S149G3 Key Issues Report HBRC - Environmental Protection Authority

Tukituki Catchment Proposal: Key Issues Report 

Prepared for the Environmental Protection Authority 

4 July 2013 

HBRC Report No. EMT13/8 – 4512

Tukituki Catchment Proposal: Key Issues Report 

Prepared for the Environmental Protection Authority 

4 July 2013 

HBRC Report No. EMT13/8 – 4512 

Prepared by: 

Charlotte Drury ‐ Principal Consents Officer 

Gavin Ide ‐ Team Leader Policy 

Reviewed by: 

Malcolm Miller – Manager Consents

Contents 

Executive summary ............................................................................................................................ 5 

1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 7 

1.1 Purpose .......................................................................................................................... 7 

1.2 Scope of the report ......................................................................................................... 7 

2 Glossary of abbreviations and terms ........................................................................................ 8 

3 Report author profiles ............................................................................................................ 10 

4 Relevant planning provisions ................................................................................................. 11 

4.1 Statement of Works for key issues report ...................................................................... 11 

4.2 National Policy Statements ........................................................................................... 11 

4.3 National Environmental Standards and Regulations ...................................................... 13 

4.4 Regional plans and policy statement ............................................................................. 15 

4.5 Change 6 ....................................................................................................................... 23 

4.6 District plans ................................................................................................................. 23 

4.7 Other statutory instruments ......................................................................................... 23 

4.8 Iwi/hapū management plans ......................................................................................... 24 

5 Weighting of plans and policy statements ............................................................................. 25 

5.1 RPS vs. Change 4 and Change 5 ..................................................................................... 26 

5.2 1999 RCP vs. RCEP ......................................................................................................... 26 

5.3 RRMP (regional plan) vs. Change 6 ................................................................................ 26 

6 Resource consents required ................................................................................................... 28 


6.2 Resource consents applied for ...................................................................................... 28 

6.3 Summary of consents required...................................................................................... 28 

7 Permitted baseline and existing environment........................................................................ 31 


7.2 Permitted baseline ........................................................................................................ 31 

7.3 Permitted activities ....................................................................................................... 31 

7.4 Existing environment .................................................................................................... 33 

7.5 Existing consents ........................................................................................................... 34 

7.6 Effect of Change 6 on existing consent holders .............................................................. 35 

7.7 Effects of the RWSS proposal on existing consents ........................................................ 36 

Tukituki Catchment Proposal: Key Issues Report from Hawke's Bay Regional Council

8 Resource management issues ................................................................................................ 38 

8.1 Overview and principles ................................................................................................ 38 

8.2 Air quality ..................................................................................................................... 38 

8.3 Amenity and recreation values ...................................................................................... 39 

8.4 Archaeological and historic heritage.............................................................................. 40 

8.5 Coastal matters ............................................................................................................. 40 

8.6 Cultural matters ............................................................................................................ 41 

8.7 Ecology – freshwater ..................................................................................................... 42 

8.8 Ecology – terrestrial ...................................................................................................... 43 

8.9 Effects on other parties ................................................................................................. 44 

8.10 Groundwater quality ..................................................................................................... 44 

8.11 Groundwater quantity .................................................................................................. 45 

8.12 Landscape and visual effects ......................................................................................... 46 

8.13 Land use intensification................................................................................................. 46 

8.14 Natural character matters ............................................................................................. 47 

8.15 Natural hazards ............................................................................................................. 47 

8.16 Public health ................................................................................................................. 48 

8.17 Socio‐economic wellbeing ............................................................................................. 49 

8.18 Surface water quality .................................................................................................... 50 

8.19 Surface water quantity .................................................................................................. 51 

8.20 Other matters ............................................................................................................... 52 

9 References ............................................................................................................................. 54 

Appendix A Permitted activities in Hawke's Bay RRMP .............................................................. 55 

Appendix B Existing water permits – Tukituki River Catchment ................................................. 59 

Appendix C Existing discharge permits ‐ Tukituki River Catchment ............................................ 72 

Appendix D Maps of existing water permits and discharge permits – Tukituki River Catchment 82 

Tables 

Table 4‐1: Registered drinking water supplies within Tukituki River Catchment. 14 

Table 4‐2: Regional plan and policy statement status 'at a glance’ 15 

Table 4‐3: Primary and Secondary values and uses of freshwater in the Tukituki River Catchment 

Area (from Change 5 Policy LW2 Table 1) 21 

Table 6‐1: Activity status of RWSS's proposed activities 28 

Table 8‐1: 'At a glance' overview of issues for Change 6 and RWSS. 38 

Tukituki Catchment Proposal: Key Issues Report from Hawke's Bay Regional Council

Executive summary 

This report from the Hawke's Bay Regional Council has been commissioned by the Environmental 

Protection Authority pursuant to section 149G(3) of the Resource Management Act 1991 and identifies key 

issues in relation to the Tukituki Catchment Proposal (‘The Proposal’). 

The Proposal comprises two discrete projects. One is Plan Change 6 which is a proposed change to parts of 

the Hawke’s Bay Regional Resource Management Plan that apply in the Tukituki River Catchment. The 

other is the Ruataniwha Water Storage Scheme (‘RWSS’) which proposes the construction of a 90 million 

cubic metre storage dam in the Mākaroro River, and the distribution and use of this water principally for 

irrigation of the land in the Ruataniwha and Otane areas. Both these proposals have been lodged with the 

EPA and have been duly called in and referred to a Board of Inquiry for decision. 

The report identifies (in section 4) national and regional planning instruments that are relevant to this 

proposal. Key issues that arise out of this are the weighting to be given to Change 6 and the need for a 

further s32 assessment. 

Change 6 is at an early stage as this report is prepared but it will progress as the Board of Inquiry proceeds 

with its decision‐making process. The weighting of Change 6’s proposed provisions will need to be 

addressed concurrently with the Board of Inquiry’s assessment of the RWSS consent applications and 

Notices of Requirement. 

Section 32 (and s32A) of the RMA will be extremely important for the Board of Inquiry in terms of whether 

the approach proposed in Change 6 better promotes the sustainable management of natural and physical 

resources (i.e. the RMA’s purpose) than that provided for currently in the Regional Resource Management 

Plan, or any alternative approaches. 

In section 7, the report addresses the permitted activity baseline. We consider the permitted baseline is 

not particularly useful in relation to consideration of the RWSS proposal. The scale and nature of the RWSS 

is large, and its associated activities are likely to far exceed any permitted activity threshold provided for by 

the RRMP or Change 6. 

From the discussion of Resource Management Issues (in section 8 of this report) we identify substantive 

issues which will need to be closely assessed and appropriately considered by the BOI. These are listed 

here as the key issues in relation to this matter. The key issues may apply to Change 6 or the RWSS, or both 

component parts that comprise The Proposal. 

We consider the following to be key issues (in no priority order) in relation to both Change 6 and the RWSS: 

(1) Amenity and recreation values 

(2) Cultural matters 

(3) Freshwater ecology 

(4) Effects on other parties 

(5) Groundwater quality 

(6) Land use intensification 

(7) Public health 

(8) Socio‐economic wellbeing 

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(9) Surface water quality 

(10) Surface water quantity. 

We consider the following to be a key issue in relation to Change 6 alone: 

(11) Groundwater quantity. 

We consider the following to be key issues (in no priority order) in relation to the RWSS applications alone: 

(12) Terrestrial ecology 

(13) Natural hazards. 

As a final matter, the report identifies that the RWSS proposal includes a complex set of conditions and 

management plans. These provide options that are intended by the RWSS applicant to avoid, remedy or 

mitigate the effects of the RWSS proposal. The appropriateness, effectiveness and the ability to 

implement, monitor and enforce these will be a critical matter if the RWSS proposal is to proceed. 

6 Tukituki Catchment Proposal: Key Issues Report from Hawke's Bay Regional Council

1 Introduction 

1.1 Purpose 

The purpose of this report is to identify the key issues in relation to the Tukituki Catchment Proposal. The 

Proposal comprises the Council‐initiated plan change (Change 6) relating to the Tukituki River Catchment 

lodged by the Hawke's Bay Regional Council (HBRC), as well as the resource consent applications lodged by 

the Hawke's Bay Regional Investment Company Limited (HBRIC Ltd) for the Ruataniwha Water Storage 

Scheme (RWSS). 

Section 149G(3) of the RMA requires the EPA to (in relation to a project of national significance referred to 

a Board of Inquiry): 

....commission the local authority to prepare a report on the key issues in relation to the matter... 

1.2 Scope of the report 

1.2.1 Statement of works 

The EPA has commissioned this report to be prepared by the HBRC on the key issues in relation to the 

Tukituki Catchment Proposal. The EPA and HBRC agreed Statement of Works for completion of this report 

states as follows: 

The report should identify the key issues that arise in relation to the proposal, as they relate to the land and matters 

within the [Hawke's Bay Regional Council’s] jurisdiction, including‐ 

(a) 

(b) 

(c) 

(d) 

(e) 

(f) 

Any relevant provisions of a national policy statement, a New Zealand coastal policy statement, a regional 

policy statement or proposed regional policy statement, and a plan or proposed plan; and 

A statement on whether all required resource consents in relation to the proposal to which the matter 

relates have been applied for; and 

If applicable, the activity status of all proposed activities in relation to the matter. 

In addition to the requirements of a‐c above, the report should also provide: 

Confirmation of the status, and weighting if proposed, of any relevant regional policy statement, and/or 

relevant plan; and 

Detail of the permitted baseline and existing environment for the resource consents applied for within the 

[Hawke's Bay Regional Council’s] jurisdiction. This will include: 

• The permitted baseline, and details of any relevant consents held in the area that form the existing 

environment within the [Hawke's Bay Regional Council’s] jurisdiction. 

• Comment on whether the proposed consents applied for within the [Hawke's Bay Regional Council’s] 

jurisdiction will affect any relevant existing consent holder’s ability to implement their existing consents, 

should the proposed consents be granted. 

(g) 

Any other matter which is relevant to the key issues associated with the applications. 

1.2.2 Content of report 

As agreed, this key issues report will only cover those matters within the jurisdiction of the HBRC. The 

HBRC understands that additional key issues reports have been commissioned by the EPA from the Central 

Hawke’s Bay District Council, and the Hastings District Council which are the relevant territorial local 

authorities in this case. 


In preparing this key issues report, we have considered the key documents lodged with the EPA in relation 

to the Tukituki Catchment Proposal, specifically Change 6 as well as the resource consent applications 

relating to the RWSS. 

For the avoidance of doubt, this report does not seek to present a conclusion on whether or not Change 6 

is adopted as notified, or the RWSS applications are to be granted or declined. Those conclusions will need 

to be reached through this process by the BOI itself. 

