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IN THE MATTER of the Resource Management Act 1991 AND IN THE MATTER of the Proposed Chatham Islands Resource

Management Document 2014

REPORT AND DECISION OF THE HEARINGS COMMITTEE

30th JUNE 2015

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Cha

tham

s Is

land

s C

ounc

il –

Prop

osed

Cha

tham

Isla

nds

Res

ourc

e M

anag

emen

t Doc

umen

t Jul

y 20

14

Rep

ort a

nd D

ecis

ion

of th

e H

earin

gs C

omm

ittee

P

age

2

1.0

INTR

OD

UC

TIO

N

Hea

rings

Com

mitt

ee’s

Brie

f 1.

1 In

und

erta

king

a re

view

of t

he o

pera

tive

Cha

tham

Isla

nds

Res

ourc

e M

anag

emen

t Doc

umen

t Jan

uary

200

1 (C

IRM

D) u

nder

sec

tion

79 o

f the

Res

ourc

e M

anag

emen

t Act

199

7 (R

MA

or ‘t

he A

ct’),

the

Cha

tham

Isla

nds

Cou

ncil

(‘the

Cou

ncil’)

pre

pare

d an

d no

tifie

d th

e Pr

opos

ed C

hath

am Is

land

s R

esou

rce

Man

agem

ent D

ocum

ent J

uly

2014

. 1.

2 Th

e C

ounc

il’s p

ower

s to

hea

r and

dec

ide

subm

issi

ons

to th

e pr

opos

ed C

IRM

D 2

014

wer

e de

lega

ted

unde

r Sch

edul

e 7,

cla

uses

30

and

30A

of t

he L

ocal

G

over

nmen

t Act

200

2 (L

GA

) to

a H

earin

gs C

omm

ittee

com

pris

ing

inde

pend

ent H

earin

gs C

omm

issi

oner

Sha

ron

McG

arry

(Cha

ir), M

ayor

Alfr

ed P

reec

e,

Cou

ncill

or N

igel

Rya

n an

d C

ounc

illor

Mon

ique

Cro

on.

This

is th

e re

port

and

deci

sion

of t

he H

earin

gs C

omm

ittee

. Pr

elim

inar

y C

omm

ents

1.

3 Be

fore

mov

ing

onto

the

subs

tant

ive

porti

on o

f thi

s re

port

and

deci

sion

, we

reco

rd o

ur a

ppre

ciat

ion

at th

e m

anne

r in

whi

ch th

e he

arin

g w

as c

ondu

cted

by

all t

he p

artie

s ta

king

par

t. W

e w

ould

like

to a

ckno

wle

dge

the

follo

win

g en

deav

ours

: ·

The

role

of t

he C

ounc

il’s R

epor

ting

Offi

cer,

Mr D

avid

Gre

gory

and

the

assi

stan

ce o

f Mr P

aul W

hyte

; and

·

The

willi

ngne

ss o

f sub

mitt

ers

and

advi

sors

to a

ccom

mod

ate

a ce

rtain

am

ount

of d

ialo

gue

betw

een

the

parti

es d

urin

g th

e co

urse

of t

he h

earin

g vi

a th

e qu

estio

ns o

f cla

rific

atio

n ap

proa

ch w

hich

we

adop

ted.

1.4

The

abov

e ac

tions

hav

e gr

eatly

ass

iste

d us

whe

n as

sess

ing

and

dete

rmin

ing

the

issu

es.

2.0

BA

CK

GR

OU

ND

2.

1 Th

e op

erat

ive

CIR

MD

200

1 is

a c

ombi

ned

regi

onal

and

dis

trict

doc

umen

t und

er s

ectio

n 80

of t

he R

MA.

The

revi

ew o

f the

doc

umen

t and

the

prep

arat

ion

of th

e pr

opos

ed C

IRM

D 2

014

was

und

erta

ken

by th

e C

ounc

il in

acc

orda

nce

with

sec

tion

79 o

f the

RM

A.

2.

2 A

‘Sec

tion

32 R

epor

t’ da

ted

July

201

4 w

as p

repa

red

to e

valu

ate

effe

ctiv

enes

s an

d ef

ficie

ncy

of th

e pr

opos

ed a

men

dmen

ts to

the

exis

ting

CIR

MD

, and

to

take

acc

ount

of t

he d

ecis

ions

mad

e by

the

Cou

ncil

in re

latio

n to

the

docu

men

t.

2.

3 Th

e Se

ctio

n 32

Rep

ort s

tate

d th

at th

e C

ounc

il ha

d de

cide

d th

e ex

istin

g C

IRM

D w

as, w

ith m

inor

exc

eptio

ns, e

ffici

ent a

nd e

ffect

ive

in a

ddre

ssin

g th

e sc

ale

and

exte

nt o

f the

pla

nnin

g re

late

d is

sues

faci

ng th

e is

land

. It c

onsi

dere

d th

e pr

opos

ed C

IRM

D w

as e

ssen

tially

the

exis

ting

CIR

MD

with

am

endm

ents

to

brin

g it

up-to

-dat

e an

d to

rem

ove

anom

alie

s. I

t not

ed th

e pr

opos

ed C

IRM

D re

flect

ed th

e is

sues

affe

ctin

g th

e Is

land

s an

d th

e ve

ry lo

w le

vels

of a

ctiv

ity

that

hav

e ef

fect

s th

at n

eed

to b

e co

ntro

lled.

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Cha

tham

s Is

land

s C

ounc

il –

Prop

osed

Cha

tham

Isla

nds

Res

ourc

e M

anag

emen

t Doc

umen

t Jul

y 20

14

Rep

ort a

nd D

ecis

ion

of th

e H

earin

gs C

omm

ittee

P

age

3

2.4

The

Sect

ion

32 R

epor

t con

clud

ed th

at th

e as

sess

men

t of t

he p

ropo

sed

CIR

MD

und

er s

ectio

n 32

of t

he R

MA

(with

gui

danc

e pr

ovid

ed b

y th

e M

inis

try fo

r th

e En

viro

nmen

t) fo

und

the

obje

ctiv

es, p

olic

ies

and

met

hods

to b

e ge

nera

lly b

oth

effic

ient

and

effe

ctiv

e in

dea

ling

with

res

ourc

e m

anag

emen

t iss

ues

faci

ng th

e Is

land

s an

d th

e sc

ale

and

natu

re o

f the

effe

cts

that

are

like

ly to

eve

ntua

te.

3.0

NO

TIFI

CA

TON

/SU

BM

ISSI

ON

S/H

EAR

ING

N

otifi

catio

n/Su

bmis

sion

s 3.

1 Th

e PC

IRM

D w

as n

otifi

ed o

n 5t

h Au

gust

and

the

subm

issi

on p

erio

d cl

osed

on

the

3rd O

ctob

er 2

014.

A to

tal o

f sev

en s

ubm

issi

ons

wer

e re

ceiv

ed w

ithin

th

e tim

e pe

riod.

Th

e fu

rther

sub

mis

sion

per

iod

orig

inal

clo

sed

on 2

1st N

ovem

ber

2015

, bu

t w

as e

xten

ded

until

12th

Dec

embe

r 20

5.

Two

furth

er

subm

issi

ons

wer

e re

ceiv

ed w

ithin

the

time

perio

d.

3.2

Thes

e su

bmis

sion

s w

ere

help

fully

sum

mar

ised

and

com

men

ted

on in

the

Rep

ortin

g O

ffice

r’s re

port.

Prio

r to

the

hear

ing,

the

Rep

ortin

g O

ffice

r’s re

port

was

sen

t out

to a

ll pa

rties

. Th

e H

earin

g 3.

3 Th

e he

arin

g w

as h

eld

in th

e C

ounc

il of

fices

on

the

Cha

tham

Isla

nds

on 2

5th a

nd 2

6th F

ebru

ary

2015

. Th

e H

earin

gs C

omm

ittee

hea

rd fr

om th

e fo

llow

ing

peop

le d

urin

g th

e co

urse

of t

he h

earin

g:

S

ubm

itter

s ·

Dep

artm

ent o

f Con

serv

atio

n –

Ms

Con

nie

Nor

gate

and

Ms

Alis

on T

urne

r ·

Hok

oteh

i Mor

iori

Trus

t - M

r Mau

i Sol

omon

and

Ms

Susa

n Th

orpe

·

Ngā

ti M

utun

ga o

Wha

reka

uri –

Mr W

ard

Kam

o ·

Her

itage

New

Zea

land

– M

s Ji

llian

Kenn

emor

e A

ttend

ance

on

beha

lf of

Cha

tham

Isla

nds

Cou

ncil

· M

r Dav

id G

rego

ry, C

onsu

ltant

Pla

nner

·

Mr P

aul W

hyte

, Con

sulta

nt P

lann

er

3.4

The

hear

ing

was

ope

ned

at 9

.30a

m a

nd a

fter i

nitia

l int

rodu

ctio

ns a

nd p

roce

dura

l iss

ues,

Mr G

rego

ry ta

bled

his

repo

rt. M

r Gre

gory

and

Mr W

hyte

brie

fly

outli

ned

a nu

mbe

r of t

echn

ical

am

endm

ents

and

cha

nges

to th

e de

sign

atio

n se

ctio

n an

d pl

anni

ng m

aps.

In

rela

tion

to th

e in

clus

ion

of b

i-lin

gual

or t

ri-lin

gual

term

s th

roug

hout

the

docu

men

t, M

r Gre

gory

was

of t

he v

iew

that

this

was

a d

ecis

ion

for e

lect

ed m

embe

rs.

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Cha

tham

s Is

land

s C

ounc

il –

Prop

osed

Cha

tham

Isla

nds

Res

ourc

e M

anag

emen

t Doc

umen

t Jul

y 20

14

Rep

ort a

nd D

ecis

ion

of th

e H

earin

gs C

omm

ittee

P

age

4

3.5

Ms

Nor

gate

and

Ms

Turn

er s

poke

to th

e su

bmis

sion

of t

he D

epar

tmen

t of C

onse

rvat

ion

and

wer

e ac

com

pani

ed M

s Th

orpe

as

a C

onse

rvat

ion

Boa

rd

Mem

ber.

In

sum

mar

y, t

heir

subm

issi

on o

utlin

ed t

he n

eed

to a

ddre

ss t

he id

entif

icat

ion

and

man

agem

ent

of n

ew f

resh

wat

er p

est

plan

ts b

efor

e th

ey

esta

blis

h, c

ross

bou

ndar

y is

sues

and

the

need

for i

nteg

rate

d m

anag

emen

t, tim

efra

mes

for t

he im

plem

enta

tion

of th

e N

atio

nal P

olic

y St

atem

ent (

NPS

) fo

r Fr

eshw

ater

Man

agem

ent a

nd th

e N

ew Z

eala

nd C

oast

al P

olic

y St

atem

ent (

NZC

PS),

and

inte

grat

ion

with

the

Con

serv

atio

n M

anag

emen

t Stra

tegy

(C

MS)

. Th

ey e

xpre

ssed

a w

illing

ness

to p

rovi

de s

cien

tific

nam

es fo

r spe

cies

refe

rred

to in

the

docu

men

t and

for s

ugge

sted

incl

usio

ns, a

s re

ques

ted

in

the

subm

issi

on.

3.6

Ms

Kenn

emor

e sp

oke

to th

e su

bmis

sion

of H

erita

ge N

ew Z

eala

nd v

ia S

kype

. In

sum

mar

y, s

he a

ddre

ssed

the

stat

utor

y ba

ckgr

ound

, the

impo

rtanc

e of

th

e us

e of

non

-reg

ulat

ory

met

hods

(su

ch a

s a

Her

itage

Stra

tegy

), th

e ne

ed to

com

pile

an

inve

ntor

y of

her

itage

site

s, a

nd th

e ne

ed to

rec

ogni

se th

e C

hath

am I

slan

ds u

niqu

e co

ntex

t. S

he c

onfir

med

agr

eem

ent

that

no

furth

er h

erita

ge s

ites

shou

ld b

e in

clud

ed i

n th

e do

cum

ent

with

out

land

owne

r ag

reem

ent a

nd s

ugge

sted

a fu

ture

pla

n ch

ange

cou

ld in

corp

orat

e a

herit

age

inve

ntor

y.

3.

7 M

r Sol

omon

and

Ms

Thor

pe s

poke

to th

e su

bmis

sion

of H

okot

ehi M

orio

ri Tr

ust.

In s

umm

ary,

thei

r sub

mis

sion

add

ress

ed th

e la

ck o

f eng

agem

ent a

nd

cons

ulta

tion

with

Tch

akat

hen

u, im

i man

agem

ent

plan

s, p

rote

ctio

n of

his

toric

her

itage

, pr

otec

tion

of in

dige

nous

veg

etat

ion

and

land

scap

es,

was

te

man

agem

ent,

prot

ectio

n of

fres

hwat

er s

yste

ms,

Te

Wha

nga,

cos

tal m

arin

e en

viro

nmen

t, of

f sho

re is

land

s, a

men

ity v

alue

s, z

onin

g an

d pe

rmitt

ed a

ctiv

ities

an

d pl

anni

ng m

aps.

App

ende

d to

the

subm

issi

on w

ere

copi

es o

f var

ious

cor

resp

onde

nce

with

the

Cou

ncil,

info

rmat

ion

rela

ting

to th

e Ka

inga

roa

dum

p an

d th

e Ka

inga

roa

wat

er s

uppl

y ca

se s

tudi

es, a

nd a

doc

umen

t titl

ed ‘I

wi M

anag

emen

t Pla

ns –

A g

uide

for M

āori

wor

king

in re

sour

ce m

anag

emen

t and

pl

anni

ng’ N

ew Z

eala

nd H

isto

ric P

lace

s Tr

ust P

ouhe

re T

aong

a S

usta

inab

le M

anag

emen

t of H

isto

ric H

erita

ge G

uida

nce

Ser

ies.

3.8

Mr K

amo

spok

e to

the

subm

issi

on o

f Ngā

ti M

utun

ga o

Wha

reka

uri v

ia S

kype

. In

sum

mar

y, h

e ad

dres

sed

the

need

for a

goo

d w

orki

ng re

latio

nshi

p w

ith

the

Cou

ncil

and

the

impo

rtanc

e of

the

Trea

ty o

f Wai

tang

i/Te

Tirit

i o W

aita

ngi s

ettle

men

ts in

mov

ing

forw

ard;

the

need

to in

vest

igat

e th

e ec

olog

ical

effe

cts

of th

e op

enin

g th

e la

goon

and

man

agem

ent o

f sw

ans;

acc

ess

over

priv

ate

land

; and

reco

gniti

on o

f the

role

of i

wi i

n ho

usin

g de

velo

pmen

t on

the

Isla

nd.

3.9

A st

atem

ent f

rom

Mr C

hris

Nic

oll o

n be

half

of th

e N

ew Z

eala

nd F

ire S

ervi

ce w

as ta

bled

at t

he h

earin

g.

3.

10

We

hear

d fro

m s

ubm

itter

s ov

er th

e co

urse

of t

wo

days

and

the

hear

ing

was

adj

ourn

ed to

ena

ble

the

Rep

ortin

g O

ffice

r to

prov

ide

a w

ritte

n rig

ht o

f rep

ly.

A w

ritte

n rig

ht o

f rep

ly w

as re

ceiv

ed o

n 16

th A

pril

2015

.

3.

11

Afte

r co

nsid

erin

g th

e su

bmis

sion

s ra

ised

and

the

Rep

ortin

g O

ffice

r’s r

espo

nse

to th

ese

subm

issi

ons,

we

issu

ed a

min

ute

to p

roce

edin

gs r

eque

stin

g H

okot

ehi M

orio

ri Tr

ust t

o pr

ovid

e su

gges

ted

wor

ding

for a

revi

sed

sect

ion

3.3

“Iwi P

ersp

ectiv

e’ a

nd th

e D

epar

tmen

t of C

onse

rvat

ion

to p

rovi

de s

cien

tific

na

mes

for p

lant

s re

ferr

ed to

in th

e do

cum

ent.

3.

12

Follo

win

g re

ceip

t of t

hese

res

pons

es, t

he R

epor

ting

Offi

cer r

ecom

men

ded

a re

vise

d se

ctio

n 3.

3 an

d ci

rcul

ated

this

to N

gāti

Mut

unga

o W

hare

kaur

i for

co

mm

ent.

Com

men

t was

rece

ived

on

26th J

une

and

the

hear

ing

was

clo

sed

on 2

9th J

une

2015

.

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Cha

tham

s Is

land

s C

ounc

il –

Prop

osed

Cha

tham

Isla

nds

Res

ourc

e M

anag

emen

t Doc

umen

t Jul

y 20

14

Rep

ort a

nd D

ecis

ion

of th

e H

earin

gs C

omm

ittee

P

age

5

Scop

e of

Sub

mis

sion

s

3.13

W

e ar

e re

quire

d to

lim

it ou

r rep

ort a

nd d

ecis

ions

to th

e m

atte

rs ra

ised

in s

ubm

issi

ons

and

the

chan

ges

soug

ht to

the

prop

osed

CIR

MD

. W

e no

te th

at a

nu

mbe

r of

mat

ters

rai

sed

by th

e H

okot

ehi M

orio

ri Tr

ust i

n th

e he

arin

g w

ere

not s

peci

fical

ly r

aise

d in

the

orig

inal

sub

mis

sion

. In

parti

cula

r, th

e Tr

ust’s

su

bmis

sion

did

not

rais

e co

ncer

n re

gard

ing

the

‘offe

nsiv

enes

s’ o

f any

pro

visi

ons

of th

e pl

an, n

or d

id it

sug

gest

any

alte

rnat

ive

wor

ding

. Whi

le re

fere

nce

was

mad

e to

‘no

furth

er c

onta

ct a

nd n

o di

scus

sion

or

oppo

rtuni

ty fo

r in

put i

nto

the

cont

ent o

f the

pla

n’ fo

llow

ing

mee

ting

with

Mr

Edw

ard

Ellis

on, n

o sp

ecifi

c su

bmis

sion

was

mad

e in

rela

tion

to la

ck o

f eng

agem

ent o

r con

sulta

tion.

It i

s th

eref

ore

diffi

cult

to a

ddre

ss th

ese

mat

ters

with

in th

e sc

ope

of th

is

plan

revi

ew p

roce

ss.

3.

14

In m

akin

g ou

r del

iber

atio

ns, w

e ar

e m

indf

ul o

f the

sco

pe o

f our

con

side

ratio

n an

d w

e ha

ve e

ndea

vour

ed to

acc

omm

odat

e th

e re

ques

t of t

he H

okot

ehi

Mor

iori

Trus

t by

allo

win

g fo

r an

upda

te to

the

wor

ding

of s

ectio

n 3.

