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Topic – Water Quality

Submission point

Further submission point

Submitter Provision Support Oppose

Decision requested Panel decision

S2/001 Christine J A Burt Objective O23: Maintain or improve water quality

Not stated Amend PNRP to lower the acceptable levels of pollutants in water and to identify where, how, why pollutants levels are high and solutions to these problems.

Reject

/S10/001 Ministry for Primary Industries Rule R65: In-

water biofoul cleaning - permitted activity

Amend Amend Rule R65 (b) [meant to be (c)?] to "... and any cleaning of biofouling of international origin is of microfouling only or goose banacles and is by a gentle non-abrasive technique...(f) if suspected ... [harmful or unusual aquatic species] are found during inspection or cleaning, the vessel owner or operator shall take the following steps:(i) any cleaning activities to cease immediately, and ..."

Reject

/S12/004 Neville Fisher 2.2 Definitions Amend Add new definition for 'river': a continually or intermittently flowing

body offresh water; and includes a stream and modified watercourse; but does notinclude any artificial watercourse (including an irrigation canal, water race,canal for the supply of water for electricity power generation, and farmdrainage canal). [from Section 2, RMA]

Reject

/S12/033 Neville Fisher Policy P63:

Improving water quality for contact recreation and Maori customary use

Support [Not stated] Accept in part

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Summary Table of Decisions on the Proposed Natural Resources Plan: Topic – Water Quality of 145

Submission point




S12/046 Neville Fisher Method M13: Wairarapa water races

Amend Amend M13 to include the economic drive for water raceestablishment and operation.

Accept

/S13/001 CT and EM Brown Objective O25:

Aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kai

Amend Delete clause (b) Accept

FS68/005 Tim Mansell and family Support AllowS13/010 CT and EM Brown Policy P63:


Oppose Delete the references to stormwater from the policy. Reject

/S14/009 Egon Guttke Objective O24:

Contact recreation and Maori customary use

Amend Amend Objective O24 to exclude water bodies and headwaters entirelyon private land.

Reject

FS82/003 Regional Public Health Oppose DisallowFS68/013 Tim Mansell and family Support in

partAllow in part

S14/010 Egon Guttke Objective O26: Mahinga kai

Amend Amend Objective O26 to exclude water bodies and headwaters entirely on private land.

Reject

FS82/009 Regional Public Health Oppose DisallowS14/011 Egon Guttke Objective O25:


Amend List the mahinga kai and taonga species relevant to the mahinga kai objective in Table 3.4.

Reject

FS68/015 Tim Mansell and family Support AllowS14/015 Egon Guttke Policy P10:

Contact recreation and Maori customary

Amend DeletePolicy P10.

Reject


Submission point




useFS68/016 Tim Mansell and family Support AllowFS67/002 The Carter Family Support Allow

S14/025 Egon Guttke Rule R42: Minor discharges - permitted activity

Amend Delete reference to50g/m3 and 100g/m3 in Rule R42(b).

Reject

FS67/004 The Carter Family Support AllowS14/026 Egon Guttke Rule R67:

Discharges inside sites of significance - non complying activity

Amend Amend Rule R67 to add Rule R48 to clause (b). Accept in part

FS67/005 The Carter Family Support in part

Allow in part

S14/047 Egon Guttke Map 20: Significant primary contact recreation rivers and lakes (Schedule H)

Amend Remove the WaikanaeRiver upstream from where it crosses the Mangaone Walkway from Map 20.

Reject

/S28/008 Jeffrey Arthur Good

management practice

Amend Amend the PNRP to make good management practice for discharges of hazardous substances more definitive, with the option for the practices to be amended as practices and knowledge improves.

Reject

/S29/028 Powerco Policy P67:

Minimising effects of discharges

Support in part

Modify Policy 67 as follows:...(c) minimising the volume or amount of the contaminant in the discharge, and/or...

Accept in part

FS25/028 Wellington Water Limited Support AllowS29/043 Powerco Rule R42: Minor

discharges - permitted activity

Support [Retain Rule R42 on the basis that it applies only to contaminated land as currently defined in the plan].

Reject


Submission point




/S29/059 Powerco Good

management practice

Support in part

Retain Definition of Good Management Practice subject to the following amendment as follows:Good management practice:Practices, procedures or tools (including rules) that are effective ... disseminated. Some examples of Ggood management practice guidelines can be found on the Wellington Regional Council's website http://www.gw.govt.nz/good-management-practice/

Accept

/S31/027 Hamish Trolove Policy P68:

Inappropriate discharges to water

Oppose Remove dispensation for recreational craft to dump wastewater. Accept

/S32/058 Wellington Recreational Marine

Fishers AssociationRule R42: Minor discharges - permitted activity

Amend Change the term "zone of reasonable mixing" to "agreedsampling method" [where it appears throughout the Plan]. Describing thatfreshwater and seawater mix is not true as they do not readily mix. [See original submission for detailed description of difficulties associated with the term "zone of reasonable mixing" and wastewater samples].

Reject

/S33/003 Porirua Harbour and Catchment

Community TrustObjective O25: Aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kai

Support [Retain Objective O25]. Accept in part


Community TrustPolicy P65: Minimising effects of nutrient discharges

Support [Retain Policy P65]. Accept in part


Submission point





Community TrustPolicy P67: Minimising effects of discharges

Support [Retain Policy P67] Accept in part


Community TrustPolicy P68: Inappropriate discharges to water

Support [Retain Policy P68] Accept

/S55/025 The Oil Companies Policy P67:


Amend Modify Policy 67 as follows:The adverse effects of discharges of contaminants to land and water will be minimised by:(a) ...(c) minimising the volume or amount of the contaminant in the discharge, and/or ...

Accept in part



Oppose Modify Policy 68 as follows:Discharges to fresh and coastal water of:(a) ...(c) untreated industrial or trade waste from at risk operational areas of sites , and ...

Reject


Managing point source discharges for aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kai

Oppose Modify Policy 70 as follows:Where an objective in Table 3.4, Table 3.5, Table 3.6 or Table 3.8 of Objective O25 is not met, point source discharges to water shall be managed in the following way:(a) for an existing activity that contributes to the objective not being met, the discharge is only appropriate if:(i) the application for resource consent includes a defined programme of work for upgrading the activity and/ or discharge quality, in accordance with good management practice, within the term of the resource consent, and ...

Accept in part


Submission point




/S55/047 The Oil Companies Rule R42: Minor


Support Retain Rule 42 without further modification. Accept in part

/S55/054 The Oil Companies Rule R69: Minor

contaminants - permitted activity

Oppose Modify Rule 69 as follows:The discharge of contaminants ... conditions are met:(a) the contaminant shall not enter water, unless there has been on site treatment to a level which meets limits outlined in Rule 55, and ...

Reject

/S55/068 The Oil Companies Good

management practice

Support in part

Retain Definition of Good Management Practice subject to the following amendment:Practices, procedures or tools (including rules) ... disseminated. Some examples of good management practice guidelines can be found on the Wellington Regional Council's website http://www.gw.govt.nz/good-management-practice/

Accept in part

/S62/005 Wellington Civic Trust Objective O23:

Maintain or improve water quality

Support Retain the specified objectives with their current wording. Accept in part

/S66/018 GBC Winstone Rule R67:


Amend Add a note following Rule R67 to the effect that discharges associated with dredging for flood protection or erosion mitigation is provided for under Rules R200 and R201.

Accept in part


Submission point




/S75/002 Minister of Conservation Anti-fouling

coatingSupport Retain as notified Accept

/S75/003 Minister of Conservation Biofouling Support Retain as notified Accept

/S75/004 Minister of Conservation In-water cleaning Support Retain as notified Accept

/S75/005 Minister of Conservation Aquatic

ecosystem healthSupport Retain as notified Accept

/S75/010 Minister of Conservation Good

management practice

Amend Good management practice guidelines include those can be found on the Wellington Regional Council's website http://www.gw.govt.nz/good-management-practice/

Accept

FS74/181 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Oppose DisallowS75/025 Minister of Conservation Objective O23:


Support Retain as notified Accept in part

FS65/007 Land Matters Ltd Oppose DisallowS75/026 Minister of Conservation Objective O25:


Support Retain as notififed, subject to changes sought in submission point S75/027

Accept in part

/S75/027 Minister of Conservation Objective O25:


Amend All tables - Use numeric objectives in preference to narrative objectives, where possible, and replace words such as 'balanced' and 'unacceptable' with clear, meaningful terms that support the objective. For example, for the indigenous fish objective a measure of state to describe the indigenous community condition (such as a minimum fish index of biotic integrity).

Accept in part


Submission point




FS65/008 Land Matters Ltd Support in part

Allow in part

FS71/044 Horticulture NZ Oppose in part

Disallow

S75/028 Minister of Conservation Objective O25: Aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kai

Amend Table 3.4 - Include an objective relating to channel water surface area cover by non-indigenous macrophytes: <50% macrophyte cover of cross-sectional area or volume, or <50% macrophyte cover of channel water surface area.Include a deposited sediment percent cover objective for all outstanding water bodies (Schedule A), rivers and lakes with significant indigenous ecosystem values (Schedule F1): <20% cover of the bed by fine silt or sand <2mm diameter (or within 10% cover of reference condition).

Accept in part

FS54/070 Federated Farmers of New Zealand Support in part

Not stated

FS74/185 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Support AllowFS85/098 Carterton District Council Oppose in

partDisallow

S75/029 Minister of Conservation Objective O25: Aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kai

Amend Table 3.8- Amend the table to include objectives for seagrass and saltmarsh, fish, sedimentation rate and mud content in the open coast.

Accept in part

FS74/186 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Support AllowS75/038 Minister of Conservation Surface water

bodyAmend [Include coastal marine area in definition] Reject

FS74/187 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Oppose DisallowS75/081 Minister of Conservation Policy P62:

Promoting discharges to land

Support Retain as notified Accept

/S75/082 Minister of Conservation Policy P67:



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Submission point




S75/083 Minister of Conservation Policy P70: Managing point source discharges for aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kai

Amend Amend Policy to clarify that upgrading of the activity is required to improve water quality in relation to the objective.

Reject


Quality of discharges

Support Retain (a)(i) Accept in part



Amend Amend the standard for pH [(a)(ii)] to ensure discharges are not changing the pH of the downstream receiving environment as a result of the presence of acid or basic contaminants, or remove the standard and rely on the other standards proposed as well as those identified for inclusion in this submission

Accept in part

FS85/166 Carterton District Council Oppose in part

Disallow

FS74/194 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Support AllowS75/086 Minister of Conservation Policy P71:


Amend [Amend so that] the higher clarity standard [(a)(iii)] of no more than 20% reduction applies to all waters identified as outstanding water bodies (Schedule A), rivers and lakes with significant indigenous biodiversity values (Schedule F1). Base temperature standards on values, rather than river classes.

Reject


Disallow



Amend [Apply more precautionary DO standards in (b) and (c)] for water bodies identified as outstanding (Schedule A) and rivers and lakes with significant indigenous biodiversity values (Schedule F1). For example, a 7-day mean minimum DO no lower than 7mg/L and 1-day minimum of no less than 5mg/L.

Reject


Submission point





Disallow



Amend Include: biochemical oxygen demand (ScBOD5) standards that do not allow a discharge to exceed 2mg/L; particulate organic matter (POM) standard at the downstream site to not exceed 5mg/L at flows less than the median; minimum toxicity standards for nitrate and ammonia.

Reject

FS74/197 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Support AllowFS85/169 Carterton District Council Oppose in

partDisallow

S75/093 Minister of Conservation Policy P88: Bio foul cleaning


/S75/131 Minister of Conservation Rule R65: In-


Oppose in part

Amend Rule R65 as per p24-25 of original submission. Accept in part

/S75/132 Minister of Conservation Rule R66: In-

water biofoul cleaning - discretionary activity


/S75/133 Minister of Conservation Rule R67:


Amend Amend as follows:(b) that is not permitted by Rules R36, R37, R42, R43, R44, or R45, R87 or R88, or restricted discretionary under Rule 88A

Accept in part

/S75/191 Minister of Conservation Method M28:

Development of Support Retain Accept


Submission point




good management practice guidelines.

/S76/004 David and Pauline Innes Map 21d:

Modelled river classes - Wellington Hutt Valley and Wainuiomata catchments (Table 3.1)

Amend Remove all our streamsfrom these maps.

Reject

/S78/004 South Wairarapa Biodiversity Group

Incorporated3.5 Water Quality Amend [See decision requested for submission point S78/001]. Reject

FS74/208 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Support AllowS81/005 New Zealand Defence Force Surface water

bodySupport Retain the various definitions of surface water bodies to provide

clarity.Accept in part

/S81/022 New Zealand Defence Force 5.2.2 Water

dischargesAmend Amend the rules in sections 5.2 and 5.3 and/or insert guidance

notes to clarify which rules apply.Accept

/S81/024 New Zealand Defence Force Rule R42: Minor


Support Retain R42. Accept

/S81/029 New Zealand Defence Force Rule R69: Minor


Amend Amend R69 permitted activity control (a) to address [issues with temporary military training activities discharging minor contaminants; see original submission for details] and provide clarification for users.

Reject

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Submission point




S82/028 Meridian Energy Limited Rule R67: Discharges inside sites of significance - non complying activity

Oppose Amend Rule R67 by exempting stormwater discharges that are otherwise permitted or controlled or restricted discretionary activities or changing the consent status as follows:

The discharge of water or contaminants into water, or onto or into land where it may enter water, except stormwater discharges:...(b) that is not permitted by Rules R42, R43, R44 or R45 is a non-complying discretionary activity.

Accept in part

FS57/062 The Oil Companies Support AllowFS47/025 Maypole Environmental Limited Support Allow

S82/029 Meridian Energy Limited Rule R68: All other discharges - discretionary activity

Support in part

Clarify in Rule R68 that all discharge activities that are not permitted activities or controlled activities or restricted discretionary activities are discretionary activities.

Accept in part

/S84/013 Hutt City Council Entire Plan Amend Amend plan to remove requirements to comply with good

management practices. Refer only to specific, existing good management practice documents.

Reject

/S84/014 Hutt City Council Good

management practice

Amend Remove requirements to comply with good management practices. Refer only to specific, existing good management practice documents.

Reject

/S85/026 Roading, Parks and Gardens and

Solid Waste departments of Hutt City Council and Upper Hutt City Council

Surface water body

Not stated [Revise Policy P97 and associated definitions as per submission point S85/025].

Accept in part


Solid Waste departments of Hutt Surface water body

Amend Make the necessary amendments to rules anddefinitions and insert new definitions to clearly define the different

Accept in part


Submission point




City Council and Upper Hutt City Council

types ofwater bodies, and regulate them appropriately and in accordance with Part 3 ofthe RMA. Definitions include continuous and intermittent watercourses, drains,ephemeral flow paths, and surface water bodies.


Solid Waste departments of Hutt City Council and Upper Hutt City Council

Rule R42: Minor discharges - permitted activity

Amend Resolve the circular reference between Rules R42 and R139. Accept

/S88/013 Trelissick Park Group Method M10:

Water quality investigations and remediation actions

Amend Amend the plan to include Kaiwharawhara and Korimako Streams in M10.

Reject

/S97/002 Alan Jefferies Map 21a:

Modelled river classes - upper Wairarapa valley catchments (Table 3.1)

Oppose in part

Delete misleading maps, produce an accurate set of maps. Reject

/S98/023 Spark New Zealand Trading Limited Rule R69: Minor


Oppose [Amend R69 and include new permitted activity rule R69B to establish the thresholds as to when the provisions of R69 are necessary; see original submission for detailed amendments]

Accept in part

/S99/029 Kapiti Coast Airport Holdings

LimitedRule R67: Discharges inside sites of significance - non complying activity

Amend Amend Rule R67 in Section 5.2.8 'All other discharges' in the Proposed Plan as follows:'Rule R67: Discharges inside sites of significance - non-complying activityThe discharge of water or contaminants into water, or onto or into land where it may enter water:

Accept in part


Submission point




...(b) that is not permitted by Rules R42, R43, R44, or R45, R48 or R49 is a non-complying activity.'

/S100/003 Southern North Island Wood

CouncilRule R42: Minor discharges - permitted activity

Amend In Rule R42 remove i. 50g/m3 and ii. 100g/m3 tolerances and concentrate on zone of reasonable mixing

Reject

/S104/003 Cuttriss Consultants Limited Rule R42: Minor


Support Retain Accept in part

/S105/002 Woodridge Homes Limited Rule R42: Minor


Support For Rule R42, retain 100g/m3 limit, adding wording to rule R42 to clarify that stormwater discharges are covered by Rule R48.

Accept in part

/S107/004 Upper Hutt City Council Policy P67:


Amend Amend various policies as referred to in Appendix 1. Reject

/S112/004 Friends of the Paekakariki Streams Rule R42: Minor


Amend That any discharge of sediment [under Rule R42?] or stormwater to the Wainui Catchment Streams (and other significant streams in the Region listed in Schedule F) is a discretionary activity (not permitted as proposed).