2 Glossary of abbreviations and terms 

AEE 

BOI 

CEMP 

Change 1 

Change 4 

Change 5 

Change 6 

CHBDC 

Assessment of effects on the environment, in relation to the RWSS applications 

Board of Inquiry for the Tukituki Catchment Proposal 

Construction Environmental Management Plan, in relation to the RWSS 

Proposed change 1 ('Geographic coverage of the coastal environment') to the 

Hawke's Bay Regional Resource Management Plan ‐ as amended by decisions 

version issued 19 July 2008 

Proposed change 4 ('managing the built environment') to the Hawke's Bay 

Regional Resource Management Plan – as amended by decisions version issued 

26 March 2013 

Proposed change 5 (‘land and water management’) to the Hawke's Bay Regional 

Resource Management Plan – as amended by decisions version issued 5 June 

2013 

Proposed plan change 6 (‘Tukituki River catchment’) to the Hawke's Bay 

Regional Resource Management Plan – publicly notified version 4 May 2013 

Central Hawke's Bay District Council 

DWSNZ Drinking Water Standards for New Zealand 2005 (revised 2008) 

EPA 

HBRC 

HBRIC Ltd 

HDC 

Environmental Protection Authority 

Hawke's Bay Regional Council 

Hawke's Bay Regional Investment Company Limited 

Hastings District Council 

HPUDS Heretaunga Plains Urban Development Strategy 2010 

LAWMS Hawke's Bay Land and Water Management Strategy 2011 

LTP 

NES 

NESAQ 

NESCS 

Long Term Plan 

National Environmental Standard 

Resource Management (national environmental standards for air quality) 

Regulations 2004 

Resource Management (national environmental standards for assessing and 

managing contaminants in soils to protect human health) Regulations 2011 


NESDW 

NESET 

NOR 

NPS 

Resource Management (national environmental standard for sources of human 

drinking water) Regulations 2007 

Resource Management (national environmental standards for electricity 

transmission activities) Regulations 2009 

Notice of Requirement 

National Policy Statement 

NPSFM National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management 2011 

NPSREG National Policy Statement for Renewable Electricity Generation 2011 

NZCPS New Zealand Coastal Policy Statement 2010 

RCEP 

proposed Hawke's Bay Regional Coastal Environment Plan 

RCP Hawke's Bay Regional Coastal Plan 1999 

RMA Resource Management Act 1991 

RPS 

RRMP 

RWSS 

RWSS Planning 

Assessment 

s or S 

s32 Report 

The Applicant 

Regional Policy Statement 

Hawke's Bay Regional Resource Management Plan 

Ruataniwha Water Storage Scheme 

refers to the report submitted by HBRIC Ltd in relation to its applications. 

Report is otherwise cited as Environmental Management Services Ltd (May 

2013) ‘Ruataniwha Water Storage Scheme Planning Assessment’ 

in reference to a section of the RMA or other legislation 

refers to the s32 Evaluation Summary Report prepared by HBRC in relation to 

Change 6 

in relation to resource consent applications for the RWSS, refers to HBRIC Ltd. 

The Proposal refers to the Tukituki Catchment Proposal, being the combination of Change 6 

and the RWSS 

TLA 

Tukituki or TT 

Territorial local authority (i.e. city and district councils) 

in reference to objective, policy and rule titles in Change 6. TT means Tukituki 


3 Report author profiles 

This report has been commissioned by the EPA from the Hawke's Bay Regional Council. HBRC has used inhouse 

expertise to prepare and review this report. These authors have not previously had a substantive 

role in HBRC’s preparation of Change 6 or for HBRIC Ltd in the preparation of the RWSS applications. 

Charlotte Drury holds a Masters of Regional and Resource Planning and a Bachelor of Science (Geography) 

from Otago University. She is a Graduate Plus Member of the New Zealand Planning Institute. Charlotte is 

currently employed by the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council as the Principal Consents Officer. Charlotte has 

almost 8 years of experience in local government, specifically in the areas of consents processing and policy 

development. Charlotte was the principal contributor to the Completeness check provided by HBRC to the 

EPA on the RWSS applications. 

Gavin Ide holds a Bachelor of Resource and Environmental Planning with Honours from Massey University. 

He is a Full Member of the New Zealand Planning Institute. Gavin is employed by the Hawke's Bay Regional 

Council in the Team Leader Policy position. Gavin has over 16 years of experience in local government 

resource management plan preparation and policy analysis. Gavin co‐ordinated the Regional Council’s 

preparation (including early drafting) of Change 5 and was one of the reporting officers during the Council’s 

Change 5 hearing proceedings. 

Malcolm Miller holds a Bachelor of Town Planning from Auckland University. He is a full member of the 

New Zealand Planning Institute. Malcolm is employed by the Hawke's Bay Regional Council in the Consents 

Manager position. Malcolm has over 30 years of experience in local government resource management 

plan preparation and policy analysis and consent processing. Malcolm was one of the contributors to the 

Completeness check provided by HBRC to the EPA on the RWSS applications. 


4 Relevant planning provisions 

4.1 Statement of Works for key issues report 

The Statement of Works agreed between the EPA and HBRC for completion of this report requires the 

report to: 

(a) 

(e) 

identify any relevant provisions of a national policy statement, a New Zealand coastal policy 

statement, a regional policy statement or proposed regional policy statement, and a plan or 

proposed plan; and 

confirm the status and weighting if proposed, of any relevant regional policy statement, 

and/or relevant plan. 

4.2 National Policy Statements 

4.2.1 National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management 2011 (NPSFM) 1 

The NPSFM is considered the most relevant of all current NPSs to both Change 6 and the RWSS. The 

NPSFM sets out objectives and policies for freshwater management in accordance with the RMA. It is 

relevant to The Proposal because of the potential direct and indirect effects on water resources in the 

Tukituki River Catchment. 

All of the NPSFM’s objectives are relevant in some way, while the policies have variable applicability in 

terms of regional plan content (i.e. Change 6 for the Tukituki River Catchment) and resource consent 

decision‐making (i.e. RWSS part of The Proposal). The RWSS Planning Assessment assesses the NPSFM in 

section 6.1.1. Similarly, the s32 Report for Change 6 notes the NPSFM in section 3.2, while many other 

sections of that report implicitly deal with NPSFM matters. 

Under the NPSFM, each council must determine the most appropriate freshwater management and 

regulatory regime for its region. The NPSFM enables councils to set broad objectives and apply 

corresponding limits/levels to types of water bodies or large areas of its region. Under the NPSFM, it is also 

appropriate to have catchment and sub‐catchment specific objectives and limits/levels, where the 

characteristics of catchments and sub‐catchments demand different priorities. 

In accordance with Policy E1 of the NPSFM, HBRC has prepared and adopted its Programme 2 of progressive 

implementation steps to fully implement the NPSFM by 2031. As noted in the Ministers’ Direction calling in 

the Tukituki Catchment Proposal, Change 6 is one stage of that progressive implementation programme, 

along with a number of other plan changes to the RPS and regional plans. HBRC has prepared Change 6 in 

order to implement and give effect to the NPSFM, insofar as regional plans are concerned, in the Tukituki 

River Catchment. 

Over the past few years, HBRC has been advancing a catchment‐based approach to RRMP plan changes to 

address specific resource management issues in the region. Change 5 is the lead initiative of the Regional 

Council’s NPSFM Implementation Programme. Change 5 and how it dovetails with Change 6 is discussed 

further in section 4.4.3 of this report. 

Further changes to the RPS are currently scheduled to be notified in 2014 relating to biodiversity and 

outstanding freshwater bodies on a region‐wide basis, as opposed to catchment‐by‐catchment basis. This 

1 

2 

In effect from 1 July 2011. http://www.mfe.govt.nz/publications/rma/nps‐freshwater‐management‐2011/index.html 

HBRC Plan No. 4426 at http://www.hbrc.govt.nz/HBRC‐Documents/HBRC%20Document%20Library/20120926%20HBRC%20Progresssive%20 

Implementation%20Programme%20for%20Freshwater%20Management%20National%20Policy%20Statement%20(HBRC%20Plan%204426).pdf 


progressive implementation programme acknowledges a whole‐of‐region assessment of ‘outstanding‐ness’ 

would provide richer context than individual assessments at a catchment or sub‐region level. 

4.2.2 National Policy Statement for Renewable Electricity Generation 2011 (NPSREG) 3 

The NPSREG’s single objective is stated as: 

To recognise the national significance of renewable electricity generation activities by providing for the 

development, operation, maintenance and upgrading of new and existing renewable electricity generation activities, 

such that the proportion of New Zealand’s electricity generated from renewable energy sources increases to a level 

that meets or exceeds the New Zealand Government’s national target for renewable electricity generation. 

There are 13 policies in the NPSREG. Those policies ensure renewable electricity generation, regardless of 

scale and type, is recognised for its contribution to the well‐being of New Zealand, its people and the 

environment, and any reductions in existing renewable electricity generation will compromise achievement 

of the Government’s renewable electricity target of 90% of electricity from renewable sources by 2025. 

Policies C1, C2, E2, F and G are relevant to the development, operation, maintenance and upgrading of new 

hydro‐electricity generation activities, including the RWSS proposal. 

In the NPSREG’s preamble, it states: 

This national policy statement does not apply to the allocation and prioritisation of freshwater as these are matters 

for regional councils to address in a catchment or regional context and may be subject to the development of 

national guidance in the future. 4 

In light of the NPSREG’s objective and policies, HBRC is required to adopt a positive and proactive policy 

response to renewable electricity activities in the RPS and regional plans. The NPSREG also ensures that 

the national benefits of renewable electricity generation are taken into account in resource consent 

decision‐making. 

Hydro‐electricity generation is a type of renewable electricity generation activity to which the NPSREG 

applies. Change 6 is ‘silent’ on renewable electricity generation activities, but does contain policies and 

rules that provide for high flow allocations (e.g. Policy TT10), and potentially Community Irrigation Schemes 

(i.e. as in Policy TT13). But Change 6 does not propose that renewable electricity generation activities are a 

mandatory feature of any ‘Community Irrigation Scheme.’ 

The NPSREG is more applicable to the RWSS insofar as the scheme’s dam proposal includes “a small‐hydroelectric 

power station and associated transmission infrastructure (i.e. a transformer adjacent to the power 

station and a 33kV transmission line connecting to the existing Ongaonga Substation).” The relevant 

provisions of the NPSREG have been identified in the RWSS proposal 5 . 

4.2.3 National Policy Statement for Electricity Transmission 2008 (NPSET) 6 

The NPSET sets out an objective and number of policies covering the electricity transmission network. Of 

relevance to the RWSS are Policies 10 and 11 which address the management of adverse effects of third 

parties on the network. This is relevant because part of the RWSS’s primary distribution system (i.e. 

headrace and canal as shown on ‘NOR Plan 9’ of HBRIC Ltd’s Notice of Requirement documentation) is in 

close proximity to Transpower’s existing 110kV transmission line. The RWSS Planning Assessment and 

other documents in the RWSS applications do not appear to have assessed the relevant aspects of the 

NPSET. 

3 

4 

5 

6 

In effect from 13 May 2011. http://www.mfe.govt.nz/publications/rma/nps‐renewable‐electricity‐generation‐2011/index.html 

Bearing in mind that the NPSREG was gazetted in April 2011, just one month before the NPSFM was finalised and gazetted in May 2011. 

See, inter alia, section 6.1.2 of the RWSS Planning Assessment. 

In effect from 10 April 2008. http://www.mfe.govt.nz/publications/rma/nps‐electricity‐transmission‐mar08/index.html 


Change 6 does not deal with electricity transmission issues so no provisions of the NPSET are relevant to 

this part of The Proposal. 

4.2.4 New Zealand Coastal Policy Statement (NZCPS) 7 

The NZCPS contains policies to achieve the purpose of the RMA in relation to the coastal marine area and 

wider coastal environment. The marine environment is the ultimate receiving environment for the Tukituki 

River Catchment and therefore The Proposal as a whole. 

Change 6 does not amend regional planning documents applicable within the Hawke's Bay coastal 

environment. In terms of the coastal environment being the catchment’s ultimate receiving environment 

in terms of flows and water quality, some of the NZCPS’s provisions are somewhat relevant to Change 6: 

(1) Objectives 1, 2, 3 and 6 

(2) Policy 4 (integration) 

(3) Policy 11 (indigenous biological diversity (biodiversity)) 

(4) Policy 13 (preservation of natural character) 

(5) Policy 21 (enhancement of water quality) 

(6) Policy 22 (sedimentation). 

