Inventory of coastal areas of local or regional significance in the ...

Inventory of coastal areas of local or regional significance in the ... Inventory of coastal areas of local or regional significance in the ...

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Arawhata Road Beach Number: 43 GPS: 2579108E 6198116N General description Arawhata Road is important as the habitat for a nationally rare herb. The area is popular for surfing with reefs present offshore 4 . Location 6 km north of Opunake. Land tenure Site: - Crown Land: Foreshore (administered by the Department of Conservation) - District Land: Esplanade Reserve (administered by the South Taranaki District Council) Site access: - District Land: Arawhata Road and unformed Arawhata Road (administered and vested in the South Taranaki District Council) Values Amenity High - regionally important amenity values (Arawhata Road) 1 Recreational Moderate - high use for surfing, low to moderate use for fishing and gathering kaimoana 4 Cultural/ Not known Historical Ecological/ Scientific High - habitat of the herb Crassula manaia, (nationally rare species 4 ), and Myosotis pygmaea var pygmaea 15 - location of endemic moth Notoreas sp Public access Good - Arawhata Road ends approximately 300 metres from the coast with the unformed section of the road extending through a paddock down is the coast. The unformed road adjoins an esplanade reserve. This area of coast is lowlying. 100

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