Some of the information in this guidance document is out-of-date following amendments to the National Environmental Standards for Freshwater Regulations 2020 (NES-F). This information should be read alongside the Resource Management (Freshwater and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2024.
The Ministry has published a series of guidance documents to support people who manage and monitor intensive winter grazing (IWG) activities to further improve IWG practices in a way that is consistent with the Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Freshwater Regulations 2020 regulations (NES-F) and minimises impacts on the environment.
This document provides recommendations on practical actions that farmers, land managers and councils can take to plan, manage and mitigate adverse effects from IWG activities, with a focus on pugging.
It is part of a series of IWG guidance that also includes:
Critical source areas: Guidance for intensive winter grazing