The RWSS applications include a coastal permit application for beach renourishment north and south of the 

Tukituki River mouth. In this regard, the following provisions of the NZCPS are relevant: 

(1) Objectives 1 and 2 

(2) Policy 13 (Preservation of natural character) 

(3) Policy 23(1) (Discharge of contaminants) 

(4) Policy 26 (Natural defences against coastal hazards). 

In section 4.4.4 of this report, we briefly cover The Proposal’s effects on coastal matters. 

4.3 National Environmental Standards and Regulations 

The Statement of Works agreed between the EPA and HBRC for completion of this report does not 

specifically require the report to identify relevant NESs and other regulations under the RMA. However, 

some of those Regulations require decision‐makers to do certain things when preparing plans and/or 

assessing resource consent applications. Given this, in the following sections, we briefly address those 

NESs and Regulations that we consider are relevant to the Proposal. For avoidance of doubt, we do not 

consider the following NESs and Regulations relevant to the Tukituki Catchment Proposal in terms of 

matters in HBRC’s jurisdiction: 

(1) Resource Management (Marine Pollution) Regulations 1998 8 

7 

8 

In effect from 3 December 2010. http://www.doc.govt.nz/documents/conservation/marine‐and‐coastal/coastal‐management/nz‐coastalpolicy‐statement‐2010.pdf 

In effect from 20 August 2008 and revised in 2002 and 2001. These Regulations control dumping and discharges from ships and off‐shore 

installations in the coastal marine area. 

http://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/1998/0208/latest/DLM253727.html?search=ts_regulation_Resource+Management+ 

(Marine+Pollution)+Regulations_resel&p=1&sr=1 


(2) Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Air Quality) Regulations 2004 9 

(3) Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Assessing and Managing 

Contaminants in Soils to Protect Human Health) Regulations 2011 10 . 

4.3.1 Resource Management (Measurement and Reporting of Water Takes) Regulations 2010 11 

These regulations are relevant to the water takes forming part of the RWSS because the RWSS proposal 

involves the taking of surface water at volumes and rates to which these Regulations apply. The RWSS’s 

proposed conditions also align with these Regulations. The manner in which these Regulations are to be 

implemented within the Tukituki River Catchment is set out in Change 6’s Policy TT15. 

4.3.2 Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Sources of Human 

Drinking Water) Regulations 2007 12 

Regulations 9 and 10 of the NES for Sources of Human Drinking Water (NESDW) requires HBRC to consider 

the effects on registered drinking water supplies serving more than 500 people for 60+ days in any calendar 

year, when preparing permitted activity rules in regional plans (i.e. Change 6 in this case). 

In the Tukituki River Catchment, there are five water supplies that this NES applies to. 

summarised in Table 4‐1. 

These are 

Table 4‐1: 

Registered drinking water supplies 13 within Tukituki River Catchment. 

Name Source type No. of people served 

(i.e. ‘population’) 

Supplier 

Waipawa township, 

Johnson Street and 

Tikokino Road 

Takapau township, 

Meta Street 

Waipukurau 

township, 

Takapau Road 

Otane township, 

Tikokino Road 

Haumoana / 

Te Awanga township, 

Shrimpton Road 

Bores (groundwater) 1,809 CHBDC 

Bore (groundwater) 570 CHBDC 

Bore (groundwater) 3,666 CHBDC 

Bore (groundwater) 546 CHBDC 

Bore (groundwater) 1,900 HDC 

We consider the relevant provisions (Regulations 9 and 10) of the NESDW to have been addressed in 

relation to Change 6. 14 

9 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 

Gazetted in September 2004 and revised in 2011. The NESAQ are regulations that set levels of health protection with regard to air quality. 

http://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/2004/0309/latest/DLM286835.html?search=ts_regulation_air+quality_resel&p=1&sr=1 

In effect from 1 January 2012. With regard to the NOR and the resource land use consent applications subject to this NES, these matters 

generally fall within the TLAs’ jurisdiction and is likely to be addressed within the key issues reports produced by CHBDC and HDC for the EPA. 

http://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/2011/0361/latest/DLM4052228.html?search=ts_regulation_contaminants_resel&p=1&sr=1 

In effect from 10 November 2010. http://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/2010/0267/latest/DLM3174201.html 

In effect from 20 June 2008. http://www.mfe.govt.nz/laws/standards/nes‐drinking‐water‐regulations.pdf 

Water supply data sourced from http://www.drinkingwater.org.nz/supplies/supplies.asp accessed on 13 June 2013. 

See section 9.9 of the s32 Report for Change 6. 


The NESDW also requires consent authorities (i.e. BOI in this instance) to consider potential adverse effects 

on registered drinking water supplies. In section 6.3.1 of the RWSS Planning Assessment, it states the 

requirements of the NES are addressed in the proposed conditions HBRIC Ltd has provided as well as an 

assessment of the RWSS in relation to registered drinking water supplies. We consider the relevant 

provisions of the NESDW have been considered in the RWSS applications. 

4.3.3 Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Electricity Transmission 

Activities) Regulations 2009 15 

The NES for Electricity Transmission Activities (NESET) provides a framework for consent requirements for 

activities on electricity transmission lines. This is partly relevant to the RWSS element of The Proposal 

insofar as the RWSS’s proposed electricity transmission is permitted under the NESET. The NESET is not 

relevant in terms of Change 6. 

4.4 Regional plans and policy statement 

Table 4‐2 summarises the various Hawke's Bay regional plans and the policy statement, plus the publicly 

notified changes thereto which are yet to be made operative. A further update on the status of the 

proposed regional plan/changes can be provided nearer the time of hearing if requested by the EPA and/or 

BOI. 

There are weighting issues for the RPS and Changes 4 and 5, and for the RRMP and Plan Change 6. This is 

discussed further in section 4.5. 

Table 4‐2: 

Regional plan and policy statement status 'at a glance’ 

Planning document Status Comments 

Regional Policy Statement 

(RPS) 

Regional Resource 

Management Plan, includes 

the Regional Policy 

Statement (RRMP) 

Operative, Aug 2006 

Operative, Aug 2006 

Second generation RPS 

combined with regional plan in 

RRMP. 

Second generation combined 

regional plan and RPS. Regional 

plan applies to entire region, 

except within the ‘coastal 

environment’ where RCEP 

applicable. 

Regional Coastal Plan (RCP) Operative, June 1999 To be superseded by RCEP 

when RCEP becomes operative. 

proposed Regional Coastal 

Environment Plan (RCEP) 

Proposed. 

No appeals outstanding. 

Adopted by HBRC. 

Pending Minister of 

Conservation’s approval of 

CMA provisions before 

making operative. 

Applies to Hawke's Bay ‘coastal 

environment’. 

Minister of Conservation’s 

approval expected soon, so 

very likely RCEP would become 

operative before BOI hearing 

on The Proposal. 

15 

In effect from 14 January 2009. http://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/2009/0397/latest/DLM2626036.html 


proposed Change 1 – 

‘Geographic coverage’ to 

RRMP 


‘Managing the built 

environment’ to RRMP 

proposed Change 5 – ‘Land 

and water management’ 


‘Tukituki River Catchment’ 

Proposed. No appeals 

outstanding. Current 

version as amended by 

decisions issued 19 July 

2008. 

Proposed. Partly subject to 

one appeal. Current version 

as amended by decisions 

issued 26 March 2013. 

Proposed. Current version as 

amended by decisions 

issued 5 June 2013. 

Proposed. Current version 

as publicly notified 4 May 

2013. 

To be made operative in 

parallel with RCEP being made 

operative. 

Appeal period expires mid July 

2013. 

Part of ‘The Proposal’ before 

the BOI. 

4.4.1 Regional Resource Management Plan 16 (including the Regional Policy Statement) 

The RRMP is a combined RPS and regional plan for the Hawke's Bay region. It is a second generation 

planning document that replaced several separate regional plans and the RPS, excluding the regional 

coastal plan. It is therefore the currently operative RPS and regional plan for the Tukituki River Catchment. 

The RRMP was amended on 1 July 2011 to insert interim policies as directed by Policies A4 and B7 of the 

NPSFM. 

Change 1 to the RRMP ‘uplifted’ the RRMP’s regional plan provisions for the coastal environment from the 

RRMP so that the RCEP’s provisions would apply to the coastal environment instead. Change 1 is virtually 

operative except in name. It is intended that Change 1 will be declared officially operative on the same 

date as the RCEP. 

HBRC has signalled future reviews of the RRMP to be on a ‘rolling review’ basis (i.e. no single all‐in‐one 

review process will be undertaken, instead reviews are undertaken on the basis of prioritised issues and/or 

geographic areas). 

RPS provisions feature in the following parts of the RRMP: 

• Chapter 2 (Key regional policy statement objectives) 17 

• Chapter 3 (Regionally significant issues, objectives and policies) 18 

• Chapter 4 (Non‐regulatory methods) 19 

• Chapter 8 (Administrative matters) 20 

• Chapter 9 (Glossary) 21 

• Schedules. 22 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 

21 

22 

http://www.hbrc.govt.nz/About‐your‐Council/Plans‐Strategies/RRMP/Pages/default.aspx 

http://www.hbrc.govt.nz/HBRC‐Documents/HBRC%20Document%20Library/RRMP_Ch2.pdf 





http://www.hbrc.govt.nz/About‐your‐Council/Plans‐Strategies/RRMP/Pages/default.aspx 


Section 6.5.1 of the RWSS Planning Assessment provides an assessment of the RWSS in relation to the 

objectives and policies in Chapter 3 of the RRMP. We consider the RWSS Planning Assessment does assess 

the relevant current operative RPS provisions. 

It is apparent from the s32 Report that during preparation of Change 6, HBRC has considered the current 

operative RPS and has also considered the provisions of Change 4 and the publicly notified version of 

Change 5 as these propose alterations to the currently operative provisions. Changes 4 and 5 are discussed 

in section 4.4.2 and section 4.4.3 below respectively. 

Within the regional plan policy provisions, there are some catchment specific guidelines for water 

allocation limits and minimum flows (refer Table 9 in RRMP Chapter 5.5) and water quality (refer Tables 7 

and 8 in RRMP Chapter 5.4 and Table 10 in Chapter 5.6). Change 6 proposes a suite of objectives, policies 

and methods for freshwater management in the Tukituki River catchment intended to supersede those 

existing guidelines. 

4.4.2 Change 4 (Managing the Built Environment) 23 

Change 4 introduces new provisions relating to the built environment and infrastructure into the RPS parts 

of the RRMP. Change 4 assists in the implementation of the Heretaunga Plains Urban Development 

Strategy (HPUDS). HPUDS was jointly developed by HBRC, Hastings District Council and Napier City Council, 

and adopted by all three councils in August 2010. 

Decisions on Change 4 submissions were issued on 26 th March 2013 and one appeal has been received, so 

Change 4 will not become operative until that appeal has been resolved through the Environment Court. 

This status description is more up‐to‐date and accurate than that given in section 6.5.3 of the RWSS 

Planning Assessment. In section 5.1 of this report, we discuss the weighting of Change 4 relative to the 

currently operative RRMP. 

Change 4 includes a number of new policies intended to provide guidance and direction to Hawke's Bay’s 

local authorities when making decisions on urban activities, infrastructure and associated effects, and has a 

particular focus on the Heretaunga Plains sub‐region 24 . Those specific policies will embed the HPUDS’s 

settlement pattern and principles into the RPS, which local authorities will implement via regional plans and 

district plans. 

