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The Mokihinui Hydro Proposal

 

Hearing Information

 

Click here for the Mokihinui Hearing Schedule

 

The Councils have appointed the following panel of Hearing Commissioners:
Mr John Lumsden (chair), Mr Terry Archer and Dr Greg Ryder

The hearing reconvened from Wednesday 15 April 2009 at the Westport Bridge Club, Lyndhurst Street, Westport. The hearing adjourned on Thursday 16 April 2009.

Click one of the below names to jump to the relevant table:

Section 42a Officers Report   |   Applicant Evidence   |   Submitter Evidence   |   Officers' Reply   |   Applicants' Rebuttal   |   Memoranda   |   Response to Hearing Committees Memorandum   |   Further Memoranda   |   Applicants' Closing Submissions

 

Section 42a Officers Report

Section File File size
Section 42a Officers Report Planners S42 Report.pdf 790 KB
Appendices List Appendix Tab cover sheets.pdf 39 KB
Appendix 1 Consents applied for and Activity Status.pdf 143 KB
Appendix 2 Objectives, Policies and Statutory Evaluations.pdf 311 KB
Appendix 3 Evaluation of Draft Conditions.pdf 329 KB
Appendix 4 Refer to Section 92 information
on the Further Information Page
Appendix 5 1 Archaeology - Jacomb.pdf 238 KB
2 Aquatic Ecology - Cameron.pdf 111 KB
3 Avifauna - Hale Jolly.pdf 78 KB
4 Coastal - Single.pdf 77 KB
5 Economics - Donnelly.pdf 85 KB
6 Engineering - Tate.pdf 64 KB
7 Engineering Risk - Foster.pdf 91 KB
7a Engineering Risk - Foster.pdf 545 KB
8 Hydrology - Harkness.pdf 37 KB
9 Landscape - Steven.pdf 3.7 MB
9a Landscape - Supplementary 177 KB
10 Natural hazards - Riddolls.pdf 28 KB
11 Recreation and Tourism - Espiner.pdf 100 KB
12 Sediment - Beck.pdf 48 KB
13 Social Impact - Buchan.pdf 102 KB
14 Terrestrial Ecology - Beale.pdf 51 KB
15 Traffic Roading - Oppenhuis.pdf 3.8 MB

 

Applicant Evidence

Witness Title Predicted
Hearing		 Heard File size
Project intro / Scene setting
Stephen Christiansen Legal Submissions   25 Aug 341 KB
Andrew Robertson Meridian overview   25 Aug 101 KB
Jim Truesdale National/regional electricity requirements   25 Aug 518 KB
Nick Eldred Why hydro, why West Coast?   25 Aug 847 KB
Refered - Mokihinui River Hydro Dam Project
- A Quantitative Report		   26 Aug 459 KB
Charlie Watts Project overview   26 Aug 4.2 MB
  Appendix 1 – MHP Project Description   25 Aug 293 KB
         
Engineering and Effects
Murray Gillon Natural Hazards   27 Aug 1.3 MB
Peter Amos Engineering   26/27 Aug 2.1 MB
Ron Fleming Construction Effects - Engineering   28 Aug 172 KB
Cliff Tipler Construction Effects - Environmental   28 Aug 227 KB
Appendix B - ECMP   28 Aug 210 KB
Andrew Whaley Construction Effects - Traffic   15 Sep 242 KB
Traffic Appendix 2   15 Sep 2.7 MB
Stephen Chiles Construction Effects - Noise   15 Sep 745 KB
         
Water
Roddy Henderson Hydrology   28 Aug 125 KB
Charlie Watts Flow Regime   29 Aug 669 KB
Derek Goring Tidal Hydraulics   29 Aug 132 KB
Flow Surges   29 Aug 332 KB
Bob Spigel Water Quality   16 Sep 243 KB
Supplementary Evidence   16 Sep 610 KB
Revised Aquatic Ecology MP.pdf   16 Sep 583 KB
Ian Jowett IFIM / Instream Habitat   16 Sep 477 KB
Supplementary Evidence   16 Sep 14 KB
Cathy Kilroy Periphyton   16 Sep 803 KB
Alastair Suren Invertebrates   16 Sep 827 KB
Marty Bonnett Native Fish   17 Sep 463 KB
Don Jellyman Eels   17 Sep 245 KB
John Hayes Trout   17 Sep 270 KB
Trout Appendices   17 Sep 1.1 MB
         
Climate Change
James Renwick Climate Change - Science   18 Sep 252 KB
Tim Fraser Climate Change - NZ Context   18 Sep 112 KB
         
