Appendix 1 Volume Three 1. Outer Sounds Landscape Associative - Rich in past Māori and European cultural use including prehistoric quarri es and Values copper mines, whaling and pa sites. - Strong tangata whenua association and spiritual affinity with outer Sounds seascape and coastline. Many linked to Kupe’s visit. - Noted 'entrance points' into Tory Channel, Queen Charlotte Sound and Pelorus Sound. - Strong recreational areas, including walking, boating, fishing and diving. - Noted DOC conservation areas. Overview Based on the above values, the Outer Sounds Landscape has been identified as an ONL due to its exceptional biophysical and associative landscape values and very high sensory landscape values. The Outer Sounds Outstanding Natural Landscape comprises the open waters and series of islands and exposed peninsulas, headlands and bays that extend out into Cook Strait and Tasman Bay. This landscape encapsulates the wide variety of rugged, often windswept landforms, which are imbued with rich cultural and historical associations. Perceptually the Outer Sounds Outstanding Natural Landscape provides uninterrupted open seascape vistas of the very end of this drowned landscape. This area of the Marlborough Sounds is the least modified. It contains some of the District's most important predator-free islands holding outstanding levels of natural character. 2. D’Urville Island/Rangitoto Ki Te Tonga Including French Pass Biophysical - The island has a unique ultramafic ‘mineral belt’ that traverses the length of the Values island. As a result of this minral beltun ique vegetation flourish es. e , - Geopreservation sites include: D’Urville Island copper mines; prehistoric argillite quarries; Paddock Rocks; Greville Harbour sand dunes and coastal features; Greville Harbour boulder spit; French Pass submerged ridgeline and equalising waters; Mt. Ears prehistoric argillite qu arry and Cape Stephens wind-funnelled sand dune. - A large proportion of indigenous land cover from coast to mountain tops, including lowland forest, is intact; and is one of the largest tracts of indigenous vegetation cover remaining in Marlborough. - There are numerous other biotic communities that include dune, spit, beach, lagoon, freshwater wetland, estuarine and alluvial that are all very distinctive and rare in the Marlborough Sounds. - Very strong currents occur in the vicinity of French Pass with dangerous eddies and undercurrents with strong tidal mixing. - There are abundant populations of native fish found around the island’s waters and indented coves and harbours. - There are also native freshwater fish within D’Urville Island's freshwater ecosystems. - Minimal land and marine development with highly natural coastline. - French Pass contains a largely unmodified near-shore coastal marine environment with very sheltered shores. - High flow habitats are associated with Current Basin and French Pass. - Rocky outcrops are a feature of south western D’Urville Island. - The vegetated elevated slopes of central D'Urville Island illustrate one of the most extensive and exceptional tracts of lowland forest in the District. This tract, coupled with the largely unmodified marine environment and the waters of French Pass all hold outstanding levels of natural character. The remaining parts of D'Urville Island hold high and very high levels of natural character. App 1 - 2