3 ‘Iw

i Per

spec

tives

’. W

e co

nsid

er th

is is

with

in th

e sc

ope

of a

sub

mis

sion

poi

nt m

ade

by N

gāti

Mut

unga

o W

hare

kaur

i reg

ardi

ng th

e ne

ed to

refle

ct th

e di

stin

ct c

ultu

ral i

dent

ities

of b

oth

Mor

iori

and

Ngā

ti M

utun

ga o

Wha

reka

uri i

n th

is s

ectio

n of

the

docu

men

t. W

e ar

e sa

tisfie

d th

e re

visi

on p

ropo

sed

upda

tes

the

docu

men

t to

refle

ct c

urre

nt im

i/iw

i per

spec

tives

and

doe

s no

t affe

ct th

e su

bsta

nce

or in

tent

of a

ny o

f the

pro

visi

ons.

4.0

ASS

ESSM

ENT

OF

SUB

MIS

SIO

NS

4.

1 In

ass

essi

ng th

e su

bmis

sion

poi

nts

and

chan

ges

soug

ht, w

e ha

ve c

onsi

dere

d al

l the

sub

mis

sion

s re

ceiv

ed a

nd e

vide

nce

pres

ente

d du

ring

and

afte

r the

he

arin

g. O

ur d

ecis

ions

and

reas

ons

for t

hose

dec

isio

ns a

re s

et o

ut in

App

endi

x 1

of th

is re

port.

4.

2 A

ppen

dix

2 of

this

rep

ort c

onta

ins

the

Prop

osed

CIR

MD

with

the

deci

sion

am

endm

ents

sho

wn

as tr

acke

d ch

ange

s. W

here

doc

umen

t wid

e ch

ange

s ha

ve b

een

mad

e to

cha

nge

term

s su

ch a

s “iw

i” to

“iw

i/im

i”, th

ese

chan

ges

have

onl

y be

en s

how

n ha

s tra

cked

cha

nges

the

first

tim

e th

e w

ord

is u

sed.

Tr

acke

d ch

ange

s ha

ve n

ot b

een

show

n w

here

min

or c

orre

ctio

ns a

nd p

unct

uatio

n ch

ange

hav

e be

en m

ade,

or w

here

sci

entif

ic n

ames

hav

e be

en in

clud

ed

to a

ssis

t with

read

abilit

y of

the

docu

men

t.

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DEC

ISIO

N

5.1

Hav

ing

cons

ider

ed a

ll su

bmis

sion

s an

d ev

iden

ce p

rese

nted

at t

he h

earin

g, w

e re

solv

e th

at th

e Pr

opos

ed C

hath

am Is

land

s R

esou

rce

Man

agem

ent P

lan

be a

men

ded,

as

show

n in

App

endi

x 2

of th

is re

port.

D

ATED

AT

CH

RIS

TCH

UR

CH

TH

IS 3

0th D

AY O

F JU

NE

2015

Sh

aron

McG

arry

(Cha

ir)

O

n be

half

of th

e H

earin

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omm

ittee

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Hea

rings

Com

mitt

ee’s

Dec

isio

ns o

n Su

bmis

sion

s and

Fur

ther

Sub

mis

sion

s to

the

Prop

osed

Cha

tham

Isla

nds R

esou

rce

Man

agem

ent D

ocum

ent

Hok

oteh

i Mor

iori

Tru

st (H

MT

)

Ref

eren

ce

Dec

isio

ns R

eque

sted

Fu

rthe

r Su

bmis

sion

: Su

ppor

t/Opp

ose

Rec

omm

enda

tion:

A

ccep

t/Par

tly

Acc

ept/R

ejec

t

Off

icer

’s R

ight

of R

eply

D

ecis

ion

and

Rea

sons

Part

3.3

Iwi

Pers

pect

ive

• D

ecis

ion

requ

este

d at

the

Hea

ring:

R

ewrit

e Se

ctio

n 3.

3,

Iwi P

ersp

ectiv

e

N

o re

com

men

datio

n m

ade

beca

use

was

not

a

spec

ific

mat

ter r

aise

d in

or

igin

al su

bmis

sion

.

Wha

t is r

eque

sted

re

pres

ents

a la

rge

chan

ge

to th

e C

IRM

D w

hich

was

no

t spe

cific

ally

requ

este

d in

subm

issi

ons,

but i

t is

acce

pted

that

ther

e ar

e so

me

cultu

ral c

once

rns

rega

rdin

g th

is se

ctio

n. In

or

der t

o ad

dres

s the

se

conc

erns

, the

C

omm

issi

oner

s may

co

nsid

er re

ques

ting

that

H

okot

ehi M

orio

ri Tr

ust,

in

conj

unct

ion

with

Ngā

ti M

utun

ga o

Wha

reka

uri,

prep

are

a re

writ

ten

Sect

ion

3.3

for c

onsi

dera

tion

of th

e co

mm

issi

oner

s.

Part

ly a

ccep

t Hok

oteh

i M

orio

ri Tr

ust’s

rew

ritte

n se

ctio

n 3.

3. A

lthou

gh n

ot

a sp

ecifi

c su

bmis

sion

po

int,

we

cons

ider

this

re

visi

on o

f sec

tion

3.3,

w

ith c

omm

ent f

rom

Ngā

ti M

utun

ga o

Wha

reka

uri t

o be

an

agre

ed c

orre

ctio

n or

up

date

of ‘

iwi

pers

pect

ive’

.

Part

4, 4

.1

The

Iwi

• D

evel

op a

MO

U

betw

een

Cou

ncil

and

the

Trus

t on

Pa

rtly

acc

ept:

Dev

elop

men

t of a

MO

U

is a

pro

cess

that

lies

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n.

Part

ly a

ccep

t. N

o ch

ange

s req

uire

d. T

he

deve

lopm

ent o

f a M

OU

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plan

ning

mat

ters

and

pr

oces

ses a

nd to

pr

ovid

e fo

r a

sepa

rate

imi

plan

ning

inst

rum

ent

outs

ide

the

CIR

MD

and

is

pos

sibl

e un

der c

urre

nt

polic

ies a

nd m

etho

ds in

Pa

rt 4.

1 (4

.1.3

(i)),

“The

Iw

i”.

Whi

le lo

cal a

utho

ritie

s m

ust t

ake

into

acc

ount

“a

ny re

leva

nt p

lann

ing

docu

men

t rec

ogni

sed

by

an iw

i aut

horit

y” (R

MA

S7

4(2A

)) th

at d

ocum

ent

mus

t be

lodg

ed w

ith th

e TL

A. C

urre

ntly

, no

such

do

cum

ents

are

kno

wn

to

exis

t. Pa

rtly

acc

ept:

Cur

rent

po

licie

s and

met

hods

in

Part

4.1,

“Th

e Iw

i”

(4.1

.3(ii

i)) a

llow

for

man

agem

ent p

lans

.

and

an im

i pla

nnin

g in

stru

men

t are

out

side

the

CIR

MD

. Th

e C

IRM

D

reco

gnis

es su

ch p

lann

ing

inst

rum

ents

4.1.

2(iii

) 2)

Mec

hani

sm o

r in

cent

ives

for

prot

ectio

n of

waa

hi

tapu

or p

lace

s of

sign

ifica

nce

Pa

rtly

acc

ept:

Cur

rent

po

licie

s and

met

hods

in

Part

4.1,

“Th

e Iw

i” a

nd in

C

IRM

D R

ules

pro

vide

fo

r pro

tect

ion.

How

ever

pr

ovis

ion

of “

ince

ntiv

es”

is c

onsi

dere

d to

be

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n Pa

rtly

acc

ept.

No

chan

ge re

quire

d.

Met

hods

such

as u

sing

in

cent

ives

are

not

pr

eclu

ded

by th

e C

IRM

D

prov

isio

ns.

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e re

sour

ces o

f th

e C

ounc

il 4.

2.1

and

4.2.

2 3)

Mec

hani

sm o

r in

cent

ives

for r

ipar

ian

prot

ectio

n an

d na

tura

l ch

arac

ter p

rote

ctio

n pl

us a

ssis

tanc

e to

en

hanc

ing

ecos

yste

ms

Pa

rtly

acc

ept:

Mec

hani

sms a

lread

y ex

ist

with

in th

e C

IRM

D fo

r rip

aria

n pr

otec

tion

(e.g

. Pa

rt 4.

4 “I

ndig

enou

s ve

geta

tion

and

habi

tats

of

faun

a”).

How

ever

pr

ovis

ion

of in

cent

ives

is

cons

ider

ed to

be

beyo

nd

the

reso

urce

s of t

he

Cou

ncil

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n Pa

rtly

acc

ept.

No

chan

ge

requ

ired.

M

etho

ds su

ch a

s usi

ng

ince

ntiv

es a

re n

ot

prec

lude

d by

the

CIR

MD

pr

ovis

ions

.

4.11

.1.1

4)

Reh

abili

tatio

n pl

ans

for t

he K

aing

aroa

dum

p

Acc

ept:

In 4

.11.

1.2

Met

hods

add

a M

etho

d (v

) as f

ollo

ws,

“ D

evel

op

reha

bilit

atio

n pl

ans f

or

the

Kai

ngar

oa, O

wen

ga

and

Te O

ne la

ndfil

ls”

(or

sim

ilar)

. A

CIC

su

bmis

sion

to th

e C

IRM

D in

resp

ect o

f Se

ctio

n 4.

11

ackn

owle

dges

the

clos

ure

of th

e ab

ove

land

fills

w

ith th

e op

erat

ion

of th

e ne

w la

ndfil

l and

it is

ap

prop

riate

to in

clud

e re

fere

nce

to re

habi

litat

ion

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n A

ccep

t. A

dd M

etho

d (v

) as

reco

mm

ende

d by

the

Rep

ortin

g O

ffic

er.

Con

side

r thi

s ref

lect

s the

re

sour

ce c

onse

nt

cond

ition

s for

the

new

la

ndfil

l.

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plan

s for

the

exis

ting

land

fills

. 5.

3.4

5) R

ules

for T

e W

haan

ga sh

ould

in

clud

e “n

o ad

vers

e ef

fect

on

Mor

iori

valu

es”

HN

Z su

ppor

t R

ejec

t: R

ules

, e.

g.

5.3.

4.23

(d)

alre

ady

prov

ide

for “

The

effe

ct o

n cu

ltura

l val

ues”

and

this

is

cons

ider

ed

to

incl

ude

Mor

iori

valu

es.

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n R

ejec

t. R

ules

ade

quat

ely

addr

ess e

ffec

ts o

n cu

ltura

l va

lues

.

4.5.

1.1

6) S

uppo

rt fo

r vo

lunt

ary

prot

ectio

n of

si

gnifi

cant

veg

etat

ion

and

habi

tat

A

ccep

t N

o ch

ange

to

reco

mm

enda

tion

Acc

ept.

No

chan

ge

requ

ired.

CIR

MD

pr

ovis

ions

ena

ble

this

to

occu

r. 4.

5 7)

Site

s and

land

scap

es

shou

ld b

e ad

ded

to

herit

age

item

s

Pa

rtly

Acc

ept:

Oth

er

subm

itter

s hav

e so

ught

si

mila

r add

ition

s. C

ounc

il se

eks h

elp

in id

entif

ying

ar

eas

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n. It

is

cons

ider

ed th

at C

ounc

il sh

ould

con

vene

a g

roup

of

isla

nd in

tere

sts t

o co

nsid

er

this

mat

ter f

urth

er o

utsi

de

the

revi

ew p

roce

ss, n

otin

g th

at th

ere

appe

ared

to b

e su

ppor

t for

this

con

cept

.

Part

ly a

ccep

t. N

o ch

ange

requ

ired.

CIR

MD

pr

ovis

ions

allo

w a

co

llabo

rativ

e pr

oces

s to

occu

r.

Polic

y 4.

1.2

8) P

olic

y 4.

1.2

shou

ld

refe

r to

prot

ectin

g si

tes

from

all

adve

rse

effe

cts

R

ejec

t: It

is n

ot

cons

ider

ed p

ossi

ble

to

prot

ect s

ites f

rom

“al

l”

adve

rse

effe

cts a

s som

e of

thes

e ef

fect

s will

lie

outs

ide

cont

rol.

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n R

ejec

t. N

o ch

ange

re

quire

d. T

he R

MA

is n

ot

a “n

o ef

fect

s” st

atut

e. I

t w

ould

be

inap

prop

riate

to

incl

ude

“all”

adv

erse

ef

fect

s.

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9)

Cov

enan

ts sh

ould

be

enco

urag

ed th

roug

h ra

tes r

elie

f

R

ejec

t: Th

e C

IRM

D

stat

es in

2.2

.3(ii

) tha

t C

ounc

il is

not

in a

n ec

onom

ic p

ositi

on to

of

fer r

ates

relie

f.

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n R

ejec

t. N

o ch

ange

re

quire

d. M

etho

ds su

ch a

s ra

tes r

elie

f are

not

pr

eclu

ded

by th

e C

IRM

D

plan

pro

visi

ons.

M

etho

ds

4.1.

3

10)

Off

-sho

re is

land

s:

Met

hod

4.1.

3 sh

ould

in

clud

e m

anag

emen

t by

tang

ata

whe

nua

HN

Z su

ppor

t R

ejec

t: M

etho

d 4.

1.3(

iii)

alre

ady

allo

ws f

or th

is

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n.

Dis

cuss

ion

at th

e he

arin

g in

dica

ted

that

man

agem

ent

by “

owne

rs”,

in th

is c

ase

fam

ilies

, is m

ore

appr

opria

te

Rej

ect.

No

chan

ge

requ

ired.

It is

app

ropr

iate

th

at th

at m

anag

emen

t pl

ans a

llow

off

shor

e is

land

s to

be m

anag

ed b

y th

eir “

owne

rs”.

App

endi

x 3

11) T

he a

ppen

dix

on

herit

age

valu

es n

eeds

to

incl

ude

area

s of

herit

age

valu

es

Pa

rtly

Acc

ept:

Oth

er

subm

itter

s hav

e so

ught

si

mila

r add

ition

s. C

ounc

il se

eks h

elp

in id

entif

ying

ar

eas.

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n. It

is

cons

ider

ed th

at C

ounc

il sh

ould

con

vene

a g

roup

of

isla

nd in

tere

sts t

o co

nsid

er

this

mat

ter f

urth

er o

utsi

de

the

revi

ew p

roce

ss, n

otin

g th

at th

ere

appe

ared

to b

e su

ppor

t for

this

con

cept

.

Part

ly A

ccep

t. N

o ch

ange

requ

ired.

CIR

MD

pr

ovis

ions

allo

w a

co

llabo

rativ

e pr

oces

s to

occu

r.

Gen

eral

12

) Red

raft

map

s in

cons

ulta

tion

with

ta

ngat

a w

henu

a, D

OC

an

d H

erita

ge N

Z

Pa

rtly

Acc

ept:

Whe

re

addi

tions

or a

men

dmen

ts

are

agre

ed to

map

s, ap

prop

riate

con

sulta

tion

can

be c

arrie

d ou

t.

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n. It

is

cons

ider

ed th

at C

ounc

il sh

ould

con

vene

a g

roup

of

isla

nd in

tere

sts t

o co

nsid

er

this

mat

ter f

urth

er o

utsi

de

the

revi

ew p

roce

ss, n

otin

g

Part

ly A

ccep

t. N

o ch

ange

requ

ired.

No

spec

ific

amen

dmen

ts w

ere

requ

este

d. I

t is

appr

opria

te to

und

erta

ke a

co

llabo

rativ

e ap

proa

ch to

co

nsid

er th

is m

atte

r is

nece

ssar

y.

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that

ther

e ap

pear

ed to

be

supp

ort f

or th

is c

once

pt.

Gen

eral

13

) All

plac

e na

mes

to

be b

i-lin

gual

or t

ri-lin

gual

whe

re

appr

opria

te

R

ejec

t: Pl

ace

nam

es o

n m

aps f

ollo

w N

Z m

ap

nam

es. A

ny a

dditi

onal

na

mes

will

requ

ire

agre

emen

t of a

ll in

tere

sted

gro

ups.

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n. H

owev

er

it is

con

side

red

appr

opria

te

to in

sert

the

term

“im

i”

with

“iw

i”. I

t may

als

o be

ap

prop

riate

to re

plac

e th

e te

rm “

Mor

iori”

with

“t

chak

at h

enu”

but

sugg

est

that

HM

T ad

vise

furth

er o

n th

is a

s par

t of t

heir

sugg

este

d 3.

3 dr

aftin

g.

Part

ly A

ccep

t. T

he

subm

itter

did

no

prov

ided

an

y sp

ecifi

c ch

ange

s to

the

plac

e na

mes

for

cons

ider

atio

n. C

hang

es to

in

sert

to te

rms “

imi/i

wi”

, “T

e tir

iti o

Wai

tang

i” a

nd

revi

sed

wor

ding

of

sect

ion

3.3

are

appr

opria

te.

14

) Pla

n to

incl

ude

NZA

A u

pgra

de d

ata

R

ejec

t: It

is u

ncle

ar w

hat

is so

ught

thro

ugh

this

po

int

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n. A

t the

he

arin

g it

was

app

aren

t th

at p

rogr

ess o

f the

“u

pgra

de”

on th

e C

hath

am

Isla

nds w

as u

ncer

tain

and

th

at th

is n

eede

d to

be

clar

ified

.

Rej

ect.

No

chan

ge

requ

ired.

No

evid

ence

pr

ovid

ed o

n w

hat

“upg

rade

dat

a” sh

ould

be

incl

uded

.

Ngā

ti M

utun

ga o

Wha

reka

uri (

NM

W)

Ref

eren

ce

Dec

isio

ns R

eque

sted

G

ener

al

• R

eque

st

supp

lem

enta

ry p

aper

on

impe

ndin

g R

MA

ch

ange

s

R

ejec

t: Th

is is

not

par

t of

a st

atut

ory

plan

. The

C

IRM

D c

anno

t be

boun

d

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n.

Rej

ect.

No

chan

ge

requ

ired.

The

revi

ew

proc

ess m

ust c

onsi

der

the

RM

A p

rovi

sion

s in

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by sp

ecul

ativ

e po

ssib

le

futu

re le

gisl

ativ

e ch

ange

s pl

ace

at th

e tim

e of

the

deci

sion

. Pa

rt 4

, 4.1

, T

he Iw

i •

Inse

rt th

e fo

llow

ing

wor

ding

: “C

ounc

il w

ill w

ork

clos

ely

with

th

ese

grou

ps w

here

pr

actic

able

in re

spec

t of

reso

urce

m

anag

emen

t is

sues

…”

HN

Z su

ppor

t R

ejec

t: Se

ctio

n 4.