Reject

/S112/016 Friends of the Paekakariki Streams Objective O23:



/S112/017 Friends of the Paekakariki Streams Objective O24:

Contact recreation and Maori customary



Submission point




use/

S112/018 Friends of the Paekakariki Streams Objective O26: Mahinga kai


/S112/040 Friends of the Paekakariki Streams Policy P10:


Support [not stated] Accept





Minimising effects of nutrient discharges







Support [Not stated] Accept


Managing point source discharges for aquatic ecosystem health



Submission point




and mahinga kai/

S112/088 Friends of the Paekakariki Streams Method M28: Development of good management practice guidelines.


/S113/059 Michael John Slater Objective O25:


Amend Remove [Objective 25(c)]Amend Table 3.6 to state the numerical amount: "nitrate in groundwater should not exceed human drinking water standards, i.e. 11.3".

Reject

/S113/078 Michael John Slater Method M13:

Wairarapa water races

Amend Insert after cultural values "and economic values of the Wairarapa water races..."

Accept

/S113/081 Michael John Slater Method M28:

Development of good management practice guidelines.

Support Retain. Accept

/S117/056 Kāpiti Coast District Council Rule R42: Minor


Amend Option 1: Create new rule "Minor discharges from dewatering activities for regionally significant infrastructure" as follows: The discharge of contaminants into water, or onto or into land where it may enter water that is not permitted, controlled, restricted discretionary, discretion, non-complying or prohibited by any other rule in this Plan is a permitted activity provided the following conditions are met:(a) where the discharge may enter groundwater, the discharge is not located within 50m of a bore used for water abstraction for potable supply or stock water, and (b) if the discharge is from dewatering, the discharge is not from contaminated land, and

Accept in part


Submission point




(c) the discharge shall not cause any erosion of the channel or banks of the receiving water body or the coastal marine area, and(d) the discharge shall not give rise to the following effects after the zone of reasonable mixing:(i) a change in the pH of 0.5pH unit, or(ii) the production of conspicuous oil or grease films, scums or foams, or floatable or suspended materials, or(iii) any conspicuous change in the colour or visual clarity, or(iv) any emission of objectionable odour, or(v) the fresh water is unsuitable for consumption by farm animals, or(vi) any significant adverse effects on aquatic life

FS57/045 The Oil Companies Support AllowFS56/066 Powerco Support Allow

S117/057 Kāpiti Coast District Council Rule R42: Minor discharges - permitted activity

Amend Option 2: Create new rule "Minor discharges from dewatering activities for regionally signficant infrastructure - controlled activity" as follows: the discharge of water from dewatering activities for regionally significant infrastructure that does not meet permitted activity standards is a controlled activity

Accept in part

FS57/046 The Oil Companies Support AllowFS56/067 Powerco Support Allow

S119/009 Kaiwaiwai Dairies Limited Objective O25: Aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kai

Amend Table 3.6 nitrate levels are not defined, initially set at drinking water standard, with the Whaitua to make the final determination.

Reject

/S119/013 Kaiwaiwai Dairies Limited Policy P63:


Support Supported Accept in part

/S119/044 Kaiwaiwai Dairies Limited Method M13:


Amend M13 needs to include the economic drive for water race establishment and operation.

Accept


Submission point




/S120/006 Java Trust Limited Objective O23:


Amend Amend O23 so the overall quality of water is maintained and improved; amend all related provisions accordingly; all incidentaland consequential amendments.

Reject

/S120/007 Java Trust Limited Objective O24:


Oppose Delete O24; amend all related provisions accordingly; all incidentaland consequential amendments.

Reject

FS82/002 Regional Public Health Oppose DisallowS120/010 Java Trust Limited Policy P67:


Oppose Delete O4[4], P4 and P67; amend allrelated provisions accordingly; all incidental and consequential amendments.

Reject

/S121/029 CentrePort Limited (CentrePort) Objective O24:


Support in part

Amend Objective O24 as follows:Rivers, lakes, natural wetlands and coastal water (excluding the Commercial Port Area) are suitable for contact recreation and Maori customary use, by: ...

Accept in part

/S121/045 CentrePort Limited (CentrePort) Policy P10:


Support in part

Amend Policy P10 as follows: ...(b) managing activities to maintain or enhance safe contact recreation values in the beds of lakes and rivers, including by retaining existing swimming holes and maintaining access to existing contact recreation locations, and ...(d) providing for the safe passive recreation and amenity values of fresh water bodies and the coastal marine area.

Reject


Submission point




/S121/073 CentrePort Limited (CentrePort) Policy P88: Bio

foul cleaningSupport Retain Policy P88 in its current form. Accept

/S121/102 CentrePort Limited (CentrePort) Rule R65: In-


Support in part

Amend Rule R65 as follows:The discharge of contaminants and biological material into coastal water from in-water cleaning of biofouling from a vessel ... is a permitted activity provided the following conditions are met:...(d) where the vessel is of international origin the cleaning or treatment method shall capture any biological material released into the water column greater than 50µm in diameter, with any captured cleaning debris disposed on land, and...

Reject

FS48/006 Ministry for Primary Industries Oppose DisallowS121/103 CentrePort Limited (CentrePort) Rule R66: In-

water biofoul cleaning - discretionary activity

Support in part

Amend R65 as indicated in submission point S121/102. Reject

/S121/104 CentrePort Limited (CentrePort) Rule R67:


Oppose Amend Rule R67 as follows:The discharge of water or contaminants into water, or onto or into land where it may enter water: (a) inside a site or habitat identified in Schedule A (outstanding water bodies), Schedule F1 (rivers/lakes), Schedule F3 (significant wetland), or Schedule F4 (coastal sites) unless located in the Commercial Port Area, and ... is a non-complying activity.

Reject

/S122/001 Carrus Limited Rule R42: Minor

discharges - Support Retain Rule R42. Accept in part


Submission point




permitted activity/

S124/005 Wairarapa Water Users Society Incorporated

Objective O25: Aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kai


Reject

FS82/007 Regional Public Health Oppose in part

Disallow in part

S124/024 Wairarapa Water Users Society Incorporated

Method M13: Wairarapa water races


Accept

/S124/027 Wairarapa Water Users Society

IncorporatedMethod M28: Development of good management practice guidelines.


/S125/022 Rural Residents Environmental

Society IncorporatedRule R68: All other discharges - discretionary activity

Support Rule R69 All discharges of hazardous substances _ non-complying activity The discharge of hazardous substances into water, or onto or into land where it may enter water, that is not permitted by Rule 68 is a non-complying activity.

Accept in part


Society IncorporatedMethod M13: Wairarapa water races

Support [Support provision] Accept


Society IncorporatedMethod M28: Development of good management practice guidelines.


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Submission point




S127/004 Wairarapa Regional Irrigation Trust Surface water body

Amend Amend to add new a [a](iv) "electricity generation". Reject

/S127/008 Wairarapa Regional Irrigation Trust Objective O23:


Amend Amend Objective to line up with the NPSFM:The overall quality of water in the region's rivers, lakes, natural wetlands, groundwater and the coastal marine area is maintained or improved.

Reject

FS85/088 Carterton District Council Support AllowS127/009 Wairarapa Regional Irrigation Trust Objective O24:


Amend Amend (a) to refer to maintaining overall water quality. Reject

/S127/010 Wairarapa Regional Irrigation Trust Objective O25:


Amend Amend to clarify the level of ecological health restoration sought to be encouraged.Amend Table 3.4 to provide a measurable environmental outcome over the life of the Plan whose benefits and costs can properly be evaluated under 32 to demonstrate that the benefits exceed the costs over time.Amend to make it clear if O25(c) is intended to be aspirational only insofar as it incorporates periphyton and MCI values for rivers and streams on the Wairarapa plains, and/or substitute qualitative environmental outcomes for the numerical values currently in Table 3.4.

Reject

FS85/096 Carterton District Council Neither support or oppose

Not stated

S127/026 Wairarapa Regional Irrigation Trust Policy P65: Minimising effects of nutrient discharges

Amend Add a Note to this policy, as follows;"It is intended that nutrients ultimately entering water as a result of stock grazing are managed under landuse policies (P96) rather than this and other policies governing discharges of contaminants to land."

Reject

FS74/273 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Oppose DisallowS131/003 PF Olsen Limited Rule R42: Minor


Amend Remove i.50g/m3 and ii. 100g/m3 tolerances and concentrate on zone of reasonable mixing

Reject


Submission point




/S132/003 Hammond Limited Objective O25:


Amend Amend O25 as follows:To safeguard provide for aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kai in fresh water bodies and coastal marine area:(a) water quality, flows, water levels and aquatic and coastal habitats are managed to maintain provide for aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kai, and(b) restoration of aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kai is encouraged where appropriate, and ...

Reject

/S133/009 Greater Wellington Regional Council Rule R42: Minor


Amend Amend to include a condition that does not permit the discharge of hazardous substances under Rule R42.

Accept

FS50/004 Fertiliser Association of New Zealand Inc

Support in part

Allow

FS53/011 Beef and Lamb NZ Oppose in part

Allow in part

S135/003 Wellington Water Limited Aquatic ecosystem health

Amend Re-define to not refer to a variable. Reject

/S135/016 Wellington Water Limited Good

management practice

Amend Redefine to make the definition more certain and be clear about the limits of it applicability.

Reject

/S135/024 Wellington Water Limited Pumped drainage

schemeAmend Clarify if this refers to stormwater and wastewater. Accept

/S135/043 Wellington Water Limited Objective O24: Amend Clarify that shellfish gathering is not appropriate within vicinity of Reject


Submission point





stormwater or wastewater outfalls due to risk of pathogens from urban area contaminants.

/S135/056 Wellington Water Limited Policy P10:


Amend Remove (a) or (b) or clarify the relationship to each other. Reject



Amend Suggest that qualifiers are added that include consideration of the assimilative capacity of the soil, potential erosion and odour effects, reverse sensitivity effects, inability to use such land for agricultural production for market sensitivity reasons, and provide for rules to allow for practical discharges of effluent.

Reject

FS30/060 Masterton District Council Support AllowFS26/081 South Wairarapa District Council Support Allow

S135/081 Wellington Water Limited Policy P64: Mixing waters

Amend Replace "catchments" with "whaitua" or similar. Reject



Amend Consider the applicability of this policy and the necessary constraints to it. Change (a) to the effect of increasing efficiencies or seeking out latest technlogies to reduce contaminant production. In (d), instead of using "where appropriate", refer to doing so within the constraints of the assimilative capacity of the soil, erosion effects and reverse sensitivity effects (or to like effect).

Reject



Amend Amendment and clarification. (a) Change "extreme weather related overflows" to "heavy rainfall events" consistent with policy P76. Specify if (c) includes discharges from wastewater or potable water treatment plants.

Accept in part

FS85/163 Carterton District Council Support AllowS135/085 Wellington Water Limited Policy P70: Amend Change (a)(i) to clarify this applies to new consents for existing Accept in partSummary Table of Decisions on the Proposed Natural Resources Plan: Topic – Water Quality

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Submission point





consented activty when the existing consents expire. Remove reference to "good management practice" or specify the intent or limits or recognised procedures. Clarify that offsetting is part of mitigation and not an additional step to "avoid, remedy or mityigate" in section 5 RMA. Clarify when offset residual effects will be considered.



Amend Constrain the circumstances to be consistent with schedule 3 RMA, that is, "apply after reasonable mixing of any contaminant or water with the receiving water and disregarding the effect of any natural perturbations that may affect the water body".

Reject

/S135/138 Wellington Water Limited Rule R42: Minor


Amend Provide a special category of permitted activity for regionally significant infrastructure, or have consents trigger to controlled activity status.

Accept in part

FS32/053 Meridian Energy Limited Support AllowFS22/025 Transpower NZ Ltd Support AllowFS69/069 Wellington International Airport Limited Support Allow

S135/139 Wellington Water Limited Rule R43: Water to water - permitted activity

Support Support Accept

/S135/140 Wellington Water Limited Rule R45:

Potable water - permitted activity


/S135/141 Wellington Water Limited Rule R46: Dye or

salt tracer - permitted activity

Amend Suggest (d) is amended to notification of GWRC Pollution Response Unit by phone or email prior to the testing.

Accept

/S135/188 Wellington Water Limited Method M11:

Assessment and reporting of Wellington

Amend Clarify whether this provision applies to GWRC water supply operations, now managed by Wellington Water, and if so, what activities would have to be reported on.

Reject


Submission point




Regional Council works, operations and services for integrated catchment management


Improving water quality in priority water bodies

Support Retain. Accept in part




/S136/001 Regional Public Health Objective O24:


Amend "Amend the level for Planktonic cyanobacteria in Table 3.1 and 3.2 to ""< 1.8 mm3/L biovolume equivalent of potentially toxic cyanobacteria OR < 10 mm3/L total biovolume of all cyanobacteria"".

Accept

/S136/002 Regional Public Health 3. Objectives Support Support for all objectives with the exception of Objective O24 as

referred to in submission point s136/001Reject

/S138/002 Heather Jean Phillips Map 21d:


Amend Part of a Class 1 river and all but 20m of a Class 3 river, on my property are incorrectly shown on Map 21d on GIS system. They are in fact ephemeral.

Reject

/S138/013 Heather Jean Phillips 1.1 Overview of Amend Amend the plan to include simple diagrams that show the general RejectSummary Table of Decisions on the Proposed Natural Resources Plan: Topic – Water Quality

of 145

Submission point




the Wellington Region

water quality and its change of state as you move from native forest to plantations to hill country to farmland to dairy land and to urban areas.

/S140/055 Kiwi Rail Holdings Limited Rule R65: In-


Support in part

(k) where the vessel has most recently arrived from an international origin the cleaning or treatment method shall capture any biological material released into the water column greater than 50μm in diameter, with any captured cleaning debris disposed on land, and

Reject

FS48/005 Ministry for Primary Industries Oppose DisallowS140/056 Kiwi Rail Holdings Limited Rule R67:


Oppose (a) inside a site or habitat identified in Schedule A (outstanding water bodies), Schedule F1 (rivers/lakes), Schedule F3 (significant wetland), or Schedule F4 (coastal sites) unless located in the Commercial Port Area, and

Accept

FS96/016 Queen Elizabeth II National Trust Neither support or oppose

Not stated

S142/001 New Zealand Fire Commission and Wellington Rural Fire Authority

Surface water body

Support Retain Accept

/S142/007 New Zealand Fire Commission and

Wellington Rural Fire AuthorityRule R42: Minor discharges - permitted activity

Support in part

Add...Except that the discharges of contaminants produced by emergency firefighting activities undertaken by the New Zealand Fire Service, Rural Fire Authorities and any other Fire Brigade are exempt from standards (a) to (e).

Reject

/S142/008 New Zealand Fire Commission and

Wellington Rural Fire AuthorityRule R43: Water to water -



Submission point




permitted activity/

S143/010 Maypole Environmental Limited Rule R67: Discharges inside sites of significance - non complying activity

Amend Amend Rule 67 in order to clarify that it does not cover stormwater discharges that are provided for under Rules 48-53.

Accept in part

/S144/024 Chorus New Zealand Limited Rule R69: Minor


Amend Amend Rule R69 as follows:

The discharge of contaminants onto or into land ...

The use of trenchless methods to install infrastructure is a permitted activity and does not need to comply with provisions (a) and (b) but subject to manage discharges to the environment from trenches acting as migration pathways for contaminants. Note that if the provisions in Rule R69B are complied, compliance with Rule R69 is not necessary.

Add Rule R69B [See submission for suggested wording]

Accept in part

/S145/010 First Gas Ltd Good

management practice

Support Retain the definition Accept

/S145/042 First Gas Ltd Policy P62:


Support Retain Policy 62 Accept


Submission point




/S145/043 First Gas Ltd Policy P67:


Amend Retain Policy 67: The adverse effects of discharges of contaminants to land and water will be avoided, remedied or mitigated minimised by: ...

Reject

/S145/054 First Gas Ltd Rule R43: Water

to water - permitted activity

Support Retain Rule 43 Accept

/S145/057 First Gas Ltd Rule R67:


Amend Amend Rule 67: The discharge of water or contaminants into water, or onto or into land where it may enter water: ...(c) that is not a discharge associated with a regionally significant infrastructure

Reject

FS57/061 The Oil Companies Support AllowS145/058 First Gas Ltd Rule R68: All

other discharges - discretionary activity


/S145/059 First Gas Ltd Rule R69: Minor


Support Retain Rule 69 Accept in part

/S145/073 First Gas Ltd Rule R42: Minor



FS56/068 Powerco Support AllowS146/019 NZ Transport Agency Good

management practice


/S146/037 NZ Transport Agency Surface water

bodySupport Retain Accept


Submission point




/S146/112 NZ Transport Agency Policy P62:



FS96/048 Queen Elizabeth II National Trust Support AllowS146/113 NZ Transport Agency Policy P63:


Neither support or oppose

[Not stated] Accept in part

/S146/114 NZ Transport Agency Policy P67:


Support in part

Amend Policy 67: The adverse effects of discharges of contaminants to land and water will be avoided, remedied or mitigated minimised by: (a) avoiding the production of the contaminant, and/or (b) reusing, recovering or recycling the contaminant, and/or (c) minimising the volume or amount of the discharge, and/or (d) using land-based treatment, constructed wetlands or other systems to treat contaminants prior to discharge where appropriate, and (e) irrespective of actions taken in accordance (a) to (d) above, where a discharge is a point source discharge to a river or stream, the discharge achieves the water quality standards in Policy P71 after reasonable mixing.

