Final-Technical-Assessment-K-Freshwater-Ecology-v2.pdf [pdf, 2.6 MB]
...overland flow paths that only flow for short periods following significant rainfall are not considered to be “rivers” from a Resource Management Act (“RMA”) perspective. Likewise, the GWRC Proposed Natural Resources Plan (“PNRP”) (Appeals version) specifically excludes ephemeral watercourses from their definition of “surface water body”, which includes “any river, lake, natural wetland, estuary outside of the coastal marine area, or water race, and their bed.”...