Hauraki Gulf Forum

State of the Environment

2008 State of the Environment Report 

The Hauraki Gulf Forum launched its second Hauraki Gulf State of the Environment Report on 3 June 2008.

View the press release: Greater efforts needed to ensure wellbeing of Hauraki Gulf

A summary of the report and the Hauraki Gulf State of the Environment Report are available to download below:

2004 State of the Environment Report

The Hauraki Gulf Forum launched its first Hauraki Gulf State of the Environment Report on 22 March 2005.

The report is the first time that environmental information covering the whole of the Gulf area has been bought together in one document.

The report is based around six key chapters. These are:

1. Water quality (chapter 5)
2. Biological diversity (chapter 6)
3. Natural character and landscape (chapter 7)
4. Access to the Gulf (chapter 8)
5. Cultural heritage (chapter 9)
6. Coastal hazards (chapter 10).

Each chapter discusses the state of that dimension of the Gulf, the pressures being experienced, and the responses the various agencies are making to those pressures. Pressures and responses that apply across several of the dimensions are discussed in chapters 2 and 3.

Preface

1. Hauraki Gulf State of the Environment Report - Preface (272.1 KB PDF)

Part 1 - Context

1. Hauraki Gulf State of the Environment Report - Introduction (890.9 KB PDF)
2. Hauraki Gulf State of the Environment Report - The Gulf and its Catchment (727.2 KB PDF)
3. Hauraki Gulf State of the Environment Report - Underlying Pressures on the Gulf Environment (1.3 MB PDF)
4. Hauraki Gulf State of the Environment Report - Environmental Management in the Gulf (228.7 KB PDF)

Part 2 - Key issues

1. Hauraki Gulf State of the Environment Report - Water Quality of the Gulf Part 1 (3.1 MB PDF)
2. Hauraki Gulf State of the Environment Report - Water Quality of the Gulf Part 2 (1.3 MB PDF)
3. Hauraki Gulf State of the Environment Report - Biological Diversity of the Gulf (843.9 KB PDF)
4. Hauraki Gulf State of the Environment Report - Natural Character and Landscape Values of the Gulf (1.3 MB PDF)
5. Hauraki Gulf State of the Environment Report - Access to the Gulf (1.4 MB PDF)
6. Hauraki Gulf State of the Environment Report - Cultural Heritage of the Gulf (694.2 KB PDF)
7. Hauraki Gulf State of the Environment Report - Coastal Hazards of the Gulf (254.1 KB PDF)
8. Hauraki Gulf State of the Environment Report - Conclusion (108.6 KB PDF)

Glossary

1. Hauraki Gulf State of the Environment Report - Glossary (64.6 KB PDF)

Appendices

1. Hauraki Gulf State of the Environment Report - Appendices (644.6 KB PDF)