Section 42A Reports

Section 42A Reports for the first tranche of hearings.

Please click here (PDF 160 KB)for the Hearing Direction Tranche 1.

Please click here (PDF 215 KB)for the Hearing Direction Tranche 2.

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Tranche 1

PART 2 – DISTRICT-WIDE MATTERS

HAZARDS AND RISKS CW

21. Contaminated land - CL (PDF 127 KB)
22. Hazardous substances - HS (PDF 127 KB)
23. Natural hazards - NH (PDF 294 KB)

SUBDIVISION

29. Subdivision - SUB (PDF 535 KB)

GENERAL DISTRICT-WIDE MATTERS

30. Activities on the surface of water - ASW (PDF 123 KB)
31. Amateur radio - AR (PDF 127 KB)
32. Coastal environment - CE (PDF 441 KB)
33. Earthworks - EW (PDF 331 KB)
34. Financial contributions - FC (PDF 127 KB)
35. Hapori whānui (Provisions for community wellbeing, safety and amenity) - HW (PDF 212 KB)
36. Light - LIGHT (PDF 1.63 MB)
37. Noise - NOISE (PDF 1.63 MB)
38. Relocated buildings and shipping containers - RLB (PDF 1.63 MB)
39. Signs - SIGN (PDF 1.63 MB)
40. Temporary activities - TEMP (PDF 1.63 MB)

PART 3 – AREA-SPECIFIC MATTERS

ZONES PRECINCTS

Rural

42. General rural zone - GRUZ (PDF 1.63 MB)
Aerodrome Precinct – PREC3 (PDF 1.63 MB)
43. Rural production zone - RPROZ (PDF 1002 KB)
44. Rural lifestyle zone - RLZ (PDF 817 KB)
45. Settlement zone - SETZ (PDF 650 KB)
     Mokau Commercial Precinct – PREC4 (PDF 650 KB)

Commerce

46. Commercial zone - COMZ (PDF 614 KB)
     Te Kūiti CBD Precinct - PREC5 (PDF 614 KB)

Industrial

47. Industrial zone - INZ (PDF 520 KB)

Open space and recreation

48. Natural open space zone - NOSZ (PDF 145 KB)
49. Open space zone - OSZ (PDF 92 KB)

Special purpose

50. Future urban zone - FUZ (PDF 920 KB)
51. Māori purpose zone - MPZ (PDF 716 KB)
52. Tourism zone - TOUZ (PDF 127 KB)

Multi-zone precincts

53. Amenity Precinct – PREC6 (PDF 127 KB)
54. Te Maika Precinct – PREC7 (PDF 127 KB)

PART 4 – APPENDICES AND MAPS

SCHEDULES

SCHED10 Areas of outstanding natural character (PDF 127 KB)
SCHED11 Areas of high/very high natural character (PDF 127 KB)
SCHED13 Coastal environment overlay (PDF 127 KB)

APPENDICES

APP1 Information requirements for resource consent applications (PDF 1.63 MB)
 - This matter will be addressed in the ecosystems and indigenous biodiversity chapter – see page 79  of District wide matters – Noise, Signs, Temporary Activities, Relocated, Buildings & Light

APP5 Structure plan requirements (PDF 259 KB)

 

Note: The Code of Conduct for Expert Witness referred to in the section 42A Reports should be read as a reference to the Environment Court Practice Note 2023.

