strong>the</strong> habitat f<strong>or</strong> a nationally rare herb. The area is popular f<strong>or</strong><br />
surf<strong>in</strong>g with reefs present <strong>of</strong>fsh<strong>or</strong>e 4 .<br />
Location<br />
6 km n<strong>or</strong>th <strong>of</strong> Opunake.<br />
Land tenure<br />
Site: - Crown Land: F<strong>or</strong>esh<strong>or</strong>e (adm<strong>in</strong>istered by <strong>the</strong> Department <strong>of</strong><br />
Conservation)<br />
- District Land: Esplanade Reserve (adm<strong>in</strong>istered by <strong>the</strong> South Taranaki<br />
District Council)<br />
Site access: - District Land: Arawhata Road and unf<strong>or</strong>med Arawhata Road<br />
(adm<strong>in</strong>istered and vested <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> South Taranaki District<br />
Council)<br />
Values<br />
Amenity High - <strong>regional</strong>ly imp<strong>or</strong>tant amenity values (Arawhata Road) 1<br />
Recreational Moderate - high use f<strong>or</strong> surf<strong>in</strong>g, low to moderate use f<strong>or</strong> fish<strong>in</strong>g and<br />
ga<strong>the</strong>r<strong>in</strong>g kaimoana 4<br />
Cultural/ Not known<br />
Hist<strong>or</strong>ical<br />
Ecological/<br />
Scientific<br />
High - habitat <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> herb Crassula manaia, (nationally rare<br />
species 4 ), and Myosotis pygmaea var pygmaea 15<br />
- location <strong>of</strong> endemic moth Not<strong>or</strong>eas sp<br />
Public access<br />
Good - Arawhata Road ends approximately 300 metres from <strong>the</strong> coast with <strong>the</strong><br />
unf<strong>or</strong>med section <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> road extend<strong>in</strong>g through a paddock down is <strong>the</strong> coast.<br />
The unf<strong>or</strong>med road adjo<strong>in</strong>s an esplanade reserve. This area <strong>of</strong> coast is lowly<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
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