Appendix 1 Volume Three 9. Tennyson Inlet and Northern Nydia Bay Perceptual - Vegetated southern backdrop ridge from Kaiuma Saddle to Mt. McLaren. Values Tennyson Inlet is an attractive deep, enclosed bay with bush to shoreline and - frequent, intimate bays with sheltered wate rs. - Integrity of bush throughout Tennyson catchment – lack of development and coherency of landscape/seascape catchment. - Scenic road journey over Opouri Saddle into Tennyson Inlet. - Nydia Bay has a largely unmodified section of coast from the head of Nydia Bay to Jacobs Bay. - High experiential values due to unmodified vegetation cover. Associative - Almost entire Tennyson catchment is DOC land. Values The dolphin, Pelorus Jack, accompanied ships between French Pass and the - entrance to Pelorus Sound and was the first dolphin in the world to be protected by law. - The Nydia Track connects Tennyson Inlet with Kaiuma Bay, north of Havelock through mainly forested slopes. Overview Based on the above values, Tennyson Inlet and Northern Nydia Bay have been identified as an ONF's due to their exceptional biophysical and associative landscape values and very high sensory landscape values. The coastline is moderately dissected with numerous large, deeply indented inlets such as Tennyson Inlet and Nydia Bay between large and prominent headlands. Today, the area's upland forest communities and estuaries are still largely intact. Original forests are featured on lower altitude hillslopes and toe slopes, and coastal forests are largely intact in Tennyson Inlet, and from Nydia Bay to Fairy Bay. The area features a vegetated southern backdrop from Mt. McLaren in the west to Kaiuma Saddle in the east. Tennyson Inlet provides a coherent natural landscape/seascape interface. The inlet's intertidal/ subtidal areas, its broadleaf/beech forest and altitudinal sequences of primary forest from ridgetop to sea floor are considered a nationally significant broad leaf/beech forest and bird habitat. Nationally threatened plants are also present on Tennyson Inlet islands and the intertidal and subtidal areas of wetland habitat at Tennyson Inlet are also considered nationally significant. Tennyson Inlet is an attractive deep, enclosed bay with bush to shoreline and frequent, intimate bays with sheltered waters. Almost the entire Tennyson Inlet catchment is DOC land and has high experiential values due to unmodified vegetation cover. Although largely unmodified, the area is accessed by land via the scenic road journey over Opouri Saddle into Tennyson Inlet or via the Nydia Track, which connects Tennyson Inlet with Nydia Bay. Modifications include: vegetation clearance and pasture; roads; buildings; power lines; and moorings and jetties. The Duncan Bay and Penzance Bay settlements are excluded. 10. Havelock (Pelorus) Estuary, Mt Cawte and Northern Hills Biophysical - Pockets of nationally significant broad leaf/beech forest. Values Attractive areas where native bush remains dominant, particularly where it extends - from hilltops to water's edge and where forestry and other signs of development are less evident, such as Kaiuma Saddle and Mount Cawte. - Geopreservation site: Pelorus and Kaituna river deltas. - High estuarine values throughout the complex estuarine delta system at the head of Pelorus Sound (Kaituna/Pelorus and Mahakipawa), which supports extensive saltmarsh and invertebrate communities. - Important fresh water wetland communities adjoining estuarine areas. - Havelock estuary (or Pelorus River estuary) holds outstanding levels of natural App 1 - 10