1 al

read

y pr

ovid

es fo

r w

orki

ng w

ith iw

i gro

ups,

e.g.

Met

hod

4.1.

3(i)

Acc

ept:

In

Part

2, 2

.2

Invo

lvem

ent o

f Iw

i, am

end

the

seco

nd

sent

ence

of t

he p

arag

raph

to

read

: “C

ounc

il w

ill

cons

ult a

nd w

ork

with

th

ese

grou

ps in

resp

ect o

f re

sour

ce m

anag

emen

t is

sues

that

aff

ect t

he

isla

nds,

incl

udin

g re

sour

ce

cons

ents

.”

Acc

ept.

Am

end

Sect

ion

2.2

to re

ad -

“Cou

ncil

will

con

sult

with

and

w

ork

with

thes

e gr

oup…

Gen

eral

Enco

urag

e C

ounc

il

to in

clud

e ed

ucat

iona

l in

tera

ctio

n as

a

Met

hod

HN

Z su

ppor

t R

ejec

t: A

lthou

gh d

irect

in

volv

emen

t of s

choo

ls is

no

t men

tione

d in

the

CIR

MD

, the

term

“e

duca

tion”

is w

idel

y us

ed in

the

Met

hods

, e.g

. 4.

11.1

.2 M

etho

ds, (

i) Ed

ucat

ion

and

advi

ce o

n go

od w

aste

dis

posa

l pr

actic

es.

Acc

ept:

In 2

.3 M

etho

ds,

final

sent

ence

of M

etho

d (iv

) am

end

the

sent

ence

to

area

s: “

Dis

sem

inat

ion

of

info

rmat

ion,

edu

catio

n (e

.g. l

ocat

ion

of b

ird

nest

ing

site

s and

rare

pl

ants

) is p

art o

f the

pr

oces

s”

Acc

ept.

Am

end

2.3

Met

hod

(iv) t

o re

ad -

“Dis

sem

inat

ion

of

info

rmat

ion,

(e.g

. lo

catio

n of

bird

nes

ting

site

s and

rare

pla

nts)

ed

ucat

ion

are

is p

art o

f th

e pr

oces

s”

Gen

eral

Use

the

term

, “N

gāti

Mut

unga

o

Wha

reka

uri”

rath

er

than

Mao

ri

HN

Z su

ppor

t A

ccep

t: W

here

the

term

“M

aori”

occ

urs i

n th

e C

IRM

D, r

epla

ce w

ith

“Ngā

ti M

utun

ga o

W

hare

kaur

i

It is

sugg

este

d th

is m

atte

r is

add

ress

ed in

the

sugg

este

d 3.

3 re

draf

ting.

Acc

ept.

Thi

s has

bee

n ad

dres

sed

in th

e re

vise

d se

ctio

n 3.

3 an

d w

here

ap

prop

riate

in th

roug

hout

th

e do

cum

ent i

n

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conj

unct

ion

with

the

chan

ges s

ough

t by

HM

T.

Gen

eral

Upd

ate

cens

us fi

gure

s to

201

3

Acc

ept:

Whe

re C

ensu

s da

ta is

use

d (e

.g. i

n 3.

3.1)

up

date

to th

e 20

13 C

ensu

s

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n A

ccep

t. N

o ch

ange

re

quire

d. R

efer

ence

to

Cen

sus d

ata

has b

een

rem

oved

by

revi

sion

of

sect

ion

3.3.

Po

licy

4.2.

4.1

• Po

licy

4.2.

4.1.

Fu

rther

stud

y on

ar

tific

ial o

peni

ng v

s na

tura

l pro

cess

es

R

ejec

t: Th

is is

alre

ady

prov

ided

for i

n M

etho

d 4.

2.4.

2(iii

)

Acc

ept:

In M

etho

d 4.

2.4.

2(iii

) am

end

the

Met

hod

to re

ad:

“Und

erta

ke st

udie

s on

the

func

tioni

ng o

f the

lago

on

and

the

effe

cts o

f nat

ural

an

d ar

tific

ial o

peni

ng.”

Acc

ept.

Am

end

Met

hod

4.2.

4.2

(iii)

to re

ad -

“Und

erta

ke st

udie

s on

the

func

tioni

ng o

f the

la

goon

and

the

effe

cts o

f na

tura

l and

art

ifici

al

open

ing.

4.2.

4.1

• A

dditi

onal

re

cogn

ition

of T

reat

y m

atte

r for

Te

Wha

nga

R

ejec

t: It

is c

onsi

dere

d th

at th

e ex

istin

g Po

licie

s an

d M

etho

ds p

rovi

de

adeq

uate

reco

gniti

on o

f iw

i mat

ters

.

Acc

ept:

In O

bjec

tive

4.2.

4(i)

add

in th

e th

ird

bulle

t poi

nt: “

Iwi v

alue

s an

d re

latio

nshi

ps”.

In

Polic

y 4.

2.4.

1(ii)

add

in

the

seco

nd b

ulle

t poi

nt:

“Iw

i val

ues a

nd

rela

tions

hips

Acc

ept.

Am

end

Obj

ectiv

e 4.

2.4(

i), t

hird

bu

llet p

oint

to re

ad -

“Iw

i va

lues

and

re

latio

nshi

ps”;

and

Po

licy

4.2.

4.1(

ii), s

econ

d bu

llet p

oint

to re

ad -

“Iw

i va

lues

and

re

latio

nshi

ps”.

4.

2.1.

2 •

Stre

ngth

en in

tent

on

prot

ectio

n an

d re

plan

ting

of ri

paria

n st

rips

R

ejec

t: It

is

cons

ider

ed

that

the

exi

stin

g Po

licie

s an

d M

etho

ds

prov

ide

adeq

uate

inte

nt w

ithin

the

reso

urce

s of t

he C

ounc

il.

Acc

ept:

Del

ete

Met

hod

4.2.

1.2

and

repl

ace

with

th

e w

ordi

ng o

f Met

hod

4.2.

2.2

to re

ad:

“Enc

oura

ging

land

owne

rs

to p

rote

ct n

atur

al v

alue

s

Acc

ept.

Am

end

Met

hod

4.2.

1.2

(iii)

to

read

“Enc

oura

ging

la

ndow

ners

to

pr

otec

t na

tura

l va

lues

by

priv

ate

agre

emen

ts, c

onse

rvat

ion

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gree

men

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cons

erva

tion

cove

nant

s, fe

ncin

g an

d pl

antin

g of

m

argi

ns.”

cove

nant

s, fe

ncin

g an

d pl

antin

g of

mar

gins

, and

us

e of

gu

idel

ines

an

d ed

ucat

ion.

4.

1.2

• A

ckno

wle

dge

iwi i

n re

latio

n to

eco

nom

ic

and

soci

al

deve

lopm

ents

R

ejec

t: Th

is se

ctio

n de

als

with

the

man

agem

ent o

f re

sour

ces a

nd p

rovi

des

reco

gniti

on o

f Iw

i and

the

Trea

ty.

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n R

ejec

t. N

o ch

ange

s re

quire

d. T

his s

ectio

n ad

equa

tely

add

ress

es iw

i in

rela

tion

to m

anag

ing

natu

ral a

nd p

hysi

cal

reso

urce

s. 3.

6 N

atur

al

feat

ures

• Ex

pand

fina

l sen

tenc

e (P

g 20

, fin

al p

ara)

to

emph

asis

e th

at

pres

erva

tion

has

bene

fits.

A

lso

appl

ies t

o H

erita

ge It

ems

A

ccep

t: A

dd to

the

final

se

nten

ce o

f 3.6

.1 to

read

: “R

eten

tion

of n

atur

al

reso

urce

s has

ben

efits

for

the

com

mun

ity in

term

s of

the

char

acte

r of t

he

isla

nds,

amen

ity v

alue

s, vi

sual

app

reci

atio

n,

cons

erva

tion,

eco

nom

ic

and

soci

al d

evel

opm

ent

and

as a

n at

tract

ion

for

visi

tors

.” O

r wor

ds to

that

ef

fect

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n A

ccep

t. A

men

d fin

al

sent

ence

of 3

.6.1

to re

ad:

“Ret

entio

n of

nat

ural

re

sour

ces h

as b

enef

its fo

r th

e co

mm

unity

in te

rms

of th

e ch

arac

ter o

f the

is

land

s, am

enity

val

ues,

visu

al a

ppre

ciat

ion,

co

nser

vatio

n, e

cono

mic

an

d so

cial

dev

elop

men

t an

d as

an

attra

ctio

n fo

r vi

sito

rs.”

Met

hod

4.5.

1.2(

iv)

• M

etho

d 4.

5.1.

2 (iv

) cl

arify

“ce

rtain

ci

rcum

stan

ces”

as

curr

ently

too

broa

d

R

ejec

t: It

is n

ot

cons

ider

ed p

ossi

ble

to

defin

e th

e ra

nge

of

circ

umst

ance

s in

whi

ch

the

appl

icat

ion

of ru

les

mig

ht b

e de

emed

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n A

ccep

t. A

men

d M

etho

d 4.

5.1.

2(iv

) to

read

“Reg

ulat

e by

rule

s as

requ

ired

by

prov

isio

ns o

f th

is p

lan.

” It

is

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nece

ssar

y. O

ther

term

s su

ch a

s “if

nece

ssar

y”

coul

d be

con

side

red,

but

m

ay a

ttrac

t the

sam

e ob

ject

ion

cons

ider

ed th

is a

dditi

on

clar

ifies

the

met

hod.

Polic

y 4.

6.1.

1(iv

) •

Exp

and

Polic

y 4.

6.1.

1 (iv

) to

incl

ude

wah

i tap

u an

d no

hoan

ga k

ai

A

ccep

t:

In

Polic

y 4.

6.1.

1(iv

) ad

d,

“To

cons

ult

with

Iw

i pr

ior

to

any

deve

lopm

ent

upon

di

scov

ery

of u

rupa

, w

ahi

tapu

an

d no

hoan

ga

kai

rem

ains

.”

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n A

ccep

t. A

men

d Po

licy

4.6.

1.1

(iv)

to r

ead

- “T

o co

nsul

t w

ith I

wi

prio

r to

an

y de

velo

pmen

t up

on

disc

over

y of

uru

pa, w

ahi

tapu

and

noh

oang

a ka

i re

mai

ns.”

3.8

• Es

tabl

ish

regi

ster

of

land

owne

r con

tact

s for

ac

cess

per

mis

sion

R

ejec

t: It

is c

onsi

dere

d th

at su

ch a

s a re

gist

er is

be

st p

rovi

ded

outs

ide

a st

atut

ory

docu

men

t. A

pl

an c

hang

e w

ould

be

requ

ired

to a

dd o

r rem

ove

deta

ils.

Part

ly A

ccep

t: It

is

cons

ider

ed th

at su

ch a

re

gist

er is

bes

t pro

vide

d ou

tsid

e a

stat

utor

y do

cum

ent.

A p

lan

chan

ge

will

oth

erw

ise

be re

quire

d to

add

or r

emov

e de

tails

.

Part

ly A

ccep

t. It

is n

ot

appr

opria

te to

hav

e a

regi

ster

of l

ando

wne

r co

ntac

ts in

a st

atut

ory

docu

men

t. H

owev

er, t

he

text

cou

ld b

e cl

eare

r re

gard

ing

the

need

to

seek

land

owne

r pe

rmis

sion

. Am

end

last

se

ntie

nce

of se

ctio

n 4.

7.1

Rea

sons

to re

ad –

“G

ener

ally

acc

ess i

s ac

ross

pri

vate

land

and

ac

cess

is a

t the

la

ndow

ner’

s dis

cret

ion

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issi

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ould

be

soug

ht.”

3.

9 •

Iwi m

embe

rs to

be

train

ed in

haz

ard

miti

gatio

n

R

ejec

t: Th

e se

lect

ion

and

train

ing

of a

ppro

pria

te

pers

onne

l is c

onsi

dere

d to

be

a m

atte

r tha

t sho

uld

lie

outs

ide

a st

atut

ory

docu

men

t.

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n R

ejec

t. N

o ch

ange

re

quire

d. W

e ag

ree

sele

ctio

n an

d tra

inin

g of

ap

prop

riate

per

sonn

el is

no

t a m

atte

r to

be

incl

uded

in a

stat

utor

y do

cum

ent.

3.10

Do

mor

e to

enc

oura

ge

bette

r was

te

man

agem

ent

prac

tices

, dom

estic

an

d co

mm

erci

al

R

ejec

t: It

is c

onsi

dere

d th

at th

e M

etho

ds u

nder

Se

ctio

n 4.

11.1

.2 (i

) to

(iv)

are

adeq

uate

pro

visi

ons.

Acc

ept:

Am

end

Met

hod

unde

r Sec

tion

4.11

.1.2

(i)

to a

dd “

man

agem

ent”

be

twee

n “w

aste

” an

d “d

ispo

sal”

. A

men

d M

etho

d (ii

i) to

re

ad: “

Impl

emen

t the

W

aste

Man

agem

ent

Stra

tegy

, inc

ludi

ng so

rtin

g an

d re

cycl

ing.

Acc

ept.

Am

end

Met

hod

unde

r Sec

tion

4.11

.1.2

(i)

to re

ad –

“Ed

ucat

ion

and

advi

ce o

n go

od w

aste

m

anag

emen

t and

di

spos

al p

ract

ices

”; a

nd

Met

hod

(iii)

to re

ad:

“Im

plem

ent t

he W

aste

M

anag

emen

t Stra

tegy

, in

clud

ing

sort

ing

and

recy

clin

g.”

Gen

eral

Take

into

acc

ount

fu

ndin

g of

soci

al

hous

ing

initi

ativ

es

and

chan

ges t

o th

e R

MA

R

ejec

t: Fu

ndin

g of

soci

al

hous

ing

initi

ativ

es a

re b

est

cons

ider

ed o

utsi

de a

st

atut

ory

docu

men

t. Po

tent

ial c

hang

es to

the

RM

A c

anno

t be

cons

ider

ed in

the

CIR

MD

as

they

are

cur

rent

ly

spec

ulat

ion.

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n R

ejec

t. N

o ch

ange

re

quire

d.

We

agre

e th

at

thes

e m

atte

rs a

re b

est

addr

esse

d ou

tsid

e th

e C

IRM

D.

We

mus

t co

nsid

er th

e R

MA

pr

ovis

ions

at t

he ti

me

of

this

dec

isio

n.

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Set d

evel

opm

ent

cont

ribut

ions

on

a va

riabl

e ba

sis

R

ejec

t: Th

e C

ounc

il ha

s a

limite

d fu

ndin

g ba

se a

nd

seek

s to

cove

r the

full

and

actu

al c

osts

of m

ost

infr

astru

ctur

al w

orks

oc

casi

oned

by

deve

lopm

ent

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n R

ejec

t. N

o ch

ange

re

quire

d. W

e co

nsid

er

such

mat

ters

can

be

cons

ider

ed o

n a

case

-by-

case

bas

is d

urin

g an

y co

nsen

t pro

cess

.

5.3

• Zo

ning

shou

ld n

ot b

e rig

id (R

ural

Zon

e)

R

ejec

t: In

ord

er to

mak

e it

clea

r whe

re a

nd w

hen

the

plan

app

lies,

it is

ne

cess

ary

to c

lear

ly

dem

ark

the

boun

darie

s be

twee

n zo

nes.

How

ever

, zo

ne b

ound

arie

s can

be

adju

sted

thro

ugh

publ

ic

and

priv

ate

plan

cha

nges

.

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n R

ejec

t. N

o ch

ange

s re

quire

d. Z

onin

g is

an

acce

pted

reso

urce

m

anag

emen

t met

hod.

Zo

ne b

ound

arie

s can

be

chan

ged

thro

ugh

the

appr

opria

te R

MA

pla

n ch

ange

pro

cess

.

5.4

• W

ork

with

the

Trus

t on

hou

sing

initi

ativ

es

(Set

tlem

ent Z

one)

R

ejec

t: Jo

int w

orki

ng

arra

ngem

ents

are

bes

t ar

rived

at o

utsi

de th

e st

atut

ory

docu

men

t.

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n R

ejec

t. N

o ch

ange

re

quire

d. T

hese

mat

ters

ca

n be

add

ress

ed o

utsi

de

the

stat

utor

y do

cum

ent.

5.6.

3.1

• C

onsi

der p

olic

y on

ex

tern

al th

reat

s to

life

supp

ortin

g ca

paci

ty

(Coa

stal

Mar

ine

Are

a)

A

ccep

t: C

onsi

der

incl

udin

g a

Polic

y w

ith

the

follo

win

g w

ordi

ng,

“Whe

re a

ctiv

ities

seaw

ard

of th

e co

asta

l mar

ine

area

re

quir

e co

nsen

t und

er th

e Ex

clus

ive

Econ

omic

Zon

e an

d C

ontin

enta

l She

lf (E

nvir

onm

enta

l Effe

cts)

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n A

ccep

t. A

men

d se

ctio

n 5.

6.3.

1 Po

licie

s, by

ad

ding

– “

(iv) W

here

ac

tiviti

es se

awar

d of

the

coas

tal m

arin

e ar

ea

requ

ire

cons

ent u

nder

th

e Ex

clus

ive

Econ

omic

Zo

ne a

nd C

ontin

enta

l Sh

elf (

Envi

ronm

enta

l

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012,

the

Cou

ncil

shal

l con

side

r any

thre

at

to th

e lif

e su

ppor

ting

capa

city

of t

he C

oast

al

Mar

ine

Area

.” O

r wor

ds

to th

at e

ffec

t.

Effe

cts)

Act

201

2, th

e C

ounc

il sh

all c

onsi

der

any

thre

at to

the

life

supp

ortin

g ca

paci

ty o

f th

e C

oast

al M

arin

e Ar

ea.”

M

inis

ter

and

Dep

artm

ent o

f Con

serv

atio

n (M

OC

)

Ref

eren

ce

Dec

isio

ns R

eque

sted

G

ener

al

Rep

lace

“sh

ould

” w

ith “

shal

l” o

r “do

” in

Pol

icie

s etc

. th

roug

hout

the

who

le

docu

men

t

R

ejec

t: C

ounc

il’s

expe

rienc

e ha

s not

ed th

at

coop

erat

ion

has b

een

dem

onst

rate

d to

be

mor

e ef

fect

ive

in th

e C

hath

ams

cont

ext,

than

a m

ore

coer

cive

app

roac

h. It

is

cons

ider

ed th

at th

e us

e of

“s

houl

d” b

ette

r ref

lect

s thi

s.

