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The Resource Management Act 1991 requires that a District Plan must state:

• the objectives for the district;
• the policies to implement the objectives; and
• the rules (if any) to implement the policies.

• the significant resource management issues for the district;
• the methods, other than rules, for implementing the policies for the district;
• the principal reasons for adopting the policies and methods;
• the procedures used to monitor the efficiency and effectiveness of the policies, rules, or other methods contained in the plan;
• the environmental results anticipated from the implementation of those policies and methods;
• the processes to be used to deal with issues that cross territorial boundaries;
• the information to be included with an application for a resource consent; and
• any other information for the purpose of the territorial authority’s functions, powers, and duties under the Resource Management Act.

• a water conservation order;
• a regional policy statement; or
• a regional plan for any matter specified in section 30(1) of the Resource Management Act (functions, powers, and duties of local authorities).