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Conservation General Policy - POLICIES 11.5 Commercial filming and photography

POLICIES 11.5 Commercial filming and photography

Spectacular scenery and distinctive natural features have made public conservation lands and waters popular locations for commercial filming and photography. Commercial filming and photography activities can play a valuable role in enhancing public appreciation of conservation values. They are appropriate where they do not have adverse effects on natural and historic values, on the enjoyment of the public or on sites of significance to tangata whenua.

POLICIES

11.5 Commercial filming and photography

11.5 (a) Commercial filming and photography and its associated activities should be subject to the same assessment processes and conditions as other uses.

11.5 (b) Particular care should be taken to ensure that commercial filming and photography activity does not detrimentally affect the values of sites of significance, including those of significance to tangata whenua.

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