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n R

ejec

t. N

o ch

ange

re

quire

d. I

t is a

ccep

ted

that

the

use

of “

shou

ld”

refle

cts t

he C

hath

ams

uniq

ue c

onte

xt a

nd g

ives

su

ffic

ient

dire

ctio

n.

3.2.

2 Pa

rt 3,

Pg.

14,

pr

ovid

e fo

r “in

clus

ion

of in

vasi

ve

mac

roph

ytes

” in

the

Issu

es se

ctio

n.

Pa

rtly

Acc

ept:

It is

ac

cept

ed th

at in

vasi

ve

mac

roph

ytes

cou

ld b

e an

is

sue

for t

he C

hath

ams,

but

the

sugg

este

d in

clus

ion

Acc

ept:

It is

acc

epte

d th

at

inva

sive

mac

roph

ytes

co

uld

be a

n is

sue

for t

he

Cha

tham

s. A

dd to

3.2

.2 a

fo

urth

Issu

e to

read

,

Acc

ept.

We

acce

pt is

ap

prop

riate

to in

clud

e th

is

as a

new

issu

e in

the

Sect

ions

3.2

, 3.4

and

3.5

. A

dd a

new

issu

e to

Sec

tion

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ld b

e be

tter e

xpre

ssed

w

ithin

3.6

“N

atur

al

Feat

ures

” 3.

6.2(

iii) t

o re

ad,

thre

ats t

o th

e na

tura

l en

viro

nmen

t of t

he Is

land

s fr

om in

vasi

ve m

acro

phyt

es.

thre

ats t

o th

e na

tura

l en

viro

nmen

t of t

he Is

land

s fr

om in

vasi

ve

mac

roph

ytes

. Als

o ad

d as

an

Issu

e in

Par

t 3.5

, "C

oast

al E

nviro

nmen

t" in

3.

5.2

and

in P

art 3

.4,

"Wat

er R

esou

rces

" in

3.4.

2.

3.2.

2, 3

.4.2

and

3.5

.2 to

re

ad –

“Th

reat

s to

the

natu

ral e

nvir

onm

ent o

f the

Is

land

s fro

m in

vasi

ve

mac

roph

ytes

”. A

lso

add

as

an Is

sue

in S

ectio

n 3.

5.2

and

Sect

ion

3.4.

2.

3.5

Coa

stal

E

nvir

onm

ent

Pg. 1

7-19

, inc

lude

m

easu

res t

o pr

even

t es

tabl

ishm

ent o

f ag

gres

sive

exo

tic

mac

roph

ytes

A

ccep

t: S

ectio

n 3.

5,

“Coa

stal

Env

ironm

ent”

is

larg

ely

a di

scus

sion

sect

ion

and

the

sugg

este

d m

easu

res

are

bette

r exp

ress

ed w

ithin

4.

2 W

ater

Res

ourc

es a

nd

4.3,

Coa

stal

Env

ironm

ent

Sect

ion

as a

n ad

ditio

nal

Obj

ectiv

e an

d Po

licy.

C

urre

ntly

Cou

ncil

does

not

ha

ve th

e kn

owle

dge

or

expe

rtise

to d

evel

op su

ch

mea

sure

s and

an

Obj

ectiv

e is

to b

e ad

ded

to 4

.2 a

nd 4

.3

to se

ek th

e ac

tive

invo

lvem

ent o

f DO

C a

nd

othe

r age

ncie

s in

deve

lopi

ng m

easu

res.

The

Obj

ectiv

e un

der 4

.2.1

an

d 4.

3.1

to re

ad, T

o de

velo

p m

easu

res i

n

Acc

ept:

With

the

addi

tion

that

the

Obj

ectiv

e un

der 4

.2.1

and

4.3

.1 to

re

ad, T

o de

velo

p m

easu

res

in c

oope

ratio

n w

ith a

ll ag

enci

es to

pre

vent

the

esta

blis

hmen

t of

aggr

essi

ve e

xotic

m

acro

phyt

es.

Acc

ept.

It is

acc

epte

d th

at

a m

ulti-

agen

cy a

ppro

ach

is

nece

ssar

y to

pre

vent

the

esta

blis

hmen

t of u

nwan

ted

exot

ic m

acro

phyt

es. A

dd

an O

bjec

tive

unde

r Se

ctio

ns 4

.2.1

and

4.3

.1 to

re

ad -

“To

deve

lop

mea

sure

s in

coop

erat

ion

with

all

agen

cies

to

prev

ent t

he e

stab

lishm

ent

of a

ggre

ssiv

e ex

otic

m

acro

phyt

es.”

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ion

with

all

agen

cies

to p

reve

nt th

e es

tabl

ishm

ent o

f agg

ress

ive

exot

ic m

acro

phyt

es.

3.5

Coa

stal

E

nvir

onm

ent

Add

stat

emen

t to

Coa

stal

Sec

tion

on

thre

ats f

rom

inva

sive

sp

ecie

s

A

ccep

t: In

add

ition

to th

e ne

w Is

sue

on in

vasi

ve

mac

roph

ytes

in 3

.5.2

, on

page

18

add

a pa

ragr

aph

afte

r par

a 7.

The

coa

stal

en

viro

nmen

t of t

he Is

land

s fa

ces t

hrea

ts fr

om

aggr

essi

ve e

xotic

m

acro

phyt

es.

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n A

ccep

t: In

add

ition

to th

e ne

w Is

sue

on in

vasi

ve

mac

roph

ytes

in 3

.5.2

, on

page

18,

add

a p

arag

raph

af

ter p

arag

raph

7. T

he

coas

tal e

nvir

onm

ent o

f the

Is

land

s fac

es th

reat

s fro

m

aggr

essi

ve e

xotic

m

acro

phyt

es.

Add

the

follo

win

g se

nten

ce

to se

ctio

n 4.

3.1

Rea

sons

“Cou

ncil

in c

oope

ratio

n w

ith o

ther

age

ncie

s is a

lso

com

mitt

ed to

taki

ng st

eps

to st

op th

e sp

read

of

pest

s”.

3.6

Nat

ural

Fe

atur

es

Iden

tify

and

list:

Embe

rger

ia,

Myo

sotid

iym

, Le

pidi

um re

kohu

nese

Pa

rtly

Acc

ept:

DO

C h

as

been

requ

este

d to

aid

the

Cou

ncil

in th

is, a

s it i

s cu

rren

tly o

utsi

de th

e C

ounc

ils a

rea

of

com

pete

nce.

If th

is

info

rmat

ion

is fo

rthco

min

g it

is su

gges

ted

that

it b

e

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n. It

is

sugg

este

d D

OC

is

requ

este

d to

pro

vide

the

requ

ired

info

rmat

ion

to

the

Com

mis

sion

ers w

ithin

a

spec

ified

tim

e. In

ad

ditio

n, th

e in

form

atio

n ca

n be

add

ed to

the

Part

ly A

ccep

t. T

here

was

no

t eno

ugh

info

rmat

ion

avai

labl

e to

incl

ude

sign

ifica

nt si

tes o

f in

dige

nous

veg

etat

ion

at

the

time

of th

e re

view

. A

co

llabo

rativ

e ap

proa

ch is

ne

ed to

iden

tify

sign

ifica

nt

natu

ral f

eatu

res.

Suc

h si

tes

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adde

d to

the

CIR

MD

as a

Pl

an C

hang

e.

CIR

MD

as a

tech

nica

l co

rrec

tion.

ca

n be

add

ed to

the

CIR

MD

as a

pla

n ch

ange

. 4.

2.1.

2 In

clud

e a

Met

hod

to

impl

emen

t the

NPS

fo

r Fre

shw

ater

M

anag

emen

t

Pa

rtly

Acc

ept:

The

Cou

ncil

fully

acc

epts

the

nece

ssity

to

giv

e ef

fect

to N

atio

nal

Polic

y St

atem

ents

. H

owev

er, t

he C

ounc

il do

es

not p

osse

ss th

e re

sour

ces t

o gi

ve fu

ll ef

fect

to th

is N

PS

at th

is p

oint

and

to th

e ha

lt th

e pl

an p

roce

ss w

hile

a

prog

ram

me

of

impl

emen

tatio

n w

as

deve

lope

d w

ould

lead

to a

de

lay

in w

hich

the

requ

irem

ent t

o re

view

the

CIR

MD

wou

ld n

ot b

e m

et.

In a

dditi

on, t

he fr

eshw

ater

m

anag

emen

t iss

ues f

acin

g th

e C

hath

am Is

land

s are

of a

m

inor

nat

ure

and

a nu

mbe

r of

the

issu

es a

re a

lread

y de

alt w

ith in

the

Prop

osed

C

IRM

D.

Sect

ion

4.2,

Wat

er

Res

ourc

es a

lread

y co

ntai

ns

thos

e in

terim

Pol

icie

s re

quire

d to

be

inse

rted

into

th

e C

IRM

D b

y th

e N

PS

(New

Pol

icy

4.2.

1.1(

iv))

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n an

d ac

cord

ingl

y it

is su

gges

ted

a “p

roce

ss”

Obj

ectiv

e is

in

clud

ed in

4.2

Wat

er

Res

ourc

es, t

o si

gnal

the

Cou

ncils

inte

ntio

n to

de

velo

p an

im

plem

enta

tion

prog

ram

me

as a

ppro

pria

te

to th

e Is

land

s.

DO

C c

ritic

ised

the

sam

ple

prog

ram

me

atta

ched

to

the

Sect

ion

42A

repo

rt bu

t th

is d

oes n

ot fo

rm p

art o

f th

e pl

an a

nd m

y un

ders

tand

ing

is th

at it

is

not o

pen

to su

bmis

sion

. In

any

eve

nt th

e tim

efra

mes

are

in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith N

PS o

n Fr

eshw

ater

Man

agem

ent.

Part

ly A

ccep

t. It

is

agre

ed th

at th

e co

nsid

erat

ion

of fr

eshw

ater

m

anag

emen

t iss

ues a

re n

ot

“of m

inor

nat

ure”

. H

owev

er, t

here

is n

o ev

iden

ce o

f any

“m

ajor

” th

reat

s to

the

Isla

nds

fres

hwat

er re

sour

ces.

We

acce

pt th

e pr

ovis

ions

of t

he

CIR

MD

incl

ude

the

inte

rim p

olic

ies w

hich

are

re

quire

d to

be

inse

rted

unde

r the

NPS

on

Fres

hwat

er M

anag

emen

t.

Giv

en th

e cu

rren

t lev

el o

f ris

k an

d th

e lim

ited

reso

urce

s of t

he C

ounc

il, it

is

app

ropr

iate

to in

clud

e a

new

obj

ectiv

e to

sect

ion

4.2.

1 O

bjec

tive

– W

ater

Q

uant

ity to

read

“To

de

velo

p a

prog

ram

me,

ap

prop

riat

e to

the

issu

es

faci

ng th

e C

hath

am

Isla

nds,

that

impl

emen

ts

the

Nat

iona

l Pol

icy

on

Fres

hwat

er M

anag

emen

t.

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[Not

e: th

is is

cur

rent

ly

show

n in

err

or a

s 4.

2.1.

1(iii

)] a

nd P

olic

y 4.

2.3.

1(vi

). A

“pr

oces

s” O

bjec

tive

is to

be

incl

uded

in 4

.2 W

ater

R

esou

rces

, to

sign

al th

e C

ounc

ils in

tent

ion

to

deve

lop

an im

plem

enta

tion

prog

ram

me

as a

ppro

pria

te

to th

e Is

land

s. Th

e su

gges

ted

wor

ding

of t

his

Obj

ectiv

e is

: To

deve

lop

a pr

ogra

mm

e, a

ppro

pria

te to

th

e is

sues

faci

ng th

e C

hath

am Is

land

s, to

im

plem

ent t

he N

atio

nal

Polic

y on

Fre

shw

ater

M

anag

emen

t. Th

is

prog

ram

me

will

be

impl

emen

ted

in a

stag

ed

man

ner a

nd P

olic

ies a

nd

Met

hods

will

be

incl

uded

th

roug

h ch

ange

s to

the

Cha

tham

Isla

nds R

esou

rce

Man

agem

ent D

ocum

ent.

Or

wor

ds to

that

eff

ect.

A

poss

ible

pro

gram

me

is

incl

uded

in A

ppen

dix

1 to

th

is re

port.

This

pro

gram

me

will

be

impl

emen

ted

in a

stag

ed

man

ner a

nd P

olic

ies a

nd

Met

hods

will

be

incl

uded

th

roug

h pl

an c

hang

es to

th

e C

hath

am Is

land

s Re

sour

ce M

anag

emen

t Ac

t”.

In a

dditi

on, t

he

follo

win

g ne

w se

nten

ce

shou

ld b

e ad

ded

to th

e en

d of

the

para

grap

h un

der

Rea

sons

– “

Cou

ncil

is a

lso

requ

ired

to g

ive

effe

ct to

th

e N

PS o

n Fr

eshw

ater

an

d w

ill p

rogr

essi

vely

ad

dres

s thi

s mat

ter”

.

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dditi

on, i

n th

e “R

easo

ns”

unde

r the

new

O

bjec

tive,

add

the

impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

NPS

.

4.2.

1.2

Incl

ude

a M

etho

d to

im

plem

ent t

he N

PS

for F

resh

wat

er

Man

agem

ent

Pa

rtly

Acc

ept:

As a

bove

Se

e 4.

2.1.

2 ab

ove

for

appr

oach

in re

spec

t of

NPS

Fre

shw

ater

Part

ly A

ccep

t. T

he

addi

tion

of a

new

obj

ectiv

e to

sect

ion

4.2.

1 O

bjec

tive

– W

ater

Qua

ntity

add

ress

es

the

stag

ed a

nd p

rogr

essi

ve

impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

NPS

fo

r Fre

shw

ater

M

anag

emen

t. 4.

2.1.

2 In

clud

e M

etho

ds to

im

plem

ent t

he N

PS

for F

resh

wat

er

Man

agem

ent f

or fl

ow

setti

ng a

nd w

ater

al

loca

tion

Pa

rtly

Acc

ept:

As a

bove

Se

e 4.

2.1.

2 ab

ove

for

appr

oach

in re

spec

t of

NPS

Fre

shw

ater

Part

ly A

ccep

t. T

he

addi

tion

of a

new

obj

ectiv

e to

sect

ion

4.2.

1 O

bjec

tive

– W

ater

Qua

ntity

add

ress

es

the

stag

ed a

nd p

rogr

essi

ve

impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

NPS

fo

r Fre

shw

ater

M

anag

emen

t. W

ater

Q

ualit

y 4.

2.3

4.2.

3 In

clud

e M

etho

ds to

im

plem

ent t

he N

PS

for F

resh

wat

er

Man

agem

ent t

o ac

hiev

e

Obj

ectiv

e 4.

2.3

Pa

rtly

Acc

ept:

As a

bove

Se

e 4.

2.1.

2 ab

ove

for

appr

oach

in re

spec

t of

NPS

Fre

shw

ater

Part

ly A

ccep

t. T

he

addi

tion

of a

new

obj

ectiv

e to

sect

ion

4.2.

1 O

bjec

tive

– W

ater

Qua

ntity

add

ress

es

the

stag

ed a

nd p

rogr

essi

ve

impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

NPS

fo

r Fre

shw

ater

M

anag

emen

t.

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4.2.

3.1

4.2.

3.1

Incl

ude

prov

isio

ns to

pro

tect

bi

odiv

ersi

ty v

alue

s

R

ejec

t: A

lthou

gh

biod

iver

sity

val

ues a

re n

ot

spec

ifica

lly m

entio

ned,

it is

co

nsid

ered

that

pro

tect

ion

of su

ch v

alue

s are

inhe

rent

in

Pol

icy

4.2.

3.1,

e.g

. 4.

2.3.

1(i)

and

(vi)

Acc

ept:

It is

con

side

red

appr

opria

te to

incl

ude

biod

iver

sity

val

ues.

Acc

ept.

It is

app

ropr

iate

to

incl

ude

refe

renc

e to

bi

odiv

ersi

ty v

alue

s. A

dd –

“b

iodi

vers

ity v

alue

s” to

se

ctio

n 4.

2.3.

1 Po

licie

s.

Te

Wha

nga

4.2.

4.1

4.2.

4 Te

Wha

nga:

Pr

ovis

ions

to p

rote

ct

Te W

hang

a, in

clud

ing

inte

grat

ed c

atch

men

t m

anag

emen

t

R

ejec

t: It

is c

onsi

dere

d th

at

Polic

y 4.

2.3.

1 (e

.g.

4.2.

4.1(

ii)) c

onta

ins

suff

icie

nt d

etai

l to

prot

ect

Te W

hang

a

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n R

ejec

t. N

o ch

ange

re

quire

d. W

e ag

ree

that

Po

licy

4.2.

3.1

cont

ains

su

ffic

ient

det

ail t

o pr

otec

t Te

Wha

nga.

4.

4.1.

1 4.

4.1.

1: d

elet

e “s

houl

d” fr

om P

olic

y

Rej

ect:

Cou

ncil’

s ex

perie

nce

has n

oted

that

co

oper

atio

n ha

s bee

n de

mon

stra

ted

to b

e m

ore

effe

ctiv

e in

the

Cha

tham

s co

ntex

t, th

an a

mor

e co

erci

ve a

ppro

ach.

It is

co

nsid

ered

that

the

use

of

“sho

uld”

bet

ter r

efle

cts t

his

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n R

ejec

t. N

o ch

ange

re

quire

d. W

e ag

ree

with

th

e R

epor

ting

Off

icer

that

us

e of

“sh

ould

” is

ap

prop

riate

giv

en th

e C

ounc

il’s c

oerc

ive

appr

oach

.

Gen

eral

G

ive

effe

ct to

the

NZC

PS: p

rese

rvat

ion

of

natu

ral c

hara

cter

, ou

tsta

ndin

g na

tura

l la

ndsc

apes

, ind

igen

ous

biod

iver

sity

, dis

char

ges,

wat

er q

ualit

y,

Pa

rtly

Acc

ept:

The

Cou

ncil

fully

acc

epts

the

nece

ssity

to

giv

e ef

fect

to N

atio

nal

Polic

y St

atem

ents

. H

owev

er, t

he C

ounc

il do

es

not p

osse

ss th

e re

sour

ces t

o gi

ve fu

ll ef

fect

to th

is

NZC

PS a

t thi

s poi

nt a

nd th

e

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n an

d ac

cord

ingl

y it

is su

gges

ted

that

a “

proc

ess”

Obj

ectiv

e be

incl

uded

in 4

.3 C

oast

al

Envi

ronm

ent,

to si

gnal

the

Cou

ncils

inte

ntio

n to

de

velo

p an

Partl

y A

ccep

t. T

he D

OC

se

eks a

tim

efra

me

for

impl

emen

tatio

n to

mea

sure

pr

ogre

ss a

gain

st.