Reject

FS25/029 Wellington Water Limited Support AllowFS96/049 Queen Elizabeth II National Trust Support Allow

S146/116 NZ Transport Agency Policy P71: Quality of discharges



Submission point




/S146/143 NZ Transport Agency Rule R42: Minor



/S146/144 NZ Transport Agency Rule R43: Water



/S146/154 NZ Transport Agency Rule R67:


Oppose Amend Rule 67: The discharge of water or contaminants into water, or onto or into land where it may enter water: (a) inside a site or habitat identified in ... and (b) that is not permitted by Rules R42, R43, R44 or R45; and (c) that is not a discharge associated with a regionally significant infrastructure

Or introduce a new discretionary rule specific to discharges of water or contaminants into water, or onto or into land where it may enter water from regionally significant infrastructure inside sites of significance.

Reject

FS26/111 South Wairarapa District Council Support in part

Allow in part

FS59/048 Roading, Parks and Gardens and Solid Waste departments of Hutt City Council and Upper Hutt City Council

Support Allow

FS96/058 Queen Elizabeth II National Trust Oppose DisallowFS22/028 Transpower NZ Ltd Support AllowFS30/086 Masterton District Council Support in

partAllow in part

S146/155 NZ Transport Agency Rule R68: All other discharges - discretionary



Submission point




activity/

S146/156 NZ Transport Agency Rule R69: Minor contaminants - permitted activity


/S147/001 New Zealand Diving and Salvage

LimitedRule R65: In-water biofoul cleaning - permitted activity

Amend Amend condition (c) of R65 to permit in-water cleaning of vessels regardless of origin of microfouling and without need for containment.

Accept

FS48/003 Ministry for Primary Industries Support AllowS147/002 New Zealand Diving and Salvage


Amend Amend R65 to permit the in-water cleaning of regional and domestic vessels regardless of micro or macro-fouling state and without containment.

Reject

FS48/001 Ministry for Primary Industries Oppose DisallowS147/003 New Zealand Diving and Salvage


Amend Clarify which vessel classes (p12 of Anti-fouling and In-water Cleaning guidelines) are permitted by R65.

Accept



Amend Amend R65(f) to extend responsibility for reporting harmful or unusual aquatic species to the in-water cleaning operator, and recognise that novelty of species to region is critical, as follows:...(f) if any suspected species [sic] harmful or unusual aquatic species are found that are either new to New Zealand or the Wellington Region, the vessel owner and/or the in-water cleaning operator shall take the following steps: ..."

Reject



Amend Amend R65(d) to allow for material that has been captured and filtered through the in-water cleaning process can be discharged into coastal water as a permitted activity.

Reject


Submission point




FS48/002 Ministry for Primary Industries Oppose DisallowS147/006 New Zealand Diving and Salvage


Amend Amend R65(d) to ensure that the requirement for capture is only applicable to vessels of domestic or international origin with macrofouling as described on P12 of the Anti-fouling and In-water Cleaning guidelines.

Accept

FS48/004 Ministry for Primary Industries Support AllowS152/003 Waa Rata Estate Tributary Amend Amend definition of tributary to "A river or stream (of any order)

that flows over land into a lake..."Reject

/S152/007 Waa Rata Estate Map 21e:

Modelled river classes - Kapiti Coast catchments (Table 3.1)

Amend Amendthe colour scheme on the map to ensure the different classes are clearlydistinguishable.

Reject

/S152/027 Waa Rata Estate Good

management practice

Amend Insert in the definition of 'Good management practice' that such practices are only a guide.

Accept in part

/S152/048 Waa Rata Estate Rule R44: Pool

and spa pool water - permitted activity

Amend Replace 'a residential property' with 'an individual property'. Clarify R44(a) relates only to sites that are specifically mapped in the Proposed Regional Plan. It does not mean discharges on to land near a possible site/habitat or near a mapped site.

Reject

/S152/052 Waa Rata Estate Rule R67:


Amend Amend to ensure more specificity about the circumstances of the discharge (eg scale, frequency, intensity and quality of contaminants by the time it leaves the property in which it is discharged and when it arrives at the site or habitat identified in various schedules).Redraft rule to avoid use of 'may'.Clarify that (a) relates only to sites that are specifically mapped in the Proposed Regional Plan. It does not mean discharges on to land near a possible site/habitat or near a mapped site.

Reject


Submission point




/S152/053 Waa Rata Estate Rule R68: All


Amend Make any consequentialamendments arising from requested changes to R68 [see submission point S152/052].

Reject

/S163/027 Porirua City Council Good

management practice

Amend Redefine to make the definition more certain and to clarify thelimits of its applicability.

Reject

/S163/036 Porirua City Council Water race Amend Move this definition so that it is immediately after "wastewater

network" in the list of definitions. Accept

/S163/040 Porirua City Council Objective O23:


Support [Retain] Accept in part

FS96/069 Queen Elizabeth II National Trust Oppose in part

Disallow in part

S163/041 Porirua City Council Objective O24: Contact recreation and Maori customary use


/S163/042 Porirua City Council Objective O25:




Disallow in part

S163/066 Porirua City Council Policy P63: Improving water quality for contact

Amend Check method M27 for accuracy with regards to [references to] Schedules H1 and H2.

Accept in part


Submission point




recreation and Maori customary use

/S163/067 Porirua City Council Policy P64:

Mixing watersAmend Clarify what is meant by "catchments" in this policy. Specify

"whaitua catchments" if that is what is intended. Amend policy to exclude the mixing of waters that are associated with distributed water supply for domestic and commercial use.

Reject

/S163/068 Porirua City Council Policy P68:


Amend Define "extreme" in relation to overflows in subclause (a). Accept in part

FS96/082 Queen Elizabeth II National Trust Support in part

Allow

S163/086 Porirua City Council Rule R42: Minor discharges - permitted activity

Amend Correct "discretion" in the second line to "discretionary". Accept

/S163/094 Porirua City Council Rule R60: All

other pumped drainage schemes - discretionary activity

Amend Add further categories as follows: "Discharge of water or contaminants ... from a pumped drainage scheme within an Urban Development overlay area, in respect of which a comprehensive development plan has been approved, is a controlled activity. "Discharge of water or contaminants ... from a pumped drainage scheme within an Urban Development overlay area, in respect of which a comprehensive development plan has not been approved, is a restricted discretionary activity."

Reject

/S163/098 Porirua City Council Rule R68: All


Amend Add further categories as follows: "All other discharges ... from a pumped drainage scheme within an Urban Development overlay area, in respect of which a comprehensive development plan has been approved, is a controlled activity. "All other discharges ... from a pumped drainage scheme within an Urban Development overlay area, in respect of which a comprehensive development plan has not been approved, is a restricted discretionary activity."

Accept in part


Submission point




/S163/099 Porirua City Council Rule R67:


Amend Clarify how this rule relates to Rule R53. lf stormwater discharges in outstanding water bodies are captured by R67, it is requested that all stormwater discharges be treated as either a controlled or discretionary activity.

Accept in part


Allow

S163/152 Porirua City Council Method M8: Te Awarua-o-Porirua Harbour restoration

Support [Retain] Accept

/S163/157 Porirua City Council Method M27:


Amend Correct "Schedule H1" to read "Schedule H2". Accept

/S163/158 Porirua City Council Method M28:


Not stated [Some concerns with work required to implement this method; no specific decision requested]

Reject

/S163/161 Porirua City Council Map 21d:


Amend Amend map title to read: "Modelled river classes - Wellington, Hutt Valley, Porirua and Wainuiomata catchments".

Reject

/S164/002 Wainuiomata Rural Community

AssociationRule R42: Minor discharges - permitted activity

Amend We suggest that "contaminant" is defined. At present, "contaminated land" is defined as is "hazardous substances". However it is unclear whether contaminant is a separate category. We also recommend that evidence be provided as to why these particular measures (50 g/m3 and 100g/m3) have been chosen

Reject


Submission point




and suggest that a sliding scale would be more effective.

/S165/026 Transpower NZ Ltd 5.2 Discharges to

water rulesSupport in part

Amend Section 5.2 to provide specific references to Regulations 28 and 29 of the NESETA. Such reference could be inserted as notes to the relevant rules,or specific amendment to the relevant rules, as follows:The rules in Section 5.2 relating to the discharge of contaminants to water, do not apply to the discharge of contaminants to water in relation to an existing National Grid line (existing at 14 January 2010) that forms part of the National Grid. These activities are covered by Rules 28 and 29 of the Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Electricity Transmission Activities).

Accept

/S165/027 Transpower NZ Ltd Rule R42: Minor



/S165/028 Transpower NZ Ltd Rule R43: Water



/S165/037 Transpower NZ Ltd Rule R67:



/S165/038 Transpower NZ Ltd Rule R68: All

other discharges - discretionary



Submission point




activity/

S165/039 Transpower NZ Ltd Rule R69: Minor contaminants - permitted activity


/S167/010 Sustainable Wairarapa Inc 3.5 Water Quality Not stated How is GWRC going to ensure that the freshwater objectives are

met?Reject

/S167/011 Sustainable Wairarapa Inc 4.8 Discharges to

land and waterNot stated How does GWRC intend to achieve the PNRP Freshwater

Objectives?Reject

/S170/005 Chris Engel Objective O25:



Reject

/S170/024 Chris Engel Method M13:



Accept

/S170/027 Chris Engel Method M28:



/S175/079 Joan Allin and Rob Crozier Method M10:


Support in part

Retain method M10 (e) regarding Te Horo groundwater and (g) regarding the Mangaone Stream and, if anything, change the dates to being sooner than 2018.

Reject


Submission point




/S273/003 Spencer Holmes Limited Rule R42: Minor


Amend Retain the TSS limit. Accept

/S274/005 Alexander Haddon Webster Objective O25:



Reject

/S274/024 Alexander Haddon Webster Method M13:



Accept

/S274/027 Alexander Haddon Webster Method M28:



/S275/003 Forest Enterprises Growth Ltd Rule R42: Minor


Amend Remove i.50g/m3 and ii. 100g/m3 tolerances and concentrate on zone of reasonable mixing

Reject

/S278/007 Derek Neal Objective O25:


Amend Put targets in band widths and ensure that the target also includes the trend in measurements.

Reject


Oppose Allow in part

S279/015 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Objective O5: Fresh and coastal water

Amend Amend objective to make it clear that term aquatic ecosystem health either relates to both coastal and freshwater or amend the definition so that it applies to both coastal and fresh water ecosystems.

Reject


Submission point




/S279/034 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Objective O23:


Amend Retain the scope of the objective so that it applies to all of the water bodies listed.This objective should extend to the quality of water in modified and artificial water bodies that are connected to natural water bodies but are not otherwise managed as a point source discharge.Amend the objective so that it is clear that the state at which water quality is to be maintained is the state at the time the regional plan review was initiated.

Accept in part

FS54/010 Federated Farmers of New Zealand Oppose Not statedFS54/011 Federated Farmers of New Zealand Oppose in

partNot stated

FS54/009 Federated Farmers of New Zealand Support DisallowFS84/048 DairyNZ and Fonterra Co-operative

Group LimitedOppose in part

Disallow

FS84/071 DairyNZ and Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited

Oppose in part

Disallow

S279/035 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Objective O24: Contact recreation and Maori customary use

Amend Amend the objective to ensure that: all water bodies in the Region are suitable for primary contact recreation; and A date that is no later than 2030 is added to the objective to define when the objective's outcomes are to be met.

Accept in part

FS54/012 Federated Farmers of New Zealand Oppose DisallowFS85/092 Carterton District Council Oppose in

partDisallow

S279/036 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Objective O25: Aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kai

Amend Amend the objective and associated tables as follows:

· Reword clause (c) to be clear that the water bodies that do not meet the objectives in the tables are the water bodies where enhancement to the specified level is required. A date that is no later than 2030 is added to the objective to define when the achievement of the objective's outcomes are to be met. Delete the note.

· Amend the tables to be clear that 'appropriate for the area' means that presence, quantities, size and quality should represent what is expected in each area based on natural

Accept in part


Submission point




distribution and natural habitat.· The footnote on Table 3.8 should refer to Table 3.5, not 3.2· Amend Tables 3.5 and 3.8 to describe outcomes for Lake

Onoke and other coastal lakes that remains consistent despite intermittent opening and closing to the sea.

· Include outcomes that safeguard seabird ecosystem requirements.

FS85/100 Carterton District Council Oppose DisallowFS54/013 Federated Farmers of New Zealand Oppose DisallowFS87/002 T Base 2 Limited Oppose Disallow

S279/037 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Objective O26: Mahinga kai

Amend Amend as: The availability of mahinga kai species to support Māori customary harvest is increased, in quantity, quality, size and diversity.

Reject

/S279/077 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Policy P10:


Amend Amend the policy so that it states that natural resources shall be managed to avoid, remedy and mitigate actual and potential adverse effects on the listed matters. Clause (a) should be amended to apply to flows and levels in lakes, wetlands and rivers, and the coastal marine area.

Clause (a) should be amended to relate to the relevant objectives of the Plan rather than the undefined term 'community objectives'.

Accept in part



Amend Amend Policy P62 as follows:Policy P62: Promoting Requiring discharges to land

The discharge of contaminants to land shall occur in situations where direct discharge of contaminants to water will cause adverse effects on:(a) aquatic ecosystem health(b) mahinga kai(c) contact recreation, or (d) Māori

Reject


Submission point




customary use.

FS30/061 Masterton District Council Oppose DisallowFS26/082 South Wairarapa District Council Oppose DisallowFS85/158 Carterton District Council Oppose Disallow

S279/114 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Policy P63: Improving water quality for contact recreation and Maori customary use

Amend Amend policy P63 to ensure that the water quality of all water bodies is improved over time to ensure they are suitable for primary contact recreation, mahinga kai and Māori customary use.Amend the policy to include a timeframe for achieving the outcomes, which should be no later than 2030.

Accept in part

FS85/161 Carterton District Council Oppose DisallowS279/115 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc 4. Policies Amend Add a new policy and associated rules that directs how fresh

water quality will be maintained in a state at least as good as it was at the time the review of the regional plan was initiated. This policy should be directive in terms of managing both point source and diffuse contributions of contaminants to water.

Reject


Oppose Disallow

FS54/038 Federated Farmers of New Zealand Oppose DisallowFS54/027 Federated Farmers of New Zealand Oppose in

partAllow in part


Oppose in part

Disallow

S279/116 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Policy P64: Mixing waters




Amend Amend the Plan to put in place a management regime that will ensure that the objectives and limits in the Proposed Plan will be achieved in a manner that is consistent with sustainable management, and gives effect to the NPSFM and the RPS. The management regime should include policies, rules and other methods that manage agricultural land use, associated discharges, and other discharges, either directly or indirectly, of contaminants to water (point source and non-point source). As a minimum outcomes, the management regime should ensure that

Reject


Submission point




water quality is maintained at the level it was at the time the review of the Regional Plans was initiated.

FS54/028 Federated Farmers of New Zealand Oppose in part

Allow in part

S279/118 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Policy P66: National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management requirements for discharge consents




Oppose Minimising Avoiding, remedying or mitigating the adverse effects of discharges The adverse effects of discharges of contaminants to land and water will be minimised avoided, remedied or mitigated by:...

Accept in part

FS85/162 Carterton District Council Support AllowS279/120 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Policy P68:


Oppose Discharges to fresh and coastal water of:(a) untreated wastewater, except as a result of extreme weather-related overflows or wastewater system failures or from recreational boating activities, and ...

Accept in part

FS85/164 Carterton District Council Oppose DisallowS279/122 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Policy P70:


Amend Amend the policy and other provisions in the Plan to ensure that improvements to existing discharges is time-bound, that the improvements are meaningful and measurable, and that in water bodies where the objectives are not met, the discharge does not cause a further decline in water quality. The management of point source discharges of contaminants should be undertaken using the same system of accounting as the management of non-point source discharges.Clause (b) should be amended to refer to NPSFM terminology around allocation status, and should be

Accept in part


Submission point




amended to be clear that new discharges cannot cause water quality to degrade from the quality that exists and, where freshwater objectives are not met, the discharge is no allowed.Clarify the policy so that it does not apply to new point source discharges of wastewater or other contaminants that are culturally offensive to Maori and their customs and traditions.Delete the reference off-setting residual adverse effects.

FS26/085 South Wairarapa District Council Oppose DisallowFS85/165 Carterton District Council Oppose in

partDisallow in part

S279/165 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Rule R42: Minor discharges - permitted activity

Amend Amend Rule R42(b)(i) to include reference to the following additional sites of significance: Schedule B, C, F1b, F1c, F2a, F2b, F2c, F5, H. Amend "zone of reasonable mixing" throughout the plan to ensure that the zone does not extent into sites of significance as identified in Schedules C and H. The permitted activity standard for total suspended solids should be reduced to no greater than 20g/m3.

Accept in part

FS59/045 Roading, Parks and Gardens and Solid Waste departments of Hutt City Council and Upper Hutt City Council

Oppose Disallow

FS32/054 Meridian Energy Limited Oppose in part

Disallow

S279/166 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Rule R43: Water to water - permitted activity

Amend The rule is supported provided the zone of reasonable mixing is amended to exclude any sites of significance to Rangitāne.

