B-6 – Area 6 – Assessment of Environmental Effects 107 Does not have adverse effects on water quality, flow regimes, aquatic ecosystems and wetlands that are inconsistent with Objective 3.1.2;148 Maintains bank stability and avoids a loss of adjacent land;149 Does not obstruct fish passage for trout and indigenous fish to complete their life cycle;150 Preserves the natural character of river and lake beds and their margins and protects them from inappropriate use and development;151 Does not increase the adverse effects of flooding;152 Provides for navigation of water bodies where appropriate;153 Remedies or mitigates adverse effects of existing structures on the relationship tangata whenua as kaitiaki have with identified taonga;154 Avoids significant adverse effects, and remedies or mitigates cumulative effects, of new structures on the relationship tangata whenua as kaitiaki have with identified taonga;155 Ensures there is no introduction of any plant pest identified in the Waikato Regional Pest Management Strategy;156 Avoids competition by introduced vegetation to existent desirable plant species and the obstruction of river channels by introduced vegetation;157 and Maintains existing legal public access to and along river and lake beds and their margins, where appropriate.158 The key points of relevance with respect to these provisions are: The disturbances and structures associated with the diversion channel will result in a channel which is lined with rock and vegetation commensurate with the steepness 148 Objective 4.2.2(b), Section 4.2, Waikato Regional Plan. 149 Objective 4.3.2(a) and (d), Section 4.2, Waikato Regional Plan. 150 Objective 4.2.2(c), Section 4.2, Waikato Regional Plan. 151 Objective 4.2.2(d), Section 4.2, Waikato Regional Plan. 152 Objective 4.2.2(e), Section 4.2, Waikato Regional Plan. 153 Objective 4.2.2(f), Section 4.2, Waikato Regional Plan. 154 Objective 4.2.2(g), Section 4.2, Waikato Regional Plan. 155 Objective 4.2.2(h) and (i), Section 4.2, Waikato Regional Plan. 156 Objective 4.3.2(i), Section 4.2, Waikato Regional Plan. 157 Objective 4.3.2(j), Section 4.2, Waikato Regional Plan. 158 Objective 4.2.2(a) and 4.3.2(d), Section 4.2 and 4.3, Waikato Regional Plan.
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