Proposed Coastal Sensitivity Area (Open Coast)

METHODOLOGY: hand digitised.
Method of assessment included field observations and desktop study. The coastal environment was split into and assessed in broad management areas. The extent of hazard area was defined as: a set measurement inland from the shoreline, or calculated using slope analysis (see table 1 of appendix 5(i)) for further details).
The general method of the slope analysis was to take transects along the coast to collect points to represent the width of hazard area. A point on each transect was calculated by taking a measure from toe of slope (defined using DEM) inland a set distance to account for toe erosion (if applicable), then a defined slope angle was applied and the point where this intersected the land surface was recorded as width of hazard area on that transect. Points between transects were joined with straight lines. Method was site specific at a lot of locations (see table 1 of appendix 5(i)) for further details).
SOURCE DATA:
- Elevation data: Waikato - West Coast and Hauraki Plains LiDAR 1 m DEM 2015 (NZTM2000 projection, NZVD2016 vertical datum)
- Shoreline data: For areas on the Whaanga coast: the shoreline used was approximated by the 3.5 m contour (NZVD2016) in most locations (4.5m contour at Whale Bay), but adjustments were made at each site to ensure the analysis utilised the toe of cliff. For other areas: the 2012 shoreline data was used as provided by provided by 4D Environmental Ltd on 21/08/2019 via email as a shapefile (NZTM2000 projection). The shapefile has been archived in ECM (document ID 2327334). Source of 2012 shoreline was taken from 2012 WRAPS, which was prepared for WRC for use at 1:8,000 scale. In reality most of it was mapped at about 1:5,000. See appendix 5(i) for more detail on which shoreline (or contour) was used at each location.
SPATIAL REFERENCE SYSTEM: EPSG2193
SPATIAL REPRESENTATION TYPE: vector
ADDITIONAL NOTES: Hazard areas on the Whaanga coast were later reviewed and subsequently superseded by calculation methods outlined in table 1 of appendix 5(i).