SUBMITTER EVIDENCE

Federated Farmers NZ - 240621 FFNZ Statement of Evidence (Peter Matich) (PDF 104 KB)

Fire & Emergency NZ - Fire and Emergency New Zealand - Written statement - Tranche 1 (PDF 233 KB)

Auckland/Waikato Fish & Game - Fish and Game expert evidence Dr Adam Daniel (PDF 592 KB)

Fuel Companies - Submitter 56 - Fuel Companies - Hearing Statement for Hearing Tranche 1 (PDF 119 KB)

Graymont NZ Ltd - Graymont Proposed Waitomo District Plan - Planning Evidence T Calmeyer - 2024-06-21 (PDF 331 KB)

Graymont NZ Ltd - T2024-023 BMM PWDP Company Evidence - Graymont  - Benjamin James Murray (PDF 195 KB)

KiwiRail Holdings Ltd - Waitomo PDP Tranche 1 - Letter from KiwiRail Holdings Ltd (PDF 159 KB)

NZ Defence Force - NZDF Letter to Hearings Panel - Waitomo DP (PDF 334 KB)

NZ Pork Industry Board - Waitomo PDP Evidence Hannah Ritchie NZ Pork (PDF 3.2 MB)

NZ Pork Industry Board - Statement of Evidence WDP - Vance Hodgson (PDF 792 KB)

Taharoa Ironsands Ltd - Statement of Evidence - Grant Eccles - PWDP June 2024 (PDF 5.71 MB)

Taharoa Ironsands Ltd - Statement of Evidence of Mr Ian Goodacre (Corporate) on behalf of Taharoa Ironsands Limited  21 June 2024 (PDF 166 KB)

Telecommunications - Subdivision hearing Corporate Telco Evidence 21 June 2024 public (PDF 576 KB)

Transpower NZ Ltd - Transpower New Zealand Limited Waitomo PDP Hearing 1 statement (PDF 573 KB)

Ventus Energy Ltd - Proposed Waitomo DP Craig Shearer Evidence (PDF 199 KB)

Waikato Regional Council - Sarah K and Alejandro C_Waitomo District Plan Review Planning Evidence (PDF 821 KB)

SUBMITTER STATEMENTS

DoC - CP34 Letter to Independent Hearing Panel on Tranche 1 hearing - Director-General of Conservation (PDF 141 KB)

NZAAA - NZAAA Waitomo PDP Hearing Statement (PDF 124 KB)

FFNZ - 240711 FFNZ Written Statement Hearing Tranche 1 (PDF 38 KB)

MoE - Ministry of Education - Waitomo District Plan Review - Tranche 1 tabled letter (PDF 174 KB)

NZ Fish & Game - Fish and Game evidence M Davis (PDF 226 KB)

NZ Heavy Haulage Association - 2024 07 09 - Statement of Evidence - Jonathan Bhana-Thomson (PDF 178 KB)

NZ Helicopter Association - Waitomo District Council Section 42 Response for Hearing (PDF 90 KB)

OMYA NZ - Omya NZ Ltd Written Statement - PDP Hearing (PDF 73 KB)

Telecommunications - Telco Companies Recommendations Support Letter Subdivisions hearings 9 July 2024 (PDF 145 KB)

Te Ruunanga o Ngaati Mahuta ki te hauaauru - Statement on behalf of Te Ruunanga o Ngaati Mahuta ki te hauaauru (PDF 146 KB)

Wetini Whanau - Statement on behalf of Roy Wetini Whaanau Trust (PDF 583 KB)

REBUTTAL EVIDENCE

Rebuttal Evidence - Cathy O'Callaghan (PDF 369 KB)

Rebuttal evidence - Carolyn Wratt (PDF 188 KB)

Rebuttal Evidence - Alex Bell (PDF 288 KB)

Memo to Hearings Panel on the Rezoning of land subject to the National Policy Statement for Highly Productive Land (PDF 321 KB)

 

Tranche 2

PART 1 – INTRODUCTION & GENERAL

MISCELLANEOUS SUBMISSION POINTS

Miscellaneous (PDF 238 KB)
Miscellaneous - Appendix 1 (PDF 364 KB)
Miscellaneous - Appendix 2 (PDF 193 KB)

PART 2 – DISTRICT-WIDE MATTERS

STRATEGIC DIRECTION

16. Strategic Direction - SD (PDF 208 KB)
Strategic Direction - Appendix 1 (PDF 168 KB)
Strategic Direction - Appendix 2 (PDF 190 KB)

ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE & TRANSPORT

17. Energy - ENGY (PDF 1.07 MB)
18. National Electricity and Gas Transmission - NEGT (PDF 728 KB)
19. Network Utilities - NU (PDF 1.94 MB)
20. Transport - TRAN (PDF 1.29 MB)

HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL VALUES

24.  Historic Heritage - HH (PDF 367 KB)
Historic Heritage - Appendix 1 (PDF 195 KB)
Historic Heritage - Appendix 2 (PDF 423 KB)
25. Sites and Areas of Significance to Māori - SASM (PDF 317 KB)
Sites and Areas of Significance to Māori- Appendix 1 (PDF 260 KB)
Sites and Areas of Significance to Māori- Appendix 2 (PDF 485 KB)

NATURAL ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES

26. Ecosystems and indigenous biodiversity - ECO (PDF 666 KB)
Ecosystems and Indigenous Biodiversity - Appendix 1 (PDF 750 KB)
Ecosystems and Indigenous Biodiversity - Appendix 2 (PDF 375 KB)
APP4 Biodiversity offsetting framework - Appendix 2 (PDF 184 KB)
27. Natural Character  - NC (PDF 224 KB)
Natural Character - Appendix 1 (PDF 146 KB)
Natural Character - Appendix 2 (PDF 288 KB)
28. Natural Features and Landscapes - NFL (PDF 369 KB)
Natural Features and Landscapes - Appendix 1 (PDF 210 KB)
Natural Features and Landscapes - Appendix 2 (PDF 507 KB)

PART 3 – AREA-SPECIFIC MATTERS

ZONES PRECINCTS

41. Residential Zone (PDF 313 KB)
Residential Zone - Appendix 1 (PDF 176 KB)
Residential Zone - Appendix 2 (PDF 544 KB)

DESIGNATIONS

55. Designations (PDF 344 KB)

PART 4 – APPENDICES AND MAPS

The appendices and schedules have been addressed in the relevant s42A reports, or miscellaneous.

SCHEDULES

APPENDICES

 

SUBMITTER EVIDENCE

DoC - Expert Evidence of Andrew James Townsend in the matter of the Waitomo District Plan Ecosystems and Biodiversity Chapter (PDF 392 KB)

DoC - Expert Evidence of Jesse Quentin Gooding in the matter of the Waitomo District Plan Ecosystems and Biodiversity Chapter (PDF 342 KB)

Fire & Emergency NZ - Written statement - Fire and Emergency New Zealand - Tranche 2 - Ecosystems and Indigenous Biodiversity (PDF 177 KB)

Graymont NZ Ltd - Graymont P Waitomo DP Ecosystems and IB - Planning Evidence T Calmeyer - 2024-10-21 (PDF 304 KB)

Graymont NZ Ltd - Graymont P Waitomo DP Remainder of Tranche 2 - Planning Evidence T Calmeyer - 2024-11-04 (PDF 372 KB)

Graymont NZ Ltd - PWDP Company Evidence - Graymont  - Benjamin James Murray Hearing 2 21112024 (PDF 195 KB)

KiwiRail Holdings Ltd - Letter on behalf of KiwiRail Holdings Ltd - 21 October 2024 (PDF 58 KB)

KiwiRail Holdings Ltd - Waitomo PDP - Letter on behalf of KiwiRail Holdings Limited - 4 November 2024 (PDF 93 KB)

KiwiRail Holdings Ltd - Waitomo PDP - Evidence of Cath Heppelthwaite - 4 November 2024 (PDF 3.34 MB)

KiwiRail Holdings Ltd - Waitomo PDP - Evidence of Pam Butler - 4 November 2024 (PDF 794 KB)

KiwiRail Holdings Ltd - Waitomo PDP - Evidence of Stephen Chiles - 4 November 2024 (PDF 256 KB)