Land
Mark Mabin Geomorphology   18 Sep 60 KB
  Geology Figure 1   18 Sep 1.4 MB
  Geology Figure 2   18 Sep 13.4 MB
Cathryn Barr Archaeology   18 Sep 149 KB
Archaeology Appendices   18 Sep 1.4 MB
Ray Brown Transmission - Summary and questions   22 Sep 6.2 MB
Transmission - Supplementary Evidence   22 Sep 20 KB
Andrew Craig Landscape - Transmission   22 Sep 6.2 MB
Peter Rough Landscape - Regional and Gorge   22 Sep 3.1 MB
Landscape - Appendix 2   22 Sep 1.4 MB
Landscape - Appendix 3   22 Sep 89 KB
Supporting information for Appendix 3   22 Sep 6.0 MB
         
WONI
Ned Norton WONI   18 Sep 589 KB
WONI Report   18 Sep 1.8 MB
         
Sediment / Coastal
Murray Hicks Sediment / Coastal process   19 Sep 5.6 MB
Richard
Reinen-Hamill		 Coastal Engineering   19 Sep 50 KB
Coastal Engineering Appendices   19 Sep 5.0 MB
         
Recreation
Rob Greenaway Recreation   19 Sep 145 KB
         
Social
James Baines Social Impact   23 Sep 72 KB
         
Terrestrial Ecology
Ruth Bartlett Terrestrial Ecology   23 Sep 2.6 MB
Figure 1   23 Sep 3.6 MB
Figure 2   23 Sep 1.6 MB
Figure 3   23 Sep 4.7 MB
Figure 4   23 Sep 4.3 MB
Figure 5   23 Sep 1.1 MB
Figure 6   23 Sep 328 KB
Figure 7   23 Sep 2 MB
Figure 8   23 Sep 2 MB
Figure 9   23 Sep 3.1 MB
Figure 10   23 Sep 3.6 MB
Figure 11   23 Sep 3.6 MB
Figure 12   23 Sep 5.2 MB
Figure 13   23 Sep 4.7 MB
Figure 14   23 Sep 6.8 MB
Plates 1 - 3   23 Sep 3.4 MB
Plates 4 - 6   23 Sep 1.8 MB
Plates 7 - 10   23 Sep 3.8 MB
Plates 11 - 16   23 Sep 4.6 MB
Plates 17 - 24   23 Sep 4.1 MB
Appendix 1 - Terrestrial Ecology
Management Plan		   23 Sep 1.2 MB
Appendix 2 - Habitat Enhancement
and Predator Control Plan		 23 Sep 993 KB
Appendix 2 - Figure 1   23 Sep 790 KB
Appendix 3 - Threat Category Definitions   23 Sep 30 KB
Appendix 4 - Criteria for the Assessment
of Ecological Significance		   23 Sep 25 KB
Appendix 5 - Transmission Aerial (JPG)   23 Sep 6.3 MB
Appendix 6 - Table of Poles   23 Sep 11 KB
         
Consultation
Chris Evans Consultation   23 Sep 68 KB
Consultation - Appendix 1   23 Sep 46 KB
Consultation - Appendix 2   23 Sep 138 KB
         
Planning
John Kyle Planning   24 Sep 293 KB
  Planning - Appendix B   24 Sep 429 KB

 

