Significant Natural Areas

2 April 2025 at 13:22 (50 days ago)

I would like a dataset of all the Significant Natural Areas currently scheduled in District and Regional Plans across the country- ideally a layer file

Opening this data would solve the problem of…

Companies such as ours (a forestry company but applicable to many different industries) working across different districts and regions and not being sure where the SNAs or how to access the data

Opening this data would solve this problem by…

Making this data freely available so the areas are better able to be protected

Response from
Ministry for the Environment

29 April 2025 at 10:43 10:43 am (23 days ago)

Status Data does not exist

Comments The Ministry for the Environment (Ministry) does not hold up to date information or a dataset of all the Significant Natural Areas currently scheduled in District and Regional Plans across the country. Therefore, I am refusing this under section 18(e) of the Act, as the document alleged to contain the information requested does not exist. However, the Ministry holds data from August 2021 but this is limited to only 33 councils, out of a total of 67. If you would like this information, please email the Ministry to make a request OIA@mfe.govt.nz