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Origin and processing of nutrients in Golden and Tasman Bay
Origin and processing of nutrients in Golden and Tasman Bay is a report funded by Envirolink (Foundation for Research Science and Technology) and produced for Tasman by the National Institute and Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd and looks at the sources of nutrients and their fate in Tasman and Golden Bay. To download the report click here (986k)
Estuaries and Coastal Embayments
Tasman District is home to several internationally and nationally significant estuaries and sand flats, including Wanganui Inlet, Waimea Inlet and Farewell Spit. They are significant because of the rich life they support, including several threatened and migratory birds and important for commercial and other fish. Over the last century or more most of our estuaries have been subject to various discharges from industry or the river catchments feeding them and from disturbances such as reclaimation. In some cases, these activities have compromised the health of the ecosystem. To determine the health of our estuaries Tasman District Council began an estuary monitoring programme in 2002. More
Many opportunities exist for restoring biodiversity, landscape and amenity values. While as yet there are no formal restoration plans for our estuaries, the following document has some useful pointers.
 Estuary Restoration Workshop proceedings - 2008 (744 K)
A useful estuary resource kit prepared by Landcare Trust is also available click here.
Golden Bay Meteorological Buoy Data
The meteorological buoy located in the centre of Golden Bay is a joint project funded by NIWA, Tasman District Council and Envirolink. The buoy collects data from various meteorological sensors on an hourly basis.
NOTE: To view graphs from this site click here. The graphs are updated every hour.
Coastal Landscape Character Assessment
Council has released a report for community consultation and feedback that describes qualitites and features around the Tasman coast.
The report assesses the sensitivities of the different coastal landscapes and threats to the character of coastal areas. It has recommendations for managing change in coastal landscapes. More...
Oceanography in Tasman and Golden Bays
From summer 2001 to spring 2002, NIWA made four oceanographic voyages through Tasman and Golden Bays, on the research vessel Kaharoa. A major objective of the research was to understand the ecology of the phytoplankton that live in these waters.
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Mapua Clean Up
The former Fruitgrowers Chemical Company Site at Mapua is the most contaminated pesticide site in New Zealand. It is where the FCC factory operated from the 1930s to 1988, formulating hundreds of different agrichemicals, for local and national use.
Their products included the persistent organochlorine insecticides DDT, DDE and DDD, dieldrin, aldrin and lindane. These pesticides were withdrawn from use in the 1970s because of their toxicity and the fact that they bioaccumulate in the foodweb and take decades to break down. Due to spills and some waste being buried on site, these organochlorine pesticides and have remained at high concentrations in the soil on parts of the site, and contaminated areas of the adjacent estuary. More...
Coast Care
What is Coast Care?
Coast Care is a community based programme supported by Tasman District Council which enables communities and private landowners to protect the natural coastal environment through restoring and managing dunes. More...
Coast Care Tata Beach
Guidelines have been compiled to help everyone enjoy Tata Beach and keep it a safe and beautiful place.
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Tasman Resource Management Plan
To go to Part III: Coastal marine area of the Tasman Resource Management Plan (TRMP) click here
To go to the TRMP Guides click here
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