How to use this plan

It is anticipated that this plan will have two main uses. Firstly, as an information resource and secondly, as a guide for Fiordland National Park managers, commercial operators and the public when considering future uses of the Fiordland National Park.

If you want background information about the Fiordland National Park and the way it is managed you should refer to Part One (Introduction). It outlines the legal context for managing the Fiordland National Park.

Part Two outlines matters associated with the Treaty of Waitangi and should always be referred to regardless of your purpose for reading the plan.

Part Four deals with conservation management. You will find a detailed outline of the conservation values of the park and specific directions relating to issues such as species and island management and pest control. It also includes directions for historic resource conservation.

Part Five provides the direction for recreation and tourism management. It includes an audit of what is happening in the Fiordland National Park at present and an outline of future trends. It discusses impacts of various recreation and tourism activities and most importantly provides a framework for the future recreation management of the Fiordland National Park using defined visitor settings. It also includes matters relating to how the department intends to manage its tracks, huts, campsites, and other facilities and provides direction on how concessions will be addressed.

Part Six address non recreational use of the Fiordland National Park, such as telecommunications, mining, grazing and private huts.

If you want information on how a particular activity will be managed in the future you should refer to the contents page and check for references in the plan in each of the following ways:

1. Look for the type of activity in Parts Four, Five and Six and read section(s) of the plan that relate to that activity.
2. If the activity is a recreation or tourism activity, refer to Map 7, determine the appropriate visitor setting and read the relevant provisions from Section 5.3 onwards.
3. Refer to Section 5.3.9 in the contents page and check is the activity will be undertaken in one of the places listed. If so read the relevant provisions from Section 5.3 also contains provisions relating to specific places.

If for example you were interested in guiding tourists to visit historic sites in Dusky Sound, then using the above steps would point to the following relevant plan sections.

1. 4.11 Historic Resource Conservation
2. Part Two of the plan
3. 5.3.6 Remote Experience Areas
4. 5.6 Boating and Facilities
5. 5.4 Concessions
6. 4.7 Island Management

It is important to remember that this plan provides for the integrated management of Fiordland so for any one activity different sections of the plan will be relevant.

Changes from the draft plan notified in november 2002

The Draft Fiordland National Park Management Plan was released in November 2002. Following submissions, subsequent hearings and meetings there have been a significant number of changes made to this draft plan.

• Text that has been changed has been highlighted and crossed through
• Revised or new text is highlighted and presented in italics
• Text that is not highlighted appears as it did in the November 2002 version of the plan

As an example, view this page in Adobe format (PDF,127K)

(Note: the November 2002 version of the plan is archived on this website and can be accessed via the navigation column at left).

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