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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Waipipi Dunelands<br />
Number: 66 GPS: 2643400E<br />
6153300N<br />
General description<br />
A dynamic coast with many unvegetated and unstable dunes, with much <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> area<br />
cont<strong>in</strong>ually be<strong>in</strong>g eroded by w<strong>in</strong>d and wave action. Waipipi Dunes is a 40 hectares area,<br />
consist<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> small wet sand flats, low dunes <strong>of</strong> less than 4 metres, and dunes extend<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>in</strong>land to taller (15 metres) m<strong>or</strong>e stable relict f<strong>or</strong>edunes. The water meanders across <strong>the</strong>se<br />
dunes <strong>in</strong> a NW to SE direction periodically f<strong>or</strong>m<strong>in</strong>g shallow lagoons on <strong>the</strong> beach and<br />
patches <strong>of</strong> quicksand can occur. It is thought that <strong>the</strong> unusual dra<strong>in</strong>age is due to earlier<br />
ironsand m<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> area which flattened <strong>the</strong> dunes 6<br />
.<br />
Location<br />
5.5 km southwest <strong>of</strong> Waverley.<br />
Land Tenure<br />
Site: - Crown Land: F<strong>or</strong>esh<strong>or</strong>e Reserve and Waipipi Marg<strong>in</strong>al Strip<br />
(adm<strong>in</strong>istered by <strong>the</strong> Department <strong>of</strong> Conservation)<br />
- District Land: F<strong>or</strong>esh<strong>or</strong>e Reserve (adm<strong>in</strong>istered by <strong>the</strong> South Taranaki<br />
District Council)<br />
Site access: - District Land: Unf<strong>or</strong>med Dryden Road (vested <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> South Taranaki<br />
District Council)<br />
Values<br />
Amenity High - significant natural area 8<br />
Recreational Moderate - fish<strong>in</strong>g, walk<strong>in</strong>g, tramp<strong>in</strong>g 2<br />
Cultural/ Moderate - archaeological material found 4<br />
Hist<strong>or</strong>ical<br />
Ecological/<br />
Scientific<br />
High - vulnerable fl<strong>or</strong>a species 5<br />
- one <strong>of</strong> best rema<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g examples <strong>of</strong> p<strong>in</strong>gao and sp<strong>in</strong>ifex sand<br />
dune vegetation <strong>in</strong> South Taranaki 5<br />
- a <strong>regional</strong>ly significant wetland 6<br />
Public access<br />
Po<strong>or</strong> - Off Rangikura Road unf<strong>or</strong>med Drydon Road crosses farmland and cont<strong>in</strong>ues<br />
to <strong>the</strong> coast, however <strong>the</strong> location <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> road on <strong>the</strong> ground is unclear.<br />
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