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Glossary
| ABA |
Application Building Act |
| AEE |
Assessment of Environmental Effects (AEE) |
| AEP |
Annual Exceedence Probability (rainfall) |
| Base flow |
The natural recharge of groundwater to a water body |
| Berm (Road Berm) |
The part of the road property between the back of the kerb line (or edge of the metalled road where no kerb is present) and the boundary of the adjacent properties. Generally grass covered in urban areas, and either grass or bush covered in rural areas. |
| Bioengineering |
Design, manufacture, and maintenance of engineering equipment used in biosynthetic processes i.e. the formation of complex compounds from simple substances by living organisms |
| Charrette |
Intensive, collaborative design workshop integrating local community views and professional opinions. |
| Cleaner production |
Means avoiding the use or production of environmentally persistent substances, reducing the amount or toxicity of liquid wastes produced that require disposal and reducing the amount or toxicity of solid wastes.
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| Clean Technologies |
Technologies that reduce environmental impacts by incorporating resource efficiencies |
| Code of Practice |
The Waitakere City Code of Practice for City Infrastructure and Land Development, which contains requirements for the construction of Infrastructure that will be passed on into Council ownership. |
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Community Outcomes
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As part of the transitional arrangements of the Local Government Act 2002, Councils can identify Community Outcomes from existing information.
Council used a two year consultation process to develop the 2020 vision
statements in the LTCCP.
These are taken as the community outcomes for the City. |
| Comply |
To satisfy or to conform with rules or laws. |
| Contour |
Slope or profile of the ground. |
| District Land Registrar |
The appointed officer administering the Land Transfer Act 1952 in each land registration district (including the deposit of Land Transfer Plans and the issue of new
titles) - usually abbreviated to DLR |
| District Plan |
The District Plan is a key component of the City’s strategy for the environment. It sets out the objectives and policies in relation to managing the effects of activities on the environment. Although it has a specific statutory status it is only one of a number of planning documents produced by Waitakere City Council.
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| Drainage Easement |
The path taken by surface stormwater crossing a
property; on subdivisions is usually defined by a covenant area or drainage
easement; earthworks and impediments to the flowpath are prohibited, and floor levels of buildings are usually required to be 0.5m above the 1 in 100 year
flowpath |
| EcoWater |
Council’s business unit with responsibility for water, stormwater and wastewater infrastructures |
| EMAS |
The Eco Management and Auditing Scheme used by the European Business Community |
| Environmentally friendly product |
Any product which results in less pollution to the air, land and water |
| Environmental Labels |
Identify products that ease the burden on the environment. Accredited labels include the 'NZ Environmental Choice' label 'Biogro' label |
| Ephemeral |
Transitory or short-lived (e.g. the mayfly is an ephemeral
organism) |
| Erosion |
To eat into or wear away gradually |
| Escherischia coli (E. coli) |
A bacterium common in the human gut, which has been used extensively in biological studies |
| Excavation |
Hole, pit, hollow or cavity. |
| Floodplain |
A low-lying area which can be covered in water following a given return period flood event |
| GATT |
World Trade Organisation |
| Geotechnical matters |
Matters relating to land stability |
| Greenfields |
Rural land on the urban periphery that is developed for urban uses
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Grey water |
Used water from baths, showers, sinks/basins &
roofs that can be recycled |
| Habitat |
The natural home or environment of an animal or plant |
| Hard engineering |
Refers to the more traditional engineering methods of damming, piping and channelling stormwater run-off, rather than working with more natural methods, which mimic nature’s water cycle |
| Hazardous/toxic |
Anything that has the potential to cause harm to human health or the environment, for example, solvents, batteries and many cleaners |
| Industrial Ecology |
Mimics natural ecosystems e.g. wastes from one process serve as a raw material for another process |
| Infrastructure |
The term refers to the often unseen network of services provided for the community. Infrastructure that territorial councils provide includes roads, water, wastewater and stormwater pipes, treatment facilities and parks |
| Instream |
Refers to values, such as algal concentration, macro invertebrate communities, etc |
| Inundation |
To cover completely with water (may refer to overflow, flood or swamp) |
| ISO 9000 & ISO 14000 |
The International Standards Organisation has produced standards for total quality management (9000) and for environmental management (14000)
systems; a qualified registrar grants accreditation |
| Kaitiaki |
Guardian |
| Kaitia kitanga |
To conserve, preserve, protect and keep watch over |
| Land Transfer Plan |
Is the survey plan depicting a subdivision of land (and includes a cross-lease and unit title plan) which is certified by Council pursuant to Section 223 of the Resource Management Act 1991. When deposited by the District Land Registrar, it becomes the Deposited Plan (DP) from which new titles are issued |