Submitter Evidence

Witness Title Predicted
Hearing		 Heard File size
Jet Boating NZ
West Coast Branch		 Jet Boating New Zealand
West Coast Evidence		   25 Sep 30 KB
Buller Electricity Buller Electricity Ltd Evidence   25 Sep 12 KB
P Roselli P Roselli Evidence   25 Sep 60 KB
B Brown Barrie Brown Evidence   25 Sep 771 KB
J Hill No written evidence   25 Sep  
John Hill Appendices   25 Sep 406 KB
EECA EECA Evidence   25 Sep 90 KB
G Howard Graham Howard Evidence   25 Sep 57 KB
Holcim NZ Ltd Holcim NZ Ltd Evidence   25 Sep 83 KB
Westland Milk
Products		 Westland Milk Products Evidence   25 Sep 145 KB
Alpine Energy
and Others		 Alpine Energy and Others Evidence   25 Sep 207 KB
JWH Duncan JWH Duncan Evidence   25 Sep 690 KB
Supporting Evidence   25 Sep 678 KB
Buller Tramping Club Buller Tramping Club Evidence   26 Sep 91 KB
C Rendle C Rendle Evidence   26 Sep 147 KB
A Colman A Colman Evidence   26 Sep 51 KB
G Douglas G Douglas Evidence   26 Sep 535 KB
L Brown L Brown Evidence   26 Sep 134 KB
T Hay T Hay Submission   Written 632 KB
D.O.C. - D Van Mierlo Opening Submissions   26 Sep 178 KB
D.O.C. - B Heaps Energy Supply   06 Oct 1.2 MB
D.O.C. - D Todd Coastal Processes   06 Oct 175 KB
D.O.C. - Dr Hudson Morphology and In-stream Habitat   06 Oct 4.1 MB
D.O.C. - M Schallenberg Water Quality   07 Oct 83 KB
D.O.C. - Dr Death Invertebrate and Periphyton
Communities		   07 Oct 92 KB
D.O.C. - Dr Allibone Fresh Water Fish   07 Oct 1.8 MB
D.O.C. - Dr Kelly Aquatic Ecosystem Function   07 Oct 852 KB
D.O.C. - Dr Lloyd Terrestrial Flora   08 Oct 633 KB
Appendix 1 Vegetation Maps 1 of 3   08 Oct 797 KB
Appendix 1 Vegetation Maps 2 of 3   08 Oct 850 KB
Appendix 1 Vegetation Maps 3 of 3   08 Oct 802 KB
Appendix 2 Photos   08 Oct 3.9 MB
D.O.C. - Dr O'Donnell Terrestrial Fauna
(Birds, Bats and Lizards)		   08 Oct 316 KB
D.O.C. - T Shaw Whio   09 Oct 144 KB
Figure 1   09 Oct 1.1 MB
D.O.C. - K Walker Powelliphanta Land Snails   08 Oct 159 KB
Land Snail Figures   08 Oct 4.3 MB
D.O.C. - W Shaw Ecosystems   09 Oct 149 KB
D.O.C. - K Watson Archaeology   09 Oct 94 KB
D.O.C. - J Bentley Landscape (part 1 of 2)   10 Oct 153 KB
Landscape (part 2 of 2)   10 Oct 20 MB
D.O.C. - I Wightwick Recreation   09 Oct 121 KB
Appendix 1 - Recreation Outcomes   09 Oct 356 KB
Appendix 2 - Photos   09 Oct 289 KB
D.O.C. - R Delamore Planning   14 Oct 177 KB
D.O.C. - D Van Mierlo Closing Statement   14 Oct 56 KB
M Boatright M Boatright Evidence   06 Oct 78 KB
M Boatright Supplementary   06 Oct 6.0 MB
T Sumner T Sumner Evidence   10 Oct 64 KB
Whitewater Canoe Club WWCC Evidence   15 Oct 89 KB
WWCC Appendix Photos   15 Oct 3.1 MB
NZ Recreational
Canoeing Assoc		 MHP NZRCA Evidence   15 Oct 130 KB
Appendix A   15 Oct 182 KB
Appendix B   15 Oct 455 KB
Appendix C   15 Oct 3.1 MB
M Holmes and
L Carmichael		 M Holmes and
L Carmichael Submission		   15 Oct 86 KB
Mokihinui River
Community Group		 MRCG Evidence   15 Oct 360 KB
M Rich M Rich Evidence   15 Oct 38  KB
H Macbeth H Macbeth Submission   15 Oct 58 KB
Buller Conservation
Group		 BCG Submission   15 Oct 19 KB
R&J Snoyink R&J Snoyink Evidence   Written 17 KB
West Coast Tai Poutini
Conservation Board		 WC Tai Poutini Conservation
Board Submission		   15 Oct 261 KB
Z Grammer Z Grammer Submission   Written 170 KB
F Inta F Inta Evidence   16 Oct 267 KB
F Inta Slide Presentation   16 Oct 2.5 MB
D Zielinski No written evidence   16 Oct  
M Turei -
NZ Green Party		 Green Party Evidence   16 Oct 3.3 MB
J MacTaggart J MacTaggart Evidence   16 Oct 95 KB
West Coast ENT Inc West Coast ENT Inc. Submission   16 Oct 1.7 MB
L Hargreaves No written evidence   16 Oct  
Tai Poutini Polytech Tai Poutini Polytechnic Evidence   17 Oct 159 KB
Otago Polytechnic Evidence   17 Oct 92 KB
Fish & Game Fish and Game Evidence   17 Oct 30 KB
K Te Maiharoa Canterbury University
Canoe Club Evidence		   17 Oct 298 KB
K Hughey K Hughey Evidence   17 Oct 81 KB
T&M Johnstone T&M Johnstone   17 Oct 160 KB
J Carson J Carson Evidence   17 Oct 194 KB
Forest and Bird -
D Martin		 Opening Statements   20 Oct 38 KB
Forest and Bird -
M Joy		 Freshwater Fish   20 Oct 103 KB
Forest and Bird -
T Carter		 Natural Character   20 Oct 98 KB
Forest and Bird -
G Walls		 Terrestrial Ecology   20 Oct 124 KB
Appendix 2 Photos   20 Oct 4.2 MB
Forest and Bird -
A Mark		 Terrestrial Flora -
Transmission Line Route		   20 Oct 2.7 MB
Forest and Bird -
D Martin		 Closing Statements   20 Oct 74 KB
Table of Effects   20 Oct 24 KB
A Kolff A Kolff Evidence   21 Oct 200 KB
B Morgan B Morgan Evidence   21 Oct 189 KB
L Shand No written evidence   21 Oct  
Council of Outdoor
Recreation Assoc		 CORANZ Evidence   21 Oct 156 KB
E Murphy E Murphy Evidence   21 Oct 19 KB
T Heiler T Heiler Evidence   21 Oct 146 KB
M King M King Evidence   22 Oct 670 KB
M Hopkinson M Hopkinson Evidence   22 Oct 209 KB
South Island Eel
Industry Assoc.Inc.		 SIEIA Evidence   22 Oct 39 KB
Federated Mountain
Club		 FMC Evidence   21 Oct 547 KB
Ngati Waewae Ngati Waewae Evidence   21 Oct 1.3 MB
Whanau Pihawai West Whanau Pihawai Evidence   21 Oct 309 KB
New Zealand Historic
Places Trust		 NZHPT Evidence   22 Oct 721 KB
NZHPT Attachments   22 Oct 342 KB
Z Shaw Z Shaw Evidence   Written 13 KB
Nelson Canoe Club Nelson Canoe Club Evidence   22 Oct 210 KB
M Ostach M Ostach Evidence   23 Oct 1.82 MB