Change 4 is partially relevant to the preparation of Change 6 insofar as Change 4 proposes the following 

provisions of particular relevance requiring improved integrated management in the development of land 

and provision of appropriate infrastructure (e.g. wastewater, water supply, and roading) to properly service 

such development: 

Objective UD5 ‐ Integration of land use with significant infrastructure (region) 

Ensure through long‐term planning for land use change throughout the Region, that the rate and location of 

development is integrated with the provision of strategic and other infrastructure, the provision of services, and 

associated funding mechanisms. 

Policy UD12 ‐ Matters for decision‐making (region) 

In preparing or assessing any rezoning, structure plans, or other provisions for the urban development of land within 

the Region, territorial authorities shall have regard to: 

... 

23 

24 

http://www.hbrc.govt.nz/About‐your‐Council/Plans‐Strategies/RRMP/Pages/Managing‐the‐Built‐Environment‐(Regional‐Policy‐Statement‐ 

Change‐4).aspx 

The ‘Heretaunga Plains sub‐region’ covers parts of the lower Tukituki River catchment to the coast. 


l) Avoidance, remediation or mitigation of reverse sensitivity effects arising from the location of conflicting 

land use activities; 

m) Avoidance of reverse sensitivity effects on existing strategic and other physical infrastructure, to the 

extent reasonably possible; 

n) Effective and efficient use of existing and new infrastructure networks, including opportunities to 

leverage improvements to existing infrastructure off the back of proposed development; 

o) Location and operational constraints of existing and planned strategic infrastructure; ... 

Policy UD13 ‐ Servicing of developments (region) 

Within the region, territorial authorities shall ensure development is appropriately and efficiently serviced for the 

collection, treatment, disposal or re‐use of sewage and stormwater, and the provision of potable water by: 

a) Avoiding development which will not be serviced in a timely manner to avoid or mitigate adverse effects 

on the environment and human health; and 

b) Requiring these services to be designed, built, managed or upgraded to maximise their ongoing 

effectiveness. 

4.4.3 Change 5 (Land and Freshwater Management) 25 

Change 5 was publicly notified on 2 October 2012. A panel of three accredited RMA hearing commissioners 

heard submissions in April 2013 and made recommendations to the Council. The Council adopted those 

recommendations and subsequently, HBRC’s decisions on Change 5 were issued on 5 June 2013 – just a 

matter of weeks after HBRC publicly notified Change 6 (on 4 th May) and the RWSS applications lodged with 

the EPA (on 6 th May). The appeal period is due to expire in mid July 2013. One appeal on Change 5 had 

been received at the time of finalising this report 26 . Change 5 will not become operative until the appeal 

period has closed and the appeal(s) are resolved through the Environment Court or are withdrawn. 

This status description is more up‐to‐date and accurate than that given in section 6.5.4 of the RWSS 

Planning Assessment. 

In section 5.1 of this report, we discuss the weighting of Change 5 relative to the currently operative RRMP. 

Change 5 (as amended by Decisions version) proposes amendments to modify existing objectives and 

policies in the RRMP. Change 5 covers a focussed range of matters. Primarily, it inserts new policies and 

amends existing policies in the RPS relating to freshwater resources. These amendments are in response to 

the requirements of the NPSFM and also to embed a number of the LAWMS policies into the RPS in order 

to provide decision‐makers with context to catchment‐specific objectives and limits setting. Embedding 

relevant LAWMS policies in the RPS ensures those policies are contained in an influential statutory planning 

document that guides not only HBRC decision‐making, but also decisions made by city and district councils 

when preparing district plans and considering resource consent applications. Section 2.3 of the s32 Report 

provides an outline of the LAWMS in relation to the Tukituki River Catchment, so we do not go over that in 

this Key Issues report. 

Change 5 does not assume a ‘blank canvas’ exists for making these policies because the RRMP already 

contains many policies on the management of surface water, groundwater and land resources. 

Change 5 will provide enhanced guidance and direction to decision‐makers about how future management 

decisions will be made in an integrated manner for the sustainable management of the region’s land and 

fresh water resources. To do this, Change 5: 

(1) proposes clearer guidance and direction regarding how conflicting values and uses of fresh 

water resources will be managed 

25 

26 

http://www.hbrc.govt.nz/About‐your‐Council/Plans‐Strategies/RRMP/Pages/Land‐Freshwater‐Mgmt.aspx 

Report finalised on 3 July 2013. appeal lodged by Ngati Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated. 


(2) states overall objectives for how land use and water will be managed in an integrated and 

sustainable manner 

(3) outlines what catchment‐based regional plan changes will need to consider 

(4) in relation to the Heretaunga / Ahuriri, Mohaka and Tukituki catchment areas, proposes 

primary values and uses that are to be given more emphasis than secondary values and uses 

(5) outlines the broad approach to be taken in relating to managing leaching of nitrogen, faecal 

coliform bacteria and phosphorus from the use of production land 

(6) indicates a range of non‐regulatory methods that would be used to achieve improved 

management of land use and fresh water in Hawke's Bay 

(7) proposes a clearer policy regarding land‐based disposal of wastewater, solid waste and other 

waste products. 

These provisions are clearly applicable to the content of Change 6 in relation to the Tukituki River 

Catchment. While the decisions version of Change 5 has slightly altered the proposed objectives and 

policies to be added to the RPS, we consider that Change 6 remains generally consistent with the decisions 

version. 

In relation to item (3) above, Policy LW1 sets out the ‘ingredients’ of a catchment‐based regional plan or 

plan change. We have deliberately retained the ‘tracked changes’ in this extract to illustrate the recent 

amendments made as a consequence of the Decisions on Change 5’s submissions: 


Most of the ‘ingredients’ above are not surprising as they are expressed in the NPSFM and/or are sound 

resource management principles in any event. We note that sub‐clauses 2, 3 and 4 have been added by 

Decisions issued after Change 6 was adopted and publicly notified. Nevertheless, we consider Change 6 

and its background preparation addresses those matters. 

We have noted in section 4.2.1 above that HBRC already recognises the need for, and has programmed, an 

assessment and identification of any outstanding freshwater bodies on a region‐wide basis as a separate 

progressive stage of implementing the NPSFM. That programme still remains although Policy LW1.1(d) and 

(dA) have been altered by HBRC’s decisions on Change 5 submissions. 

Policy LW2 in Change 5 sets out an approach to be applied when preparing regional plans (i.e. Change 6 in 

this case) and when considering resource consent applications (i.e. also the RWSS applications in this case). 

Policy LW2.1 requires these decision‐makers to give priority to maintaining and enhancing the primary 

values and uses of freshwater in the Tukituki River Catchment in Table 4‐3 below. Policy LW2.3(b) also 

requires management decisions to be made in a manner that “avoids, as far as is reasonably practicable, 

significant adverse effects on secondary values and uses” identified in Table 4‐3. 


Table 4‐3: 

Primary and Secondary values and uses of freshwater in the Tukituki River Catchment 

Area (from Change 5 Policy LW2 Table 1) 

Also of particular relevance to both Change 6 and the RWSS proposal is that Change 5 deletes Objective 21 

and amends Objective 22 (and does the same to the corresponding identical regional plan Objectives 42 

and 43). These amendments made by Change 5 will lead to a different management approach to water 

quality in the Ruataniwha Plains aquifer system. The Hearing Commissioners’ report 27 on Change 5 records 

at paragraph 315 that the Commissioners 

...consider the deletion of Objective 21 needs to be seen in the light of the amendments proposed to Objective 22. 

We consider the proposed amendments to that objective protects the quality of the water quality in the two aquifers 

by requiring that it remains suitable for human consumption and for irrigation without treatment, other than 

treatment required due to the natural water quality... We agree... that the inclusion of absolute statements such as 

“no degradation” in an objective does not represent sound resource management practice. 

Turning to the RWSS proposal, we do not consider all provisions in Change 5 are directly applicable to the 

RWSS proposal. For example, Policy LW1.2 only applies “when preparing regional plans” and Policy LW4 

sets out the “role of non‐regulatory methods” HBRC will use in managing freshwater and land use and 

development in an integrated manner. These clearly do not directly apply to HBRIC Ltd and its resource 

consent applications for the RWSS. 

The notified version of Change 5 has been discussed in section 6.5.4 of the RWSS Planning Assessment. As 

noted above, the decisions version of Change 5 has been issued and subsequently altered the provisions 

referred to in that RWSS Planning Assessment. 

4.4.4 Regional Coastal Plans 

The 1999 RCP 28 is the operative regional coastal plan in Hawke's Bay, but at the time of writing, we consider 

the RCEP 29 is essentially operative but for the final procedural step. The 1999 RCP will be superseded by 

the RCEP once the Minister of Conservation approves 30 the RCEP’s provisions applicable to the coastal 

marine area. In section 5.2 of this report, we discuss the relative weighting of the 1999 RCP and the RCEP. 

The RCEP is a second generation regional plan which combines the ‘regional coastal plan’ with other 

regional planning provisions for the wider Hawke's Bay Coastal Environment 31 . The RCEP is a result of 

reviewing the currently operative 1999 RCP. That review commenced in 2003 and the proposed RCEP was 

publicly notified in August 2006. HBRC’s decisions on submissions were issued in July 2008. Twelve appeals 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31 

The Commissioners’ report and recommendations were subsequently adopted and issued by HBRC as its own decisions on Change 5. 

http://www.hbrc.govt.nz/HBRC‐Documents/HBRC%20Document%20Library/coastal_plan.pdf 

http://www.hbrc.govt.nz/About‐your‐Council/Plans‐Strategies/RCEP/Pages/default.aspx 

Scope is very limited for the Minister to direct any substantial alterations to the RCEP’s content at this stage. 

As noted in Table 4‐2 of this report, there is also Change 1 which remains ‘live’ in parallel to the RCEP. We do not consider Change 1 has any 

direct relevance to The Proposal. 


were subsequently lodged and all were settled without the need for any Environment Court hearings. 

Because of its timing and the extent of progress made in the appeals phase, the RCEP gives limited effect to 

the 2010 NZCPS. HBRC’s Long Term Plan signals that in 2013‐14, the RCEP will be assessed as to how well it 

does or does not give effect to the 2010NZCPS. If required, plan change(s) will subsequently be prepared 

and publicly notified so that the RCEP gives effect to the 2010 NZCPS. 

Change 6 does not propose any consequential amendments to the RCEP. Notwithstanding this, in 

preparing Change 6, HBRC appears to have considered the interconnectedness of the Tukituki River 

Catchment with the coastal marine area in terms of indirect effects on coastal water quality. In this regard, 

Objectives 16‐1, 16‐2 and 16‐4 are relevant to coastal water quality outcomes. In any event, the matters 

covered in these objectives 32 are not too dissimilar from the management objectives stated in the RRMP, 

Change 5 and Change 6 itself in relation to fresh water. 

In terms of the RWSS’s beach renourishment application, Chapter 17 of the RCEP specifically deals with 

disturbances, depositions and extractions in the CMA. The material is proposed to be deposited along the 

barrier beach outside 33 of the ‘Significant Conservation Area’ identified on the RCEP planning maps. 34 

Section 6.6 of the RWSS Planning Assessment has noted Objective 17‐3 and Policy 17‐1.1 as being 

particularly relevant. 