How

ever

, the

Cou

ncil

need

s suf

ficie

nt ti

me

and

reso

urce

s to

give

full

effe

ct

to th

e pr

ovis

ions

of t

he

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prec

autio

nary

app

roac

h,

bios

ecur

ity

halt

the

plan

pro

cess

whi

le a

pr

ogra

mm

e of

im

plem

enta

tion

was

de

velo

ped

wou

ld le

ad to

a

dela

y in

whi

ch th

e re

quire

men

t to

revi

ew th

e C

IRM

D w

ould

not

be

met

. In

add

ition

, the

coa

stal

m

anag

emen

t iss

ues f

acin

g th

e C

hath

am Is

land

s are

of a

m

inor

nat

ure

and

a nu

mbe

r of

the

issu

es a

re a

lread

y de

alt w

ith in

the

Prop

osed

C

IRM

D.

It is

sugg

este

d th

at a

“p

roce

ss”

Obj

ectiv

e be

in

clud

ed in

4.3

Coa

stal

En

viro

nmen

t, to

sign

al th

e C

ounc

ils in

tent

ion

to

deve

lop

an im

plem

enta

tion

prog

ram

me

as a

ppro

pria

te

to th

e Is

land

s. Th

e su

gges

ted

wor

ding

of t

his

Obj

ectiv

e is

: To

deve

lop

a pr

ogra

mm

e, a

ppro

pria

te to

th

e is

sues

faci

ng th

e C

hath

am Is

land

s, to

im

plem

ent t

he N

ew Z

eala

nd

Coa

stal

Pol

icy

Stat

emen

t. Th

is p

rogr

amm

e w

ill b

e

impl

emen

tatio

n pr

ogra

mm

e as

app

ropr

iate

to

the

Isla

nds.

NZC

PS.

It is

acc

epte

d th

at

incl

udin

g a

‘pro

cess

’ ob

ject

ive

wou

ld g

ive

certa

inty

that

the

prov

isio

ns w

ill b

e im

plem

ente

d pr

ogre

ssiv

ely

in a

stag

ed m

anne

r. A

dd

the

follo

win

g ne

w

obje

ctiv

e to

sect

ion

4.3

– “T

o de

velo

p a

prog

ram

me,

ap

prop

riat

e to

the

issu

es

faci

ng th

e C

hath

am

Isla

nds,

to im

plem

ent t

he

New

Zea

land

Coa

stal

Po

licy

Stat

emen

t. Th

is

prog

ram

me

will

be

impl

emen

ted

in a

stag

ed

man

ner a

nd P

olic

ies a

nd

Met

hods

will

be

incl

uded

th

roug

h ch

ange

s to

the

Cha

tham

Isla

nds R

esou

rce

Man

agem

ent D

ocum

ent.”

A

dd th

e fo

llow

ing

sent

ence

to

the

sect

ion

4.3

Rea

sons

“Cou

ncil

is a

lso

requ

ired

to

giv

e ef

fect

to th

e N

ZCPS

an

d w

ill p

rogr

essi

vely

ad

dres

s thi

s mat

ter”

.

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impl

emen

ted

in a

stag

ed

man

ner a

nd P

olic

ies a

nd

Met

hods

will

be

incl

uded

th

roug

h ch

ange

s to

the

Cha

tham

Isla

nds R

esou

rce

Man

agem

ent D

ocum

ent.

In

add

ition

, add

into

the

“Rea

sons

” un

der t

his n

ew

Obj

ectiv

e, a

dd th

e re

quire

men

t to

give

eff

ect t

o th

e N

ZCPS

. Pa

rt 7

Pa

rt 7

appe

ndic

es;

App

1: A

pply

cor

rect

sc

ient

ific

nam

es

A

ccep

t: D

OC

has

bee

n re

ques

ted

to a

id th

e C

ounc

il in

this

, as i

t is c

urre

ntly

ou

tsid

e th

e C

ounc

il’s a

rea

of c

ompe

tenc

e. If

this

hel

p is

forth

com

ing,

it is

su

gges

ted

that

it b

e ad

ded

to

the

CIR

MD

as t

echn

ical

am

endm

ents

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n an

d it

is

sugg

este

d D

OC

is

requ

este

d to

pro

vide

the

requ

ired

info

rmat

ion

to

the

Com

mis

sion

ers w

ithin

a

spec

ified

tim

e. In

ad

ditio

n, th

e in

form

atio

n ca

n be

add

ed to

the

CIR

MD

as a

tech

nica

l co

rrec

tion.

Acc

ept.

DO

C h

ave

been

gi

ven

the

oppo

rtuni

ty to

pr

ovid

e su

gges

ted

incl

usio

ns sc

ient

ific

nam

es

for s

peci

es li

sted

in th

e C

IRM

D.

Thes

e ha

ve b

een

incl

uded

thro

ugho

ut th

e do

cum

ent w

here

ap

prop

riate

.

Part

7

Part

7 ap

pend

ices

; A

reas

of S

igni

fican

t N

atur

al V

alue

s:

Prov

ide

for p

rote

ctio

n of

the

liste

d ha

bita

t ty

pes (

8 pr

ovid

ed)

A

ccep

t: P

rovi

sion

for

prot

ectio

n w

ould

be

bette

r in

clud

ed in

4.5

.1.1

. It i

s su

gges

ted

that

cla

use

(f) o

f th

is P

olic

y be

del

eted

and

re

plac

ed w

ith a

new

Pol

icy

4.5.

1.1(

ii) b

e ad

ded

to re

ad:

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n A

ccep

t. A

ccep

t Rep

ortin

g O

ffic

er’s

reco

mm

enda

tion.

D

elet

e se

ctio

n 4.

5.1.

1 Po

licie

s (i)(

f).

Add

the

follo

win

g ne

w se

ctio

n 4.

5.1.

1 “(

ii) -

To p

rote

ct

the

iden

tifie

d

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To p

rote

ct th

e id

entif

ied

char

acte

rist

ics o

f the

ou

tsta

ndin

g la

ndsc

ape

or

natu

ral f

eatu

re fr

om th

e ad

vers

e ef

fect

s of u

se a

nd

deve

lopm

ent.

char

acte

rist

ics o

f the

ou

tsta

ndin

g la

ndsc

apes

or

natu

ral f

eatu

res f

rom

ad

vers

e ef

fect

s of u

se a

nd

deve

lopm

ent.”

M

inor

tech

nica

l co

rrec

tions

: a n

umbe

r of

min

or te

chni

cal

corr

ectio

ns a

re su

bmitt

ed

A

ccep

t N

o ch

ange

to

reco

mm

enda

tion

Acc

ept.

Cha

nges

mad

e as

ap

prop

riate

thro

ugho

ut th

e do

cum

ent.

Her

itage

New

Zea

land

Pou

here

Tao

nga

(HN

Z)

Ref

eren

ce

Dec

isio

ns R

eque

sted

A

ppen

dix

3 •

App

endi

x 3

– si

x ad

ditio

nal p

lace

s to

be a

dded

Pa

rtly

Acc

ept:

On

the

advi

ce o

f HN

Z an

d up

on

agre

emen

t with

the

land

owne

r, ad

d 6

addi

tiona

l pl

aces

to A

ppen

dix

3. A

s set

ou

t in

the

Rea

sons

and

Ex

plan

atio

n to

4.4

.1.2

in th

e C

IRM

D C

ounc

il ha

s ge

nera

lly re

lied

on a

vo

lunt

ary

appr

oach

or

reco

gnis

ed li

sts i

n id

entif

ying

item

s/si

tes.

*

See

Repo

rt fo

r ful

l tex

t.

Part

ly A

ccep

t: O

n th

e ad

vice

of H

NZ

at th

e he

arin

g, th

e pl

aces

shou

ld

not b

e ad

ded

to th

e C

IRM

D S

ched

ule

at th

is

time

as th

e ag

reem

ent o

f th

e la

ndow

ners

has

not

be

en se

cure

d in

rela

tion

to

the

orig

inal

ly re

ques

ted

six

addi

tiona

l pla

ces.

Part

ly A

ccep

t. Th

e pa

rties

ag

reed

at t

he h

earin

g th

at

addi

tiona

l pla

ces s

houl

d on

ly b

e ad

ded

with

the

agre

emen

t of l

ando

wne

rs.

No

chan

ge re

quire

d.

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Gen

eral

Rel

ax o

pera

tive

rule

s on

inte

rnal

alte

ratio

ns

A

ccep

t: C

over

ed in

det

aile

d re

spon

se

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n A

ccep

t. N

o ch

ange

s re

quire

d.

HN

Z ha

ppy

to

prov

ide

herit

age

advi

ce

A

ccep

t: C

ounc

il is

hap

py to

ac

cept

this

adv

ice

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n A

ccep

t. N

o ch

ange

s re

quire

d.

HN

Z co

-ope

ratio

n to

w

ork

on in

vent

ory

of

cultu

ral s

ites

A

ccep

t: C

ounc

il is

hap

py to

ac

cept

that

coo

pera

tion

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n A

ccep

t. N

o ch

ange

s re

quire

d.

Firs

t pag

e –

add

to

para

1 (i

v) “

Her

itage

New

Ze

alan

d ar

chae

olog

ical

au

thor

ity e

tc”

A

ccep

t: M

ake

the

requ

ired

chan

ge

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n Fi

rst p

age

– ad

d to

par

a 1

(iv) “

… H

erita

ge N

ew

Zeal

and

arch

aeol

ogic

al

auth

ority

etc

.”

Acc

ept.

Mak

e ad

ditio

n as

re

com

men

ded

by th

e R

epor

ting

Off

icer

.

Her

itage

It

ems

• Pa

rt 3,

3.7

: ado

pt k

ey

term

“hi

stor

ic

herit

age”

from

RM

A

in 3

.7 a

nd 4

.6

A

ccep

t: A

dopt

the

term

, “h

isto

ric h

erita

ge”

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n

Acc

ept.

Mak

e ad

ditio

ns

thro

ugho

ut th

e do

cum

ent,

as re

com

men

ded

by th

e R

epor

ting

Off

icer

. G

ener

al

• Pr

ovid

e gu

idan

ce

with

in C

IRM

D o

n in

form

atio

n to

be

prov

ided

with

ap

plic

atio

ns

Pa

rtly

Acc

ept:

It is

co

nsid

ered

that

such

gu

idan

ce c

ould

bes

t be

prov

ided

out

side

the

stat

utor

y do

cum

ent s

o th

at it

ca

n be

am

ende

d w

ithou

t fo

rmal

ity. C

onsi

der

prov

idin

g a

guid

ance

leaf

let,

or si

mila

r.

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n

Part

ly A

ccep

t. W

e ag

ree

with

the

Rep

ortin

g O

ffic

er

that

such

gui

danc

e is

bes

t pr

ovid

ed o

utsi

de th

e st

atut

ory

docu

men

t so

that

it

can

be a

men

ded

with

out

form

ality

. The

Cou

ncil

shou

ld c

onsi

der p

rovi

ding

a

guid

ance

leaf

let,

or si

mila

r w

ith g

uida

nce

from

sect

ion

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88 a

nd S

ched

ule

4 of

the

RM

A.

Her

itage

It

ems

• 1.

2.1

(p4,

Her

itage

si

tes)

: am

end

1.2.

1 to

re

ad, “

Appe

ndix

3

prov

ides

a sc

hedu

le

of h

erita

ge b

uild

ings

an

d si

tes t

o w

hich

sp

ecifi

c ru

les o

f the

re

sour

ce m

anag

emen

t do

cum

ent a

pply

.”

And

del

ete

curr

ent

text

A

ccep

t: M

ake

the

requ

ired

amen

dmen

ts

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n 1.

2.1

(p4,

Her

itage

site

s):

amen

d 1.

2.1

to re

ad,

“App

endi

x 3

prov

ides

a

sche

dule

of h

erita

ge

build

ings

and

site

s to

whi

ch sp

ecifi

c ru

les o

f the

re

sour

ce m

anag

emen

t do

cum

ent a

pply

.” A

nd

dele

te c

urre

nt te

xt

Acc

ept.

We

agre

e w

ith th

e R

epor

ting

Off

icer

’s

reco

mm

enda

tion

to a

men

d se

ctio

n 1.

2.1

to re

ad -

“App

endi

x 3

prov

ides

a

sche

dule

of h

erita

ge

build

ings

and

site

s to

whi

ch sp

ecifi

c ru

les o

f the

re

sour

ce m

anag

emen

t do

cum

ent a

pply

.” a

nd

dele

te th

e or

igin

al te

xt.

1.3

• 1

.3: R

etai

n th

ese

prov

isio

ns

A

ccep

t N

o ch

ange

to

reco

mm

enda

tion

Acc

ept.

No

chan

ge

requ

ired.

Invo

lvem

ent o

f Iw

i 2.2

2.2:

Ret

ain

but c

heck

M

orio

ri te

rmin

olog

y

Acc

ept

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n

Acc

ept.

No

chan

ge

requ

ired.

Sust

aina

ble

Man

agem

ent

3.2

• 3

.2 R

etai

n

A

ccep

t N

o ch

ange

to

reco

mm

enda

tion

Acc

ept.

No

chan

ge

requ

ired.

Iwi

Pers

pect

ive

3.3

• 3.

3 (p

15) 3

.3.2

(i)

Am

end

issu

e 3.

3.2(

i) to

read

: “D

amag

e to

kn

own

and

unre

cord

ed w

ahi t

apu

site

s thr

ough

out t

he

isla

nds i

nclu

ding

in

A

ccep

t: M

ake

the

requ

ired

addi

tion,

but

reta

in th

e ex

ampl

es to

read

: “D

amag

e to

kno

wn

and

unre

cord

ed

wah

i tap

u si

tes t

hrou

ghou

t th

e is

land

s, in

clud

ing

in

sand

dun

es, f

ores

t and

kop

i

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n

Acc

ept.

We

agre

e w

ith th

e R

epor

ting

Off

icer

’s

reco

mm

enda

tion

to a

men

d se

ctio

n 3.

3.2(

i) to

read

-“D

amag

e to

kno

wn

and

unre

cord

ed w

ahi t

apu

site

s th

roug

hout

the

isla

nds,

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sand

dun

es, f

ores

t and

ko

pi g

rove

s, fr

om

activ

ities

such

as

stoc

k gr

azin

g in

un

fenc

ed a

reas

.”

grov

es, f

rom

act

iviti

es su

ch

as st

ock

graz

ing

in u

nfen

ced

area

s.”

incl

udin

g in

sand

dun

es,

fore

st a

nd k

opi g

rove

s, fr

om a

ctiv

ities

such

as

stoc

k gr

azin

g in

unf

ence

d ar

eas.”

Is

sues

3.4

.2

• 3

.4.2

Issu

e (ii

) Ret

ain

A

ccep

t N

o ch

ange

to

reco

mm

enda

tion

Acc

ept.

No

chan

ge

requ

ired.

Coa

stal

E

nvir

onm

ent

: Iss

ue

3.5.

2

• 3

.5.2

Issu

e (ii

) Ret

ain

A

ccep

t N

o ch

ange

to

reco

mm

enda

tion

Acc

ept.

No

chan

ge

requ

ired.

Her

itage

It

ems 3

.7

• 3.

7 H

erita

ge It

ems:

Add

or

am

end:

3.7

His

tori

c H

erita

ge It

ems1

6 3.

7.1

Bac

kgro

und

“His

tori

c H

erita

ge

Item

s” a

dd a

fter

seco

nd se

nten

ce, “

The

prot

ectio

n of

his

tori

c he

rita

ge fr

om

inap

prop

riat

e su

bdiv

isio

n, u

se a

nd

deve

lopm

ent i

s a m

atte

r of

nat

iona

l im

port

ance

un

der S

ectio

n 6(

f) of

th

e Ac

t req

uire

s tha

t pa

rticu

lar r

egar

d is

to

be h

ad to

thei

r

R

ejec

t: It

is c

onsi

dere

d th

at

this

wor

ding

exp

ress

es th

e st

ance

take

n by

HN

Z an

d is

ou

t-of-

plac

e in

the

CIR

MD

.

Part

ly A

ccep

t: M

ake

the

requ

ired

chan

ges,

exce

pt

for:

Sinc

e th

e la

st C

IRM

D

beca

me

oper

ativ

e, a

C

hath

am Is

land

hou

se o

n th

e N

ew Z

eala

nd H

erita

ge

List

that

was

not

pro

tect

ed

by th

e do

cum

ent h

as b

een

dem

olis

hed

and

a fu

rthe

r ho

use

on P

itt Is

land

has

be

en lo

st th

roug

h fir

e.

Also

, ear

thw

orks

as

soci

ated

with

new

in

fras

truc

ture

hav

e di

stur

bed

arch

aeol

ogic

al

site

s. Al

so, e

arth

wor

ks

Part

ly A

ccep

t. A

men

d “H

erita

ge It

ems”

to

“His

tori

c H

erita

ge”.

D

elet

e th

e se

cond

sent

ence

in

sect

ion

3.7.

1 an

d in

sert

“The

pro

tect

ion

of h

isto

ric

heri

tage

from

in

appr

opri

ate

subd

ivis

ion,

us

e an

d de

velo

pmen

t is a

m

atte

r of n

atio

nal

impo

rtan

ce u

nder

Sec

tion

6(f)

of th

e Ac

t and

Cou

ncil

is re

quir

ed to

reco

gnis

e an

d pr

ovid

e fo

r it.

Add

-

“All

of th

e C

hath

am Is

land

s ar

e ri

ch in

arc

haeo

logy

an

d m

Man

y iw

i site

s are

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reco

gniti

on a

nd

prot

ectio

n an

d C

ounc

il is

requ

ired

to re

cogn

ize

and

prov

ide

for i

t.”

“Exa

mpl

es o

f his

tori

c he

ritag

e ite

ms

and

add

third

sent

ence

, “Al

l of

the

Cha

tham

Isla

nds

are

rich

in a

rcha

eolo

gy

and

m M

any

iwi s

ites

are

conc

entra

ted

on th

e co

ast,

incl

udin

g m

any

urup

a in

the

sand

du

nes.”

Th

e H

erita

ge N

ew

Zeal

and

Pouh

ere

Taon

ga H

isto

ric P

lace

s A

ct 1

993

2014

(H

NZP

TA) r

equi

res

Her

itage

New

Zea

land

H

isto

ric P

lace

s Tru

st to

es

tabl

ish

and

mai

ntai

n a

regi

ster

list

of h

isto

ric

plac

es, h

isto

ric a

reas

, w

ahi t

apu,

wah

i tup

una

and

wah

i tap

u ar

eas.