 

Officers' Reply

Witness Title Heard File Size
Buller District Council Addendum BDC S42a Officers Report 23 Oct 101 KB
Addendum BDC Attachments 23 Oct 274 KB
West Coast Regional Council Addendum WCRC S42a Officers Report 23 Oct 203 KB
Addendum WCRC
Supplementary Landscape		 23 Oct 176 KB

 

Applicants' Rebuttal

Witness Title File Size
Ruth Bartlett Bartlett Rebuttal 69 KB
Ruth Bartlett Bartlett Rebuttal Appendix 1 5 KB
Ruth Bartlett Bartlett Rebuttal Attachment - Vegetation Map 113 KB
Martin Bonnett Bonnett Rebuttal 69 KB
Darryl Hicks Hicks Rebuttal 343 KB
Donald Jellyman Jellyman Rebuttal 158 KB
Ian Jowett Jowett Rebuttal 74 KB
Peter Rough Rough Rebuttal 44 KB
Darryl Hicks Hicks Supplementary Information 230 KB
Meridian Meridian Memorandum Mar 09 14KB
Ruth Barlett MHP Bartlett Memorandum Mar 09 190 KB
Ruth Barlett MHP Bartlett Memorandum Mar 09 attachments - Part 1 11 MB
Ruth Barlett MHP Bartlett Memorandum Mar 09 attachments - Part 2 6.8 MB
Martin Bonnett MHP Bonnett Memorandum Mar 09 191 KB
  MHP Counsel Memorandum Mar 09 95 KB
  Map 8 - Kawatiri Place conservation outcomes 95 KB
John Hayes MHP Hayes Memorandum Mar 09 37 KB
Darryl Hicks MHP Hicks Memorandum Mar 09 45 KB
Donald Jellyman MHP Jellyman Memorandum Mar 09 43 KB
Ian Jowett MHP Jowett Memorandum Mar 09 663 KB
Cathy Kilroy MHP Kilroy Memorandum Mar 09 51 KB
John Kyle MHP Kyle Memorandum Mar 09 (includes conditions as at March 2009) 3.2 MB
Ned Norton MHP Norton Memorandum Mar 09 47 KB
Peter Rough MHP Rough Memorandum Mar 09 623 KB
Alastair Suren MHP Suren Memorandum Mar 09 54 KB

 

Memoranda

Witness Title File Size
Hearing Committee Hearing Committee Memorandum Sep 2008 30 KB
DOC DOC Memorandum Oct 2008 216 KB
  DOC Memorandum Nov 2008 236 KB
Forest and Bird  Forest and Bird Memorandum Nov 2008 8 KB
Meridian Meridian Memorandum Nov 2008 53 KB
Meridian Memorandum March 2009 14 KB
Ngati Waewae Ngati Waewae Memorandum Nov 2008 25 KB
West Coast ENT West Coast ENT Inc Memorandum Nov 2008 702 KB
Hearing Committee Commisioners Minute Dec 2008 32 KB
  - Hearing Committee Memorandum Dec 2008 64 KB
 - Extension of time for responses to Dec Memorandum  61 KB
Commissioners Minute 9 Feb 2009 15 KB

