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

Tapuae Stream Mouth
Number: 30 GPS: 2594624E
6233525N
General description
A beach at the Tapuae Stream mouth with a dune wetland area, and some scattered colonies
of spinifex on dune. 4
Location
5 km south of New Plymouth and 2 km north of Oakura.
Land tenure
Site: - Crown Land: Foreshore (administered by the Department of
Conservation). On the left bank; Marginal Strip from Tapuae
Stream to the Oakura River (administered by the
Department of Conservation)
Site access: - Crown Land: State Highway 45 (administered by the Department of
Conservation)
- District Land: On the right bank; Esplanade Strip (private ownership)
Values
Amenity High - regionally significant landscape 3
Recreational Moderate - fishing and whitebaiting, access limits use
Cultural/ High - pa sites, redoubt, fort and pits 3
Historical
Ecological/
Scientific
- petroglyphs (rock carvings) 4
Moderate - scattered colonies of spinifex on dunes 4
- dune wetland area 4
Public access
Poor - Access to the coast from State Highway 45 via a 20 m wide esplanade strip
down the right bank of the Tapuae Stream. New Plymouth District Council
have advised that a recreation reserve will be acquired at the stream mouth
beach area. There are no signposts or indications that the public can access the
beach via the stream bank. Access to the stream mouth cannot be obtained via
the marginal strip along the coast due to physical and topographical
constraints.
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