This

list

is c

alle

d th

e N

ew Z

eala

nd H

erita

ge

List

/Rar

angi

Kor

ero

and

it in

clud

es e

ight

asso

ciat

ed w

ith n

ew

infr

astr

uctu

re h

ave

dist

urbe

d ar

chae

olog

ical

si

tes.

conc

entra

ted

on th

e co

ast,

incl

udin

g m

any

urup

a in

th

e sa

nd d

unes

.” D

elet

e th

ird p

arag

raph

and

inse

rt ne

par

agra

ph to

read

- Th

e H

erita

ge N

ew Z

eala

nd

Pouh

ere

Taon

ga H

isto

ric

Plac

es A

ct 1

993

2014

(H

NZP

TA) r

equi

res

Her

itage

New

Zea

land

H

isto

ric

Plac

es T

rust

to

esta

blis

h an

d m

aint

ain

a re

gist

er li

st o

f his

toric

pl

aces

, his

tori

c ar

eas,

wah

i ta

pu, w

ahi t

upun

a an

d w

ahi t

apu

area

s. Th

is li

st is

ca

lled

the

New

Zea

land

H

erita

ge L

ist/R

aran

gi

Kor

ero

and

it in

clud

es

eigh

t bui

ldin

gs a

nd o

ne

stat

ue o

n C

hath

am Is

land

an

d on

e bu

ildin

g on

Pit

Isla

nd. O

ne o

f the

pur

pose

s of

the

List

is to

pro

vide

in

form

atio

n ab

out h

isto

ric

heri

tage

for t

he p

urpo

se o

f th

e Re

sour

ce M

anag

emen

t Ac

t 199

1. In

clus

ion

on th

e Li

st W

hile

thes

e bu

ildin

gs

are

regi

ster

ed u

nder

the

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build

ings

and

one

st

atue

on

Cha

tham

Is

land

and

one

bui

ldin

g on

Pit

Isla

nd. O

ne o

f th

e pu

rpos

es o

f the

Lis

t is

to p

rovi

de

info

rmat

ion

abou

t hi

stor

ic h

erita

ge fo

r the

pu

rpos

e of

the

Reso

urce

Man

agem

ent

Act 1

991.

Incl

usio

n on

th

e Li

st W

hile

thes

e bu

ildin

gs a

re re

gist

ered

un

der t

he A

ct, t

his d

oes

not o

f its

elf p

rote

ct

agai

nst p

reve

nt

dem

oliti

on o

r dam

age.

H

owev

er, t

he re

sour

ce

man

agem

ent d

ocum

ent

prov

ides

an

oppo

rtun

ity

to p

rote

ct th

ese

plac

es

by in

clud

ing

them

on

a he

rita

ge sc

hedu

le a

nd

esta

blis

hing

ap

prop

riat

e ru

les t

o pr

otec

t his

tori

c he

rita

ge it

ems f

rom

in

appr

opri

ate

subd

ivis

ion

use

and

deve

lopm

ent.”

Act,

this

doe

s not

of i

tsel

f pr

otec

t aga

inst

pre

vent

de

mol

ition

or d

amag

e.

How

ever

, the

reso

urce

m

anag

emen

t doc

umen

t pr

ovid

es a

n op

port

unity

to

prot

ect t

hese

pla

ces b

y in

clud

ing

them

on

a he

rita

ge sc

hedu

le a

nd

esta

blis

hing

app

ropr

iate

ru

les t

o pr

otec

t his

tori

c he

rita

ge it

ems f

rom

in

appr

opri

ate

subd

ivis

ion

use

and

deve

lopm

ent.”

D

elet

e “O

ther

than

the

build

ings

ther

e ar

e no

oth

er

item

s on

the

Trus

t R

egis

ter.”

and

add

“Arc

haeo

logi

cal s

ites a

re

defin

ed in

the

Her

itage

N

ew Z

eala

nd P

ouhe

re

Taon

ga A

ct 2

014

as:

Any

plac

e in

New

Zea

land

, in

clud

ing

any

build

ing

or

stru

ctur

e (o

r par

t of a

bu

ildin

g or

stru

ctur

e) th

at-

• W

as a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith

hum

an a

ctiv

ity th

at

occu

rred

bef

ore

1900

or i

s

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Oth

er th

an th

e bu

ildin

gs th

ere

are

no

othe

r ite

ms o

n th

e Tr

ust

Reg

iste

r Ar

chae

olog

ical

site

s ar

e de

fined

in th

e H

erita

ge N

ew Z

eala

nd

Pouh

ere

Taon

ga A

ct

2014

as:

An

y pl

ace

in N

ew

Zeal

and,

incl

udin

g an

y bu

ildin

g or

stru

ctur

e (o

r pa

rt o

f a b

uild

ing

or

stru

ctur

e) th

at-

• W

as a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith

hum

an a

ctiv

ity th

at

occu

rred

bef

ore

1900

or

is th

e si

te o

f the

w

reck

of a

ny v

esse

l w

here

that

wre

ck

occu

rred

bef

ore

1900

; an

d •

Prov

ides

or m

ay

prov

ide,

thro

ugh

inve

stig

atio

n by

ar

chae

olog

ical

m

etho

ds, e

vide

nce

rela

ting

to th

e hi

stor

y of

New

Zea

land

.”

the

site

of t

he w

reck

of a

ny

vess

el w

here

that

wre

ck

occu

rred

bef

ore

1900

; and

Prov

ides

or m

ay

prov

ide,

thro

ugh

inve

stig

atio

n by

ar

chae

olog

ical

met

hods

, ev

iden

ce re

latin

g to

the

hist

ory

of N

ew Z

eala

nd.”

A

men

d th

e fif

th p

arag

raph

to

read

- Th

e m

odifi

catio

n or

des

truc

tion

of tT

hese

si

tes a

nd o

ther

unr

ecor

ded

site

s tha

t mee

t the

de

finiti

on o

f an

arch

aeol

ogic

al si

te u

nder

th

e H

isto

ric P

lace

s Act

19

93 a

re c

over

ed b

y th

at

Act

, whi

ch r

equi

res t

he

obta

inin

g of

an

auth

ority

th

at a

n au

thor

ity is

requ

ired

from

Her

itage

the

New

Ze

alan

d. H

isto

ric P

lace

s Tr

ust t

o m

odify

, dis

turb

or

dest

roy

a si

te.

Ther

e ar

e al

so a

num

ber o

f oth

er si

tes

whi

ch a

re n

ot re

cord

ed

unde

r the

NZA

A S

chem

e.

The

loca

tion

of th

ese

site

s

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“The

New

Zea

land

A

rcha

eolo

gica

l A

ssoc

iatio

n (N

ZAA

) Site

R

ecor

ding

Sch

eme

has

reco

rded

ove

r 700

ar

chae

olog

ical

site

s on

the

Cha

tham

s. Th

e m

odifi

catio

n or

de

stru

ctio

n of

t Th

ese

site

s and

oth

er

unre

cord

ed si

tes t

hat

mee

t the

def

initi

on o

f an

arch

aeol

ogic

al si

te u

nder

th

e H

isto

ric P

lace

s Act

19

93 a

re c

over

ed b

y th

at

Act

requ

ires t

he

obta

inin

g of

that

an

auth

ority

is re

quire

d fr

om

the

Her

itage

New

Ze

alan

d H

isto

ric P

lace

s Tr

ust t

o m

odify

, dis

turb

or

des

troy

a si

te. T

here

ar

e al

so a

num

ber o

f ot

her s

ites w

hich

are

not

re

cord

ed u

nder

the

NZA

A S

chem

e. T

he

loca

tion

of th

ese

site

s is

only

kno

wn

to th

e Iw

i w

ho m

aint

ain

a si

lent

file

an

d w

ho d

o no

t wis

h to

is o

nly

know

n to

the

imi/i

wi w

ho m

aint

ain

a si

lent

file

and

who

do

not

wis

h to

mak

e th

e si

tes

publ

ic.

Alth

ough

tThe

se

site

s are

unr

ecor

ded,

they

ar

e al

so c

over

ed b

y th

e pr

ovis

ions

of t

he

HN

ZPTA

.isto

ric P

lace

s Act

19

93.

Am

end

the

sixt

h pa

ragr

aph

to re

ad -

Site

s of

hist

oric

her

itage

ass

ists

to

pres

erve

the

iden

tity

of th

e is

land

s for

futu

re

gene

ratio

ns si

gnifi

canc

e ha

ve b

een

lost

or d

estro

yed

in th

e pa

st o

n th

e C

hath

ams

by d

evel

opm

ent o

r lan

d us

e an

d su

ch a

ctiv

ities

as

foss

icki

ng.

For e

xam

ple

rem

oval

of v

eget

atio

n ha

s le

d to

the

expo

sure

and

su

bseq

uent

loss

of t

he

dend

rogl

yphs

. R

eten

tion

of

such

item

s ass

ists

to

pres

erve

the

iden

tity

of th

e is

land

s for

futu

re

gene

ratio

ns.

His

tori

c he

rita

ge is

als

o of

inte

rest

to

vis

itors

to th

e C

hath

am

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mak

e th

e si

tes p

ublic

. A

lthou

gh T

thes

e si

tes a

re

unre

cord

ed, t

hey

are

also

co

vere

d by

the

prov

isio

ns

of th

e H

NZP

TA H

isto

ric

Plac

es A

ct 1

993.

” Si

tes o

f his

toric

si

gnifi

canc

e ha

ve b

een

lost

or d

estro

yed

in th

e pa

st o

n th

e C

hath

ams b

y de

velo

pmen

t or l

and

use

and

such

act

iviti

es a

s fo

ssic

king

. Fo

r exa

mpl

e re

mov

al o

f veg

etat

ion

has l

ed to

the

expo

sure

an

d su

bseq

uent

loss

of

the

dend

rogl

yphy

s. S

ince

th

e la

st C

IRM

D b

ecam

e op

erat

ive,

a C

hath

am

Isla

nd h

ouse

on

the

New

Ze

alan

d H

erita

ge L

ist

that

was

not

pro

tect

ed b

y th

e do

cum

ent h

as b

een

dem

olis

hed

and

a fu

rthe

r ho

use

on P

itt Is

land

has

be

en lo

st th

roug

h fir

e.

Isla

nds.

How

ever

, it i

s im

port

ant t

hat p

hysi

cal

adap

tatio

ns a

re p

rovi

ded

for t

o en

able

the

heri

tage

bu

ildin

gs to

serv

e a

usef

ul

purp

ose,

esp

ecia

lly th

ose

used

for r

esid

entia

l pu

rpos

es.1 a

nd a

re o

f in

tere

st to

vis

itors

.

1 H

NZ

16

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Also

, ear

thw

orks

as

soci

ated

with

new

in

fras

truc

ture

hav

e di

stur

bed

arch

aeol

ogic

al

site

s. Al

so, e

arth

wor

ks

asso

ciat

ed w

ith n

ew

infr

astr

uctu

re h

ave

dist

urbe

d ar

chae

olog

ical

si

tes.

R

eten

tion

of su

ch it

ems

hist

oric

her

itage

ass

ists

to

pre

serv

e th

e id

entit

y of

th

e is

land

s for

futu

re

gene

ratio

ns.

and

are

His

tori

c he

ritag

e is

als

o of

inte

rest

to v

isito

rs to

th

e C

hath

am Is

land

s. H

owev

er, i

t is i

mpo

rtan

t th

at p

hysi

cal a

dapt

atio

ns

are

prov

ided

for t

o en

able

the

heri

tage

bu

ildin

gs to

serv

e a

usef

ul p

urpo

se,

espe

cial

ly th

ose

used

for

resi

dent

ial p

urpo

ses.

3.7.

2 Is

sues

17

) •

Inap

prop

riate

su

bdiv

isio

n, u

se a

nd

deve

lopm

ent o

f hi

stor

ic h

erita

ge

A

ccep

t: M

ake

the

requ

ired

amen

dmen

ts a

nd a

dditi

ons

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n

Acc

ept.

Am

end

sect

ion

3.7.

2 Is

sues

to re

ad –

(i)

In

appr

opria

te

subd

ivis

ion,

us

e an

d de

velo

pmen

t

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item

s, po

ssib

ly

lead

ing

to a

loss

of

hist

oric

her

itage

th

ese

item

s for

futu

re

gene

ratio

ns.

• D

amag

e to

pla

ces a

nd

site

s of v

alue

to th

e Iw

i, bu

t not

pub

licly

id

entif

ied,

from

su

bdiv

isio

n, u

se a

nd

deve

lopm

ent.

(iii)

Inte

rnal

alte

ratio

ns

to h

erita

ge b

uild

ings

, es

peci

ally

hou

ses,

are

ofte

n ne

eded

to m

ake

them

fit f

or p

urpo

se

and

ensu

re th

e on

goin

g su

stai

nabl

e us

e of

her

itage

bu

ildin

gs.

of h

isto

ric h

erita

ge

item

s, po

ssib

ly

lead

ing

to a

loss

of

hist

oric

he

ritag

e th

ese

item

s2 fo

r fu

ture

gen

erat

ions

. (ii

) D

amag

e to

pla

ces a

nd

site

s of

val

ue t

o th

e im

i/iw

i, bu

t no

t pu

blic

ly

iden

tifie

d,

from

su

bdiv

isio

n,3

use

and

deve

lopm

ent.

(ii

)(iii

)Inte

rnal

alte

ratio

ns to

he

ritag

e bu

ildin

gs,

espe

cial

ly h

ouse

s, ar

e of

ten

need

ed to

mak

e th

em f

it fo

r pu

rpos

e an

d en

sure

th

e on

goin

g su

stai

nabl

e us

e of

he

ritag

e bu

ildin

gs4 .

Part

4 –

T

erri

tory

18

) Ret

ain

A

ccep

t N

o ch

ange

to

reco

mm

enda

tion

Acc

ept.

No

chan

ges

requ

ired.

2 HN

Z 17

3 H

NZ

17

4 HN

Z 17

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Wid

e O

bjec

tives

an

d Po

licie

s 4.

1 T

he Iw

i, (p

.30)

4.1.

3 M

etho

ds

19) T

hat f

urth

er

disc

ussi

on ta

kes p

lace

re

gard

ing

a hi

stor

ic

herit

age

inve

ntor

y (in

clud

ing

arch

aeol

ogic

al

site

s and

wāh

i tap

u).

A

ccep

t N

o ch

ange

to

reco

mm

enda

tion

Acc

ept.

No

chan

ges

requ

ired.

4.2

Wat

er

Res

ourc

es

Polic

y 4.

2.1.

1 (i)

(c)

20) R

etai

n

Acc

ept

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n

Acc

ept.

No

chan

ges

requ

ired.

Polic

y 4.

2.2.

1 (i)

(e)

(p.3

5)

• R

etai

n an

d ad

d to

Po

licy

4.3.

1.1(

i)(e)

: (e

) His

tori

c he

ritag

e,

cultu

ral a

nd

recr

eatio

nal v

alue

s

A

ccep

t: M

ake

the

requ

ired

amen

dmen

ts

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n

Acc

ept.

Am

end

Polic

y 4.

3.1.

1(i)(

e) to

read

- “(

e) H

isto

ric

herit

age,

cu

ltura

l and

recr

eatio

nal

valu

es”

4.

3, P

olic

y 4.

3.1.

1(i)(

e)

22) R

etai

n an

d ad

d to

Po

licy

4.2.

2.1(

i)(e)

(e

) His

tori

c he

ritag

e,

cultu

ral a

nd

recr

eatio

nal v

alue

s

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n

Acc

ept.

Am

end

Polic

y Po

licy

4.2.

2.1(

i)(e)

to re

ad

- “(e)

His

tori

c he

ritag

e,

cultu

ral a

nd re

crea

tiona

l va

lues

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Her

itage

It

ems (

p.46

-47

)

23) A

men

d as

follo

ws:

4.

6 H

isto

ric

Her

itage

Ite

ms

The

issu

es in

rega

rd to

hi

stor

ic h

erita

ge a

re

disc

usse

d in

Par

t 3 a

nd in

pa

rticu

lar 3

.87.

4.

6.1

Obj

ectiv

e –

Plac

es

and

Site

s of H

isto

ric

Her

itage

Val

ue

• Th

e re

cogn

ition

and

pr

otec

tion

of p

lace

s ad

site

s his

tori

c he

ritag

e va

lue

whi

ch h

ave

an

hist

oric

al a

nd c

ultu

ral

asso

ciat

ion

with

in

the

Cha

tham

Isla

nds a

nd

its p

rote

ctio

n fr

om

inap

prop

riat

e su

bdiv

isio

n, u

se a

nd

deve

lopm

ent.

Rea

sons

C

ounc

il is

requ

ired

to

have

rega

rd to

reco

gnis

e an

d pr

ovid

e fo

r the

pr

otec

tion

of h

isto

ric

heri

tage

from

in

appr

opri

ate

subd

ivis

ion,

use

and

A

ccep

t: M

ake

the

requ

ired

amen

dmen

ts a

nd a

dditi

ons

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n

Acc

ept.

Am

end

as

follo

ws:

“4

.6 H

isto

ric

Her

itage

Ite

ms

The

issu

es in

rega

rd to

hi

stor

ic h

erita

ge a

re

disc

usse

d in

Par

t 3 a

nd in

pa

rticu

lar 3

.87.

A

men

d to

read

“4.

6.1

Obj

ectiv

e –

Plac

es a

nd

Site

s of H

isto

ric H

erita

ge

Val

ue (i

) The

reco

gniti

on

and

prot

ectio

n of

pla

ces a

d si

tes h

isto

ric

herit

age

valu

e w

hich

hav

e an

his

toric

al

and

cultu

ral a

ssoc

iatio

n w

ith i

n th

e C

hath

am

Isla

nds a

nd it

s pro

tect

ion

from

inap

prop

riat

e su

bdiv

isio

n, u

se a

nd

deve

lopm

ent.”

A

men

d se

ctio

n 4.

6.1

Rea

sons

to re

ad –

“C

ounc

il is

requ

ired

to h

ave

rega

rd

to re

cogn

ise

and

prov

ide

for t

he p

rote

ctio

n of

hi

stor

ic h

erita

ge fr

om

inap

prop

riat

e su

bdiv

isio

n,

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P

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deve

lopm

ent t

he

reco

gniti

on a

nd

prot

ectio

n of

her

itage

ite

ms.

Ret

entio

n of

hi

stor

ic h

erita

ge th

ese

item

s is a

n in

tegr

al p

art

of re

tain

ing

the

char

acte

r an

d va

lues

of t

he is

land

s. 4.

