Greater Wellington resources

Resource consents

Stock exclusion regulations

Water races

Managing on farm waste (offal pits, on farm dumps, hazardous waste etc)

Intensive Winter Grazing (IWG)

Defining a watercourse (PDF 1.2 MB)

Good Practices for the Mechanical Management of Highly Modified Waterways (PDF 1.5 MB)

Regional and National Policy

Resource Management (Freshwater Farm Plans) Regulations 2023

Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Freshwater) Regulations 2020

Natural Resources Plan for the Wellington Region (PDF 94 MB)

Ruamāhanga Whaitua Overview

Ruamāhanga Whaitua Implementation Program (WIP) (PDF 2.8 MB)

GW Plans & Policies

GIS & Environmental data

GW Free GIS mapping tool

GW Regional Highly Modified Streams GIS Map

GW GIS open data portal

NZLRI S-Map soil Classification August 2024

NZ Landcare Trust - How to use Google Earth for Farm mapping

Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA) Wellington Region

GW environmental data and information

Industry guides and management practices

Industry agreed Good Management Practices (GMP’s)

Farm Menus (Industry designed GMP’s)

Actions to include in a Farm Environment Plan

Dairy land use - a farm operator's guide to writing a freshwater farm plan

Pastural land use - a farm operator's guide to writing a freshwater farm plan

Permanant tree and horticultural use - a farm operator's guide to writing a freshwater farm plan

MfE Freshwater farm plans guidance

Beef & Lamb NZ Land and Environment Planning

Dairy NZ Environment

Deer NZ Farm Environment Plans

Foundation for Arable Research (FAR) Farm Environment Plans

Horticultural NZ Farm Planning

MPI Integrated Farm Planning Programme

Visual soil assessment guide

Manaaki Whenua Landcare Reasearch Land Use Capability (LUC)

Land Use Capability (LUC) handbook [Lynn IH et al. (2009)]

MPI – Winter Grazing Module

Updated January 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM

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