Marlborough Sounds Resource Management Plan 21 August 2008 MAURI means life principle present in all things. MAXIMUM WAVE ENERGY means the maximum Wave Energy in any Wave Record. MEAN HIGH WATER SPRINGS (MHWS) means the average of each pair of successive high waters during that period of about 24 hours in each semi-lunation (approximately every 14 days), when the range of tides is the greatest. The times predicted for high water can be affected by changes in the force and direction of the wind and by changes in barometric pressure. It will generally be found that heights are increased with onshore winds and decreased with offshore winds. Sea level rises as the barometer falls and vice versa. MITIGATE means to reduce or moderate the severity of something. MODIFY for the purposes of considering matters of ecological significance means any alteration, change, impact or reduction of the ecological value identified in Appendix B. With respect to valued habitats the primary consideration will be their health and functioning. With respect to natural character the primary consideration will be its integrity and process. With respect to endangered, rare or scientific values the primary concern will be any impacts on scarcity. With respect to significance of fauna and flora generally, significance will be determined by the status indicated in the schedule together with the need to protect the integrity of the described value. MOORING means any weight or device placed in or on the foreshore or seabed for the purpose of securing a ship, raft, aircraft, or floating structure; and includes any wire, chain, rope, buoy, or other device attached or connected to such weight or device, but does not include an anchor which is normally removed with a ship, raft, aircraft, or floating structure when it leaves a site or anchorage. For the purposes of the Plan, moorings include swing moorings, pile moorings. MOORING MANAGEMENT AREA means an area delineated in the coastal marine area for moorings and includes a Waka Mooring Management Area. MOUTH has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Act. MOVEMENT (OF AIRCRAFT) means an arrival or a departure of an aircraft, whether rotary or fixed wing, provided however that any night time movement undertaken by a craft engaged on a rescue or an emergency mission shall not be taken into account for the purpose of assessing compliance. NATIONAL POLICY STATEMENT has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Act. NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION ROUTE means that area of Queen Charlotte Sound and Tory Channel as shown in Volume Thr ee. NATURAL AND PHYSICAL RESOURCES has the same mean ing as in section 2 of the Act. NATURAL CLARITY shall be measured by using accepted scientific methods, and shall be taken to be the clarity of a waterbody immediately upstream of any discharge from a land disturbance site, or in the case of lakes or the sea, the clarity of the water beyond the sediment ‘plume’ in the water. Reduction in clarity due to the discharge shall be measured at a point 50 metres downstream or offshore from the point of discharge, or two river widths, whichever is the greater. NATURAL HAZARD has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Act. NET SITE AREA means an area of land of sufficient dimensions to comply with the residential density rules in the Plan. NETWORK UTILITY OPERATOR has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Act. NETWORK UTILITY STRUCTURE means any structure essential to the operation and provision of a (network) utility service. NEW DAIRY FARMING means a land based activity, having as its primary purpose the farming of dairy cattle for milk production, and related activities on land converted for that purpose after the date of the public notification of the Resource Management Plan Change 27, but does not include any increase in the area or intensity of an existing dairy farming operation that is undertaken without any additional dairy sh ed. 25 - 10