Reject

/S279/167 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Rule R44: Pool

and spa pool water - permitted activity

Amend Include reference to: Schedule B, C, F1b, F1c, F2a, F2b, F2c, F5, H.

Accept in part

/S279/168 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Rule R46: Dye or

salt tracer - permitted activity

Amend Amend the rule to ensure that the relationship of Māori and the culture and traditions are recognised and provided for.

Reject

FS85/186 Carterton District Council Neither support or

Not stated


Submission point




opposeS279/169 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Rule R47: Other

dye or salt tracer - controlled activity

Amend Amend the rule to include as a matter of control, effects on sites listed in Schedules A to F and H.

Accept in part


Not stated

S279/174 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Rule R58: Water races - discretionary activity


/S279/175 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Rule R59:

Existing pumped drainage schemes

Amend Add conditions that: water does not drain water from or cause the water level in a natural wetland to be lowered; and the concentration of nutrients (P and N) within the discharge are no greater than the applicable concentration limits for the water body into which the discharge occurs.

Accept in part


Oppose in part

Disallow

S279/176 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Rule R60: All other pumped drainage schemes - discretionary activity


/S279/179 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Rule R67:


Amend Ensure that the discharge of contaminants are restricted in sites in Schedule B and Schedule C, in particular, schedule C5

Accept in part

/S279/180 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc 5.2 Discharges to

water rulesAmend Insert a new discretionary activity rule that applies to discharges

to water that do not meet the conditions of other rules and/or are not provided for in other rules in section 5.2.

Reject


Submission point





Allow in part

FS85/181 Carterton District Council Support AllowS285/016 Land Matters Ltd Entire Plan Oppose in

partRemove any provisions that seek to protect, maintain or enhance sites that would come under the NPS-FW definition of 'Te Hauora o te taiao/The health and mauri of the Environment in respect of Natural form and character, as this is a non-compulsory value and the inclusion of provisions providing for it in the Plan should be determined through the Whaitua process and through a plan change.

Reject

/S285/017 Land Matters Ltd Policy P63:


Amend Remove all notes relating to the Whaitua process.Policy P63: Improving water quality for contact recreation and maori customary use...Note: Whaitua committees will identify methods and timeframes to improve water quality in all first and second priority water bodies listed in Schedule H2 (priority water bodies) within their whaitua. These may be incorporated into the Plan by a future plan change or variation.

Accept in part



Amend Policy 65: Minimising effects of nutrient dischargesThe effects of nutrient discharges from agricultural activities that may enter water shall be minimised through the use of:... (d) regulatory and non-regulatory methods, and(e) plan changes or variations resulting from catchment specific recommendations from the Whaitua committee process.

Accept in part

FS61/033 Minister of Conservation Oppose DisallowS285/019 Land Matters Ltd Schedule H1: Amend Amend the Plan by deleting the regionally significant primary Reject


Submission point




Regionally significant primary contact recreation water bodies

contact recreation water bodies listed in Schedule H1.

/S285/020 Land Matters Ltd Map 20:

Significant primary contact recreation rivers and lakes (Schedule H)

Amend Delete the rivers shown on Map 20 Reject

/S285/022 Land Matters Ltd Objective O24:


Amend Amend Objective 24:"Rivers, lakes, natural wetlands, and coastal water are suitable for secondary recreational contact and/or provision of potable water, and significant contact recreation fresh water bodies are suitable for contact recreation contact recreation and customary use, including by:...

Reject



Amend Objective O25"To safeguard aquatic ecosystem health mahinga kai in fresh water bodies and coastal marine area:(a) water quality, flows , water levels and aquatic and coastal habitats are managed to maintain aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kai, and(b) restoration of aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kai is encouraged over time,and...

Reject


Submission point






Amend Amend Policy 10:The management of natural resources shall have particular regard to the actual and potential adverse effects on contact recreation the health and mauri of people involved in secondary contact recreation and Maori customary use sites, in fresh and coastal water. including by:(a) Providing water quality and, in rivers, flows suitable for the community's objectives for contact recreation and Maori customary use(b) managing activities to maintain or enhance contact recreation values in the beds of lakes and rivers, including by retaining existing swimming holes and maintaining access to existing contact recreation locations, and(c) encouraging improved access to suitable swimming locations, and(d) providing for the passive recreation and amenity values of fresh water bodies and the coastal marine area.

Reject



Amend Amend Policy P62:The discharge of contaminants to land is promoted over direct discharges to water, particularly where there are adverse effects on:(a) aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kai, or(b) secondary recreational contact and/or provision of potable water contact recreation

Reject


Submission point




and Māori customary use.



Amend Amend Policy P70: Managing point source discharges for aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kaiWhere an objective in Table 3.4, Table 3.5, Table 3.6 or Table 3.8 of Objective O25 is not met, point source discharges to water shall be managed in thefollowing way:...

Reject



Amend Amend the criteria of tables 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7 and 3.8 so the criteria are only assessing aquatic ecosystem health not mahinga kai.

Reject



Amend Amend O23The quality of water in the region's rivers, lakes, natural wetlands,groundwater and the coastal marine area is maintained and where possible/identified or improved over time.

Reject

/S285/051 Land Matters Ltd Entire Plan Amend [Remove] any provisions that seek to improve water quality with

the exception of those water-bodies that have already been overallocated.

Reject

FS83/003 Mt Victoria Residents Association Inc Oppose DisallowS285/082 Land Matters Ltd Objective O23:


Amend Amend O23:The quality of water in the region's rivers, lakes, natural wetands, groundwater and the coastal marine area is maintained, or where possible, improved, over time.

Reject


Submission point




/S286/041 Wellington City Council Surface water

bodyAmend Insert new definitions to clearly define the different types of water

courses including:- continuous/permanent water course- Intermittent water course- Drains- Ephemeral flow path- Surface water bodiesEnsure that rules that apply to the relevant water courses are appropriate for the type of water course

Accept in part

/S286/054 Wellington City Council Method M10:


Amend Include actions (and timeframes) for water quality improvement in Karori stream under Method 10, acknowledging its priority status.

Reject

/S292/005 Andrew Patrick Objective O25:



Reject

/S292/024 Andrew Patrick Method M13:



Accept

/S292/027 Andrew Patrick Method M28:



/S294/016 Bell Camp Trust Entire Plan Oppose Remove any provisions that seek to protect, maintain or enhance

sites that would come under the NPS-FW definition of 'Te Hauora o te taiao/The health and mauri of the Environment in respect of Natural form and character, as this is a non-compulsory value and the inclusion of provisions providing for it in the Plan should be

Reject


Submission point




determined through the Whaitua process and through a plan change.

/S294/018 Bell Camp Trust Policy P65:



Accept in part

/S294/019 Bell Camp Trust Schedule H1:


Amend Amend the Plan by deleting the regionally significant primary contact recreation water bodies listed in Schedule H1.

Reject

/S294/020 Bell Camp Trust Map 20:



/S294/022 Bell Camp Trust Objective O24:


Amend Amend Objective O24:"Rivers, lakes, natural wetlands, and coastal water are suitable for secondary recreational contact and/or provision of potable water, and significant contact recreation fresh water bodies are suitable for contact recreation contact recreation and customary use, including by:...

Reject


Submission point






Amend Objective 025"To safeguard aquatic ecosystem health mahinga kai in fresh water bodies and coastal marine area:(a) water quality, flows , water levels and aquatic and coastal habitats are managed to maintain aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kai, and(b) restoration of aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kai is encouraged over time,and...

Reject



Amend Amend Policy P10:The management of natural resources shall have particular regard to the actual and potential adverse effects on contact recreation the health and mauri of people involved in secondary contact recreation and Maori customary use sites, in fresh and coastal water. including by:(a) Providing water quality and, in rivers, flows suitable for the community's objectives for contact recreation and Maori customary use(b) managing activities to maintain or enhance contact recreation values in the beds of lakes and rivers, including by retaining existing swimming holes and maintaining access to existing contact recreation locations, and(c) encouraging improved access to suitable swimming locations, and

Reject


Submission point




(d) providing for the passive recreation and amenity values of fresh water bodies and the coastal marine area.



Amend Amend Policy P62:The discharge of contaminants to land is promoted over direct discharges to water, particularly where there are adverse effects on:(a) aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kai, or(b) secondary recreational contact and/or provision of potable water contact recreation and Māori customary use.

Reject




Reject


Aquatic Amend Amend the criteria of tables 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7 and 3.8 so the

criteria are only assessing aquatic ecosystem health not mahinga Reject


Submission point




ecosystem health and mahinga kai

kai.




Reject

/S294/051 Bell Camp Trust Entire Plan Amend [Remove] any provisions that seek to improve water quality with


Reject




Reject

/S295/016 The Carter Family Entire Plan Oppose Remove any provisions that seek to protect, maintain or enhance

sites that would come under the NPS-FW definition of 'Te Hauora o te taiao/The health and mauri of the Environment' in respect of natural form and character, as this is a non-compulsory value and the inclusion of provisions providing for it in the Plan should be determined through the Whaitua process and through a plan change.

Reject

/S295/017 The Carter Family Policy P63:

Improving water quality for contact recreation and

Amend Remove all notes relating to the Whaitua process.

Policy P63: Improving water quality for contact recreation and maori customary use...

Accept in part


Submission point




Maori customary use

Note: Whaitua committees will identify methods and timeframes to improve water quality in all first and second priority water bodies listed in Schedule H2 (priority water bodies) within their whaitua. These may be incorporated into the Plan by a future plan change or variation.



Amend Policy 65: Minimising effects of nutrient dischargesThe effects of nutrient discharges from agricultural activities that may enter water shall be minimised through the use of:...(d) regulatory and non-regulatory methods, and(e) plan changes or variations resulting from catchment specific recommendations from the Whaitua committee process.

Accept in part

/S295/019 The Carter Family Schedule H1:



Reject

/S295/020 The Carter Family Map 20:



/S295/022 The Carter Family Objective O24:

Contact Amend Amend Objective 24:"Rivers, lakes, natural wetlands, and coastal Reject


Submission point




recreation and Maori customary use

water are suitable for secondary recreational contact and/or provision of potable water, and significant contact recreation fresh water bodies are suitable for contact recreation contact recreation and customary use, including by:...

FS82/004 Regional Public Health Amend DisallowS295/023 The Carter Family Objective O25:



Reject



Amend Amend Policy 10:The management of natural resources shall have particular regard to the actual and potential adverse effects on contact recreation the health and mauri of people involved in secondary contact recreation and Maori customary use sites, in fresh and coastal water. including by:(a) Providing water quality and, in rivers, flows suitable for the community's objectives for contact recreation and Maori customary use

Reject


Submission point




(b) managing activities to maintain or enhance contact recreation values in the beds of lakes and rivers, including by retaining existing swimming holes and maintaining access to existing contact recreation locations, and(c) encouraging improved access to suitable swimming locations, and





Reject




Reject


Submission point







Reject




Reject

FS1/078 Waa Rata Estate Support in part

Allow

S295/051 The Carter Family Entire Plan Amend [Remove] any provisions that seek to improve water quality with the exception of those water-bodies that have already been overallocated.

Reject




Reject


Allow in part

S297/016 Kennott Family Trust Entire Plan Oppose Remove any provisions that seek to protect, maintain or enhance sites that would come under the NPS-FW definition of 'Te Hauora o te taiao/The health and mauri of the Environment in respect of Natural form and character, as this is a non-compulsory value and the inclusion of provisions providing for it in the Plan should be determined through the Whaitua process and through a plan change.

Reject


Submission point




/S297/017 Kennott Family Trust Policy P63:



Accept in part




Accept in part

/S297/019 Kennott Family Trust Schedule H1:



Reject

/S297/020 Kennott Family Trust Map 20:

Significant primary contact recreation rivers



Submission point




and lakes (Schedule H)

/S297/022 Kennott Family Trust Objective O24:



Reject




Reject



Amend Amend Policy 10:The management of natural resources shall have particular regard to the actual and potential adverse effects on contact recreation the health and mauri of people involved in secondary contact recreation and Maori customary use sites, in fresh and coastal

Reject


Submission point




water. including by:(a) Providing water quality and, in rivers, flows suitable for the community's objectives for contact recreation and Maori customary use(b) managing activities to maintain or enhance contact recreation values in the beds of lakes and rivers, including by retaining existing swimming holes and maintaining access to existing contact recreation locations, and(c) encouraging improved access to suitable swimming locations, and(d) providing for the passive recreation and amenity values of fresh water bodies and the coastal marine area.




Reject


Managing point source discharges for aquatic

Amend Amend Policy P70: Managing point source discharges for aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kaiWhere an objective in Table 3.4, Table 3.5, Table 3.6 or Table 3.8 of Objective O25 is not met, point

Reject


Submission point





source discharges to water shall be managed in thefollowing way:...




Reject




Reject

/S297/051 Kennott Family Trust Entire Plan Amend [Remove] any provisions that seek to improve water quality with


Reject




Reject

/S299/016 Julian and Ruth Blackett Entire Plan Oppose Remove any provisions that seek to protect, maintain or enhance

sites that would come under the NPS-FW definition of 'Te Hauora o te taiao/The health and mauri of the Environment in respect of Natural form and character, as this is a non-compulsory value and the inclusion of provisions providing for it in the Plan should be determined through the Whaitua process and through a plan change.

Reject


Submission point




/S299/017 Julian and Ruth Blackett Policy P63:



Accept




Accept in part

/S299/019 Julian and Ruth Blackett Schedule H1:



Reject

/S299/020 Julian and Ruth Blackett Map 20:

Significant primary contact recreation rivers and lakes



Submission point




(Schedule H)/

S299/022 Julian and Ruth Blackett Objective O24: Contact recreation and Maori customary use


Reject

/S299/023 Julian and Ruth Blackett Objective O25:



Reject



Amend Amend Policy 10:The management of natural resources shall have particular regard to the actual and potential adverse effects on contact recreation the health and mauri of people involved in secondary contact recreation and Maori customary use sites, in fresh and coastal water. including by:(a) Providing water quality and, in rivers, flows

Reject


Submission point




suitable for the community's objectives for contact recreation and Maori customary use(b) managing activities to maintain or enhance contact recreation values in the beds of lakes and rivers, including by retaining existing swimming holes and maintaining access to existing contact recreation locations, and(c) encouraging improved access to suitable swimming locations, and(d) providing for the passive recreation and amenity values of fresh water bodies and the coastal marine area.




Reject




Reject


Submission point







Reject




Reject

/S299/051 Julian and Ruth Blackett Entire Plan Amend [Remove] any provisions that seek to improve water quality with


Reject




Reject

/S301/008 Carterton District Council Map 21b:

Modelled river classes - middle Wairarapa valley catchments (Table 3.1)

Amend Adapt Maps 22 to 25 [now Maps 21a - e] to more clearly identify the distinctions between river classifications without reliance on a GIS mapping tool that is separate from the Plan.

Reject

/S301/009 Carterton District Council Map 21c:

Modelled river Amend Adapt Maps 22 to 25 [now Maps 21a - e] to more clearly identify

the distinctions between river classifications without reliance on a Reject


Submission point




classes - Lake Wairarapa and lower valley catchments (Table 3.1)

GIS mapping tool that is separate from the Plan.

/S301/010 Carterton District Council Map 21d:



Reject

/S301/014 Carterton District Council Map 21e:

Modelled river classes - Kapiti Coast catchments (Table 3.1)


Reject

/S301/027 Carterton District Council Objective O23:


Amend Amend Objectives O5, O16, O17, O23, O25, O26, O27, O33, O35 and O50 and the accompanying explanatory text to acknowledge the need to allow time (longer than the 10-year life of the Natural Resources Plan) [See submission point S301/024]

Reject



Amend Amend Objectives O5, O16, O17, O23, O25, O26, O27, O33, O35 and O50 and the accompanying explanatory text to acknowledge the need to allow time (longer than the 10-year life of the Natural Resources Plan) [See submission point S301/024]

Reject


Mahinga kaiAmend Amend Objectives O5, O16, O17, O23, O25, O26, O27, O33, O35

and O50 and the accompanying explanatory text to acknowledge the need to allow time (longer than the 10-year life of the Natural Resources Plan) [See submission point S301/024]

Reject


Submission point




/S301/043 Carterton District Council Policy P70:


Amend Amend P70 as follows:'Point source discharges to fresh water and coastal water, relating to new discharge activity, shall be managed to maintain water quality, as a minimum, after reasonable mixing.'

Reject



Amend Express dissolved oxygen concentrations as a maximum decrease (decrease to be defined).Include a minimum temperature threshold below which this standard does not apply (CDC suggest 10 degrees Celsius).

Accept in part



Amend Express nitrate nitrogen, ammoniacal nitrogen, ScBOD and POM as maximum increases, as for other parameters [Note these parameters were included in the draft PNRP but are not in the current PNRP].

Reject

/S301/058 Carterton District Council Rule R58: Water

races - discretionary activity

Neither support or oppose

CDC seeks clarification of whether the activity requiring consent is the discharge of contaminants into a water race, or discharge of water race water and contaminants into other water.