6.1.

1 Po

licie

s •

To id

entif

y an

d in

clud

e hi

stor

ic

herit

age

item

s in

the

Doc

umen

t’s h

erita

ge

sche

dule

(App

endi

x 3)

fo

r inf

orm

atio

n an

d re

gula

tory

pur

pose

s. (ii

) T

o en

able

inte

rnal

al

tera

tions

to

sche

dule

d he

rita

ge

build

ings

in o

rder

to

prov

ide

for a

dapt

ive

re-u

se.

(iii)(

ii)D

emol

ition

, ex

teri

or a

dditi

ons a

nd

alte

ratio

ns o

r rem

oval

of

iden

tifie

d sc

hedu

led

herit

age

item

s sho

uld

not b

e al

low

ed u

nles

s it c

an

be d

emon

stra

ted

that

:

use

and

deve

lopm

ent t

he

reco

gniti

on a

nd p

rote

ctio

n of

her

itage

item

s.

Ret

entio

n of

his

tori

c he

rita

ge th

ese

item

s is a

n in

tegr

al p

art o

f ret

aini

ng

the

char

acte

r and

val

ues o

f th

e is

land

s. A

men

d 4.

6.1.

1 Po

licie

s to

read

- “

(i) T

o id

entif

y an

d in

clud

e hi

stor

ic h

erita

ge

item

s in

the

Doc

umen

t’s

heri

tage

sche

dule

(A

ppen

dix

3) fo

r in

form

atio

n an

d re

gula

tory

pu

rpos

es.

(ii)

To

enab

le in

tern

al

alte

ratio

ns to

sc

hedu

led

heri

tage

bu

ildin

gs in

ord

er to

pr

ovid

e fo

r ada

ptiv

e re

-use

. (ii

i)(ii)

Dem

oliti

on,

exte

rior

add

ition

s and

al

tera

tions

or r

emov

al

of id

entif

ied

sche

dule

d he

ritag

e ite

ms s

houl

d no

t be

allo

wed

unl

ess

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• A

ny e

xter

nal a

dditi

on

or a

ltera

tion

will

not

de

tract

from

its

the

herit

age

valu

e of

the

sche

dule

d he

rita

ge

item

Rel

ocat

ion

of th

e

sche

dule

d he

rita

ge

item

is a

ble

to b

e ac

com

mod

ated

w

ithou

t hav

ing

a si

gnifi

cant

adv

erse

ef

fect

on

its h

erita

ge

valu

e •

Prac

tical

util

isat

ion

of

the

a sc

hedu

led

heri

tage

item

is n

ot

poss

ible

(iv

) (iii

)To

prot

ect

reco

gnis

e H

erita

ge

New

Zea

land

as a

co

nsen

ting

auth

ority

fo

r all

arch

aeol

ogic

al

site

s and

, whe

re

rele

vant

, to

asse

ss th

e ef

fect

s of s

ubdi

visi

on,

use

and

deve

lopm

ent

on th

ese

site

s ,in

clud

ing

thos

e of

sp

ecia

l cul

tura

l

it ca

n be

dem

onst

rate

d th

at:

(a)

Any

ext

erna

l add

ition

or

alte

ratio

n w

ill n

ot

detra

ct fr

om it

s th

e he

ritag

e va

lue

of th

e sc

hedu

led

heri

tage

ite

m

(b)

Rel

ocat

ion

of th

e

sche

dule

d he

rita

ge

item

is a

ble

to b

e ac

com

mod

ated

w

ithou

t hav

ing

a si

gnifi

cant

adv

erse

ef

fect

on

its h

erita

ge

valu

e (c

) Pr

actic

al u

tilis

atio

n of

th

e a

sche

dule

d he

rita

ge it

em is

not

po

ssib

le

(iv) (

iii)T

o pr

otec

t re

cogn

ise

Her

itage

N

ew Z

eala

nd a

s a

cons

entin

g au

thor

ity

for a

ll ar

chae

olog

ical

si

tes a

nd, w

here

re

leva

nt, t

o as

sess

the

effe

cts o

f sub

divi

sion

, us

e an

d de

velo

pmen

t on

thes

e si

tes

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sign

ifica

nce

to Iw

i, w

hen

cons

ider

ing

reso

urce

con

sent

ap

plic

atio

ns fr

om th

e ad

vers

e ef

fect

s of u

se

and

deve

lopm

ent.

(v

)(iv

)To

cons

ult w

ith Iw

i pr

ior t

o an

y de

velo

pmen

t whe

re

ther

e is

the

poss

ibili

ty

of d

isco

veri

ng u

pon

disc

over

y of

uru

pa

rem

ains

or o

ther

site

s of

cul

tura

l si

gnifi

canc

e.

4.6.

2.1

Met

hods

Use

of g

uide

lines

and

ed

ucat

ion.

Iden

tific

atio

n on

the

plan

ning

map

s of

hist

oric

her

itage

item

s an

d th

eir l

istin

g in

clus

ion

in th

e hi

stor

ic h

erita

ge

sche

dule

(in

Appe

ndix

3)

. •

Req

uire

reso

urce

co

nsen

t for

act

iviti

es

that

cou

ld h

ave

maj

or

adve

rse

effe

cts o

n

,incl

udin

g th

ose

of

spec

ial c

ultu

ral

sign

ifica

nce

to Iw

i, w

hen

cons

ider

ing

reso

urce

con

sent

ap

plic

atio

ns fr

om th

e ad

vers

e ef

fect

s of u

se

and

deve

lopm

ent.

(v

)(iv

)To

cons

ult w

ith

imi/i

wi p

rior t

o an

y de

velo

pmen

t whe

re

ther

e is

the

poss

ibili

ty

of d

isco

veri

ng u

pon

disc

over

y of

uru

pa

rem

ains

or w

ahi t

apu

and

noha

nga

kai

site

s.”

Am

end

sect

ion

4.6.

2.1

Met

hods

to re

ad –

(i)

Use

of g

uide

lines

and

ed

ucat

ion.

(ii

) Id

entif

icat

ion

on th

e pl

anni

ng m

aps o

f hi

stor

ic h

erita

ge it

ems

and

thei

r lis

ting

incl

usio

n in

the

hist

oric

her

itage

sc

hedu

le (i

n A

ppen

dix

3).

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affe

ctin

g sc

hedu

led

hist

oric

her

itage

ite

ms.

• C

ompl

ianc

e w

ith th

e H

erita

ge N

ew

Zeal

and

Pouh

ere

Taon

ga H

isto

ric

Plac

es A

ct 2

014

1993

in

resp

ect o

f ar

chae

olog

ical

site

s. •

Enco

urag

e th

e di

ssem

inat

ion

of

info

rmat

ion

and/

or o

n th

e pr

oces

s and

pr

otoc

ol fo

r the

di

stur

banc

e of

Iwi

arch

aeol

ogic

al a

nd

cultu

ral s

ites,

incl

udin

g th

e us

e of

ad

vice

not

es o

n re

sour

ce a

nd b

uild

ing

cons

ents

whe

re th

ere

is a

pos

sibi

lity

of

enco

unte

ring

such

si

tes.

• Th

e pu

rcha

se o

f hi

stor

ic h

erita

ge

item

s by

herit

age

auth

oriti

es a

nd

cons

ider

atio

n by

(iii)

Req

uire

reso

urce

co

nsen

t for

act

iviti

es

that

cou

ld h

ave

maj

or

adve

rse

effe

cts o

n af

fect

ing

sche

dule

d hi

stor

ic h

erita

ge it

ems.

(iv) C

ompl

ianc

e w

ith th

e H

erita

ge N

ew Z

eala

nd

Pouh

ere

Taon

ga

His

toric

Pla

ces A

ct

2014

199

3 in

resp

ect

of a

rcha

eolo

gica

l site

s. (v

) En

cour

age

the

diss

emin

atio

n of

in

form

atio

n an

d/or

on

the

proc

ess a

nd

prot

ocol

for t

he

dist

urba

nce

of Iw

i ar

chae

olog

ical

and

cu

ltura

l site

s, in

clud

ing

the

use

of

advi

ce n

otes

on

reso

urce

and

bui

ldin

g co

nsen

ts w

here

ther

e is

a p

ossi

bilit

y of

en

coun

teri

ng su

ch

site

s. (v

i) Th

e pu

rcha

se o

f hi

stor

ic h

erita

ge it

ems

by h

erita

ge a

utho

ritie

s

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Cou

ncil

to p

urch

ase

such

item

s.

Expl

anat

ion

and

Rea

sons

Th

e id

entif

icat

ion

and

listin

g sc

hedu

ling

of

hist

oric

her

itage

item

s ha

s the

pur

pose

of

educ

atin

g an

d in

form

ing

peop

le b

y m

akin

g th

em

mor

e aw

are

of a

his

tori

c he

ritag

e ite

m a

nd a

lso.

Ru

les r

equi

ring

a

reso

urce

con

sent

for

exte

rnal

cha

nges

, de

mol

ition

and

re

loca

tion

enab

le

Cou

ncil

to a

sses

s any

m

ajor

cha

nge

prop

osal

th

at m

ay a

ffec

t the

a

sche

dule

d he

rita

ge i

tem

, in

acc

orda

nce

with

cr

iteria

set o

ut in

Pol

icy

4.6.

1.2(

ii).

Rule

s en

ablin

g in

tern

al

alte

ratio

ns w

ill p

rovi

de

for a

dapt

ive

use

of

hist

oric

her

itage

. Th

e ite

ms i

dent

ified

in

the

heri

tage

sche

dule

are

and

cons

ider

atio

n by

C

ounc

il to

pur

chas

e su

ch it

ems.”

Am

end

sect

ion

4.6.

1.2

Expl

anat

ion

and

Rea

sons

to

read

– “

The

iden

tific

atio

n an

d lis

ting

sche

dulin

g of

his

tori

c he

ritag

e ite

ms h

as th

e pu

rpos

e of

edu

catin

g an

d in

form

ing

peop

le b

y m

akin

g th

em m

ore

awar

e of

a h

isto

ric

herit

age

item

an

d al

so.

Rule

s req

uiri

ng

a re

sour

ce c

onse

nt fo

r ex

tern

al c

hang

es,

dem

oliti

on a

nd re

loca

tion

enab

le C

ounc

il to

ass

ess

any

maj

or c

hang

e pr

opos

al th

at m

ay a

ffec

t th

e a

sche

dule

d he

rita

ge

item

, in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith

crite

ria se

t out

in P

olic

y 4.

6.1.

2(ii)

. Ru

les e

nabl

ing

inte

rnal

alte

ratio

ns w

ill

prov

ide

for a

dapt

ive

use

of

hist

oric

her

itage

. Th

e ite

ms i

dent

ified

in th

e he

rita

ge sc

hedu

le a

re

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liste

d by

on

the

Her

itage

N

ew Z

eala

nd

List

/Rar

angi

Kor

ero,

H

isto

ric P

lace

s Tru

st

whi

ch h

as in

acc

orda

nce

with

spec

ific

crite

ria

for

the

regi

stra

tion

of su

ch

item

s. T

his d

oes n

ot

prec

lude

oth

er it

ems

bein

g ad

ded

to th

e lis

t sc

hedu

le b

y a

chan

ge to

th

e do

cum

ent.

Purc

hase

of i

tem

s by

herit

age

auth

oriti

es (e

g.

Her

itage

New

Zea

land

H

isto

ric P

lace

s Tru

st)

and

the

cons

ider

atio

n of

su

ch it

ems f

or p

urch

ase

by C

ounc

il ar

e ot

her

met

hods

. C

ounc

il en

cour

ages

lia

ison

with

Iwi p

rior t

o de

velo

pmen

t in

orde

r tha

t si

tes o

f cul

tura

l val

ue c

an

be id

entif

ied.

If a

n ar

chae

olog

ical

site

is

dist

urbe

d th

en Iw

i mus

t be

con

tact

ed in

ord

er th

at

appr

opria

te a

ctio

n ca

n be

un

derta

ken.

In

addi

tion,

liste

d by

on

the

Her

itage

N

ew Z

eala

nd L

ist/R

aran

gi

Kor

ero,

His

toric

Pla

ces

Trus

t whi

ch h

as in

ac

cord

ance

with

spec

ific

crite

ria

for t

he re

gist

ratio

n of

such

item

s. T

his d

oes

not p

recl

ude

othe

r ite

ms

bein

g ad

ded

to th

e lis

t sc

hedu

le b

y a

chan

ge to

th

e do

cum

ent.

Purc

hase

of i

tem

s by

herit

age

auth

oriti

es (e

.g.

Her

itage

New

Zea

land

H

isto

ric P

lace

s Tru

st) a

nd

the

cons

ider

atio

n of

such

ite

ms f

or p

urch

ase

by

Cou

ncil

are

othe

r met

hods

. C

ounc

il en

cour

ages

liai

son

with

Iwi p

rior t

o de

velo

pmen

t in

orde

r tha

t si

tes o

f cul

tura

l val

ue c

an

be id

entif

ied.

If a

n ar

chae

olog

ical

site

is

dist

urbe

d th

en Iw

i mus

t be

cont

acte

d in

ord

er th

at

appr

opria

te a

ctio

n ca

n be

un

derta

ken.

In

addi

tion,

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the

mod

ifica

tion

or

dest

ruct

ion

of a

n ar

chae

olog

ical

site

s as

soci

ated

with

hum

an

activ

ity p

rior t

o 19

00 a

re

is li

kely

to re

quire

an

auth

ority

from

the

Her

itage

New

Zea

land

H

isto

ric

Plac

es T

rust

if a

pr

opos

al se

eks t

o m

odify

, da

mag

e or

des

troy

a si

te.

4.6.

1.3

Ant

icip

ated

En

viro

nmen

tal R

esul

ts

• In

crea

sed

reco

gniti

on

of h

isto

ric

herit

age

item

s. •

Ret

entio

n of

his

tori

c he

rita

ge it

ems

incl

udin

g ar

chae

olog

ical

and

cu

ltura

l site

s.

the

mod

ifica

tion

or

dest

ruct

ion

of a

n ar

chae

olog

ical

site

s as

soci

ated

with

hum

an

activ

ity p

rior t

o 19

00 a

re is

lik

ely

to re

quire

an

auth

ority

from

the

Her

itage

N

ew Z

eala

nd H

isto

ric

Plac

es T

rust

if a

pro

posa

l se

eks t

o m

odify

, dam

age

or

dest

roy

a si

te.”

A

men

d se

ctio

n 4.

6.1.

3 A

ntic

ipat

ed E

nviro

nmen

tal

Res

ults

to re

ad -

(i)

Inc

reas

ed re

cogn

ition

of

his

tori

c he

ritag

e ite

ms.

(ii)

Ret

entio

n of

his

tori

c he

rita

ge it

ems

incl

udin

g ar

chae

olog

ical

and

cu

ltura

l site

s.

Polic

y 4.

12.1

(ii)

(p.5

4)

24) A

dd to

Pol

icy

4.12

.1.1

(ii)

Any

subd

ivis

ion

shou

ld

avoi

d th

e po

ssib

le

adve

rse

effe

cts o

f de

velo

pmen

t on

A

ccep

t: A

dd re

quire

d w

ords

to P

olic

y 4.

12.1

(ii)

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n

Acc

ept.

Am

end

to P

olic

y 4.

12.1

.1(ii

) to

read

– “

Any

su

bdiv

isio

n sh

ould

avo

id

the

poss

ible

adv

erse

eff

ects

of

dev

elop

men

t on

sign

ifica

nt in

dige

nous

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ifica

nt in

dige

nous

ve

geta

tion

and

habi

tats

, ou

tsta

ndin

g la

ndsc

ape

feat

ures

, his

tori

c he

rita

ge, a

nd th

e na

tura

l ch

arac

ter o

f wat

er b

odie

s an

d th

e co

asta

l en

viro

nmen

t.

vege

tatio

n an

d ha

bita

ts,

outs

tand

ing

land

scap

e fe

atur

es, h

isto

ric

heri

tage

, an

d th

e na

tura

l cha

ract

er o

f w

ater

bod

ies a

nd th

e co

asta

l env

ironm

ent.

4.12

.1.2

(ii)

Met

hods

25

) Ret

ain

A

ccep

t N

o ch

ange

to

reco

mm

enda

tion

Acc

ept.

No

chan

ges

requ

ired.

Tab

le

4.12

.1.(i

i) (p

56-5

7)

26) R

etai

n

Acc

ept

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n

Acc

ept.

No

chan

ges

requ

ired.

4.13

.2.4

. 27

) Ret

ain

and

add

the

term

“hi

stor

ic h

erita

ge”

in “

Purp

ose”

A

ccep

t N

o ch

ange

to

reco

mm

enda

tion

Acc

ept.

No

chan

ges

requ

ired.

Rur

al Z

one

Obj

ectiv

es

5.3.

2

28) R

etai

n

Acc

ept

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n

Acc

ept.

No

chan

ges

requ

ired.

Met

hods

5.

3.2.

2(i)

(p66

)

29) A

dd “

hist

oric

he

ritag

e” in

reas

ons a

nd

expl

anat

ion

A

ccep

t: M

ake

the

requ

ired

addi

tion

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n

Acc

ept.

Am

end

as

requ

este

d.

5.7.

4(i)

(p98

) Po

licy

5.6.

4.1(

i) (p

.99)

30) O

ppos

e –

Am

end

5.7.

4 to

add

“H

isto

ric

Her

itage

” an

d ad

d th

e te

rm in

(i) a

nd in

Pol

icy

5.7.

4.1

A

ccep

t: M

ake

the

requ

ired

amen

dmen

t and

add

ition

N

o ch

ange

to

reco

mm

enda

tion

Acc

ept.

Am

end

as

requ

este

d.

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5.6.

5.1

Polic

y (ii

)(b)

(p.9

9)

31) S

uppo

rt, b

ut

renu

mbe

r

Acc

ept:

Ren

umbe

r N

o ch

ange

to

reco

mm

enda

tion

Acc

ept.

Am

end

as

requ

este

d.

Part

5

Rul

e 5.

3.4.

6 (p

.70)

R

ules

5.

4.3.

8 (p

.82)

5.

7.4

(p.1

18)

32) S

uppo

rt in

par

t, bu

t am

end

herit

age

rule

s in

Rur

al a

nd S

ettle

men

t Zo

ne a

s fol

low

s:

Perm

itted

Act

ivity

: (i)

In

tern

al

alte

ratio

n to

any

he

rita

ge si

te o

r bu

ildin

g sc

hedu

led

in

Appe

ndix

3.

