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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Otakeho Beach<br />
Number: 51 GPS: 2600313E<br />
6181981N<br />
General description<br />
Otakeho Beach is a small sandy beach at <strong>the</strong> bottom <strong>of</strong> high cliffs. The area is popular f<strong>or</strong><br />
fish<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
Location<br />
6.5 km west <strong>of</strong> Manaia.<br />
Land tenure<br />
Site: - Crown Land: F<strong>or</strong>esh<strong>or</strong>e and marg<strong>in</strong>al strip (adm<strong>in</strong>istered by <strong>the</strong><br />
Department <strong>of</strong> Conservation)<br />
Site access: - District Land: D<strong>in</strong>gle Road and unf<strong>or</strong>med D<strong>in</strong>gle Road (adm<strong>in</strong>istered and<br />
vested <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> South Taranaki District Council)<br />
Values<br />
Amenity High - <strong>regional</strong>ly imp<strong>or</strong>tant amenity values 1<br />
Recreational Moderate - fish<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Cultural/ Not known<br />
Hist<strong>or</strong>ical<br />
Ecological/<br />
Scientific<br />
High - site <strong>of</strong> nationally threatened plant Craspedia “Otakeho”<br />
(found <strong>in</strong> only two sites <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> N<strong>or</strong>th Island, both be<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong><br />
Taranaki, <strong>the</strong> only o<strong>the</strong>r sites be<strong>in</strong>g around Nelson)<br />
Public access<br />
Po<strong>or</strong> - Access to <strong>the</strong> cliffs above <strong>the</strong> beach is via f<strong>or</strong>med D<strong>in</strong>gle Road (which ends<br />
approximately 300 metres from <strong>the</strong> coast). A paper road cont<strong>in</strong>ues to <strong>the</strong><br />
coast and connects with a marg<strong>in</strong>al strip.<br />
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