A Pastoral Farm Operators Guide to writing a Freshwater Farm Plan Te Uru Kahika
Te Mana o te Wai prioritises the health and wellbeing of freshwater ecosystems, then the health of people, followed by commercial use. Example: Non-contiguous land that would trigger the requirement for a plan The home farm is 150ha which triggers the need for a Plan. A 15ha block of land down the road is leased and is planted in a fodder crop for extra feed. As you are the primary decision maker on that block of land you are the farm operator. Although it doesn’t share a