In addition to the provisions in Chapter 17, we consider there are other chapters which also contain 

objectives and policies that are more generic, but still particularly relevant to the RWSS’s renourishment 

proposal. These include: 

Objective 2‐1 

Policy 2‐6 

Policy 2‐7 

Policy 2‐8B 

Policy 15‐1.8A 

‘Deposition and 

removal of 

sediment (and 

other 

earthworks)’ 

Policy 15‐1.9 

‘Hazard 

mitigation 

works’ 

Preservation of the natural character of the coastal environment, and the protection of the 

coastal environment from inappropriate subdivision, use and development. 

To have particular regard to the avoidance of adverse effects of the following dynamic coastal 

processes on the physical environment: 

• wave action • currents and sediment transport • natural substrate composition 

• tidal flow 

• natural water quality 

To have particular regard to the mitigation of adverse effects of dynamic coastal processes on 

the physical environment and provision made for remedying those effects where complete 

avoidance cannot be achieved. 

To promote where practicable, the protection and enhancement of natural values and features 

(including migration of natural features as a result of coastal processes) that provide a natural 

buffer against coastal erosion and inundation. These features include dunes, gravel barriers, 

active off‐shore sediment reservoirs, inter‐tidal rock platforms, reefs and indigenous coastal 

vegetation. 

Subject to Guideline 9, deposition and removal of gravel and other earthworks should not occur 

in, or adjacent to, areas that are, of have potential to be, subject to coastal erosion, unless: 

i) it is for a temporary activity and/or 

ii) It protects or enhances natural features (for example, dunes, wetlands, gravel 

barriers, intertidal rock platforms) between existing development and the sea; and 

iii) It presents less than a minor risk of exacerbating coastal hazards; and 

iv) Council is satisfied that risks from coastal hazards are not increased. 

a) The ability for local authorities to carry our hazard mitigation works shall be provided for. 

Such works undertaken to mitigate coastal hazards shall, to the greatest extent 

practicable, avoid adversely affecting public access, natural character, dynamic coastal 

processes, historic heritage, landscape and ecological values in the coastal environment. 

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33 

34 

These matters include maintenance and enhancement of coastal water quality suitable for sustaining or improving aquatic ecosystems and 

contact recreation where appropriate; managing impacts on mauri of CMA; and safeguarding life‐supporting capacity of coastal water. 

RCEP Policy 17‐1.9 states “disturbance of Significant Conservation Areas will not be provided for, unless the disturbance is for scientific, 

research, environmental enhancement or similar purposes.” 

See Tonkin and Taylor Ltd 2013b ‘Ruataniwha Water Storage Scheme Sedimentation Assessment’ (Report # A14) 


4.5 Change 6 

Change 6 is specific to the Tukituki River Catchment (in which the RWSS is proposed) and includes 

objectives, policies and methods which are far more detailed and directive in terms of the outcomes sought 

to be achieved within the catchment than the existing regional plan and RPS. Change 6 is indeed part of 

The Proposal to which this key issues report relates. Change 6 is also relevant to the decisions to be made 

in relation to the RWSS applications. We do not go over the intent and content of Change 6 in detail as that 

already exists in the s32 Report, Change 6 itself, and also the RWSS Planning Assessment 35 . 

Section 32 (and s32A) of the RMA 36 will be extremely important for the BOI in terms of whether the 

approach proposed in Change 6 better promotes the sustainable management of natural and physical 

resources (i.e. the RMA’s purpose) than that provided for currently in the RRMP, or any alternative 

approaches. 

In section 5.3 below, we discuss the weighting that should be given to Change 6. 

4.6 District plans 

District plans are not matters within the HBRC’s jurisdiction and so we do not discuss their relevance to The 

Proposal any further. We understand that the key issues reports prepared by CHBDC and HDC will cover 

district plans. 

4.7 Other statutory instruments 

The RWSS Planning Assessment (in Section 6.1.3) has assessed the RWSS against the proposed NPS on 

Indigenous Biodiversity (‘NPSIB’) 37 . As the NPSIB has not been finalized and gazetted, it has no legal effect 

other than potentially as a relevant matter under s104(1)(c) of the RMA in relation to the RWSS consent 

applications. 

As it is unclear when or if the NPSIB may be made operative, it is not yet known how (or when) HBRC might 

implement the NPSIB. 

As noted earlier in section 4.2.1, HBRC’s NPSFM Implementation Programme proposes further changes to 

the RPS (and/or regional plans) as necessary to address matters regarding a region‐wide assessment of 

outstanding freshwater bodies and also embed a Regional Biodiversity Strategy currently being prepared. 

In relation to the RWSS, we note that the applicant has anticipated the likely effect of the proposed NPSIB 

particularly in relation to indigenous biodiversity associated with the Mākaroro River and its environs 

where the Mākaroro Dam and reservoir are proposed 38 . We also note that the RWSS AEE 39 identifies a 

number of matters to be addressed at a later date. Some of those fall under non‐RMA instruments and/or 

are not within HBRC’s jurisdiction. We do not address those matters in this report. 

35 

36 

37 

38 

39 

At section 6.5.5. 

We note that the Resource Management Reform Bill proposes inter alia replacing s32 in its entirety. At the time of writing, the Bill had been 

reported back from the Select Committee, but not yet passed. It is unclear what (if any) relevance the Bill’s replacement s32 will have in 

relation to Change 6 given that Change 6 has already been publicly notified and submissions invited. Transitional provisions in the Bill for 

processes already underway will inevitably determine the Bill’s relevance to the BOI’s consideration of Change 6 and requirements for further 

assessment of benefits, costs, alternatives etc. 

Not yet in effect. http://www.mfe.govt.nz/publications/biodiversity/indigenous‐biodiversity/index.html 

See section 6.1.3 of RWSS Planning Assessment and RWSS Report K6 ‘Proposed integrated mitigation and offset approach’ (HBRIC Ltd, May 

2013f) 

RWSS AEE sections 9,7 and 9.8. 


4.8 Iwi/hapū management plans 

The Statement of Works agreed between the EPA and HBRC for completion of this report does not 

specifically require the report to identify relevant iwi/hapu management plans. Nonetheless, we consider it 

is important to identify iwi/hapu management plans relevant to the Proposal because the RMA requires 

decision‐makers to take into account such planning documents when preparing plans and making decisions 

on resource consent applications. 

At the time of writing, HBRC had received one hapū management plan 40 that has been recognised by the 

iwi authority 41 . That particular hapū management plan does not apply within the Tukituki River Catchment 

and so we do not discuss it any further. 

At the time of writing, a document titled ‘Kahungunu ki Uta, Kahungunu ki Tai marine and freshwater 

fisheries strategic plan’ (undated) 42 prepared by Ngati Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated (‘NKII’) had just been 

lodged with the HBRC. HBRC has a formal process in place for ‘receiving’ iwi/hapu management plans. In 

relation to NKII’s fisheries strategic plan, that process had just commenced at the time of writing this 

report. We anticipate that HBRC would officially ‘receive’ NKII’s fisheries strategic plan at an ordinary 

meeting scheduled for 28 August 2013. The term ‘receiving’ a hapu management plan is deliberate. HBRC 

is not being asked to accept or reject the document, instead, simply receive it so the document can be 

taken into account as part of HBRC’s future planning and decision‐making, such as decisions on resource 

consent applications and when preparing regional plans etc. 

Given the timing of NKII lodging their fisheries strategic plan occurred after public notification of Change 6 

and after lodgement of HBRIC Ltd’s applications, we cannot expect Change 6 and the RWSS applications to 

have previously considered the relevance and content of NKII’s ‘Kahungunu ki Uta, Kahungunu ki Tai 

marine and freshwater fisheries strategic plan’. Notwithstanding this timing issue, we do consider that this 

iwi/hapu management plan is partly relevant to The Proposal and that the BOI should take it into account 

when making its determinations regarding Change 6 and the RWSS applications. 

40 

41 

42 

Ngāti Hori Freshwater Resources Management Plan ‘Operation Patiki’ 2009/2012. 

Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated. 

published 2008, pers comm. G Ide to Ngaio Tuika 24 June 2013. Lodged on 21 June 2013 as a iwi/hapu management plan for HBRC to officially 

‘receive’ for RMA decision‐making purposes. 


5 Weighting of plans and policy statements 

Once a proposed plan, plan change or proposed regional policy statement is notified, an application must 

be considered in terms of the objectives and policies of that plan change as well as the existing plan 43 . 

Section 86A(2) of the RMA makes it clear that sections 86B to 86G (which deal with when rules have legal 

effect) do not affect the weight that a consent authority gives to objectives, policies and other issues, 

reasons, or methods in the proposed document before it becomes operative. 

The RMA does not explicitly address the weight to be accorded to an operative plan, a plan change or a 

proposed plan, or a policy statement. 

In Keystone Watch Group v Auckland City Council (A7/2001), the Environment Court reviewed the principles 

to be taken into account in determining the weight to be given to proposed plans. The Court stated: 

[44] The plan change provides specific rules and criteria for controlling development at the interface of residential 

and business zones. Hitherto the plan addressed this issue in only a general way. 

[45] The plan change has reached the stage where the Council’s officers are assessing and preparing reports on 

the submissions. It has yet to be subjected to independent decision‐making and testing through the various 

processes required by the Resource Management Act. In considering the weight that we give to it we take 

into account the following principles which arise from the various cases: 

• The Act does not accord proposed plans equal importance with operative plans, rather the 

importance of the proposed plan will depend on the extent to which it has proceeded through the 

objection and appeal process. 

• The extent to which the provisions of a proposed plan are relevant should be considered on a case by 

case basis and might include: 

(i) The extent (if any) to which the proposed measure might have been exposed to testing and 

independent decision‐making; 

(ii) Circumstances of injustice; and 

(iii) The extent to which a new measure, or the absence of one, might implement a coherent 

pattern of objectives and policies in a plan. 

• In assessing the weight to be accorded to the provisions of a proposed plan each case should be 

considered on its merits. Where there had been a significant shift in Council policy and the new 

provisions are in accord with Part 2, the Court may give more weight to the proposed plan. 

The Mapara Valley Preservation Society Inc v Taupo District Council (A83/2007) decision is an example of a 

case where the Environment Court has attributed significant weighting to objectives and policies of two 

Variations at a relatively early state in the process. The Variations had been notified, and submissions and 

further submissions had been received but not yet heard. The Court concluded that the Variations should 

be given ‘substantial weight’ because the Variations: 

(1) were aimed at implementing a coherent strategy of objectives and policies in the Taupo 

District Plan where none previously existed; 

(2) represented a significant shift in council policy; and 

(3) were, in contrast to the provisions they were replacing, in accordance with Part 2 of the RMA. 

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Section 104(1)(b), RMA. 


5.1 RPS vs. Change 4 and Change 5 

The RPS (included in the RRMP) is the operative regional policy statement in Hawke's Bay and so some 

weight is relevant, alongside Changes 4 and 5. 

Change 4 and Change 5 are both in proposed states having passed through their submission periods and at 

their respective appeal stages. One appeal has been received on a fairly confined range of provisions in 

Change 4 relating to the electricity transmission network and reverse sensitivity issues. The appeal period 

for Change 5 is yet to close. Change 4 and Change 5 do not propose rules or alter rules in regional plans so 

s86B to s86G of the RMA (which deal with when rules have legal effect) are irrelevant. 

Given the above, full weight cannot be applied to Change 4 nor Change 5, but some recognition should be 

given to the significant shift in Council policy regarding urban development and integration of 

infrastructure (Change 4) and integrated land and water management (Change 5) demonstrated in these 

plan changes. 

