2 headland proposal submissions

Two submissions have been received on the proposal to develop a draft management plan for Taiaroa Head and its wildlife reserves.

The Dunedin City Council and Department of Conservation called for expressions of interest on the draft plan last month.

All parties involved had put land issues regarding the headland aside to develop the management plan.

Dunedin City Council community and recreation policy team leader Lisa Wheeler said the Otago Peninsula Trust, which ran the Royal Albatross Centre at Taiaroa Head, and the Otago Peninsula Community Board made submissions.

Both submissions pointed out issues the council should consider in the development of the draft plan, she said.

The council was hoping the draft plan could be put out for public consultation late this year, she said.

- rebecca.fox@odt.co.nz