Accept

FS30/082 Masterton District Council Support AllowFS53/012 Beef and Lamb NZ Support AllowFS26/106 South Wairarapa District Council Support Allow

S301/060 Carterton District Council Rule R67: Discharges inside sites of significance - non complying activity

Amend Amend Rule R67 to provide for all discharges into Schedules areas as a discretionary activity (not a non-complying activity).

Reject

FS47/026 Maypole Environmental Limited Support AllowS301/067 Carterton District Council Map 21a: Amend Adapt Maps 22 to 25 [now Maps 21a - e] to more clearly identify Reject


Submission point




Modelled river classes - upper Wairarapa valley catchments (Table 3.1)

the distinctions between river classifications without reliance on a GIS mapping tool that is separate from the Plan.

/S302/004 Fertiliser Association of New

Zealand IncGood management practice

Amend Practices, procedures or use of tools (including rules) that are effective at achieving the desired performance while providing for environmental outcomes responsibility. Good management practice evolves through time and results in continuous improvement as new information, technology and awareness of particular issues are developed and disseminated. Industry agreed good management practice guidelines can be found on the Wellington Regional Council's website: http://www.gw.govt.nz/good-management-practice/

Reject


Zealand IncObjective O23: Maintain or improve water quality



Zealand IncObjective O24: Contact recreation and Maori customary use

Support Retain provided that primary production objectives are included in the plan.

Reject


Zealand IncObjective O25: Aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kai

Amend Amend Objective O25 as follows:To safeguard aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kai in fresh water bodies and coastal marine area including by:(a) managing water quality, flows, water levels

Reject


Submission point




and aquatic and coastal habitats are managed to maintain aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kai, and(b) encouraging restoration of aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kai is encouraged, and...Amend Tables 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7 and 3.8 to include more directive and measurable and feasible objectives/standards.


Zealand IncPolicy P10: Contact recreation and Maori customary use

Amend Amend Policy P10 as follows:The management of natural resources shall have particular regard to the actual and potential adverse effects on contact recreation and Māori customary use in fresh and coastal water, including by:(a) providing water quality and, in rivers, flows suitable for the community's objectives (as set out under Objective 024 for contact recreation and Māori customary use, and......

Reject


Zealand IncPolicy P63: Improving water quality for contact recreation and Maori customary use

Amend Amend Policy P63 as follows:...(a) improving water quality in all first priority water bodies for secondary contact with water in Schedule H2 (priority water bodies) in accordance with Method M27, and...

FANZ also seeks clarification of why the water bodies identified for contact recreation are also being managed for Maori customary use.

Accept in part

/


Submission point




S302/045 Fertiliser Association of New Zealand Inc

Policy P65: Minimising effects of nutrient discharges

Amend Amend Policy P65 as followsThe effects of nutrient discharges from agricultural activities that may enter water shall be minimised managed through the use of:(a) good management practices, and(b) information gathering, monitoring, assessment and reporting, and(c) integrated catchment management within the Wellington Regional Council and ......

Reject


Zealand IncPolicy P66: National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management requirements for discharge consents



Zealand IncPolicy P67: Minimising effects of discharges

Amend Amend Policy P67 as follows:The adverse effects of discharges of contaminants to land where it may enter water and water will be minimised managed by...

Reject


Zealand IncPolicy P71: Quality of discharges

Support in part

Amend Policy P71 as follows:The adverse effects of point source discharges to rivers shall be minimised managed by the use of measures that result in the discharge meeting the following water quality standards in the receiving water after the zone of reasonable mixing:....

Reject

/


Submission point




S302/055 Fertiliser Association of New Zealand Inc

Rule R42: Minor discharges - permitted activity

Support in part

Retain Rule R42 as notified but may need to review once significant wetlands have been mapped.

Accept in part


Zealand Inc5.2.8 All other discharges

Support in part

Retain Rules R67 and R68 as notified. Accept in part


Zealand IncMethod M10: Water quality investigations and remediation actions

Amend Amend Method M10 as follows:Wellington Regional Council will further investigate effects, establish or confirm causality, and develop appropriate remediation and/or containment programmes and engage with industry and community groups to address water quality issues in the catchments and/or groundwater zones for the following priority areas:

Reject


Zealand IncMethod M28: Development of good management practice guidelines.

Amend Amend Method M28 as follows:Wellington Regional Council will continue to develop practices, procedures and use of tools in collaboration with industry, other relevant organisations and stakeholders to support the implementation of policies which rely on good management practice to achieve desired environmental sustainable management outcomes.

Reject


Zealand IncMethod M27: Improving water quality in priority water bodies

Amend Amend Method M27 as follows:Wellington Regional Council will develop and implement a programme to improve water quality for contact recreation and Māori customary use in the first priority fresh and coastal water bodies identified in Schedule H12.

Accept in part

/S307/006 Horticulture NZ Good

management practice

Amend Amend the definition of good management practice: Practices, procedure or tools that are designed to be effective at achieving the desired performance while provide for desired environmental

Accept in part


Submission point




outcomes. Good management practice evolves through time and results in continuous improvement as new information, technology and awareness of issues are developed and disseminated. Industry has a key role in developing good management practices which can be used to implement provisions in the Plan. GW will identify good management practice guidelines and place them on the Council's website but good management practices will not be limited to those on the website.

FS46/001 Ravensdown Limited Support AllowS307/017 Horticulture NZ Objective O23:


Amend Amend Objective O23 as follows: The overall quality of water .....

Reject

FS46/007 Ravensdown Limited Support AllowFS85/090 Carterton District Council Support Allow

S307/018 Horticulture NZ Objective O24: Contact recreation and Maori customary use

Amend Amend Objective O24 by reference to Schedule H b) i) significant contact recreation fresh water bodies, as identified in Schedule H1...

Reject

/S307/019 Horticulture NZ Schedule H:


Amend Amend Schedule H1 to identify the parts of the rivers where primary contact recreation is undertaken.

Reject

FS87/016 T Base 2 Limited Support AllowS307/020 Horticulture NZ Objective O25:


Amend Amend Objective O25 Tables 3.4-3.8 to include simpler numerics and narratives as the interim measures pending the Whaitua plan processes for specific areas. A set of simpler numerics and narratives should be included as the interim measures.

Reject

FS85/097 Carterton District Council Neither support or

Not stated


Submission point




opposeS307/034 Horticulture NZ Policy P10:


Amend Amend Policy P10 to differentiate between provisions which apply to primary contact recreation and those which apply to secondary contact recreation. Alternatively have a separate policy for each.

Reject

FS46/019 Ravensdown Limited Support AllowS307/045 Horticulture NZ Policy P65:


Amend Amend the definition of good management practices as sought in Schedule 2 to include recognition of the contribution industry organisations make to developing good management practices.

Reject

/S308/003 Fish and Game 2.1.6 Definitions,

schedules and maps

Support in part

Include definitions and references to them in the Plan including for "life-supporting capacity"

Reject

/S308/004 Fish and Game Aquatic

ecosystem healthSupport in part

Amend the definition of aquatic ecosystem health to ensure that the definition requires that the aquatic ecosystem is in a state of health such that it retains its form and function and processes within its natural ranges, is resilient to anthropogenic impacts and climate change, and that its provides habitat and processes which support healthy macroinvertebrate communities and fish populations and their life stages and cycles, including recreational species.

Reject

FS74/103 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Support AllowS308/006 Fish and Game 2.1.6 Definitions,

schedules and maps

Amend Include a new definition for the natural productive capability of land and soils. An allocation based on the productive capacity of the land including soil type, slope, and rainfall. It is ties to the land rather than existing land uses. The Natural capital based allocation system is the most economically efficient allocation approach and provides the greatest nutrient loss to the elite soils that will produce the most per kg of N loss/ Ha/yr

Reject

FS74/105 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Support AllowFS71/010 Horticulture NZ Oppose in Disallow


Submission point




partFS50/013 Fertiliser Association of New Zealand

IncOppose Disallow

S308/022 Fish and Game 3.5 Water Quality Amend Amend Objective 023 or include new objectives in section 3.5 which ensures that: Water quality of aquifers, lakes, rivers, natural wetlands and coastal water is managed to ensure that:I. Water quality is maintained where the existing water quality is at a level sufficient to support the values of freshwater (listed)II. Water quality is restored where the existing water quality is not at a level sufficient to support the values of freshwater (listed)III. Accelerated eutrophication and sedimentation of waterbodies in the region is preventedIV. The special values of waterbodies protected by water conservation orders are maintained or where degraded are restored

Such other or further relief as addresses the issues raised by this appeal point

Reject


Oppose Disallow


Oppose Disallow


Disallow

S308/023 Fish and Game Objective O24: Contact recreation and Maori customary

Amend Amend objective 024 to ensure that:Water quality and quantity of aquifers, lakes, rivers, natural wetlands and the coastal water is

Reject


Submission point




use managed including through land use provisions to ensure that life supporting capacity and ecosystem health are protected and that water quality and quantity is suitable for primary contact recreation and Maori customary use including by:(a) maintaining water quality and quantity where it current meets the freshwater objectives (numerical states) set in tables 3.1 to 3.4 and 3.4a(b) Improving water quality and quantity where it currently is more degraded than the freshwater objectives (numerical state) set in tables 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 and 3.4 and 3.4a are met by 2030(c) Maintain macroinvertebrate community health where the table 3.4 and 3.4a freshwater attribute states are achieved and where degraded are improved to achieve the freshwater attribute states by 2030(d) Reduce the frequency and duration of algal and cyanombacteria blooms to achieve the attribute states listed in table 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, and 3.4a by 2030.

FS54/113 Federated Farmers of New Zealand Oppose DisallowFS71/043 Horticulture NZ Oppose DisallowFS84/005 DairyNZ and Fonterra Co-operative


Disallow

FS82/005 Regional Public Health Support in Allow in part


Submission point




partFS85/087 Carterton District Council Oppose in

partDisallow

FS74/111 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Support AllowS308/025 Fish and Game 3.5 Water Quality Amend Include new objective to ensure that the water quality and quantity

of groundwater is maintained or where degraded improved over time.

The quality and quantity of groundwater is managed including through land use provisions and rules to ensure that groundwater continues to provide a sustainable source of high quality water, and surface flow recharge, to protect the life supporting capacity, ecological health and cultural and recreational values of freshwater bodies.

Reject

FS74/112 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Support AllowFS50/016 Fertiliser Association of New Zealand

IncSupport in part

Allow in part


Oppose Disallow

S308/026 Fish and Game 3.5 Water Quality Amend Amend tables 3.1 to 3.4 as shown in appendix 4 and 3 of original submission and include new table 3.4a as shown in appendix 2.

Reject

FS54/059 Federated Farmers of New Zealand Oppose DisallowFS84/007 DairyNZ and Fonterra Co-operative

Group LimitedOppose Disallow

FS74/113 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Support AllowS308/027 Fish and Game Objective O25:


Amend Amend objective O25 to safeguard life supporting capacity and ecosystem health and processes, protect natural character, and also to safeguard mauri of freshwater and mahinga kai. These values should be recognised and provided for separately as they may not be the same things. Amend the objective to ensure that the freshwater attribute states are maintained where they are currently achieved or where

Reject


Submission point




degraded are improved to achieve the attribute state by 2030.Amend the note and include provisions to ensure that the relevant Whaitua sections of the plan should be subservient to section 3.

FS71/045 Horticulture NZ Support in part

Allow in part


Not stated

S308/049 Fish and Game Policy P10: Contact recreation and Maori customary use

Amend Amend policy so that water quality is managed for primary contact recreation and to achieve the freshwater objectives in section 3 tables including E.coli, periphyton, cyanobacteria, and visual clarity.

Reject

FS71/074 Horticulture NZ Oppose DisallowFS84/010 DairyNZ and Fonterra Co-operative

Group LimitedOppose Disallow

S308/059 Fish and Game Policy P62: Promoting discharges to land

Amend Include life supporting capacity, and the habitat of trout Reject

/S308/060 Fish and Game Policy P63:


Amend Amend so that the policy requires water quality to be managed for primary contact recreation and not secondary contact recreation.

Accept in part

FS71/086 Horticulture NZ Oppose DisallowFS85/160 Carterton District Council Oppose DisallowFS26/083 South Wairarapa District Council Oppose DisallowFS30/062 Masterton District Council Oppose Disallow

S308/062 Fish and Game Policy P65: Minimising effects of nutrient discharges

Oppose Include policies which ensure that [outcomes relating to water allocation, nitrogen leaching rates, nutrient budgets, livestock exclusion, intensified use in over-allocated catchments, nitrogen and phosphorous trading, and costs of reducing over-allocation are achieved; see original submission p46-47 for details].

Reject


Submission point




FS54/115 Federated Farmers of New Zealand Oppose DisallowFS46/023 Ravensdown Limited Oppose DisallowFS71/088 Horticulture NZ Oppose Disallow

S308/063 Fish and Game Policy P70: Managing point source discharges for aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kai

Amend Ensure that the policy also manages point source discharges to safeguard the life supporting capacity of freshwater and for the protection of the habitat of trout as recognised in Schedule I. Ensure that point source discharges are managed to continue to meet section 3 tables freshwater objectives where they are achieved, or are progressively improved over the life of the consent to achieve the section 3 tables freshwater objectives.

Accept in part

/S308/065 Fish and Game Policy P71:


Amend Amend the receiving water standards to include the standards in table 3.4 and 3.4a as appendiced to this submission, and the parameters and standards identified [in the original submission p47-49] along with the values.

Reject


Disallow


Disallow

S308/086 Fish and Game Rule R42: Minor discharges - permitted activity

Amend Give effect to relief sought for policy P71 and apply the standards as amended in relation to policy P71

Reject


Disallow

S308/087 Fish and Game Rule R59: Existing pumped drainage schemes

Amend Give effect to relief sought for policy P71 and apply the standards as amended in relation to policy P71

Accept in part

/S308/089 Fish and Game Rule R69: Minor


Amend Amend to include "shall not enter water either directly or indirectly"

Reject


Submission point




FS74/127 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Support AllowFS46/029 Ravensdown Limited Oppose DisallowFS53/015 Beef and Lamb NZ Oppose Disallow

S308/138 Fish and Game Method M28: Development of good management practice guidelines.

Oppose Amend method M28 to include narrative and numerical parameters for good management practice. This should include those elements set out in appendix 10 to this submission, and must include specified management practices [identified in submission].

Reject

FS54/065 Federated Farmers of New Zealand Oppose DisallowFS74/146 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Support AllowFS46/037 Ravensdown Limited Oppose Disallow

S308/144 Fish and Game 3.6 Biodiversity, aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kai

Amend Amend Table 3.6 to delete the narrative in relation to nitrate levels and replace with numerical states for acceptable groundwater drinking concentrations, and insert requirements to maintain water quality and quantity, and where degraded such that the ecosystem health of connected surface waterbodies is impacted, groundwater quality and quantity is improved.

Reject


Support in part

Allow in part

FS74/150 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Support AllowS308/145 Fish and Game 3.6 Biodiversity,

aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kai

Amend Amend Table 3.5 to include a Trophic Level Index for the lake type either at current state if the lake is healthy (oligotrophic) or where degraded set the TLI at mesotrophic. Amend the plan so that Lake Wairarapa is managed to achieve a TLI set at mesotrophic.

Reject

FS74/151 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Support Allow


Submission point




S308/148 Fish and Game 3.5 Water Quality Amend Delete Table 3.2 in its entirety. Reject

FS71/041 Horticulture NZ Oppose DisallowFS74/153 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Support AllowFS85/081 Carterton District Council Oppose in

partDisallow

S309/010 Ngā Hapū o Ōtaki Objective O24: Contact recreation and Maori customary use

Oppose Remove standard and enable whaitua to establish limit Accept in part

FS26/038 South Wairarapa District Council Oppose DisallowFS26/057 South Wairarapa District Council Oppose DisallowFS82/006 Regional Public Health Oppose Disallow

S309/018 Ngā Hapū o Ōtaki Policy P10: Contact recreation and Maori customary use


/S309/026 Ngā Hapū o Ōtaki 4.8 Discharges to

land and waterSupport Submitter supports Policies P62, P63, P64, P65, and P66 Accept in part

/S309/027 Ngā Hapū o Ōtaki Policy P68:


Oppose Policy wording should require users to avoid actions (a-d) Accept in part

/S309/028 Ngā Hapū o Ōtaki Policy P70:


Oppose Remove and redesign policy to meet fresh water objectives. Reject

/S309/033 Ngā Hapū o Ōtaki Rule R42: Minor Oppose in Amend value of minor discharges to 30g/m3 in all waterways. Reject


Submission point





part Include Nga Taonga Nui a Kiwa (schedule b) in subsections (b) and (i)


Oppose Disallow

S309/036 Ngā Hapū o Ōtaki Rule R67: Discharges inside sites of significance - non complying activity

Amend Amend rule that Schedule B and C sites are included into subsection (a).

Accept in part


Oppose Disallow

S309/046 Ngā Hapū o Ōtaki Method M10: Water quality investigations and remediation actions

Amend Amend method "'Wellington Regional Council in partnership with mana whenua will further investigate....'

Reject

FS74/212 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Support AllowS309/051 Ngā Hapū o Ōtaki Method M27:


Amend Amend themethod to read; 'WRC in partnership with mana whenua will develop andimplement.... water bodies identified in Schedule H1.'