Ministry of Education - Planning Evidence - Waitomo DC Tranche 2 Hearing - Ministry of Education (PDF 178 KB)

NZTA - Waka Kotahi (NZTA) WDP Tranche 2- Evidence TC (PDF 384 KB)

NZTA - Waitomo PDP - Stephen Chiles - Noise evidence for NZTA (PDF 203 KB)

Taharoa Ironsands Ltd - Statement of Evidence of Grant Eccles Planning Dated 21 October 2024 (PDF 136 KB)

Taharoa Ironsands Ltd - Statement of Evidence of Hamish Dean Terrestrial Ecology (Vegetation and Wetlands) Dated 21 October 2024 (PDF 1.67 MB)

Telecommunications - Chris Horne Tranche 2 Planning Evidence Telco (Excluding ECO Topic) (PDF 459 KB)

Telecommunications - Telco Corporate evidence 4 Nov 2024 public (PDF 2.28 MB)

Transpower - Waitomo PDP Transpower Rebecca Eng Company Evidence Hearing Tranche 2 (PDF 1.64 MB)

Transpower - Transpower Evidence_Hearing 2 P Whitney Lodged 20241030 (PDF 1.29 MB)

SUBMITTER STATEMENTS

DoC - Legal submissions - Proposed Waitomo District Plan - Director-General of Conservation - ECO Chapter - DOC-7817436 (PDF 91 KB)

Fire & Emergency NZ - Written statement - Fire and Emergency New Zealand - Tranche 2 - All other chapters of the Proposed Waitomo District Plan (PDF 153 KB)

Fish & Game - Fish and Game submitter statement (PDF 231 KB)

Forest & Bird - PDP Waitomo FB RCM Speaking Notes (PDF 156 KB)

Heritage New Zealand - Waitomo Proposed District Plan HNZPT Tabled Statement (PDF 286 KB)

KiwiRail Holdings Ltd - Waitomo PDP - Legal submissions on behalf of KiwiRail Holdings Ltd (PDF 87 KB)

Telecommunications - Chris Horne (Telco) Summary Statement Tranche 2 (PDF 455 KB)

Transpower - Waitomo PDP Hearing 2 Transpower Statement 20241127 (PDF 222 KB)

Waikato Regional Council - Waikato Regional Council Letter to the Hearings Panel - Proposed Waitomo District Plan - Ecosystems and indigenous biodiversity topic (PDF 161 KB)

Waikato Regional Council - Waikato Regional Council Letter to the Hearings Panel - Proposed Waitomo District Plan - Tranche 2 All other topics (PDF 161 KB)

REBUTTAL EVIDENCE

S42A Report Addendum – Chapter 26 Ecosystems and Indigenous Biodiversity – Waitomo District Council Ecologist Expert Evidence (PDF 523 KB)

Joint Witness Statement – Chapter 26 Ecosystems and Indigenous Biodiversity and Planning (PDF 237 KB)

S42A Addendum - Tranche 2 - Bell (PDF 247 KB)

S42A Addendum - Tranche 2 - O'Callaghan (PDF 249 KB)
Ecological Assessment (G Kessels) (PDF 583 KB)
Rebuttal evidence  (APPENDIX 1 - Submitter Tables NC) (PDF 162 KB)
Rebuttal evidence  (APPENDIX 1 - Submitter Tables NFL) (PDF 216 KB)
Rebuttal evidence  (APPENDIX 1 - Submitter Tables) (PDF 756 KB)
Statement-of-evidence-of-hamish-dean-terrestrial-ecology-vegetation-and-wetlands-dated-21-october-2024 (PDF 1.67 MB)

Supplementary s42A report tranche 2 v1 (PDF 377 KB) - Wratt
Appendix 1- Network utilities - NU tracked supplementary (PDF 1.07 MB)
Appendix 2- Transport - TRAN tracked supplementary (PDF 703 KB)
Network Utilities s32AA evaluation (PDF 161 KB)