| Leachate |
Effluent containing contaminants, produced from rain/stormwater percolating through a landfill, which may then discharge to a sewer, water body or harbour |
| Life Cycle Analysis |
A process to identify and reduce the impacts of a product at all stages of its life cycle |
| LINZ |
The Government Department (Land Information New
Zealand) that maintains the survey system and processes survey plans for approval by the Chief Surveyor |
| List MPs |
List MPs are elected on a party list but live in or have
a particular interest in Waitakere City. |
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Local Government Act 2002
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For further information on the Local Government Act 2002, Long Term Council Community Plan and Community Outcomes visit the
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| Macro invertebrates |
An animal that does not possess a backbone (the presence of which is used to help determine water quality) |
| Macrophytes |
Aquatic macrophytes include rooted plants (submerged, floating or emergent) present within a stream |
| Mahinga maataitai |
Traditional areas for harvesting cultural materials |
| Marae |
Village, meeting place |
| Mauri |
Life principal, talisman with protecting vitality, mana |
| Non-contact recreation |
Recreational pursuits which do not generally entail a person having bodily contact with a stream or other water body (i.e. boating, canoeing) |
| Non-point source discharge |
Discharges from diffuse or not readily identifiable sites (i.e. stormwater run-off from properties over a wide area) |
| On-line stormwater pond |
A stormwater treatment device that is constructed within an existing stream or watercourse |
| Outliers |
Type of weed habit |
| Overland Flow Path |
The path taken by surface stormwater crossing a property. On subdivisions this is usually defined by a covenant area or drainage easement. Earthworks and impediments to the flowpath are prohibited, and floor levels of buildings are usually required to be 0.5m above the 1 in 100 year
flowpath |
| Pathogens |
Any agent that can cause disease |
| Perennial |
Everlasting; perpetual (may refer to a woody or herbaceous plant that continues its growth for a least three years) |
| Peri urban |
City fringe (i.e. low density or semi urban) |
| Point source discharge |
Specific discharge to the environment (e.g. a wastewater overflow pipe discharging to a stream) |
| Proposed District
Plan |
See the District Plan definition |
| Recyclable |
A product or packaging which can be collected, re-processed and resold as a new product (e.g. in NZ - glass, aluminium, paper, and some plastics) |
| Renewable |
Is something that can be used over and over again with out running out - e.g. solar energy |
| Resource Consent |
Permission needed for any specific activity that may
impact or have an effect on the environment.
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| Reticulation |
The existing network or system used to convey stormwater.
Return period (see AEP) The predicted period (measured in years) that a storm event of similar severity is expected to return |
| Riffle |
A rapid or stream running over a rocky shoal |
| Riparian |
A strip of land (which varies from 5m to 20m in width), which is designated as a protection buffer along the edges of streams, estuaries and coastal margins
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| Section 223 |
A certificate this is issued when the survey plan is in accordance with the subdivision consent plan, and complies with the relevant conditions specified in the subdivision consent
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| Slow street |
A Slow Street is one where signs and physical barriers like
traffic islands, humps, or plantings have been installed to slow traffic
speeds.
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| Soft engineering |
Engineering methods which are more closely aligned with the way natural systems work, than traditional “hard-engineering” methods
(see also bioengineering and
hard engineering) |
| Stormwater |
Rain, which runs off roads, yards and roofs and down gutters into stormwater grates. Stormwater picks up silt and other contaminants as it runs over these surfaces. It is piped/runs untreated into streams and harbours
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| Subsidence |
The action of land sinking to a lower level |
| Survey Plan |
A plan showing a subdivision with all dimensions, covenants, easements, etc
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| Sustainable |
A process, product or lifestyle that can be kept to indefinitely
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| Territorial authority |
A local council with responsibility for providing and maintaining a city or district’s infrastructure, as well as, providing a wide range of community services |
| Three-waters |
Refers to integrated water resources (water, stormwater, wastewater) development and management
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| Waahi tapu |
A site with special significance
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| Waitakere MPs |
Waitakere MPs are elected for one of the Electorates in
the City – e.g. New Lynn or Te Atatu. |
| Wastewater |
Sewerage, grey water, black water
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| Water bodies |
Any natural method of conveying water to the sea, i.e. creek, stream, river, wetland, but which also may have been modified (i.e. channelised) |
| Works supervision |
The supervision by Council staff of the construction of a subdivision
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