The Rotorua Lakes are used for a lot of different activities - such as fishing, swimming, picnicking and waterskiing.
The Rotorua Lakes Recreation Strategy guides management actions to provide for this wide range of recreational opportunities, while allowing for differences in natural character, facilities and user expectations for different lakes.
The lakes are categorised in four zones, based on their characteristics: The Landing (Rotorua Port Zone), Front Country Accessible, Back Country Accessible, and Remote. Each of these zones has a set of policies to guide lake management decisions.
The Rotorua Lakes Recreation Strategy also identifies three specific management issues and seven management actions to address them. These are:
| Management issue |
Management Actions |
| 1. Public Access to the Rotorua Lakes |
1. Complete a Rotorua Lakes Access Inventory |
| 1a. Monitoring motorised craft on the lakes |
| 2. Sign communication, education and interpretation |
2. Development of coordinated sign panels |
| 3. The recreation map (appendix 1) |
| 4. Provision of intepretative material by Te Arawa |
| 5. Public communication and awareness |
| 3. Working together |
6. Establishment of a Rotorua Lakes Recreation Forum |
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