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06 March 2008 |
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Catchment
Management is NRC Responsibility
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In the wake of last year's serious floods and last
month's storm, the Far North District Council is seeking to remove confusion
around the issue of responsibility for the management of waterways.
New Zealand 's 12 regional councils absorbed the functions
of catchment boards
(their geographical boundaries were based on the old
catchment board districts) at the time of the 1989 local government
reforms.
This means the Northland Regional Council is responsible
for catchment management as described in Section 126 of the Soil Conservation
and Rivers Act 1941 below:
| General powers of Catchment Boards |
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It shall be a function of every catchment
board to minimise and prevent damage within its district by
floods and erosion.
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Each board shall have all the powers, rights
and privileges as may reasonably be necessary or expedient
to enable it to carry out its functions, and in particular
each board shall have power to construct, reconstruct, alter,
repair, and maintain all such works and do and execute all
such other acts and deeds including the breaching of any stopbank
as may in the opinion of the board be necessary or expedient
for:
- Controlling or regulating the flow of water towards and
into watercourses,
- Controlling or regulating the flow of water in and from
watercourses,
- Preventing or lessening any likelihood of the overflow
or breaking of the banks of any watercourse,
- Preventing or lessening any damage which may be occasioned
by any such overflow or breaking of the banks'
- Preventing or lessening erosion or the likelihood of erosion,
- Promoting soil conservation.
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For further information please contact:-
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Alison Lees
Communications Manager
Far North District Council
0800 920 029
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Page created/updated: 6 March, 2008
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