Accept

FS74/214 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Support AllowS310/003 Ravensdown Limited Good

management practice

Support in part

Good management practice means: practices, procedures or use of tools (including rules) that are effective at achieving the desired performance while providing for desired environmental outcomes responsibility. Good management practice evolves through time and results in continuous improvement as new information, technology and awareness of particular issues are developed and disseminated. Industry agreed G good management practice guidelines can be found on the Wellington Regional Council's website:

Reject


Submission point




http://www.gw.govt.nz/good-management-practice/."

/S310/013 Ravensdown Limited Objective O23:


Support in part

Reword to: The quality of water in the region's rivers, lakes, natural wetlands, groundwater and the coastal marine area is maintained or improved where degraded

Reject

/S310/014 Ravensdown Limited Objective O24:


Amend Reword to: ...(b) improving water quality where degraded in:...

Reject

/S310/026 Ravensdown Limited Policy P10:


Support in part

Reword to: ...(b) managing activities to maintain or enhance where necessary contact recreation

Reject

/S310/033 Ravensdown Limited Policy P65:


Support in part

Reword to: The Any adverse effects of nutrient discharges from agricultural activities that may enter water shall be minimised managed through the use of...

Reject

FS71/087 Horticulture NZ Support AllowS310/034 Ravensdown Limited Policy P67:


Support in part

Reword to: The adverse effects of discharges of contaminants to land and water will be minimised managed by:...

Reject

FS71/089 Horticulture NZ Support AllowS310/035 Ravensdown Limited Policy P68:


Oppose Reword to: Adverse effects from D discharges to fresh and coastal water of:...

Reject


Submission point




shall be avoided, remedied or mitigated

/S310/042 Ravensdown Limited Rule R42: Minor


Support in part

Provide an interim rule regime providing for farming activities until the whaitua process introduces limits into the NRP by a plan change, but either:

· Amending Rule R42 to include provision for farming activities;

· Introduce a new rule that specifically provides for farming activities.

Accept in part

FS54/096 Federated Farmers of New Zealand Oppose Not statedFS84/096 DairyNZ and Fonterra Co-operative

Group LimitedSupport in part

Allow

FS71/136 Horticulture NZ Support AllowS310/044 Ravensdown Limited Rule R69: Minor


Oppose Delete Rule R69.If Council decides to retain Rule R69, it should be amended by deleting condition (a).

Accept in part

FS54/097 Federated Farmers of New Zealand Support AllowS310/051 Ravensdown Limited Method M10:


Support in part

Retain the intent of Method M10 while clarifying the linkages with the whaitua committee work and its programme and the use of the plan change process to implement the method.

Accept in part

/S310/054 Ravensdown Limited Method M28:


Support in part

Retain the intent of Method M28 while clarifying the linkages with the whaitua committee work and its programme and the use of the plan change process to implement the method, amend the method in accordance with the GMP definition, and delete the reference to rules as a relevant tool.

Reject

/S311/011 Beef and Lamb NZ Rule R42: Minor


Amend Rewrite and align R42, R69 and R93 to provide for land uses that result in discharges to land where they may enter water, being a permitted activity, where the permitted land uses includes, but is

Accept in part


Submission point




not limited to, all forms of primary production.

FS74/236 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Oppose DisallowFS46/028 Ravensdown Limited Support Allow

S311/013 Beef and Lamb NZ Rule R65: In-water biofoul cleaning - permitted activity

Amend Amend (f) (i) immediately notify MPI Biosecurity Accept

/S316/014 DairyNZ and Fonterra Co-operative

Group LimitedGood management practice

Amend Amend the definition as follows: "Practices, procedures or tools (including rules) that are reasonably practicable and are effective at achieving the desired performance while providing for desired environmental outcomes. Good management practice evolves through time and results in continuous improvement as new information, technology and awareness of particular issues are developed and disseminated. Good management practices developed by industry may be effectively implemented through audited self-management. Greater Wellington has examples of some good management practice guidelines on can be found on the Wellington Regional Council's its website http://www.gw.govt.nz/good-management-practice/"

Accept in part

FS55/005 Rural Residents Environmental Society Incorporated

Oppose Disallow

FS71/026 Horticulture NZ Support AllowS316/017 DairyNZ and Fonterra Co-operative

Group LimitedPoint source discharge

Amend Revise the definition for point source discharge as follows: "The discharge of contaminants at a specific identifiable location (such as a factory or property) or from a fixed facility such

Accept in part


Submission point




as a pipe, ditch or smokestack."


Group LimitedSurface water body

Support Retain definition. Accept


Group LimitedObjective O23: Maintain or improve water quality

Amend Amend Objective O23 to read as follows: "The overall quality of water in the region's rivers, lakes and natural wetlands, groundwater and the coastal marine area is maintained or improved."

Reject

FS46/009 Ravensdown Limited Support AllowFS85/089 Carterton District Council Support Allow

S316/032 DairyNZ and Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited


Amend Amend title as follows: "Indigenous Biodiversity, Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Mahinga Kai"

Accept in part


Group LimitedObjective O25: Aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kai

Amend Separate out coastal and fresh water provisions. Amend Objective O25 to precede the term "aquatic ecosystem health" with "indigenous". Amend the footnote as: "Where the relevant whaitua ... the more specific whaitua objective (which may be more or less stringent than Objective 25, whilst meeting the NPS-FM bottom lines) will take precedence." Delete Tables 3.4 to 3.8 or in the alternative, clarify the purpose for the numeric, region-wide objectives when they will be superseded by the Whaitua process: (1) Amend Table 3.6 and Table 3.4 a and insert a footnote to at the beginning of Chapter 3 [see full submission]

Reject


Submission point





Group LimitedPolicy P62: Promoting discharges to land

Support Retain Policy P62. Accept


Group LimitedPolicy P63: Improving water quality for contact recreation and Maori customary use

Support Retain Policy P63 Accept in part


Group LimitedPolicy P64: Mixing waters

Amend Redraft Policy P64 to state: "Mixing waters between catchments is inappropriate except where there are no adverse effects on mana whenua values can be avoided or mitigated."

Reject


Group LimitedPolicy P65: Minimising effects of nutrient discharges

Support Retain Policy P65. Accept in part

FS71/097 Horticulture NZ Oppose DisallowS316/070 DairyNZ and Fonterra Co-operative

Group LimitedPolicy P68: Inappropriate discharges to water

Amend Amend Policy P68 as follows: "(b) animal effluent from an animal effluent storage facility or from an area where animals are confined, except as a result of extreme weather-related overflow or wastewater system failures."

Reject


Group LimitedPolicy P70: Managing point source discharges for aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kai

Amend Amend Policy P70 as follows: "(a) (i) the application ..., in accordance with good management practice, within 5 years from the date the consent takes effect the term of the resource consent, and (ii) conditions on the resource consent require the reduction of adverse effects of the activity in

Reject


Submission point




order to improve water quality in relation to the objective within 5 years from the date the consent takes effect the term of the consent, and.."

FS26/084 South Wairarapa District Council Oppose DisallowS316/072 DairyNZ and Fonterra Co-operative

Group LimitedPolicy P71: Quality of discharges

Amend Insert a new policy to guide Whaitua Committees in the development of nutrient management provisions for their respective Whaitua for both point source and non-point source discharges.

Reject


Support Allow


Not stated

FS74/222 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Oppose DisallowS316/095 DairyNZ and Fonterra Co-operative

Group LimitedRule R42: Minor discharges - permitted activity

Not stated Clarify the purpose and evidence basis for setting a 50 mg/m3 TSS guideline on Schedule A, F1, F3 or F4.

Reject


Group LimitedRule R67: Discharges inside sites of significance - non complying activity

Amend Amend Rule R67 (b) to add R48 to the list of rules that permit discharges to scheduled sites.

Accept in part


Group LimitedMethod M10: Water quality investigations and remediation actions

Support Retain Method M10. Accept


Group LimitedMethod M13: Wairarapa water races


/


Submission point





Method M27: Improving water quality in priority water bodies

Amend Amend Method M27 as follows: "Wellington Regional Council will develop a framework to assist Whaitua Committees and implement a programme to improve water quality for contact recreation and Maori customary use in the first priority fresh and coastal water bodies identified in Schedule H1.

Reject


Support Allow


Method M28: Development of good management practice guidelines.

Support Retain Method M28 Accept

FS55/004 Rural Residents Environmental Society Incorporated

Support in part

Allow in part

S317/005 Susannah and Mark Guscott Objective O25: Aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kai


Reject

/S317/024 Susannah and Mark Guscott Method M13:



Accept

/S317/027 Susannah and Mark Guscott Method M28:



/


Submission point




S317/078 Susannah and Mark Guscott Objective O23: Maintain or improve water quality

Support [Not stated]. Accept

/S317/084 Susannah and Mark Guscott Objective O25:


Oppose Rewrite the objectives and policies section of the Plan so that it gives clear and concise guidance to decision makers.

Reject

/S321/005 Edward Handyside Objective O25:



Reject

/S321/024 Edward Handyside Method M13:



Accept

/S321/027 Edward Handyside Method M28:



/S326/009 Te Runanga o Toa Rangatira Inc Rule R47: Other

dye or salt tracer - controlled activity

Support Not stated Accept

/S326/013 Te Runanga o Toa Rangatira Inc Method M8: Te

Awarua-o-Porirua Harbour restoration

Support Not stated Accept

/


Submission point




S335/006 NDR and BA Davies Objective O25: Aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kai


Reject

/S335/025 NDR and BA Davies Method M13:



Accept

/S335/028 NDR and BA Davies Method M28:



/S337/022 Bob Tosswill Objective O25:



Reject

/S337/041 Bob Tosswill Method M13:



Accept

/S337/044 Bob Tosswill Method M28:



/S340/015 Jim Hedley Objective O25:

Aquatic Amend Remove [Objective 25(c)]

Amend Table 3.6 to state the numerical amount: "nitrate in Reject


Submission point





groundwater should not exceed human drinking water standards, i.e. 11.3".

/S340/034 Jim Hedley Method M13:



Accept

/S340/037 Jim Hedley Method M28:



/S342/005 Gary James and Anne Marie Daysh Objective O25:



Reject

/S342/024 Gary James and Anne Marie Daysh Method M13:



Accept

/S342/027 Gary James and Anne Marie Daysh Method M28:



/S344/001 Hutt Valley Angling Club, Inc Objective O25:


Amend Include the enclosed table of freshwater objectives [numeric and narrative] for trout spawning and trout fishery rivers identified in Schedule I.

Reject


Submission point




/S346/038 Waikanae Christian Holiday Park (El

Rancho)Objective O23: Maintain or improve water quality

Amend Amend O23The quality of water in the region's rivers, lakes, natural wetlands, groundwater and the coastal marine area is maintained and where possible/identified or improved over time.

Reject

/S346/082 Waikanae Christian Holiday Park (El

Rancho)Objective O23: Maintain or improve water quality


Reject

/S347/005 Brian Bosch Objective O25:



Reject

/S347/024 Brian Bosch Method M13:



Accept

/S347/027 Brian Bosch Method M28:



/S348/058 Max Lutz Entire Plan Oppose Remove any provisions that seek to protect, maintain or enhance

sites that would come under the NPS-FW definition of 'Te Hauora o te taiao/The health and mauri of the Environment in respect of Natural form and character, as this is a non-compulsory value and the inclusion of provisions providing for it in the Plan should be determined through the Whaitua process and through a plan

Reject


Submission point




change.

FS54/092 Federated Farmers of New Zealand Support Not statedS348/059 Max Lutz Policy P63:



Accept in part

/S348/060 Max Lutz Policy P65:


Amend Policy 65: Minimising effects of nutrient dischargesThe effects of nutrient discharges from agricultural activities that may enter water shall be minimised through the use of:...(d) regulatory and non-regulatory methods, and(e) plan changes or variations resulting from catchment specific recommendations from the Whaitua committee process.

Accept in part

/S348/061 Max Lutz Schedule H1:



Reject

/S348/062 Max Lutz Map 20:

Significant primary contact



Submission point




recreation rivers and lakes (Schedule H)

/S348/064 Max Lutz Objective O24:


Amend Amend Objective 24:Rivers, lakes, natural wetlands, and coastal water are suitable for secondary recreational contact and/or provision of potable water, and significant contact recreation fresh water bodies are suitable for contact recreation contact recreation and customary use, including by:...

Reject



Amend Objective O25To safeguard aquatic ecosystem health mahinga kai in fresh water bodies and coastal marine area:(a) water quality, flows , water levels and aquatic and coastal habitats are managed to maintain aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kai, and(b) restoration of aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kai is encouraged over time,and...

Reject



Amend Amend Policy P10:The management of natural resources shall have particular regard to the actual and potential adverse effects on contact recreation the health and mauri of people involved in secondary contact recreation and Maori customary use sites, in fresh and coastal

Reject


Submission point




water. including by:(a) Providing water quality and, in rivers, flows suitable for the community's objectives for contact recreation and Maori customary use(b) managing activities to maintain or enhance contact recreation values in the beds of lakes and rivers, including by retaining existing swimming holes and maintaining access to existing contact recreation locations, and(c) encouraging improved access to suitable swimming locations, and(d) providing for the passive recreation and amenity values of fresh water bodies and the coastal marine area.




Reject


Managing point Amend Amend Policy P70: Managing point source discharges for aquatic

ecosystem health and mahinga kaiWhere an Reject


Submission point




source discharges for aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kai

objective in Table 3.4, Table 3.5, Table 3.6 or Table 3.8 of Objective O25 is not met, point source discharges to water shall be managed in thefollowing way:...




Reject




Reject

/S348/093 Max Lutz Entire Plan Amend [Remove] any provisions that seek to improve water quality with


Reject




Reject

/S349/016 USNZ Entire Plan Oppose Remove any provisions that seek to protect, maintain or enhance

sites that would come under the NPS-FW definition of 'Te Hauora o te taiao/The health and mauri of the Environment in respect of

Reject


Submission point




Natural form and character, as this is a non-compulsory value and the inclusion of provisions providing for it in the Plan should be determined through the Whaitua process and through a plan change.

/S349/019 USNZ Schedule H1:



Reject

/S349/020 USNZ Map 20:



/S349/022 USNZ Objective O24:



Reject



Amend Objective 025"To safeguard aquatic ecosystem health mahinga kai in fresh water bodies and coastal marine area:(a) water quality, flows , water levels and aquatic and coastal habitats are managed to maintain aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga

Reject


Submission point




kai, and(b) restoration of aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kai is encouraged over time,and...

/S349/024 USNZ Policy P10:


Amend Amend Policy 10:The management of natural resources shall have particular regard to the actual and potential adverse effects on contact recreation the health and mauri of people involved in secondary contact recreation and Maori customary use sites, in fresh and coastal water. including by:(a) Providing water quality and, in rivers, flows suitable for the community's objectives for contact recreation and Maori customary use(b) managing activities to maintain or enhance contact recreation values in the beds of lakes and rivers, including by retaining existing swimming holes and maintaining access to existing contact recreation locations, and(c) encouraging improved access to suitable swimming locations, and


Reject


Submission point







Reject




Reject




Reject




Reject

/S349/051 USNZ Entire Plan Amend [Remove] any provisions that seek to improve water quality with

the exception of those water-bodies that have already been Reject


Submission point




overallocated.




Reject

/S351/016 Tim Mansell and family Entire Plan Oppose Remove any provisions that seek to protect, maintain or enhance

sites that would come under the NPS-FW definition of 'Te Hauora o te taiao/The health and mauri of the Environment in respect of Natural form and character, as this is a non-compulsory value and the inclusion of provisions providing for it in the Plan should be determined through the Whaitua process and through a plan change.

Reject

/S351/019 Tim Mansell and family Schedule H1:



Reject

/S351/020 Tim Mansell and family Map 20:



/S351/022 Tim Mansell and family Objective O24:


Amend Amend Objective 24:"Rivers, lakes, natural wetlands, and coastal water are suitable for secondary recreational contact and/or provision of potable water, and significant contact recreation fresh water

Reject


Submission point




bodies are suitable for contact recreation contact recreation and customary use, including by:...



Amend Objective O25To safeguard aquatic ecosystem health mahinga kai in fresh water bodies and coastal marine area:(a) water quality, flows , water levels and aquatic and coastal habitats are managed to maintain aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kai, and(b) restoration of aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kai is encouraged over time,and...

Reject

/S351/024 Tim Mansell and family Policy P10:


Amend Amend Policy 10:The management of natural resources shall have particular regard to the actual and potential adverse effects on contact recreation the health and mauri of people involved in secondary contact recreation and Maori customary use sites, in fresh and coastal water. including by:(a) Providing water quality and, in rivers, flows suitable for the community's objectives for contact recreation and Maori customary use(b) managing activities to maintain or enhance contact recreation values in the beds of lakes and rivers, including by retaining existing

Reject


Submission point




swimming holes and maintaining access to existing contact recreation locations, and(c) encouraging improved access to suitable swimming locations, and(d) providing for the passive recreation and amenity values of fresh water bodies and the coastal marine area.