5.2 1999 RCP vs. RCEP 

As noted in section 4.4.4, the 1999 RCP will be replaced by the RCEP once the Minister of Conservation 

approves the coastal marine area provisions within the RCEP. 44 We have considered the likely timing of this 

procedural step and concluded that it would be appropriate for a substantial degree of weight to be given 

to the RCEP. Full weight will have to be given to the RCEP when it becomes operative (which is anticipated 

within the process timelines associated with The Proposal). Consequently, no weight should be given to the 

1999 RCP. 

5.3 RRMP (regional plan) vs. Change 6 

The regional plan parts of the RRMP is the operative plan for the Tukituki River Catchment, excluding that 

part of the catchment within the ‘Coastal Environment.’ Some weight is applicable to the RRMP. Change 6 

is not a change to the RCEP and so does not apply within the ‘Coastal Environment.’ 

As noted in section 5 above, case law provides guidance on how weighting of plans could be determined. 

Relative weighting of two particular types of provisions (i.e. rules c.f. objectives and policies) are discussed 

in the following sections. We note that in a number of instances, Change 6 is proposed with its own built‐in 

transitions (i.e. lead‐in times are proposed before rules and conditions apply, rather than applying 

immediately from the date of its public notification). 

The statutory evolution of Change 6’s contents is part of the matters now referred to the BOI, and so 

weighting of Change 6’s proposed provisions will need to be addressed concurrently with the BOI’s 

assessment of the RWSS applications and NOR. 

5.3.1 Regional rules 

Under s86B of the RMA, a rule in a proposed plan has legal effect only once a decision on submissions 

relating to the rule is made and publicly notified, unless the rule protects or relates to water, air, or soil, in 

which case it has immediate legal effect. We concur with the assessment done at the time of adopting 

Change 6 for public notification, that all of the rules in Change 6 (i.e. Rules TT1 to TT5 inclusive) have 

immediate legal effect from the date of public notification (i.e. from 4 th May 2013). 

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HBRC made a request on 12 December 2012 for (then) Minister Kate Wilkinson to approve the CMA parts of the RCEP. HBRC reconfirmed that 

request to Minister Nick Smith via DOC officials on 7 May 2013. 


On the basis of Change 6’s rules having immediate legal effect from 4 May 2013, those rules have triggered 

the requirements for HBRIC Ltd to apply for some additional resource consents that would not otherwise 

have been required under the current operative RRMP rules. 

Table 6‐1 provides a summary of the relevant rules for each component activity of the RWSS and the status 

under the RRMP and Change 6. 

5.3.2 Objectives and policies 

When determining the weighting of objectives and policies in a proposed plan and operative plan, it is 

important to understand the stage of the decision‐making process that the proposed plan is at. Change 6 is 

obviously part of The Proposal and as such, is at an early stage in the decision‐making process; it has been 

notified by the Council, but a decision on submissions has not yet been made. 

Given the RRMP is operative, at face value, it would appear the RRMP has a greater weighting than Change 

6. However, if the BOI chooses to consider The Proposal’s two component parts in a staged manner (i.e. 

determine Change 6 matters first, then determine RWSS matters), Change 6 could be given greater weight 

in the context of considering The Proposal’s RWSS component. Change 6 does propose a significant shift in 

the Council’s policy approach to land and water management in the Tukituki River Catchment. 

Here, we note that the RWSS Planning Assessment 45 has stated: 

PC6 represents in effect a paradigm shift reflecting the outputs of a collaborative stakeholder derived set of 

recommendations as to how the NPSFM should be implemented within the Tukituki River Catchment. While, it is in 

its statutory infancy, it is considered that significant weight can be given to PC6 accordingly. [our emphasis] 

We think it is relevant to consider Change 6 (at least in its notified form, if not in a revised form as per any 

amendments made by the BOI) when assessing the RWSS consent applications as Change 6 indicates the 

future direction of the Hawke's Bay regional plan regarding land and water management within the Tukituki 

River Catchment – more so than the currently operative RRMP provisions. 

We consider the approach that the BOI adopts for itself in determining Change 6 and the RWSS applications 

is a substantive procedural issue for The Proposal. The BOI’s approach could involve determining Change 6 

and the RWSS in parallel, or in a staged sequenced manner with Change 6 first, followed by the RWSS 

applications, or some other approach. 

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See RWSS Planning Assessment section 6.5, page 35. 


6 Resource consents required 


The Statement of Works agreed between the EPA and HBRC for this report requires the report to include: 

(b) a statement on whether all required resource consents in relation to the [RWSS] proposal ... 

have been applied for; and 

(c) 

if applicable, the activity status of all proposed activities in relation to the [RWSS]. 

6.2 Resource consents applied for 

Section 3.7 of the RWSS Planning Assessment provides a summary of the RMA status of all of the activities 

associated with the RWSS, within the jurisdiction of HBRC. The activity status of each of the activities is also 

identified in the AEE 46 . The applicant has applied for 15 resource consents from HBRC, which appear to 

cover all aspects of the RWSS which are detailed in the application. 

Rules in three regional planning documents 47 apply to different parts of the RWSS proposal. Table 6‐1 

provides a summary of the activity status of the various components of the RWSS, and also identifies the 

relevant rule in each regional planning document that defines that status. For the avoidance of doubt, all 

rules are contained within the RRMP unless otherwise stated. 

6.3 Summary of consents required 

Table 6‐1: 

Activity status of RWSS's proposed activities 

Consent type Activity status Consent numbers 

Controlled 

Restricted 

discretionary 

Discretionary 

Discharge permits 

Air Rule 28 LU120370C, LU120372C, LU120374C, LU120376C, 

LU120377C, LU120378C, LU120380C 

Water Rule 52 LU120370C, LU120374C, LU120377C, LU120378C, 

DP120379W, LU120380C, DP120381W 

Land Rule 53 LU120370C, WP120371M, LU120374C, LU120377C, 

LU120378C, LU120380C 

Stormwater 

(land/water) 

Rule 43 

LU120370C, LU120372C, LU120374C, LU120376C, 

LU120377C, LU120378C, LU120380C 

Water permits 

Dam Rule 69 LU120370C, WP120371M, LU120370C, LU120374C, 

LU120376C, LU120377C, LU120378C, LU120380C 

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RWSS AEE, section 9.3, pg. 76 

i.e. the RRMP, RCEP and Change 6. 


Divert Rule 59 LU120370C, WP120371M, LU120370C, WP120373T, 

LU120374C, WP120375T, LU120376C, LU120377C, 

LU120378C, LU120380C 

Take and use Rule 55 LU120370C, WP120371M, LU120370C, WP120373T, 

LU120374C, WP120375T, LU120376C, LU120377C, 

LU120378C, LU120380C 

Land use consents 

Bed of lakes or 

rivers 

‐ Structures 

‐ Disturbance 

‐ Works within 6 m 

of riverbed 

Rule 69 

Rule 69 

Rule 71 

LU120370C, LU120372C, LU120374C, LU120376C, 

LU120378C, LU120380C 

LU120370C, LU120372C, LU120374C, LU120376C, 

LU120378C, LU120380C 

LU120370C, LU120372C, LU120377C, LU120388P 

Production land 

use 

Vegetation 

clearance 

Coastal permit 

TT1* 

Rule 8 

LU120382L 

LU120370C, LU120372C, LU120374C, LU120376C, 

LU120377C, LU120378C, LU120380C 

Deposition Rule 139# CD120400D 

KEY: * Activity status as defined in Change 6 

# Activity status as defined by RCEP 

In the RWSS Planning Assessment 48 the applicant has identified a number of resource consents that they 

have not applied for at this stage, but are aware that the following activities will likely require authorisation 

by resource consent from HBRC: 

(1) Sediment extraction from within the reservoir behind the proposed Mākaroro Dam (post 

construction) for the purpose of maintaining water storage capacity 

(2) Stream crossings associated with secondary pipelines 

(3) By‐wash associated with secondary pipelines 

(4) Bridges or other forms of stream crossings within Zone M 

(5) Sediment extraction for beach nourishment purposes. 

There may also be other aspects of the RWSS, particularly associated with its construction, that require 

authorisation by resource consent. At the time of writing, two additional resource consents have already 

been applied for, and granted by HBRC for works associated with the RWSS. Both resource consents were 

to undertake works within the bed of a river. For example, LU130141C authorises the formation and 

deconstruction (within a matter of days) of gravel embankments which were used to assess the 

performance of the in situ river bed gravels under heavy machinery, which is information that will assist in 

the design of the proposed dam structure. 

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RWSS Planning Assessment, section 4.4, pg. 25 


Although we noted in section 4.3 of this report, that the NES for Assessing and Managing Contaminants in 

Soils to Protect Human Health generally falls within the TLAs’ jurisdiction, HBRC does have rules (specifically 

Rule 48 of the RRMP) that relate to the discharge of contaminants to land. In many instances where a 

person requires a consent under the NES, they also require a resource consent from HBRC because the 

discharge is unable to comply with all conditions of this permitted activity rule. We have raised this point 

with the applicant previously, and reiterate here for the sake of clarity and consistency. 

In summary, there are effectively four categories of consent requirements: 

(1) 15 consents sought as part of the RWSS; 

(2) consents the applicant has identified that they require and will apply for at a later date; 

(3) consents sought and already obtained (e.g. for assessing river bed sediments); and 

(4) consent requirements that may become apparent at later date (e.g. contaminated soils 

(referred to above) and if, say, the BOI revise Change 6 and alter the permitted activity rules). 


7 Permitted baseline and existing environment 


The Statement of Works agreed between the EPA and HBRC for completion of this report requires the 

report to provide: 

(f) 

detail of the permitted baseline, ... and details of any relevant consents held in the area that 

form the existing environment within the HBRC’s jurisdiction; and 

... comment on whether the [RWSS’s] proposed consents applied for within HBRC’s jurisdiction 

will affect any relevant existing consent holder’s ability to implement their existing consents, 

should the [RWSS’s] proposed consents be granted. 

7.2 Permitted baseline 

The permitted baseline is a concept which allows a decision maker to disregard an adverse effect of an 

activity on the environment where an activity with that effect is permitted by a plan (or national 

environmental standard) (RMA, s104(2)). The permitted baseline requires a comparison of effects of a 

proposed activity (for which resource consent is sought) with the effects of activities which are permitted 

by rules in a regional plan (or NES). The decision maker (i.e. BOI in this instance) has discretion as to 

whether a permitted baseline is applied. 

Activities proposed as part of the RWSS proposal will occur over a large part of the Tukituki River 

Catchment. There are activities proposed on the Mākaroro River at and around the dam site; activities 

downstream in the rivers and across the land that will enable taking and distribution of water; activities 

adjacent to rivers to offset effects; activities at the river mouth to offset gravel losses; and activities 

associated with the use of water including land use intensification which may occur across the Ruataniwha 

Plains Zones A – D and the Otane Basin Zone M 49 . 

The RWSS activities will affect land, river beds, water quality and quantity, air and coastal areas. Some 

aspects of the RWSS may be of a nature and scale that they are within the permitted activity rules of the 

HBRC Regional Plans, if they can comply with all the conditions. The majority of RWSS activities will not. The 

following section of this report sets out the nature and scale of the permitted activities that could form a 

permitted baseline for the RWSS. 

7.3 Permitted activities 

The RRMP provides for a range of activities as permitted activities. These are listed in Appendix A. 

There are limitations to each of these activities within each Rule. 

The RWSS AEE 50 has listed RRMP Rules including permitted activity Rules 7, 25, 63, 64 and 66 as being 

relevant to the RWSS proposal. These address vegetation clearance and soil disturbance, moveable 

aggregate crushing and screening plants, use and maintenance of lawfully established structures in the 

beds of lakes and rivers, and the removal of structures from the bed of a lake or river. The AEE states 51 that 

“due to the nature and scale of the proposed activities, the permitted activity performance standards are 

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RWSS A1 Planning Assessment ‐ Plan 1 Appendix A 

RWSS AEE page 77. 

