Tēnā koutou

Thank you to everyone who attended last week's tracks and trails hui with Robert Cant, president of the Local Authority Property Association (LAPA). Robert and the hui members shared lots of interesting and useful information. 

Missed it? Check out the video recording.

This YouTube link is unlisted and will be removed in early July.  

• Slides
• Text from the chat section, edited to protect privacy

Further resources

We covered a few topics, so I’ve gathered some links here. If you have other examples, please send them to me.

Information on reserve management plans

Reserve plans are publicly notified by the reserve administering body, such as Council or DOC.

Legislation for management plans

Each council has its own reserve management plan review process, so check your council’s website in the first instance. Some examples:

• Marlborough District Council: Reserve Management Plan Review Process
• Hastings District Council: District Wide Reserve Management Plan (see page 3 for plan preparation process)
• Queenstown Lakes District Council: Reserve Management Plans

For submitting on general Council plans, as opposed to reserve management plans, see this page by Quality Planning:

Submissions on a plan

Health and safety templates

To get examples of health and safety templates, please email hui member Ric Balfour: ricbalfour@gmail.com (thanks Ric!) so he can discuss and share some with you.  

DOC responds to your questions

Our hui on 6 Feb 2023 raised a number of questions for the Department of Conservation (DOC). Steve Sutton responds:

DOC responses to Track and Trail Hui questions

DOC's CMS partial reviews around cycling were mentioned at our latest hui, so we'll follow up with DOC again.

We've invited DOC to have a regular forum with hui members and hope to have one of its staff back to present next year. 

Interesting articles and events

Webinar: Mountain bike trail and design construction guidelines review
Friday 26 May, Recreation Aotearoa

Paper: Collaboration amongst Local Trail Entities and opportunities for the New Zealand Trail Ecosystem
Prepared by Kevin Jennings for Southern Eco Trails Trust

Story: Bike tourism in production plantation forests worth $291 million

Connect with other hui members

If you'd like to talk to another Tracks and Trails Hui member, please let me know. I can contact them on your behalf and set up an introduction.

Get support

Herenga ā Nuku regional field advisors are a great first port of call when you have trail building questions. They're an incredible wealth of knowledge and will point you in the right direction. 

Find the field advisor for your region

Our website also has a lot of information. If you can’t find a resource you need, please get in touch with me.

Trail group resources

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Our next hui

Topics to be confirmed.

• Thursday 17 August 2023, 12-1 pm
• Thursday 16 November 2023, 12-1 pm

I'd love you to share your group's on-the-ground knowledge in a future meeting. If you have an idea for a topic, please let me know. I'm happy to help you pull a presentation together.

Ngā mihi

Bernice Prakash

Kaitohutohu Whakawhanaungatanga | Engagement Advisor