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Appendix 2A

Of the NPS-FM (Appendix 2A – Attributes requiring limits on resource use).

Appendix 2B

Of the NPS-FM (Appendix 2B – Attributes requiring action plans).

Attribute

A measurable characteristic (numeric, narrative or both) that can be used to assess the extent to which a particular value is provided for.

Environmental outcome

In relation to a value that applies to all or part of an FMU, a desired end state that a regional council identifies and then includes as an objective in its regional plans (see clause 3.9 of the NPS-FM).

Essential Freshwater

A national direction, released in 2020, to protect and improve rivers, streams, lakes and wetlands. NPS-FM is part of this national direction.

Freshwater management unit (FMU)

All or any part of a water body or water bodies, and their related catchments, that a regional council determines under clause 3.8 of the NPS-FM is an appropriate unit for freshwater management and accounting purposes; and part of an FMU means any part of an FMU including, but not limited to, a specific site, river reach, water body, or part of a water body.

Good Management Practice (GMP)

Standards that set measures, such as for the acceptable amount of diffuse nitrogen discharges in different climates, soils and uses.

Hapū

Kinship group, clan, subtribe.

Integrated management

Ki uta ki tai ‘from the land to the sea’, an approach to resource management that addresses the need to manage the interconnectedness of the whole environment. For more detail, refer to policy 3 and clause 3.5 in the NPS-FM.

Kai

Food, meal.

Kaitiakitanga

Referred to in the NPS-FM as the obligation of tangata whenua to preserve, restore, enhance, and sustainably use freshwater for the benefit of present and future generations.

Kaupapa

Approach, ideology.

Ki uta ki tai

Not defined in the NPS-FM. A Māori concept that refers generally to ‘from the land to the sea; an integrated, sustainable approach to environmental management’.

Limit

Either a limit on resource use or a take limit.

Lookup table

Table that displays the output from regression (or other stats model) analyses.

Mahinga kai

Mahinga kai generally refers to freshwater species that have traditionally been used as food, tools, or other resources. For more detail, refer to the explanation in the NPS-FM appendix 1A.

Mana

Prestige, authority, control, power, influence, status, spiritual power.

Manaakitanga

Referred to in the NPS-FM as the process by which tangata whenua show respect, generosity, and care for freshwater and for others.

Mana whakahaere

Referred to in the NPS-FM as the power, authority, and obligations of tangata whenua to make decisions that maintain, protect, and sustain the health and well-being of, and their relationship with, freshwater.

Mana Whakahono ā Rohe agreements

A tool designed to assist tangata whenua and local authorities to discuss, agree and record how they will work together under the Resource Management Act.

Mauri

Life principle, life force, vital essence, special nature, a material symbol of a life principle, source of emotions.

Ministry

Ministry for the Environment.

National bottom line

An attribute state identified as such in appendix 2A or appendix 2B of the NPS‑FM.

National Objectives Framework (NOF)

Framework for managing freshwater as described in subpart 2 of Part 3 of the NPS-FM.

National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management 2020 (NPS-FM)

National direction that provides local authorities with direction on how they should manage freshwater under the Resource Management Act 1991.

Receiving environment

Includes, but is not limited to, any water body (such as a river, lake, wetland or aquifer) and the coastal marine area (including estuaries).

Rohe

Boundary, district, region.

Taonga

Treasure, anything prized – applied to anything considered to be of value, including socially or culturally valuable objects, resources, phenomenon, ideas and techniques.

Tangata whenua

People of the land, local indigenous people. Māori are tangata whenua.

Target attribute state (TAS)

The state of the attribute that needs to be achieved, to fulfil the associated objectives, outcomes, values and vision.

Te ao Māori

The Māori world view.

Te Mana o te Wai

As set out in clause 1.3 of the NPS-FM.

Value

The national values relating to ecosystem health, human contact, threatened species and mahinga kai as described in appendix 1A, and for other values that must be considered, as described in appendix 2B of the NPS-FM.

Wāhi tapu 

Sacred places.

Wai

Water.

Water take

A limit on the amount of water that can be taken from an FMU or part of an FMU, as set under clause 3.17 of the NPS-FM.

Whānau

Extended family, family group.

Whakapapa

Genealogy, ancestry.