(ii)

Exte

rnal

repa

irs

or m

aint

enan

ce to

a

sche

dule

d he

rita

ge

item

(inc

ludi

ng

rede

cora

tion

and/

or

rest

orat

ion)

pro

vide

d th

at th

e w

ork

is

carr

ied

out w

ith

mat

eria

ls si

mila

r to,

or

havi

ng th

e sa

me

appe

aran

ce to

thos

e or

igin

ally

use

d.

Alte

ratio

n to

any

he

rita

ge si

te a

nd b

uild

ing

A

ccep

t: A

men

d th

e he

ritag

e ru

les a

s req

uire

d w

ith th

e su

gges

ted

addi

tions

, am

endm

ents

and

del

etio

ns.

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n

Acc

ept:

Am

end

the

herit

age

rule

s as r

equi

red

with

the

sugg

este

d ad

ditio

ns, a

men

dmen

ts a

nd

dele

tions

.

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liste

d in

App

endi

x 3

and

show

n on

the

Plan

ning

M

ap is

per

mitt

ed if

: •

The

wor

k is

re

deco

ratio

n an

d/or

re

stor

atio

n an

d;

• Th

e w

ork

is c

arri

ed

out w

ith m

ater

ials

si

mila

r to

or h

avin

g th

e sa

me

appe

aran

ce

to th

ose

orig

inal

ly

used

. D

iscr

etio

nary

Act

ivity

: •

Any

activ

ities

that

is

not p

rovi

ded

for a

s co

ntra

vene

a p

erm

itted

ac

tivity

con

ditio

n in

clud

ing

exte

rnal

ad

ditio

ns a

nd

alte

ratio

ns, d

emol

ition

an

d re

mov

al a

re is

a

disc

retio

nary

act

ivity

. As

sess

men

t Cri

teri

a •

The

exte

nt to

whi

ch th

e hi

stor

ical

inte

grity

he

rita

ge v

alue

of t

he

sche

dule

d he

rita

ge

item

will

be

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com

prom

ised

by

the

prop

osed

wor

k.

• W

heth

er th

e pr

opos

ed

wor

k al

tera

tion

will

as

sist

in re

tain

ing

the

sche

dule

d he

rita

ge

item

. •

The

com

men

ts o

f the

H

erita

ge N

ew Z

eala

nd

His

tori

c Pl

aces

Tru

st.

• Th

e fin

anci

al

impl

icat

ions

of

allo

win

g/no

t allo

win

g th

e pr

opos

ed w

ork

alte

ratio

n, d

emol

ition

an

d re

mov

al.

• Th

e ex

tent

to w

hich

in

tegr

atio

n of

the

prop

osed

wor

k al

tera

tion

is in

tegr

ated

w

ith th

e or

igin

al

sche

dule

d he

rita

ge

item

.

Expl

anat

ion

The

rule

pro

vide

s for

pr

otec

tion

of sc

hedu

led

hist

oric

her

itage

site

s an

d bu

ildin

gs. C

onse

nt is

re

quir

ed fo

r wor

ks

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anyt

hing

oth

er th

an

inte

rnal

min

or

alte

ratio

ns o

r min

or

exte

rnal

repa

irs o

r m

aint

enan

ce.

R

ule

5.3.

4.26

(p

.77)

R

ule

5.4.

3.25

(p

.87)

R

ule

5.5.

4.24

(p

.96)

R

ules

5.

6.11

.17

(p.1

15)

Rul

e 5.

7.4

(p.1

18)

33) O

ppos

e: d

elet

e al

l th

ese

rule

s and

repl

ace

with

adv

ice

note

(p

rovi

ded)

A

ccep

t: D

elet

e th

e ru

les

and

repl

ace

with

the

advi

ce

note

pro

vide

d.

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n

Acc

ept:

Del

ete

the

rule

s an

d re

plac

e w

ith th

e ad

vice

no

te p

rovi

ded.

Ear

thw

orks

R

ules

: R

ule

5.3.

4.10

(p

.71)

R

ule

5.4.

6.15

(p

.84)

34) S

uppo

rt in

par

t: )

Supp

ort i

n pa

rt: a

dd to

A

sses

smen

t Crit

eria

(a)

for D

iscr

etio

nary

A

ctiv

ity th

e w

ords

“h

isto

ric h

erita

ge”

A

ccep

t: D

elet

e th

e ru

les

and

repl

ace

with

the

advi

ce

note

pro

vide

d.

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n

Acc

ept:

Del

ete

the

rule

s an

d re

plac

e w

ith th

e ad

vice

no

te p

rovi

ded.

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Rul

e 5.

5.3.

13

(p.9

3)

Rul

e 5.

7.4

(p11

8)

Roa

ding

R

ules

: R

ule

5.4.

3.11

(p

.69)

R

ule

5.4.

6.16

(p

.82)

R

ule

5.5.

3.13

(p

.93)

R

ule

5.7.

4

35) O

ppos

e in

par

t: ad

d to

Ass

essm

ent C

riter

ia

(b) f

or D

iscr

etio

nary

A

ctiv

ity th

e w

ords

, “h

isto

ric h

erita

ge”

A

ccep

t: A

dd th

e re

quire

d te

rm

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n

Acc

ept:

Add

the

requ

ired

term

.

Subd

ivis

ion

Rul

es:

Rul

e 5.

3.4.

12

(pp.

71-7

2)

Rul

e 5.

4.3.

14

(p.8

3)

Rul

e 5.

5.3.

12

Rul

e 5.

7.4

(p.1

18)

36) S

uppo

rt in

par

t: ad

d to

Ass

essm

ent C

riter

ia

(g) f

or D

iscr

etio

nary

A

ctiv

ity th

e w

ords

“h

isto

ric h

erita

ge”

A

ccep

t: A

dd th

e re

quire

d te

rm

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n

Acc

ept:

Add

the

requ

ired

term

.

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Part

6

Def

initi

ons:

A

rcha

eolo

gic

al S

ite

37) O

ppos

e: A

dd a

de

finiti

on o

f ar

chae

olog

ical

site

to

Part

6 as

follo

ws:

Ar

chae

olog

ical

Site

m

eans

: •

any

plac

e in

New

Ze

alan

d, in

clud

ing

any

build

ing

or

stru

ctur

e (o

r par

t of a

bu

ildin

g or

st

ruct

ure)

, tha

t—

• w

as a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith h

uman

ac

tivity

that

oc

curr

ed b

efor

e 19

00 o

r is t

he si

te

of th

e w

reck

of

any

vess

el w

here

th

e w

reck

oc

curr

ed b

efor

e 19

00; a

nd

prov

ides

or m

ay

prov

ide,

thro

ugh

inve

stig

atio

n by

ar

chae

olog

ical

m

etho

ds, e

vide

nce

rela

ting

to th

e

A

ccep

t: A

dd th

e re

quire

d de

finiti

on

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n

Acc

ept:

Add

the

requ

ired

defin

ition

.

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hist

ory

of N

ew

Zeal

and;

As

def

ined

in th

e H

erita

ge N

ew Z

eala

nd

Pouh

ere

Taon

ga A

ct

2014

.

Def

initi

ons:

H

isto

ric

Her

itage

38) O

ppos

e: A

dd

defin

ition

of h

isto

ric

herit

age

as fo

llow

s:

His

toric

Her

itage

mea

ns:

(a)

tho

se n

atur

al a

nd

phys

ical

reso

urce

s tha

t co

ntri

bute

to a

n un

ders

tand

ing

and

appr

ecia

tion

of N

ew

Zeal

and'

s his

tory

and

cu

lture

s, de

rivi

ng fr

om

any

of th

e fo

llow

ing

qual

ities

: (i)

a

rcha

eolo

gica

l: (ii

) a

rchi

tect

ural

: (ii

i) c

ultu

ral:

(iv)

his

tori

c:

(v)

sci

entif

ic:

(vi)

tec

hnol

ogic

al; a

nd

(b) i

nclu

des—

A

ccep

t: A

dd th

e re

quire

d de

finiti

on

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n

Acc

ept:

Add

the

requ

ired

defin

ition

.

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(i)

his

tori

c si

tes,

stru

ctur

es, p

lace

s, an

d ar

eas;

and

(ii

) a

rcha

eolo

gica

l si

tes;

and

(ii

i) si

tes o

f sig

nific

ance

to

Mao

ri, i

nclu

ding

w

āhi t

apu;

and

(iv

) su

rrou

ndin

gs

asso

ciat

ed w

ith th

e na

tura

l and

phy

sica

l re

sour

ces

D

efin

ition

of

Rep

airs

an

d M

aint

enan

ce

39) O

ppos

e: in

clud

e a

defin

ition

of r

epai

rs a

nd

mai

nten

ance

as f

ollo

ws:

Re

pair

of a

sche

dule

d he

rita

ge it

em m

eans

the

rest

orat

ion

to g

ood

or

soun

d co

nditi

on o

f any

bu

ildin

g or

obj

ect (

or a

ny

part

of)

for t

he p

urpo

se

of it

s mai

nten

ance

. M

aint

enan

ce o

f a

sche

dule

d he

rita

ge it

em

mea

ns th

e pr

otec

tive

care

of

a p

lace

.

A

ccep

t: A

dd th

e re

quire

d de

finiti

on

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n

Acc

ept:

Add

the

requ

ired

defin

ition

.

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App

endi

x 3-

Her

itage

B

uild

ings

an

d si

tes

40) S

uppo

rt in

par

t: R

etai

n bu

t mak

e am

endm

ents

: map

re

fere

nce

for P

onga

W

hare

to

Map

1

A

ccep

t: A

dd th

e re

quire

d am

endm

ent

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n

Acc

ept:

Add

the

requ

ired

amen

dmen

t.

Her

itage

B

uild

ings

an

d si

tes

(p.1

34)

41) O

ppos

e: A

dd th

e fo

llow

ing

plac

es: H

ough

C

otta

ge –

loca

ted

on

Hos

pita

l Roa

d, W

aita

ngi

(Cat

egor

y 1

His

toric

Pl

ace,

Lis

t No.

538

7).

• So

lom

on H

omes

tead

loca

ted

on O

wen

ga

Roa

d, M

anuk

au

(Cat

egor

y 1

His

toric

Pl

ace,

Lis

t No.

539

5).

NB

: Ev

en th

ough

ther

e ar

e on

ly re

mna

nts o

f th

e bu

ildin

g le

ft, th

e si

te h

as b

een

reta

ined

on

the

regi

ster

bec

ause

of

its h

isto

ric

sign

ifica

nce.

Mei

kle

Hou

se –

loca

ted

on B

ig B

ush

Roa

d, T

e O

ne (C

ateg

ory

2 H

isto

ric P

lace

, Lis

t No.

53

97).

• N

airn

Hou

se –

loca

ted

on M

aipi

to R

oad,

A

ccep

t: A

dd th

e su

gges

ted

plac

es, w

ith th

e co

nsen

t of

the

land

owne

rs.

At t

he h

earin

g H

NZ

indi

cate

d th

at th

e co

nsen

t of

the

land

owne

rs h

as n

ot

been

obt

aine

d. A

t thi

s po

int,

thes

e pl

aces

will

not

be

add

ed to

the

Sche

dule

.

Rej

ect.

No

chan

ges

requ

ired.

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Wai

tang

i (C

ateg

ory

1 H

isto

ric P

lace

, Lis

t No.

54

00).

• G

erm

an M

issi

on H

ouse

loca

ted

on W

aita

ngi

Wes

t Roa

d, M

aung

anui

C

ateg

ory

1 H

isto

ric

Plac

e, L

ist N

o. 5

401)

. •

Tom

my

Solo

mon

St

atue

– lo

cate

d on

O

wen

ga R

oad,

M

anuk

au (W

āhi T

apu,

Li

st N

o. 9

281)

. A

dd to

App

endi

x 3

the

loca

tion

and

desc

riptio

n of

thes

e an

d ot

her p

lace

s (p

rovi

ded)

Paua

mac

Indu

stry

Ass

ocia

tion

(PM

I)

Ref

eren

ce

Dec

isio

ns R

eque

sted

Po

licy

4.2.

3.1

(iv)

• Su

ppor

t

Acc

ept

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n

Acc

ept.

No

chan

ge

requ

ired.

Obj

ectiv

es

4.3.

2, 5

.7.7

Supp

ort

A

ccep

t N

o ch

ange

to

reco

mm

enda

tion

Acc

ept.

No

chan

ge

requ

ired.

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Obj

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e 5.

6.2

• Su

ppor

t

Acc

ept

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n

Acc

ept.

No

chan

ge

requ

ired.

Obj

ectiv

e 5.

7.3

• Su

ppor

t

Acc

ept

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n

Acc

ept.

No

chan

ge

requ

ired.

Polic

y 5.

6.5.

1 •

Supp

ort

A

ccep

t N

o ch

ange

to

reco

mm

enda

tion

Acc

ept.

No

chan

ge

requ

ired.

Rul

es fo

r th

e C

MA

5.

6.11

A

sses

smen

t C

rite

ria

for

Stru

ctur

es

Gen

eral

6) a

men

d (j)

to re

ad a

s fo

llow

s: e

ffec

ts o

n fis

herie

s res

ourc

es a

nd

fishi

ng a

ctiv

ity

A

ccep

t: M

ake

the

requ

ired

addi

tion

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n

Acc

ept.

Am

end

as

requ

este

d.

Ass

essm

ent

Cri

teri

a fo

r M

aint

enan

ce

etc

• am

end

(e) t

o re

ad a

s fo

llow

s: th

e po

tent

ial f

or

effe

cts o

n fis

heri

es

reso

urce

s and

in

terf

eren

ce w

ith fi

shin

g ac

tiviti

es

A

ccep

t: M

ake

the

requ

ired

addi

tion

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n

Acc

ept.

Am

end

as

requ

este

d.

Ass

essm

ent

Cri

teri

a fo

r (6

) D

istu

rban

ce

etc

and

(7)

Dep

ositi

on

• A

dd n

ew a

sses

smen

t cr

iterio

n ef

fect

s on

fishi

ng a

ctiv

ity

A

ccep

t: M

ake

the

requ

ired

addi

tion

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n

Acc

ept.

Am

end

as

requ

este

d.

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Are

as o

f Si

gnifi

cant

N

atur

al

Val

ue (1

8)

Ass

essm

ent

Cri

teri

a

• A

dd (c

) effe

cts o

n fis

heri

es re

sour

ces a

nd

fishi

ng a

ctiv

ity

A

ccep

t: M

ake

the

requ

ired

addi

tion

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n

Acc

ept.

Am

end

as

requ

este

d.

Ass

essm

ent

Cri

teri

a fo

r (2

0) O

ther

ac

tiviti

es

• A

men

d (f

) to

read

as

follo

ws:

effe

cts o

n fis

heri

es re

sour

ces a

nd

fishi

ng a

ctiv

ity

A

ccep

t: M

ake

the

requ

ired

addi

tion

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n

Acc

ept.

Am

end

as

requ

este

d.

Def

initi

on

of fi

sher

ies

reso

urce

s

• In

clud

e Fi

sher

ies A

ct

defin

ition

: F

ishe

ries

reso

urce

s –

mea

ns a

ny 1

or m

ore

stoc

ks o

r spe

cies

of f

ish,

aq

uatic

life

, or s

eaw

eed

Fis

hing

• M

eans

the

catc

hing

, ta

king

, or h

arve

stin

g of

fis

h, a

quat

ic li

fe, o

r se

awee

d;

And

• In

clud

es –

Any

activ

ity th

at m

ay

reas

onab

ly b

e e

xpec

ted

to re

sult

in th

e ca

tchi

ng,

taki

ng, o

r har

vest

ing

of

A

ccep

t: A

dd th

e re

quire

d de

finiti

on

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n

Acc

ept.

Add

the

sugg

este

d de

finiti

on.

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fish,

aqu

atic

life

, or

seaw

eed;

and

Any

oper

atio

n in

supp

ort

of o

r in

prep

arat

ion

for

any

activ

ities

des

crib

ed

in th

is d

efin

ition

O

bjec

tive

for

aqua

cultu

re

• A

men

d th

e O

bjec

tive

to re

ad a

s add

: ‘…

whi

le a

void

ing

rem

edyi

ng o

r miti

gatin

g an

y ad

vers

e ef

fect

s of

aqua

cultu

re

deve

lopm

ent

A

ccep

t: M

ake

the

requ

ired

addi

tion

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n

Acc

ept.

Am

end

as

requ

este

d.

Polic

y 4.

2.4.

1 (T

e W

hang

a)

• A

men

d th

e ex

plan

atio

n to

read

: Cou

ncil

will

co

nsul

t w

ith Iw

i and

ot

her a

ffec

ted

parti

es,

such

as l

ando

wne

rs, t

he

fishi

ng in

dust

ry, a

nd th

e D

epar

tmen

t of

Con

serv

atio

n

A

ccep

t: M

ake

the

requ

ired

addi

tion

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n

Acc

ept.

Am

end

as

requ

este

d.

5.6.

6.2

Met

hods

(C

oast

al

Proc

esse

s)

13) A

men

d (iv

) to

read

: ‘n

on re

gula

tory

met

hods

su

ch a

s edu

catio

n an

d co

nsul

tatio

n w

ith

pote

ntia

lly a

ffect

ed

part

ies i

nclu

ding

the

fishi

ng in

dust

ry e

tc.

A

ccep

t: M

ake

the

requ

ired

addi

tion

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n

Acc

ept.

Am

end

as

requ

este

d.

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Rul

es,

CM

A, R

ule

12

Dis

char

ge

of H

uman

Se

wag

e

• A

men

d (iv

) to

read

: The

di

scha

rge

of h

uman

se

wag

e to

coa

stal

wat

er

is a

dis

cret

iona

ry

activ

ity if

: prio

r co

nsul

tatio

n w

ith Iw

i, po

tent

ially

affe

cted

pa

rtie

s inc

ludi

ng th

e fis

hing

indu

stry

, and

the

publ

ic h

as b

een

carr

ied

out

A

ccep

t: M

ake

the

requ

ired

addi

tion

No

chan

ge to

re

com

men

datio

n

Acc

ept.

Am

end

as

requ

este

d.

Cha

tham

Isla

nds C

ounc

il (C

IC)

Ref

eren

ce

Dec

isio

ns

Req

uest

ed

App

endi

x 2

Des

igna

tions

• A

men

d an

d co

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end

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as th

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end

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dele

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New

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men

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and

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3 (2

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. 5.

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c)

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5.5.

3(17

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c). P

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dd th

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ence

to R

ural

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3. 1

2(h)

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n A

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nd

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4.6.

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and

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(i) a

dd, i

n br

acke

ts, t

he fo

llow

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urns

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n N

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n

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ept.

Am

end

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requ

este

d.

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