Reject




Reject


Aquatic ecosystem health


Reject


Submission point




and mahinga kai/

S351/038 Tim Mansell and family Objective O23: Maintain or improve water quality


Reject

/S351/051 Tim Mansell and family Entire Plan Amend [Remove] any provisions that seek to improve water quality with


Reject




Reject

/S352/017 Federated Farmers of New Zealand Aquatic

ecosystem healthAmend Indigenous Aquatic ecosystem health - The

degree to which an indigenous aquatic ecosystem is able to sustain its ecological structure, processes, functions, and resilience within its range of natural variability.

Reject

/S352/028 Federated Farmers of New Zealand Good

management practice

Amend Practices, procedures or tools normally developed by industry (including rules) that are effective and efficient at achieving the desired performance while providing for desired environmental sustainable management outcomes. Good

Reject


Submission point




management practice is context specific. It evolves through time and results in continuous improvement as new information, technology and awareness of particular issues are developed and disseminated. Industry agreed Good Management Practice guidelines can be found on the Wellington Regional Council's website

FS1/011 Waa Rata Estate Support AllowFS74/008 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Oppose DisallowFS46/002 Ravensdown Limited Support AllowFS55/006 Rural Residents Environmental Society

IncorporatedOppose Disallow

S352/040 Federated Farmers of New Zealand Point source discharge

Amend The discharge of contaminants at a specific identifiable location (such as a factory or property) or fixed facility such as a pipe, ditch, or smokestack.

Accept in part

FS74/016 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Oppose DisallowS352/044 Federated Farmers of New Zealand River class Amend Classification of the region's rivers based on size, nature of the

catchment and substrate, and length of accrual period, described as:...River class3 4 Mid-gradient, soft sedimentaryRiver class 4 3 Lowland, large, draining ranges...River classes are mapped in Maps 21a-e, and rivers are named by class in each whaitua chapter

Reject


Allow in part

S352/051 Federated Farmers of New Zealand Surface water Amend A river, lake, wetland, estuary, drain or water race, and Reject


Submission point




body its bed. For the purpose of this plan, surface water body does not include drains, water races, ephemeral flow paths and bodies of water designed, installed and maintained for any of the following purposes:(a) water storage ponds including but not limited for(i) ...(b)

water treatment ponds including but not limited for (i)...

FS71/016 Horticulture NZ Support AllowFS1/024 Waa Rata Estate Support in

partAllow in part

FS74/025 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Oppose DisallowFS61/081 Minister of Conservation Oppose in

partDisallow in part

S352/073 Federated Farmers of New Zealand Objective O23: Maintain or improve water quality

Amend Amend as follows: the overall quality of water... is maintained or improved

Reject

FS1/030 Waa Rata Estate Support AllowFS46/008 Ravensdown Limited Support AllowFS85/091 Carterton District Council Support AllowFS89/027 Fish and Game Oppose Disallow

S352/074 Federated Farmers of New Zealand Objective O24: Contact recreation and Maori customary use

Amend Amend O24 as follows: Rivers, lakes, natural wetlands and coastal water are suitable for contact recreation and Māori customary use, including by:a. maintaining overall water quality, orb....iii. all other rivers and lakes and natural wetlands to meet, as a minimum, the secondary contact recreation objectives in Table 3.2.

Reject


Submission point




Amend Table 3.1 monitoring period: September to April November to March

FS89/028 Fish and Game Oppose DisallowS352/076 Federated Farmers of New Zealand Objective O25:


Amend Amend O25 as follows or to similar effect:To safeguard indigenous aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kai in fresh water bodies and coastal marine area:a)...b) Restoration of aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kai is encouraged c) Where an objective in Tables 3.4-3.8 is not met, a fresh water body is less than chlorophyll 200 or MCI 80, it will be improved over time to meet that objectived) Indicative priorities for whaitua attention include (named waterbodies)

Reject



Amend Amend title to read: Indigenous Aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kai objectivesAdd explanation as follows or to similar effect: regional objectives for safeguarding indigenous species and mahinga kai start from the basis of current water quality and indicate priorities for whaitua attention where waterbodies are currently below national bottomlines.Whaitua objectives and supporting attributes will be developed in the context of economic,

Reject


Submission point




environmental, social and cultural considerations, and with a full set of relevant catchment evidence. Where the relevant whaitua sections contain an objective on the same subject matter, the more specific whaitua objective will take precedence



Amend Amend Table 3.4 as follows:

· Change the order of river classes 3 and 4· Clarify that the river classes include consideration of accrual

periods· Delete the following columns: macrophytes, fish, mahinga

kai, significant rivers· Amend the numeric outcomes as follows (all numbers equal

to or greater than):- River class 1 (excellent) : chlorophyll 50, MCI 120- River class 2 (good) : chlorophyll 120, MCI 105 100 - River class 4 (good) : chlorophyll 120, MCI 110 100 - River class 3 (fair) : chlorophyll 120 200, MCI 105 80- River class 5 (fair) : chlorophyll 120 200, MCI 100 80- River class 6 (fair) : chlorophyll 120 200, MCI 100 80Restructure and locate in the whaitua chapters with the names of rivers in each class.

Accept in part


Submission point




FS89/032 Fish and Game Oppose DisallowFS1/031 Waa Rata Estate Support in

partAllow in part

S352/079 Federated Farmers of New Zealand Objective O25: Aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kai

Amend [Table 3.5 Lakes] amend as follows or to similar effect:Delete the following columns: macrophytes, fish, mahinga kaiAmend the phytoplankton and nutrient columns consistent with the NOF banded framework; and identify any below national bottomlines on specific attributesRestructure and locate in whaitua chapters.

Reject

FS74/036 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Oppose DisallowFS89/033 Fish and Game Oppose Disallow


Amend [Table 3.6 Groundwater] Deletethe following columns: nitrate, quantityRetainthe objective guarding against saltwater intrusion: to the extent any aquifers are currently atrisk, they should be noted here as priorities for whaitua attention.

Reject

FS89/034 Fish and Game Oppose DisallowFS82/008 Regional Public Health Oppose DisallowFS74/037 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Oppose Disallow


Oppose Delete table 3.7 or re-structure to highlight priorities for whaituaattention

Reject

FS89/035 Fish and Game Oppose DisallowFS74/038 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Oppose Disallow

S352/082 Federated Farmers of New Zealand 3.6 Biodiversity, aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kai

Amend Restructure [Table 3.8] to express objectives as numerics where possible, and to indicate priorities for whaitua attention.

Reject

FS74/040 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Oppose DisallowFS89/036 Fish and Game Oppose Disallow

S352/083 Federated Farmers of New Zealand Objective O26: Mahinga kai

Amend Amend as follows or to similar effect: The availability of mahinga kai species, to

Reject


Submission point




support maori customary harvest is increased in quantity, quality and diversity. Restoration of indigenous aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kai is encouraged in high value systems prioritised for active management in partnership with landowners, iwi and communityIndicative priorities for whaitua attention - removing barriers to fish passage, restoring riparian margins or wetlands and reducing adverse impacts of introduced aquatic fauna and flora - include:- Wairarapa Moana, Porirua Harbour, Lake Waitawa: wetland restoration, managing impacts of introduced species- Mangatarere, Parkvale, Taueru, Kopuaranga, Huangarua and Whareama rivers: riparian planting- Lamprey and short-jaw kokopu populations in locations x and y- High value migration pathways in locations x and y- Mahinga kai and/or taonga species a and b in locations x and y

FS89/037 Fish and Game Oppose DisallowS352/104 Federated Farmers of New Zealand 3.11 Discharges Amend [Add new title for objectives O48-O50] Discharges to water Reject

/


Submission point




S352/118 Federated Farmers of New Zealand Policy P10: Contact recreation and Maori customary use

Amend The management of natural resources shall have particular regard to the actual and potential adverse effects on contact recreation and Māori customary use in fresh and coastal water, including by: a) providing water quality and flows suitable for the community's objectives for contact recreation and Māori customary use, andb) managing...c) encouraging improved access to suitable swimming locationsidentified by whaitua, and ...

Reject

FS89/062 Fish and Game Oppose DisallowS352/156 Federated Farmers of New Zealand 4.8 Discharges to

land and waterAmend [New Policy] Land and Water Management

FrameworkWRC will work with territorial authorities and industry to address priorities identified in the pNRP and Whaitua Implementation Plans, including:a) prioritise catchments for coordinated community action- including indicative priorities in M8, M9 and M12b) prioritise key pressures and sources, including- supporting industry/landowner initiatives to reduce hill country erosion and sediment losses, particularly during high-flow events

Reject


Submission point




- supporting industry/landowner initiatives to reduce lowland nitrogen leaching losses to groundwater- supporting territorial authority initiatives to reduce phosphorous discharges to surface water, particularly during summer low-flowsc) prioritise effective and cost-effective management interventions- informed by expanded research and monitoring, including through M2 and M10


Support in part

Allow in part

FS3/003 KapAg Ltd Support AllowFS74/059 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Oppose Disallow

S352/158 Federated Farmers of New Zealand 4.8 Discharges to land and water

Amend Re-title policies to more clearly distinguishdischarges to water from discharges to land - 4.8.2A Discharges to Water

Reject

FS89/083 Fish and Game Oppose DisallowS352/159 Federated Farmers of New Zealand Policy P63:


Support ...Note: Whaitua committees will identify methods and timeframes to improve water quality in indicative all first and second priority water bodies listed in Schedule H2 (priority water bodies) within their whaitua. These may be incorporated into the Plan by a future plan change or variation.

Reject


Minimising effects Amend Policy P65: Minimising Managing effects of

nutrient discharges to landshift P65 to locate Accept in part


Submission point




of nutrient discharges

before P95, with amendments as below or to similar effect: The effects of nutrient discharges to land from agricultural activities that may enter water shall be minimised prioritised to manage significant risks through the use of: a) good management practices, and catchment-scale infrastructure, eg, wetlandsb)...



Amend Minimising Managing effects of discharges to waterThe adverse effects of discharges of contaminants to land and water will be minimised managed by:a) avoiding ...

Reject

/S352/162 Federated Farmers of New Zealand Policy P68:


Amend Discharges to fresh and coastal water of:a) untreated wastewater, except as a result of extreme weather-related overflows or wastewater system failures or from recreational boating activities, andb) untreated animal effluent from an animal effluent storage facility or from an area where animals are confined, andc) untreated industrial or trade waste, andd) untreated organic waste or leachate from storage of organic materialshall be avoided except as a result of extreme weather-related overflows or system failures

Reject


Managing point source discharges for

Amend Wherean objective in Table 3.4, Table 3.5, Table 3.6 or Table 3.8 of Objective O25is not met, point source discharges to water shall be managed in the followingway:a) for ...

Accept in part


Submission point




aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kai

i) the application for resource consent includes a defined programme of work for upgrading the activity, in accordance with good management practice or best practicable options, within the term of the resource consent, and ii) conditions on the resource consent require the reduction of adverse effects of the activity in order to improve water quality in relation to the objective within the term of the consent, and ...In assessing the appropriateness of a new or existing discharge, the ability to offset residual significant adverse effects may be considered.

FS74/060 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Oppose DisallowS352/165 Federated Farmers of New Zealand Policy P71:


Amend The adverse effects of point source discharges to rivers shall be minimised managed by the use of measures that result in the discharge meeting the following water quality standards in the receiving water after the zone of reasonable mixing:

Reject

FS74/061 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Support in part

Disallow

S352/167 Federated Farmers of New Zealand 4.8 Discharges to land and water

Amend Retitle: 4.8.8 Discharges to Land Reject

FS82/019 Regional Public Health Oppose DisallowS352/168 Federated Farmers of New Zealand Policy P65:


Amend P65: Minimising Managing effects of nutrient discharges to land The effects of nutrient discharges to land from agricultural activities that may enter water shall be minimised prioritised to manage significant risks through the use of: a) good management

Reject


Submission point




practices, and catchment-scale infrastructure, eg, wetlandsb)...

FS46/024 Ravensdown Limited Support AllowS352/187 Federated Farmers of New Zealand Rule R42: Minor


Amend Rule R42: minor discharges to water - The discharge of contaminants into water, or onto or into land where it may enter water that is not permitted, controlled, restricted discretionary, discretion, non-complying or prohibited by any other rule in this Plan is a permitted activity provided the following conditions are met:a) where the discharge may enter groundwater, the discharge is not located within 50m of a bore used for water abstraction for potable supply or stock water, and b) where the discharge enters a surface water body or coastal water, the concentration of total suspended solids in the discharge shall not exceed:i) 50g/m3 where the discharge enters a site or habitat identified in Schedule A (outstanding water bodies), Schedule F1 (rivers/lakes), Schedule F3 (significant wetlands), or Schedule F4 (coastal sites), except when the background total suspended solids concentration in the receiving water is greater than 50g/m3 in which case the decrease in water clarity after the zone of reasonable mixing shall not exceed 20%, or

Reject


Submission point




ii) 100g/m3 where the discharge enters any other water, except when the background total suspended solids concentration in the receiving water is greater than 100g/m3 in which case the decrease in water clarity after the zone of reasonable mixing shall not exceed 33%, andc) ...e) iv) the fresh water is unsuitable for consumption by farm animals,(e. coli > 1000/mg/L) or...

/S352/190 Federated Farmers of New Zealand Rule R59:

Existing pumped drainage schemes


/S352/241 Federated Farmers of New Zealand Method M8: Te

Awarua-o-Porirua Harbour restoration

Amend Wellington Regional Council will work in partnership with Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Porirua City Council, Wellington City Council, landowners and stakeholders to address ecological restoration in Te Awarua-o-Porirua Harbour. The parties will work with landowners and catchment and community groups in order to:

Reject

/S352/243 Federated Farmers of New Zealand Method M10:


Amend Wellington Regional Council will further investigate effects, establish or confirm causality, and develop appropriate remediation and/or containment programmes in partnership with landowners and industry to address ...

Reject


Submission point




FS74/086 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Oppose DisallowS352/245 Federated Farmers of New Zealand Method M13:


Amend Wellington Regional Council will work with Wairarapa district councils, water race committees and landowners to characterise the hydrology, water quality, ecology, and the economic, social, heritage and cultural values ...b. options for increasing efficiency including opportunities for transfer trading of water takes or providing alternatives to the use of water races, andc. options for retaining ecological values, and options for maintaining reliable access to water for stock

Accept

FS53/056 Beef and Lamb NZ Support AllowFS74/087 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Support in

partAllow

S352/254 Federated Farmers of New Zealand Method M27: Improving water quality in priority water bodies

Amend Wellington Regional Council will support whaitua committees to develop and implement a programme to improve water quality for safeguarding indigenous species and contact recreation and Māori customary use in the indicative first priority fresh and coastal water bodies identified in Method M10 and Schedule H1.

Reject

/S352/255 Federated Farmers of New Zealand Method M28:


Amend Wellington Regional Council will continue to develop practices, procedures and tools (including rules) in collaboration with industry, other relevant organisations and stakeholders to support the implementation of policies which rely on good management practice to achieve desired environmental sustainable management outcomes.

Reject


Submission point




/S352/279 Federated Farmers of New Zealand Schedule H:


Support in part

Thisschedule sets the benchmark for others: we recommend this template be adoptedmore consistently though the pNRP.

Accept in part

/S352/280 Federated Farmers of New Zealand Map 20:


Support in part

Amend Map 20to mark the monitoring points.

Reject

/S352/281 Federated Farmers of New Zealand Schedule H2:

Priorities for improvement of fresh and coastal water quality for contact recreation and Maori customary use

Support in part

Amend Schedule H2 as follows:

· Fresh water bodies for primary contact: regionally significant primary contact recreation rivers at or below the NOF minimum acceptable state at flows below 3x median flow, and at one or more sites during the bathing season (November -March)

· Fresh water bodies for secondary contact: fresh water bodies with water quality assessed in the NOF C band, based on five year monitoring records.

Accept in part

FS74/102 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Oppose DisallowS353/001 Royal Forest and Bird Protection

SocietyObjective O24: Contact recreation and Maori customary use

Amend Add provisions (objectives, policies and rules) that will ensure that the freshwater objectives are met, over time if necessary.

Reject

FS74/174 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Support AllowFS74/155 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Support AllowFS84/023 DairyNZ and Fonterra Co-operative


Disallow

S353/002 Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society


Amend a. Add the following to Table 3.4 and 3.5:(i) SIN, which should not exceed 0.444 mg/L in any water body across the Region (bottom line)(ii) DRP, which should not exceed 0.01 mg/L in any water body (bottom line)b. Add provisions (objectives, policies and rules)

Reject


Submission point




that will ensure that the freshwater objectives are met, over time if necessary.


Disallow


Oppose in part

Disallow

FS74/156 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Support AllowFS54/066 Federated Farmers of New Zealand Oppose Disallow


Good management practice

Oppose Delete Reject


Oppose in part

Disallow


Objective O23: Maintain or improve water quality

Support in part

Replace "maintained or improved" with "maintained where it is good and improved where it is degraded"

Reject

/S353/025 Royal Forest and Bird Protection

SocietyObjective O24: Contact recreation and Maori customary use

Support in part

Retain Accept in part


SocietyObjective O25: Aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kai

Support in part

Retain policy but delete note. Accept in part


Oppose in part

Disallow


Oppose in part

Disallow



Support in part

Remove subjective references in tables and replace with objective measures.

