Background
Taupō District Council is reviewing the Motutere Reserve Management Plan and wants to hear your views and suggestions. Your feedback will help influence what is included in the final draft plan.
The reserve is at Motutere Bay, on the eastern shore of Lake Taupō. It is classified under the Reserves Act 1977 as a recreation reserve.
The reserve management plan’s key purpose is to ensure the use and management of the reserve provides for recreation, and the protection of amenity, cultural and scientific values. A public ‘right of way’ around the lake edge protects public access to the lake foreshore.
A major feature of the reserve is the Motutere Bay Holiday Park campground. Foreshore camping provides both caravan sites and sites for casual camping. This section of the reserve provides access to a sheltered, sandy swimming beach and a boat ramp. Across the road is the main campground area.
Council also has water and wastewater treatment plants located on the reserve.
Cultural Significance
The Motutere Reserve has great cultural significance to Ngāti Te Rangiita, a hapū of Ngāti Tūwharetoa. Council is working in partnership with the hapū to develop the draft plan and Ngāti Te Rangiita representatives are on the committee that is overseeing the review.
