General Policies for Council Administered Reserves 2006

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Administering body
The Board, Trustees, local authority, society, association, voluntary organisation, or person or body of persons…appointed under the Reserves Act 1977 or any corresponding former Act to control and manage that reserve or in which or in whom that reserve is vested under the Act or any corresponding former Act.

Amenity values
Those natural and physical qualities and characteristics of an area that contribute to people’s appreciation of its pleasantness, aesthetic coherence and cultural and recreational attributes.

Archaeological site
Any place in New Zealand that either (a) was associated with human activity that occurred before 1900; or (b) is the site of the wreck of any vessel where that wreck occurred before 1900; and is or may be able through investigation by archaeological methods to provide evidence relating to the history of New Zealand (S2 Historic Places Act 1993).

Artefact
Any chattel, carving, object, or thing which relates to the history, art, culture, traditions, or economy of the Maori or other pre-European inhabitants of New Zealand and which was or appears to have been manufactured or modified in New Zealand by any such inhabitant, or brought to New Zealand by an ancestor of any such inhabitant, or used by any such inhabitant, prior to 1902 (S2 Antiquities Act 1975).

Commercial activity
An activity that results in economic gain by the organiser of the activity.

Council
New Plymouth District Council or, where delegation has been given, any committee or subcommittee or any officer of New Plymouth District Council duly authorised and any commissioner duly appointed.

Cultural heritage value
Encompasses the qualities and attributes of places that have aesthetic, historic, scientific or social value for past, present or future generations. These values may be seen in a place’s physical features, but importantly can also be intangible qualities such as peoples associations with, or feelings for a place.

District Plan
The purpose of the preparation, implementation and administration of district plans is to assist territorial authorities to carry out their functions in order to achieve the purpose of the Resource Management Act 1991.
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Easement
Generally, an interest in land granted under S48 of the Reserves Act 1977 over a reserve or acquired under S12 of the Act over private land or similar. An easement is a right of one person in respect of another person’s land and include a right of way (the right to pass over another person’s land); a right to lay pipes on another person’s land and, through them, convey water or other specified matter; and a right of access to light and air by means of restricting building on another person’s land.

Encroachment
A building or structure, or some portion of it, or other modification of the land, that extends beyond the land of the owner and illegally intrudes on reserve land.

Esplanade reserve
A fixed linear area of riverbank, lakeshore or seashore either in a natural or modified state available primarily for conservation and public access.

Fire appliance
Fire truck or other vehicle to suppress fires.

Gazette
Official document for publicly notifying property matters related to reserves e.g., the declaration or classification of reserves.

Hapu
Sub-tribe, usually a number of whanau with a common ancestor.

Hazardous substances
Includes, but is not limited to, any substance defined in section 2 of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 as a Hazardous Substance.

Historic place
Any land (including an archaeological site); or any building or structure (including part of a building or structure); or any combination of land and a building or structure that forms part of the historical and cultural heritage of New Zealand and lies within the territorial limits of New Zealand; and includes anything that is in or fixed to such land (S2 Historic Places Act 1993).
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Indigenous vegetation
Flora occurring naturally in New Zealand; or belonging naturally to New Zealand. Indigenous vegetation does not include flora established by humans.

Infrastructure
Public works and utilities provided by the Council. In the case of reserves, this includes facilities such as toilets, rubbish bins, lights, vehicle parking spaces and other developments that contribute to the use of the reserve.

Interpretive signage
Signage erected to provide information to the public on the environmental, historic, cultural or other values of an area.

Intrinsic values
In relation to ecosystems, means those aspects of ecosystems and their constituent parts which have value in their own right, including (a) their biological and genetic diversity; and (b) the essential characteristics that determine and ecosystem’s integrity, form, functioning and resilience.

Iwi
Tribe or grouping of people with tribal affiliations.

Landscaping
To improve the natural features of an area by planting vegetation, creating contoured features, etc.

Landscape development plan
A plan that describes in detail the future layout of vegetation and facilities in a reserve in order to guide future works.

Lease
A lease is an estate in land. It arises when one party, the lessor, confers on another party, the lessee, the right to the exclusive possession of specified premises or area of land for a specified period of time.
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Lessee
The holder of a lease.

Licence
A licence issued under the relevant sections of the Reserves Act 1977 to occupy reserve land or carry out an activity on reserve land for a specified period of time and in accordance with the conditions in the licence. A licence is essentially a permission granted by the occupier of land to a person to do something on that land which would otherwise be a trespass. Licensees do not have possession of the land.

Licensee
The holder of a licence.

Local authority
A regional or territorial authority.

Kaitiakitanga
The exercise of guardianship by the tangata whenua of an area in accordance with tikanga maori in relation to natural and physical resources and includes the ethic of stewardship.

Mana whenua
Customary authority and title exercised by an iwi or hapu over land and other taonga within the tribal rohe.

Market rental
Rental charges set at a level that would be realised on the open market.

Mitigative measure
An action to offset, but not completely restore, an adverse effect. To cause to become less severe or harsh.
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Network utility infrastructure
Water reticulation or supply, electricity supply, gas and energy transmission and supply, a telephone service, a sewer system, drainage or another system or service designed to improve the amenity, or enhance the enjoyment, of lots or the common property.

Non-commercial activity
An activity that does not result in economic gain by the organiser of the activity.

Pavilion
A building at a sportsground used for changing etc; club rooms.

Policy
A specific statement that guides or directs decision making. A policy indicates a commitment to a general course of action when working towards and objective.

Public liability insurance
A class of insurance covering liability exposures of individuals and businesses for damage to property and injury to individuals.

Reserve
An area designated for free public recreational use.

Reserve management plan
A plan provided for in S41 of the Reserves Act 1977 to enable an administering body to establish the desired mix of uses and value for each reserve or group of reserves and set in place policy to guide day to day management.

Right of way
A right to pass over another person’s land; a form of easement.
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Risk management plan
A plan that imposes management tools to reduce the risks of an event or activity to an acceptable level.

Rohe
A territory or boundary that defines the area within which a tangata whenua group claims traditional association and mana whenua.

Rural domain
A type of reserve created under the Reserves and Domains Act, which has since been superceded by the Reserves Act 1977. Domains no longer exist – they are all reserves now.

Rural domain committees
Committees formed as trusts or incorporated societies to oversee the upkeep of rural domains.

Service level agreement
A contract between a service provider and a client that specifies, usually in measurable terms, what services the service provider will furnish.

Statutory requirement
Requirements set out in New Zealand legislation.

Tangata whenua
In relation to a particular area, means the iwi or hapu that holds mana whenua over that area.

Taonga
Treasure or property that are prized and protected as sacred possessions of tangata whenua as determined by tangata whenua.

Tikanga maori
Maori customary values and practices.

Waahi tapu
Places or things that are sacred or spiritually endowed, and includes, but is not limited to pa, area (tracks), urupaa, battle sites and tauranga waka (canoe landings).

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General Policies for Council Administered Reserves 2006

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