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Western South Island
Decision material
DOC advice
- Meeting Memo – Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu – Stewardship Land Reclassification – 12 June (PDF, 1,240K)
- Memo – Relevant Considerations to Stewardship Land Reclassification (PDF, 153K)
- Memo – Prioritisation of Stewardship Land Proposals (PDF, 1,393K)
- Briefing – Stewardship Land Reclassification Western South Island decisions (PDF, 493K)
Attachments to decision briefing
- decisions-stewardship-land-reclassification-western-south-island-dec-2025 (XLSX, 223K)
- Stewardship Land Reclassification Timeline for Decisions (PDF, 649K)
- Canterbury Aoraki Conservation Board (PDF, 486K)
- New Zealand Conservation Authority submission (PDF, 680K)
- Ngāti Rārua input (PDF, 3,278K)
- West Coast Tai Poutini Conservation Board input (PDF, 191K)
- Te Tari Whakatau advice – Whakapoai SILNA (PDF, 364K)
- Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu input (PDF, 3,161K)
Summary of submissions report
- s.49 Summary of Submission Report - 0 Introduction (PDF, 1,688K)
- s.49 Summary of Submission Report - 1 Karamea (PDF, 8,842K)
- s.49 Summary of Submission Report - 2 Kawatiri (PDF, 12,555K)
- s.49 Summary of Submission Report - 3 Paparoa (PDF, 7,720K)
- s.49 Summary of Submission Report - 4 Inangahua (PDF, 11,352K)
- s.49 Summary of Submission Report - 5 Māwhera (PDF, 15,615K)
- s.49 Summary of Submission Report - 6 Hokitika (PDF, 16,026K)
- s.49 Summary of Submission Report - 7 Te Wāhi Pounamu (PDF, 16,542K)
GIS data
Note: This geospatial data is sourced from a 2022 dataset, which is based on geospatial data from a LINZ primary parcel feature class. There is some spatial misalignment with the latest LINZ data.
Information about the notified proposals (August 2022)
- Map of proposed reclassifications on the West Coast (PDF, 1,541K)
- Table of the proposed recommendations for the West Coast (XSLX, 175K)
- Western South Island spatial data
Reports
- DOC conservation value reports
- Panel recommendation reports
- Landscape values reports
- DOC management planning reports
Due to the large number of files, we are sharing them on our public FTP server.
About the reports
Conservation value reports were prepared by DOC technical teams, with information about Ngāi Tahu values and interests provided directly by the Mana Whenua Panel. The reports have information about the size and location of each piece of stewardship land, its ecological, recreational, heritage and cultural values, and any permissions.
The recommendation reports provide the specific details of the recommendations from the National and Mana Whenua Panels for pieces of stewardship land.
Public consultation
Public consultation on the proposed reclassifications for 504 pieces of West Coast stewardship land occurred from May to September 2022.
Details of the process, and the submissions DOC received, can be found on the public consultation page.
Help us reclassify stewardship land on the West Coast
More information
Cabinet paper
Cabinet paper: Improving the process for reclassification of stewardship land
Reports
Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment's report on stewardship land
Related documents
Terms of reference for the independent expert national panels (PDF, 170K)
Reclassification of Stewardship Land in the Ngāi Tahu Takiwā Agreement (PDF, 1,165K)
Map of stewardship land
Map of stewardship land areas across New Zealand
Media releases
Media release 28 May 2021: Government speeds up stewardship land reclassification