RWSS AEE page 76 


exceeded in most instances, typically resulting in discretionary activity status.” This same comment is made 

in the RWSS Planning Assessment 52 . 

Some activities that are permitted activities under the RRMP have been changed by Change 6. In particular 

Rules 47, 50 and 54 are proposed to be amended. We provide some observations in relation to the way in 

which Change 6 alters the implementation of these rules. 

Discharges permitted under Rule 47 are not to exceed the water quality standards set in Change 6 Policy 

TT3(1) and Tables 5.9.1A and 5.9.1B. 

Stock disturbance permitted by Rule 50 is made subject to Change 6 Rule TT1 (Rule TT1 excludes stock from 

water bodies with some exceptions). We note that while stock are to be excluded as per Rule TT1, Rule 50 

is amended to remove the Tukituki River Catchment from conditions (a) and (c) which set water quality 

standards for visual clarity and faecal coliforms under this Rule. This raises the question, when stock are 

allowed within these areas, are they able to have an effect which exceeds the standards set in Rule 50? We 

mention this here as a matter that may need to be resolved through the hearing process. 

Rule 54 is amended to add minor takes and uses from the Tukituki River Catchment (except for existing 

takes occurring prior to 4 May 2013) to the list of catchments which are excluded from this rule. Therefore 

under Change 6, only surface water takes which were permitted prior to the date of notification remain as 

permitted activities. We note the Rules in RRMP and in Change 6 refer to catchments shown in Schedule 

VIa which remains unmodified (i.e. in spite of these rule amendments, the whole of the Tukituki River 

Catchment has not been included on the map in Schedule VIa). 

Section 14(3)(b) provisions of the RMA will still apply enabling takes for an individual’s reasonable domestic 

needs or for the reasonable needs of an individual’s animals for drinking water. 

There are some aspects of the RWSS’s overall proposal that may be permitted activities (e.g. earthworks 

and vegetation clearance, or maintenance of structures). In some instances these activities have been 

incorporated into the applications for consent “out of an abundance of caution.” 53 

With regard to land use activities covered by Rule TT1, there are some activities which may be permitted 

activities that will now need to be addressed in Farm Environmental Management Plans (FEMP), e.g. 

fertiliser application, or stockfeed. Inclusion of these activities may limit the extent to which they can occur 

due to the whole of property nutrient leaching limits set out in Policy TT4 and Rule TT1. Also consented 

discharges such as dairy effluent application will need to be incorporated into FEMP. Not so certain are 

activities such as offal or refuse disposal pits as these are not listed in Schedule XXI of Change 6 (Records to 

be kept for nutrient budgeting), yet Schedule XXII lists offal or refuse disposal pits in the Plan requirements 

for FEMP. We mention this here as a matter that may need to be resolved through the hearing process. 

Proposed Rule TT1 provides for the use of production land as a permitted activity. It is anticipated that, if 

approved, the RWSS will bring about land use intensification. Land use intensification that occurs through 

the supply of water by the RWSS will require a resource consent, and the suite of applications includes a 

global consent for this to occur across the command area of the scheme. There is no scope to apply the 

permitted baseline to any land use intensification associated with the RWSS proposal. 

Existing use of production land (without intensification) may continue as a permitted activity, but even 

existing uses of production land that continue unchanged may require changes in practices such as record 

keeping and stock management (to exclude stock from streams) for them to remain as permitted activities. 

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RWSS Planning Assessment, page 15. 

RWSS Planning Assessment, page 13. 


We consider the permitted baseline is not particularly useful in relation to consideration of the RWSS 

proposal. The scale and nature of the RWSS is large, and its associated activities are likely to far exceed any 

permitted activity threshold provided for by the RRMP or Change 6. Even where they may apply, the 

applicants have not relied on a permitted baseline and have included the activities within the whole 

consents package. 

7.4 Existing environment 

The existing environment needs to be defined in order to identify the environment upon which effects will 

occur. In summary, it comprises: 

(1) what lawfully exists at present; 

(2) activities that could be conducted as of right, without having to obtain a resource consent; and 

(3) activities which could be carried out under a granted, but as yet unexercised resource consent. 

The Court of Appeal (in Queenstown Lakes DC v Hawthorn Estate Limited [2006] NZRMA 424) found that: 

“‘environment’ embraces the future state of the environment as it might be modified by the utilisation of rights to 

carry out permitted activities under a district plan. It also includes the environment as it might be modified by the 

implementation of resource consents which have been granted at the time a particular application is considered, 

where it appears those resource consents will be implemented.” 

The existing environment is described in Section 3 of the AEE 54 . 

The dam location is on the Mākaroro River. In this location the existing environment comprises the 

Mākaroro River which flows in an unmodified state through extensive farm land, forestry and native bush. 

The river is unmodified and natural flow variability occurs in the river at this location. Water quality is 

high/natural and this is reflected in the water quality standards set for Zone 4 –Upper Tukituki and 

Waipawa Rivers in Change 6 (Table 5.9.1B Change 6). There are no current water permits for taking water 

from the Mākaroro River. 

The Mākaroro River flows into the Waipawa River and downstream of the confluence, there is some 

modification of the margins to contain the river and provide flood protection, and some abstraction of 

water. The Waipawa River joins the Tukituki River below Waipawa township and the Tukituki River then 

flows a further 60 km to the coast. 

The Tukituki River and Waipawa River both flow through areas of extensive farming in their upper reaches 

and then more intensive land use across the Ruataniwha Plains. Typical land use across the plains is 

pastoral grazing including dairying, cropping, and some orcharding and vineyards (these latter two activities 

are more evident in the lower Tukituki River Catchment). Current use is outlined in section 3.7 of the RWSS 

AEE 55 . 

Some of this land use is supported by irrigation, a larger proportion is not. The Ruataniwha Plains currently 

has an area of approximately 6,000 hectares that is consented for irrigation. 

Surface water takes and hydraulically connected groundwater takes are subject to minimum flow 

conditions. Groundwater allocation is not limited by the RRMP, but because of the developing 

understanding of groundwater connection to surface water, there has been limited allocation of 

groundwater from the Ruataniwha Basin aquifers in the last 5 years. In two cases groundwater has been 

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allocated as replacement for existing surface water takes, and in one other case groundwater was allocated 

from a discrete limestone aquifer underlying the basin gravel aquifer system. 

Until the notification of Change 6 there was no rule regulating use of production land in the catchment. 

Now all use of production land is a permitted activity provided it meets all the conditions of Rule TT1. As 

notified, Rule TT1 allows the continued operation of activities but will require (over time) the following: 

(1) no increase in the nitrogen leached from the land by more than 10% nor by 5 kg/ha/yr 

(2) the keeping of records and preparation of a nutrient budget for properties exceeding 4ha 

(3) nitrogen conversion efficiency to meet industry good practice 

(4) phosphorus plans in specified sub catchments 

(5) stock exclusion from lakes, wetlands, flowing and intermittently flowing rivers (with some 

allowance for managed stock access and stock crossing) 

(6) bridging of stock races and 

(7) not to cause or contribute to water quality exceedances. 

7.5 Existing consents 

Lists of existing water permits and discharge permits that are located within the Tukituki River Catchment 

are included in Appendix B and Appendix A respectively. Maps indicating the location of these consents are 

set out in Appendix A. 

There are a total of 58 surface takes and 32 stream depleting takes within the catchment. These takes are 

comprised of direct surface water takes and hydraulically connected groundwater takes, and are subject to 

minimum flow conditions. Many of these takes expired on 31 May 2013, and are in the process of seeking 

new /replacement consents. Section 124 of the RMA rights applies to these consents enabling them to 

continue to be exercised until the decisions on the renewal applications are made. A group of 46 

applications which propose the ongoing abstraction of water from the Tukituki River Catchment based on 

existing RRMP minimum flows were publicly notified on 15 June 2013. Other applications (10 in total) for 

abstraction of water at higher minimum flows, or those with relatively small stream depleting groundwater 

takes are currently being processed on a non‐notified basis. There are another 34 direct surface water or 

stream depleting groundwater take consents that will mostly expire in 2014 or 2025. 

The consented surface water rate of take is 1,072 L/s for the Lower Tukituki River, 908 L/s for the Waipawa 

River and tributaries above RDS/SH2 and 1,122 L/s for the Tukituki River and tributaries above Tapairu 

Road. This sums to a rate of take of 3,102 L/s for the whole catchment. These rates are determined from 

the 90 surface and stream depleting groundwater takes that are either current or seeking replacement 

within the catchment. These are the rates incorporated as the surface water allocation limits set in Table 

5.9.4 of Change 6 (pg 15) at the time of notification. An annual volume of 20,389,000 cubic metres is also 

incorporated in the surface water allocation limits 56 . 

Groundwater takes occur mostly in the middle (Ruataniwha Basin and Otane areas) and lower parts of the 

catchment. In the Ruataniwha Basin area groundwater takes are considered to have an effect on surface 

flows. Modelling indicates natural river flows reduce by 794 L/s due to groundwater abstraction 57 . There 

are 176 groundwater takes within the catchment. Those groundwater consents within the Ruataniwha 

Basin area expire between now and May 2027, with the majority expiring in two groups in May 2015 and in 

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Change 6. Pg 15, Tables 5.9.4 (as notified, 4 May 2013). 

pg 14 Ruataniwha Water Storage Scheme. Tukituki River Catchment. Assessment of potential effects on groundwater and surface water 

resources. 


May 2025. Those located in the lower Tukituki River Catchment, in the Haumoana and Mangateretere/ 

Havelock North areas generally expire in May 2022 and May 2025 respectively. 

The consented annual groundwater take is 2,553,000 cubic metres for the Otane Basin, 5,278,000 cubic 

metres for the Ruataniwha Basin north of Waipawa River, and 16,167,000 cubic metres for the Ruataniwha 

Basin south of Waipawa River. These amounts were derived by assessing the annual volumes that would 

be allocated to each groundwater take using the HBRC crop calculator method, proportioned relative to the 

weekly rate of take that was consented 58 . These amounts are incorporated as the ground water allocation 

limits proposed in Change 6 59 . An allocation limit is not proposed in Change 6 for groundwater abstraction 

in the rest of the catchment. 

A variety of land uses occur within the catchment. A number of these land uses require discharge permits 

for parts of their operations. Examples include dairy effluent discharges, municipal sewage discharges, 

stormwater discharges, drainage water discharges, domestic effluent discharges, pest control and meat 

processing plant wastewater discharges. There are also some air discharges within the catchment for 

activities. These are listed in Appendix A. 

7.6 Effect of Change 6 on existing consent holders 

The amendments proposed by Change 6 will affect existing consent holders. The EPA has not specifically 

requested this assessment in the agreed Statement of Work for this key issues report. Nonetheless, we 

provide it to assist in distinguishing the effects that the RWSS proposal will have on existing consent 

holders, compared with the effects of Change 6. 

The amendments proposed by Change 6 will affect existing consent holders in the following ways. 

Existing consent holders will be able to continue taking water but the increased minimum flows proposed 

(Policy TT7 and Table 5.9.3) will increase frequency of restrictions and therefore reduce reliability of supply 

for those subject to minimum flow conditions. 