 

Responses to Hearing Committees Memorandum

Witness Title File Size
South Island Eel Industry Association SIEIA Response to memo Dec 08 29 KB
G Douglas G Douglas Response to memo Dec 08 29 KB
M Ostach M Ostach 12 Dec Response to memo Dec 08 3.1 MB
M Ostach 15 Dec Response to memo Dec 08 29 KB
Department of Conservation D.O.C. 11 Dec Response to memo Dec 08 5.5 MB
D.O.C. 18 Dec Letter revising 11 Dec memo 35 KB
D.O.C. 18 Dec Response to memo Dec 08 396 KB
D.O.C. 10 Mar Response to memo Feb 09 82 KB
D.O.C. 8 April Response to memo Feb 09 103 KB
Tai Poutini Conservation Board Tai Poutini Conservation Board Response to memo Dec 08 907 KB
Forest and Bird Forest and Bird Response to memo Dec 08 13 KB
Forest and Bird Response to memo Feb 09 9 KB
Forest and Bird Response to memo 13 Mar 09 13 KB
Frida Inta Frida Inta Response to memo Dec 08 26 KB
H MacBeth H Macbeth Response to memo Dec 08 9 KB
Buller District Council BDC Addendum 2 to Officers Report 148 KB
West Coast ENT WC ENT Response to memo Dec 08 66 KB
WC ENT Response Attachment 232 KB
WC ENT Response to memo Feb 09 2.0 MB
WC ENT 12 Mar Response to memo Feb 09 132 KB
West Coast Regional Council WCRC Addendum 2 to Officers Report 1.1 MB
WCRC Addendum 2 to Officers Report
Schedule A - Consent Conditions		 523 KB
Tony Haddon T Haddon Response to memo Dec 08 8 KB
Whanau Pihawai West Whanau Pihawai West Response to memo Dec 08 27 KB
Meridian Meridian Memo 5 March 09 104 KB
Development West Coast DWC Response to memo Feb 09 721 KB
Ngati Waewae Memorandum from Ngati Waewae 30 Mar 09 393 KB
Mokihinui Ratepayers Assoc Mokihinui Ratepayers Assoc 30 Mar 09 538 KB

Further Memoranda

Witness Title File Size
Department of Conservation DOC Memorandum Mar 09 263KB
  DOC Synopsis of Legal Submissions 15 April 2009 834 KB
Frida Inta Frida Inta Memorandum Mar 09 67 KB
H MacBeth Hamish Macbeth Memorandum Mar 09 21 KB
West Coast ENT WCENT Memorandum Mar 09 44 KB
West Coast ENT Memorandum 30 Mar 09 149 KB
Green Party Green Party Memorandum Mar 09  4 MB
     
Meridian Meridian Memorandum Mar 09 14KB
MHP Bartlett Memorandum Mar 09 190 KB
MHP Bartlett Memorandum Mar 09 attachments - Part 1 11 MB
MHP Bartlett Memorandum Mar 09 attachments - Part 2 6.8 MB
MHP Bonnett Memorandum Mar 09 191 KB
MHP Counsel Memorandum Mar 09 95 KB
Map 8 - Kawatiri Place conservation outcomes 95 KB
MHP Hayes Memorandum Mar 09 37 KB
MHP Hicks Memorandum Mar 09 45 KB
MHP Jellyman Memorandum Mar 09 43 KB
MHP Jowett Memorandum Mar 09 663 KB
MHP Kilroy Memorandum Mar 09 51 KB
MHP Kyle Memorandum Mar 09 (includes conditions as at March 2009) 3.2 MB
MHP Norton Memorandum Mar 09 47 KB
MHP Rough Memorandum Mar 09 623 KB
MHP Suren Memorandum Mar 09 54 KB
Tai Poutini Conservation Board WC Tai Poutini Conservation Board Memorandum Mar 09 1.3 MB
Hearing Committee Commissioners Minute 1 Apr 09.pdf 24 KB
Commissioners Minute 8 Apr 09.pdf 25 KB  

 

Applicants' Closing Submissions

Witness Title File Size
Meridian BDC Consents and Conditions as at Nov 2008 1498 KB
  WCRC Consents and Conditions as at Nov 2008 1617 KB
  MHP 20 Nov 2008 Submissions 189 KB
  MHP 20 Nov 2008 Attachments A and C 331 KB
  MHP Written notes of Closing 672 KB