Inventory of coastal areas of local or regional significance in the ...
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Waitara, Waiongana and Airedale Reefs<br />
Number: 18 GPS: 2616101E<br />
6245663N<br />
General description<br />
An extensive reef system that is exposed at low tide. The beach is sandy and stony with low<br />
2, 4<br />
<strong>coastal</strong> f<strong>or</strong>edunes.<br />
Location<br />
Waitara township, adjacent to Waitara golf course and between Waiongana Stream and<br />
Waitara River.<br />
Land tenure<br />
Site: - Crown Land: Seabed (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> New Plymouth<br />
District Council)<br />
Site access: - Crown Land: Marg<strong>in</strong>al strip (from right bank <strong>of</strong> Waiongana Stream,<br />
cont<strong>in</strong>ues along coast to New Plymouth District Council<br />
owned land <strong>in</strong> Waitara)<br />
- District Land: Esplanade reserves, New Plymouth District Council owned<br />
land (<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g land used as recreation reserve, campground<br />
and land leased by Airedale Golf Club), Battisicombe<br />
Terrace, West Beach Road, and East Beach Road<br />
(adm<strong>in</strong>istered by <strong>the</strong> New Plymouth District Council.<br />
Unf<strong>or</strong>med road <strong>of</strong>f Brown Road and Waihi Road (vested <strong>in</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> New Plymouth District Council).<br />
Values<br />
Amenity High - <strong>regional</strong>ly imp<strong>or</strong>tant amenity values 1<br />
Recreational High - significant mussel beds, imp<strong>or</strong>tant f<strong>or</strong> collection <strong>of</strong> edible<br />
2, 4<br />
shellfish<br />
- surf<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Cultural/ Moderate - reef used f<strong>or</strong> Kaimoana ga<strong>the</strong>r<strong>in</strong>g 2<br />
Hist<strong>or</strong>ical<br />
Ecological/<br />
Scientific<br />
Moderate - Airedale reef conta<strong>in</strong>s <strong>the</strong> roots and trunks <strong>of</strong> a buried<br />
2, 4<br />
f<strong>or</strong>est<br />
Public access<br />
Po<strong>or</strong> - The reef is <strong>of</strong>fsh<strong>or</strong>e, but access is available along <strong>the</strong> length <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> western<br />
f<strong>or</strong>esh<strong>or</strong>e <strong>in</strong> Waitara. Access is via Battisicome Terrace, West Beach Road and<br />
East Beach Road, <strong>the</strong> campground and golfcourse. An unf<strong>or</strong>med road exists<br />
<strong>of</strong>f Brown Road that could provide access to <strong>the</strong> Waiongana Reef.<br />
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