Marlborough Sounds Resource Management Plan 20 March 2014 TAIAPURE RESERVE means a local fisheries management area subject to the provisions of sections 174 - 185 of the Fisheries Act 1983. TANGATA WHENUA has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Act. TAONGA means something treasured and valued. Taonga are prized and protected a sacred possessions of the person. The term carries a deep spiritual meaning and taonga may be things that cannot be seen or touched. Included for example are language, waahi tapu, waterways, fishing grounds and mountains. TAONGA RARANGA has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Act. TAPU means sacred, restricted. TAURANGA WAKA has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Act. TEMPORARY MILITARY TRAINING means a temporary activity undertaken for the defence purposes. Defence purposes are those in accordance with the Defence Act 1990. The Defence Act also enables access to defence areas, which includes areas utilised for temporary military training activities, to be restricted. TERRITORIAL AUTHORITY * has the same meaning as section 2(1) of the Local Government Act 1974 [means a city council or a district council]. TIKANGA MAORI has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Act. TOPSOIL includes the soil forming the A horizon of a soil profile, being the dark soil layer between the top layer of humus and the subsoil. TREATMENT UNIT means a primary or secondary treatment system. TREATY OF WAITANGI or has the same meaning as the word “Treaty” as defined in section 2 TE TIRITI O WAITANGI * of the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975. TSUNAMI means a sea wave of local or distant origin that results from seafloor fault movement, large-scale slides or volcanic eruption on the seafloor. UNITARY AUTHORITY means a local body which has the functions of both a territorial authority and a regional council. URUPA means a Maori graveyard or cemetery. USE means the handling of a substance or mixture of substances for a particular process or activity without necessarily changing the physical state or chemical structure of the substance involved. UTILITY Means a network utility operation as that term is defined in section 166 of the Resource Management Act 19 91. VEGETATION includes trees, shrubs, grasses and other plants. VEGETATION CLEARANCE means cutting, destruction or the removal of vegetation so that more than 20m2 of bare ground is exposed within 100m2 of land except clearance that takes place as a result of excavation, road maintenance or cultivation. VETERINARY CLINIC means premises used by a veterinary surgeon but excludes the boarding of animals other than their hospitalisation. VISITOR ACCOMMODATION means the use of land and buildings for short-term living accommodation and which may include some centralised service, such as food preparation, dining and sanitary facilities, conference and recreational facilities, for the use of those living on the site. For the purposes of the Plan visitor accommodation does not include a homestay operation involving not more than five guests. VISITOR ACCOMMODATION UNIT means a single self-contained unit used for overnight visitors’ accommodation on a commercial basis. 25 - 16