Reject


Submission point




FS74/158 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Support AllowS353/033 Royal Forest and Bird Protection

SocietyObjective O26: Mahinga kai



Society4.8 Discharges to land and water

Support in part

Amendments are required to ensure that the freshwater objectives are achieved.

Reject


SocietyPolicy P62: Promoting discharges to land



SocietyPolicy P65: Minimising effects of nutrient discharges

Oppose Replace as shown [on page 23 of submission s353] Reject


SocietyPolicy P66: National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management requirements for discharge consents

Oppose Replace second paragraph with: This policy applies to all discharges (including diffuse discharges by any person or animal) of contaminants to water and all discharges of contaminants onto or into land that may result in that contaminant or, as the result of natural processes from the discharge of that contaminant, any other contaminant enter water. Delete last paragraph (starting Sections (a)...).

Reject


Oppose Disallow


Oppose Disallow


Policy P67: Minimising effects of discharges

Oppose The adverse effects of discharges of contaminants to land and water are managed so that significant adverse effects are avoided. Where adverse effects are not significant they are managed by:(a) these are avoided in the first instance;(b) where they cannot be avoided, they are remedied;(c) where they cannot be remedied they are mitigated; and(d) residual adverse effects

Reject


Submission point




that cannot be mitigated, are offset.Move heading 4.8.2 below Policy P67.


Oppose in part

Disallow


Oppose in part

Disallow


Policy P68: Inappropriate discharges to water



SocietyPolicy P70: Managing point source discharges for aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kai

Support in part

Replace as shown [page 25 of submission s353] Accept in part


SocietyPolicy P71: Quality of discharges

Support in part

Add the following to the start of the policy Where all of the objectives in Table 3.4, Table 3.5, Table 3.6 or Table 3.8 of Objective O25 are met Replace "minimised" with "managed"

Accept in part


Society5.2.2 Water discharges

Support Retain Rules 42 to 68 subject to any consequential amendments necessary to give effect to [submitter's decisions requested] on the objectives and policies.

Accept in part

/S355/046 Michael Hewison Rule R58: Water

races - discretionary activity

Oppose [Decision unclear; refer to original submission p14]. Reject

/S361/005 Sandra Shivas Objective O25:

Aquatic ecosystem health

Amend Remove [Objective 25(c)]Amend Table 3.6 to state the numerical amount: "nitrate in groundwater should not exceed human drinking water standards,

Reject


Submission point




and mahinga kai i.e. 11.3".

/S361/024 Sandra Shivas Method M13:



Accept

/S361/027 Sandra Shivas Method M28:



/S364/003 Terra Moana Objective O25:


Support Support. Accept in part

/S365/022 A J Barton Objective O25:



Reject

/S365/041 A J Barton Method M13:



Accept

/S365/044 A J Barton Method M28:



/


Submission point




S366/044 South Wairarapa District Council Objective O23: Maintain or improve water quality

Support Retain Objective O23. Accept in part

/S366/045 South Wairarapa District Council Objective O24:


Oppose Delete the columns for Maori Customary Use and Toxicants and Irritants from Table 3.1 and Objective O24, recognising these are provided for in other Objectives and policies.

Amend objective O24 and Table 3.1 to confirm that contact recreation standards only apply during periods where contact recreation will occur, for example at flows below 3 x median flow and during the period November - April, or similar.

Reject



Oppose Delete "mahinga kai" from Objective O25, or amend the definition of "mahinga kai" to provide absolute certainty to plan users, and delete the "mahinga kai" column from Table 3.4 and Table 3.7.

Reject



Support Delete reference to the Whaitua sections of the Plan until they are confirmed, so the implications can be discussed with Iwi and fully understood, and to avoid replication of plan development process or

Confirm within the Plan that where the Whaitua process relaxes relevant standards, with the exception of prescribed National Baselines, those lower standards will apply within the relevant Whaitua

Accept in part


Mahinga kaiOppose Delete Objective O26. Reject


Submission point




/S366/080 South Wairarapa District Council Policy P62:


Amend Retain the recognition that significant improvements will take time for small communities, including in particular inserting recognition that this will likely not be achieved within the lifetime of this Plan. Amend Policy 62 and 63 as [per submission page 20 and 21]

Reject



Oppose Amend Policy P70 [as per submission on page 22 and 23] Accept in part



Oppose Amend Policy P71 as [per submission page 22 and 23] Accept in part

/S366/104 South Wairarapa District Council Rule R45:


Not stated Amend Rule R45 (c) to read:... the concentration of free or combined residual chlorine in the discharge shall not exceed 1.50.3g/m3, and ...

Reject


Not stated

S366/107 South Wairarapa District Council Rule R58: Water races - discretionary activity

Oppose Delete Rule 58 from the Plan, and any consequential amendments so as to provide for the ongoing use of the water race network within the Wairarapa as a permitted activity (where the quantity of water taken into the water race network is not increased over that rate existing at the time of notification of the Proposed NRP), until such time as the outcomes of a Water Race working group (Method M18) are confirmed and a Plan Change process initiated.

Reject


Submission point




FS85/199 Carterton District Council Support AllowFS53/014 Beef and Lamb NZ Support Allow

S366/110 South Wairarapa District Council Rule R67: Discharges inside sites of significance - non complying activity

Not stated Amend as follows:The discharge of water or contaminants into water, or onto or into land where it may enter water (except for treated wastewater (Rule R62)): ...

Reject

/S367/044 Masterton District Council Objective O23:


Support Retain Objective O23. Accept in part



Oppose Delete the columns for Maori Customary Use and Toxicants and Irritants from Table 3.1 and Objective O24, recognising these are provided for in other Objectives and policies.

Amend objective O24 and Table 3.1 to confirm that contact recreation standards only apply during periods where contact recreation will occur, for example at flows below 3 x median flow and during the period November - April, or similar.

Reject



Oppose Delete "mahinga kai" from Objective O25, or amend the definition of "mahinga kai" to provide absolute certainty to plan users, and delete the "mahinga kai" column from Table 3.4 and Table 3.7.

Reject



Support Delete reference to the Whaitua sections of the Plan until they are confirmed, so the implications can be discussed with Iwi and fully understood, and to avoid replication of plan development process or

Accept


Submission point




Confirm within the Plan that where the Whaitua process relaxes relevant standards, with the exception of prescribed National Baselines, those lower standards will apply within the relevant Whaitua


Mahinga kaiOppose Delete Objective O26. Reject

/S367/080 Masterton District Council Policy P62:


Amend Retain the recognition that significant improvements will take time for small communities, including in particular inserting recognition that this will likely not be achieved within the lifetime of this Plan. and, Amend Policy 62 and 63 as outlined below

Policy P62: Promoting discharges to land The discharge of contaminants ... (g) Stormwater Management Strategies having particular regard to improving water quality in fresh water bodies and coastal water identified in Schedule H2 (priority water bodies) that are known to have significant adverse affects by discharges from stormwater networks, and(h) having particular regard to improving water quality in fresh water bodies and coastal water identified in Schedule H2 (priority waterbodies) that are significantly adversely affected by discharges from wastewater networks and wastewater treatment plants.

Reject


Submission point






Oppose [Amend as per original submission, see page 22 and 23] Accept in part



Oppose [Amend as per submission page 23 and 24] Accept in part

/S367/104 Masterton District Council Rule R45:


Not stated Amend Rule R45 (c) to read:... the concentration of free or combined residual chlorine in the discharge shall not exceed 1.50.3g/m3, and ...

Reject


Not stated

S367/107 Masterton District Council Rule R58: Water races - discretionary activity

Oppose Delete Rule 58 from the Plan, and any consequential amendments so as to provide for the ongoing use of the water race network within the Wairarapa as a permitted activity (where the quantity of water taken into the water race network is not increased over that rate existing at the time of notification of the Proposed NRP), until such time as the outcomes of a Water Race working group (Method M18) are confirmed and a Plan Change process initiated.

Reject

FS53/013 Beef and Lamb NZ Support AllowS367/110 Masterton District Council Rule R67:


Not stated The discharge of water or contaminants into water, or onto or into land where it may enter water (except for treated wastewater (Rule R62)): ...

Reject

/S370/038 Mahaki Holdings Ltd Objective O23: Amend Amend O23 Reject


Submission point





The quality of water in the region's rivers, lakes, natural wetlands,groundwater and the coastal marine area is maintained and where possible/identified or improved over time.

/S370/051 Mahaki Holdings Ltd Entire Plan Amend [Remove] any provisions that seek to improve water quality with


Reject

/S370/082 Mahaki Holdings Ltd Objective O23:



Reject

/S371/005 George Ritchie Objective O25:



Reject

/S371/024 George Ritchie Method M13:



Accept

/S371/027 George Ritchie Method M28:




Submission point




/S372/005 Leo Vollebregt Objective O25:



Reject

/S372/024 Leo Vollebregt Method M13:



Accept

/S372/027 Leo Vollebregt Method M28:



/S372/077 Leo Vollebregt Policy P68:


Amend [Amend so that] all discharges have exceptions as a result of extreme weather-related overflows.

Reject

/S375/005 Graeme Hugh Tulloch Objective O25:



Reject

/S375/024 Graeme Hugh Tulloch Method M13:



Accept

/S375/027 Graeme Hugh Tulloch Method M28:

Development of good



Submission point




management practice guidelines.

/S377/005 Donald McCreary Objective O25:



Reject

/S377/024 Donald McCreary Method M13:



Accept

/S377/027 Donald McCreary Method M28:



/S378/005 Lewis Herrick Objective O25:



Reject

/S378/024 Lewis Herrick Method M13:



Accept

/S378/027 Lewis Herrick Method M28:

Development of good management practice



Submission point




guidelines./

S380/005 Willy and Sally Bosch Objective O25: Aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kai


Reject

/S380/024 Willy and Sally Bosch Method M13:



Accept

/S380/027 Willy and Sally Bosch Method M28:



/S382/011 Noel and Ann Gray Objective O25:



Reject

/S382/030 Noel and Ann Gray Method M13:



Accept

/S382/033 Noel and Ann Gray Method M28:



/


Submission point




S383/011 Brad Gooding Objective O25: Aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kai


Reject

/S383/030 Brad Gooding Method M13:



Accept

/S383/033 Brad Gooding Method M28:



/S384/011 Richard Osborne Objective O25:



Reject

/S384/030 Richard Osborne Method M13:



Accept

/S384/033 Richard Osborne Method M28:



/S388/005 Gerard Vollebregt Objective O25:




Submission point






/S388/024 Gerard Vollebregt Method M13:



Accept

/S388/027 Gerard Vollebregt Method M28:



/S390/005 Hayden Thurston Objective O25:



Reject

/S390/024 Hayden Thurston Method M13:



Accept

/S390/027 Hayden Thurston Method M28:



/S392/005 Stewart Weatherstone Objective O25:



Reject


Submission point




/S392/024 Stewart Weatherstone Method M13:



Accept

/S392/027 Stewart Weatherstone Method M28:



/S393/005 Blair Roberts Objective O25:



Reject

/S393/024 Blair Roberts Method M13:



Accept

/S393/027 Blair Roberts Method M28:



/S394/005 Owen Butcher Objective O25:



Reject

/


Submission point




S394/024 Owen Butcher Method M13: Wairarapa water races


Accept

/S394/027 Owen Butcher Method M28:



/S395/005 Daniel George Objective O25:



Reject

/S395/024 Daniel George Method M13:



Accept

/S395/027 Daniel George Method M28:



/S396/005 Bernie George Objective O25:



Reject

/S396/024 Bernie George Method M13:

Wairarapa water Amend Insert after cultural values "and economic values of the

Wairarapa water races..."Accept


Submission point




races/

S396/027 Bernie George Method M28: Development of good management practice guidelines.


/S398/008 Atiawa ki Whakarongotai 3.5 Water Quality Amend Include estuaries for protection in objectives in section 3.5 water

qualityReject

/S398/011 Atiawa ki Whakarongotai Objective O24:


Amend All rivers, lakes and natural wetlands are managed to meet, as a minimum, the primary contact recreation objective.

Further parameters are added in Table 3.1 to ensure that water quality standards provide for life supporting capacity, ecosystem health, recreation, Maori customary use and natural character. These parameters should include: temperature, water clarity, pH, deposited sediment, dissolved oxygen, nutrients, and a narrative requirement for natural character.

Accept in part


Disallow


Disallow

S398/028 Atiawa ki Whakarongotai 6. Methods Amend Include a method to identify waterbodies that should be monitored Reject


Not stated

S398/031 Atiawa ki Whakarongotai Method M28: Development of good management practice guidelines.

Amend Include priorities: Practices and procedures for a partnered approach to planning and decision-making with mana whenua; tools to measure effects and offsetting measures to appropriate baselines; and A timeframe for the development of the guidelines

Reject


Submission point





Not stated

S398/033 Atiawa ki Whakarongotai Schedule H: Contact recreation and Maori customary use

Amend The the Waimeha and Ngarara streams are included in schedule H1

Reject

/S399/005 Sandy Bidwell Objective O25:



Reject

/S399/024 Sandy Bidwell Method M13:



Accept

/S399/027 Sandy Bidwell Method M28:



/S400/005 Mike Moran Objective O25:



Reject

/S400/024 Mike Moran Method M13:



Accept

/S400/027 Mike Moran Method M28: Support Retain. Accept


Submission point





/S407/005 Kurt Simmonds Objective O25:



Reject

/S407/024 Kurt Simmonds Method M13:



Accept

/S407/027 Kurt Simmonds Method M28:



/S408/005 John Petrie Objective O25:



Reject

/S408/024 John Petrie Method M13:



Accept

/S408/027 John Petrie Method M28:

Development of good



Submission point




management practice guidelines.

/S409/005 Peter Vollebregt Objective O25:



Reject

/S409/024 Peter Vollebregt Method M13:



Accept

/S409/027 Peter Vollebregt Method M28:



/S410/005 Richard John and Carolyn Ann

StevensonObjective O25: Aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kai


Reject


StevensonMethod M13: Wairarapa water races


Accept


StevensonMethod M28: Development of good management practice



Submission point




guidelines./

S411/005 Andrew Douglas Harvey Objective O25: Aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kai


Reject

/S411/024 Andrew Douglas Harvey Method M13:



Accept

/S411/027 Andrew Douglas Harvey Method M28:



/S412/005 Shane Matthew Gray Objective O25:



Reject

/S412/024 Shane Matthew Gray Method M13:



Accept

/S412/027 Shane Matthew Gray Method M28:



/


Submission point




S413/005 Mike Warren Objective O25: Aquatic ecosystem health and mahinga kai


Reject

/S413/024 Mike Warren Method M13:



Accept

/S413/027 Mike Warren Method M28:



/S414/005 Stephen Hammond Objective O25:



Reject

/S414/024 Stephen Hammond Method M13:



Accept

/S414/027 Stephen Hammond Method M28:



/S415/005 Simon Vaughan Campbell Objective O25:




Submission point






/S415/024 Simon Vaughan Campbell Method M13:



Accept

/S415/027 Simon Vaughan Campbell Method M28:



/S416/005 Bryan Thompson Tucker Objective O25:



Reject

/S416/024 Bryan Thompson Tucker Method M13:



Accept

/S416/027 Bryan Thompson Tucker Method M28:



/S417/005 Matthew Honeysett Objective O25:



Reject


Submission point




/S417/024 Matthew Honeysett Method M13:



Accept

/S417/027 Matthew Honeysett Method M28:



/S418/005 Rod Sutherland Objective O25:



Reject

/S418/024 Rod Sutherland Method M13:



Accept

/S418/027 Rod Sutherland Method M28:



/S419/005 David G Holmes Objective O25:



Reject

/


Submission point




S419/024 David G Holmes Method M13: Wairarapa water races


Accept

/S419/027 David G Holmes Method M28:



/S420/005 Richard Kershaw Objective O25:



Reject

/S420/024 Richard Kershaw Method M13:



Accept

/S420/027 Richard Kershaw Method M28:



/S421/005 Ray Craig Objective O25:



Reject

/S421/024 Ray Craig Method M13:

Wairarapa water Amend Insert after cultural values "and economic values of the

Wairarapa water races..."Accept


Submission point




races/

S421/027 Ray Craig Method M28: Development of good management practice guidelines.


/S422/005 Shaun Rose Objective O25:



Reject

/S422/024 Shaun Rose Method M13:



Accept

/S422/027 Shaun Rose Method M28:



/S423/005 Willem Stolte Objective O25:



Reject

/S423/024 Willem Stolte Method M13:



Accept

/


Submission point




S423/027 Willem Stolte Method M28: Development of good management practice guidelines.


/S424/005 Gary Svenson Objective O25:



Reject

/S424/024 Gary Svenson Method M13:



Accept

/S424/027 Gary Svenson Method M28:



/S434/002 New Zealand Deer Farmers

Association - Wairarapa Branch2.1.5 Whaitua chapters

Amend Apart from identified localities, use the whaitua process to determine approaches to improve water quality

Accept in part

FS74/324 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Oppose DisallowS435/005 Forest Owner Marketing Services

LtdRule R42: Minor discharges - permitted activity

Amend Avoid any reference of suspended solids limit. Reject

FS74/317 Rangitāne o Wairarapa Inc Oppose DisallowFS61/082 Minister of Conservation Oppose Disallow


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