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Automating our map data flows
Every month, our mapping system, WAMS, must update upward of 8.5 million records comprised of 7.5 GB of data and 15 datasets. Improvements to WAMS help map users make informed, safe decisions about public access based on reliable geographical data.
Support for horse riders
Herenga ā Nuku met recently with the New Zealand Equestrian Advocacy Network to confirm that it supports comprehensive, enduring and practical public access for horse riders.
Wainui Bay Forest Walkway
In Wainui Bay, Chris and Anna Charlton are creating a walkway across their property that showcases ancient podocarp trees that stood before Abel Tasman arrived in the area. The walkway traverses through a forest that is a mixture of 70-year-old regeneration and 1000-year-old native forest.
Access to the marine and coastal area
There has been a recent debate about public access along the marine and coastal areas (previously called the foreshore and seabed). The Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011 guarantees that everyone can continue to have free public access — everyone can walk, swim, sail, kayak, and picnic in the common coastal and marine area.
If access to the outdoors helps define who we are as people, we need to ensure that our newer residents have the same access to nature that others grew up with.
Trailmakers Hui discuss funding basics
Our quarterly trailmakers hui met recently to discuss funding. Marcia Millard spoke to them about the different types of funding available to groups, what funders are looking for, how being a legal entity can affect funding choices, and who you could approach to fund your trail project.
Outdoor Access Champion award nominations
Nominations are opened for the Outdoor Access Champion Award 2025. The awards recognise those who have made significant and lasting contributions to public access to the outdoors in New Zealand. Nominations close on Monday, October 21.
Herenga ā Nuku in the news
We shared information about our Tangata Whenua Map with Radio Waatea. The map shows tangata whenua-owned lands (ahuwhenua blocks), marae, and gazetted rohe moana that border the shoreline. It is also possible to view iwi areas of interest as identified through Te Tiriti settlements. The information has been gathered from several publicly accessible map sources and placed on one single map.
We were also recently in the Press for our support at Te Ahu Pātiki, where we gazetted a network of tracks.
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