Policy TT8 proposes annual allocation limits for surface and groundwater takes. These limits are based on 

the existing volume of consented abstraction. Annual volumes have not been assigned in the past and the 

actual volumes proposed in Change 6 may be less than preferred by existing consent holders. Policy TT9 

outlines how annual volumes are to be determined. This refers to RRMP Policy 42 (which applies to surface 

water takes) and to the procedure set out in Schedule XVIII. Schedule XVIII includes the procedure applied 

to calculate annual volumes and also the proposed volumes for all existing consents. The economic 

implications of the proposed annual volumes is assessed in the s32 report. 

Policy TT9 proposes that if consents are not renewed that water will not be reallocated. Existing consent 

holders will only be affected by this if they choose not to continue with their take. Policy TT9(2)(iii) 

proposes that some activities will be required to reduce their daily rate of take at times of minimum flow. 

These activities may or may not have been required to reduce or cease their takes in the past. Policy 

TT9(2)(iv) proposes to allow takes for frost protection and spray fill to continue at times of minimum flow. 

This would not have applied previously. 

Policy TT11 proposes a new management strategy for groundwater takes hydraulically connected to 

surface water, and may mean some existing groundwater consents not currently subject to minimum flows 

will become subject to minimum flows because they are classified as “high”. Other groundwater takes that 

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Barrett 2012 EMT1221 4411 Supporting report 16A ‐ Tukituki River Catchment and Ruataniwha Basin Consented Water Allocation, and Change 

6 Schedule XVIII. 

pg 15 Change 6 Table 5.9.5 (as notified, 4 May 2013). 


are currently subject to minimum flows, and are subsequently assessed and determined as “medium” or 

“low” will not be subject to minimum flows. 

Policy TT14 proposes a consent duration period not exceeding 5 years upon the renewal of existing surface 

and groundwater takes. 

Policy TT15 proposes requirements for telemetry of water metering data. This is an addition to previous 

water metering requirements of the RRMP and the Resource Management (Measurement and Reporting of 

Water Takes) Regulations 2010. 

Policies TT1, TT2 and TT3 propose water quality targets and standards. Policy TT4 and TT5 discuss 

implementation of these and refer to Rules TT1 and TT2 for use of production land. As a consequence of 

these proposed changes, activities currently authorised by existing discharge permits may need to reduce 

their contaminant load to comply with the limits and targets set by the plan. In some cases, such as 

activities discharging Nitrogen, there is still allocative capacity proposed under Change 6. Change 6 

anticipates Nitrogen discharge increases arising due to intensification of land use enabled by irrigation. A 

land use consent is proposed to be required if the change is more than that permitted by Rule TT1. 

Aspects of farming operations that have been permitted activities to date may need to be modified if farms 

are to meet proposed targets and limits over time and remain as permitted activities under Rule TT1. For 

example nutrient application including fertiliser application and use of stock feed may be subject to whole 

of property limits set in rules. 

7.7 Effects of the RWSS proposal on existing consents 

The RWSS proposal to dam and store water in the Mākaroro River and then distribute it for irrigation may 

have an effect on existing water permits taking water from the river. Storage of flows and provision of a 

residual minimum flow proposed for the Mākaroro River will impact on the flows experienced at Waipawa 

and Red Bridge and may increase the frequency of restrictions at these sites more than would otherwise 

occur without the storage dam. This is addressed in the RWSS AEE 60 . It is recommended in the AEE that 

provision be made to mitigate any actual effects of the RWSS on river flows at RDS and /or Red Bridge by 

targeted low flow supplementation 61 . This is reflected in proposed conditions 7 to 9 of Consent 

WP120371M 62 . 

This proposed supplementation is not likely to mitigate effects on consented high flow takes. There is one 

such consent 63 to take water above the median flow level of the Waipawa River (as measured at RDS/SH2), 

and one consent which is tied (in part) to the median flow at Red Bridge 64 . The potential effects on these 

high flow takes will need to be considered. 

The effect of the RWSS proposal on existing consents that are subject to minimum flows will depend on 

how many choose to affiliate to the storage option. If existing consent holders choose this option their 

effect on the river will differ. The RWSS proposal gives existing water permit holders in certain parts of the 

catchment an option to take water from an alternative source (i.e. the proposed dam). 

The intensification of land use that is anticipated to occur with the uptake of water supplied by the storage 

dam may impact on existing holders of discharge permits within the catchment. Policy TT4 proposes that if 

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there are localised exceedances of water quality limits and targets in Table 5.9.1B (surface water) and Table 

5.9.2 (groundwater) the use of production land will be subject to a land use consent. 


8 Resource management issues 

8.1 Overview and principles 

In this section, we outline what we consider to be the issues that arise in relation to The Proposal. Table 

8‐1 provides an ‘at a glance’ overview of the issues we touch on, and indicates whether or not the issue is 

relevant in relation to Change 6, the RWSS, or The Proposal as a whole. Table 8‐1 does not identify those 

issues that we consider to be ‘substantive’ or key issues – this is clearly stated in a concluding statement at 

the end of discussion relating to each issue. 

Table 8‐1: 

'At a glance' overview of issues for Change 6 and RWSS. 

Air quality 

Issue / matter Change 6 RWSS 

Amenity and recreation • • 

Archaeological & historic heritage 

Coastal matters • • 

Cultural matters • • 

Ecology ‐ freshwater • • 

Ecology – terrestrial 

Groundwater quality • • 

Groundwater quantity • • 

Landscape and visual effects 

Land use intensification • • 

Natural character • • 

Natural hazards 

Public health • • 

Socio‐economic wellbeing • • 

Surface water quality • • 

Surface water quantity • • 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

In assessing these issues below we have considered whether the issue is a substantive issue or an incidental 

issue when considered in relation to the two parts of The Proposal. By ‘substantive’ we mean that it is a 

significant issue that will need to be closely assessed and appropriately considered by the BOI. By 

‘incidental’ we mean it is a minor part of one or other parts of The Proposal that will need some 

consideration but is less critical to The Proposal. 

8.2 Air quality 

The proposed RWSS’s construction activities include blasting, quarrying, rock crushing and these activities 

have the potential to result in discharges of contaminants to air (e.g. dust). The applicant has applied for 

resource consents to authorise such discharges. The applicant describes the existing air environment in 

section 3.14 of the AEE. 


Potential also exists for dust generation from the reservoir at times when water levels are low 65 . 

Methods for managing dust relating to construction activities are described within CEMP 66 , and in relation 

to dust generation from the reservoir, within the Sedimentation Assessment report 67 . 

The RRMP includes provisions which are relevant to air quality 68 . The applicant has considered the relevant 

objectives and policies and concluded that the proposed activities are consistent with these. 

Change 6 does not include any changes to air quality provisions. 

We consider that air quality is an incidental issue for the overall RWSS proposal. 

8.3 Amenity and recreation values 

The RWSS proposal has the potential for both positive and negative effects on amenity and recreational 

values. Some of the effects identified by the applicant 69 include: 

(1) Effects within the dam footprint: 

‐ “Effects on access to the Ruahine Forest Park for a range of recreation activities including tramping/ 

hiking, hunting, mountain biking, kayaking and fishing 

‐ Effects on the activity of fishing, four wheel driving and kayaking in the dam footprint. The opportunity 

to undertake these activities in ‘recreation zone 1’ will be affected 

‐ Effects on day visits and the activities associated with scouts/ Wakarara Camp at the Wakarara Road 

End and associated heritage and natural amenity areas. The Wakarara Road End will be affected. 

‐ The activity of camping will be affected. The private camping ground at Wakarara Road End is located 

within the dam footprint”. 

(2) Effects between the dam and downstream in‐take structure: 

‐ “Monthly mean flows would be generally more consistent during the year. There would be greater flow 

(compared with current flows) in the summer and lower flows (compared with current flows) in the 

winter. Average flows during the irrigation season (October to April) would be considerably higher. 

Although the activities of fishing, swimming and kayaking will not be lost, the nature of the activity in 

recreation zone 2 will change”. 

(3) Effects during Construction: 

‐ “Effects on access to all current recreation activities during construction 

‐ Effects on the activities of kayaking, fishing, four‐wheel driving, day picnicking and swimming during 

construction”. 

The applicant also considers that the construction of a large lake may provide for water based recreational 

activities 70 . Furthermore, the applicant considers that the enhancement project for the Papanui Stream in 

particular has the ability to improve the currently low amenity and recreational values associated with the 

Papanui Stream Catchment 71 . 

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RWSS AEE Section 26.1, pg 174 

HBRIC Ltd (May 2013). Part D – Proposed Consent Conditions – Schedule 6. Pg 45 & 56 

RWSS Report A14. Sedimentation Assessment. Pp 55 ‐56. 

RRMP Chapter 5.3 in particular. 

RWSS AEE section 20.1, pg 144 

RWSS AEE section 20.1, pg 146 

RWSS AEE section 20.1 pg 145 


Mitigation and off‐set measures are proposed and outlined in the Proposed Integrated Mitigation and Off‐ 

Set Approach report 72 . These measures include provision of alternative access to forest tracks, 

construction of a boat ramp, angler’s hut, and walking /cycling track around the reservoir 73 . 

Change 6 seeks to maintain the amenity and recreation values of freshwater (Objective TT1) by managing 

excessive periphyton growth, and ensuring that water quality is sufficient to enable contact recreation. 

Policy TT1 includes water quality measures that relate to recreational and amenity values (e.g. periphyton 

biomass limits and targets, water clarity). 

In section 4.4.3 of this report, we discuss Change 5 and its provisions which provide a framework for 

prioritising recreational values alongside other freshwater values and uses in the Tukituki River Catchment. 

Change 6 proposes flow and quality standards to provide for contact recreation and the control of 

periphyton growth while the RWSS’s proposed integrated mitigation and offset strategy provides for 

retention, replacement and enhancement of amenity and recreational values. The adequacy and 

effectiveness of these measures will be an issue for consideration by the BOI. 

We consider that the protection, maintenance and replacement of amenity and recreation is a substantive 

issue for Change 6 and for the RWSS. 

8.4 Archaeological and historic heritage 

The applicant has considered the potential effects on archaeological and historical sites in the AEE 74 . 

The construction of the dam and associated reservoir will inundate a registered historical site (Gardner and 

Yeoman’s Sawmill). The applicant discusses the mitigation measures considered in response to this effect 

in section 24.4 of the RWSS AEE 75 . We refer to the Cultural/Archaeological Sites Protocol in section 8.6 

below. 

Change 6 does not contain any provisions relevant to archaeological or historic heritage. 

We consider that archaeological and historic heritage issues are incidental for the overall RWSS proposal. 

8.5 Coastal matters 

The RWSS Proposal has the potential to affect the coastal environment in the following ways: 

(1) A reduction in gravel transport capacity to the coast. 

(2) The need to mitigate this effect results in a proposal to deposit gravel in the inter‐tidal area 

immediately to the north and south of the mouth of the Tukituki River. This re‐nourishment 

has the potential to affect sediment supply and to disturb habitat within the impacted area. 

A reduction of gravel transport to the coast by 3,400 m 3 /year is predicted 76,77 . Mitigation of this effect, and 

its subsequent potential to exacerbate coastal erosion, is proposed by way of coastal re‐nourishment to the 

north and south of the Tukituki River mouth (adjacent to, but outside of, a Significant Conservation Area 

(SCA10) specified by the RCEP). This requirement is included as a proposed condition of consent 78 . 

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HBRIC Ltd (May, 2013) ‘Proposed Integrated Mitigation and Offset Approach’(Final May 2013) 

HBR C Ltd (May, 2013) ‘Proposed Integrated Mitigation and Offset Approach’ (Final May 2013), pg 19. 

RWSS AEE Section 24, pg 164 

RWSS AEE pg 165 and also in the Proposed Integrated Mitigation and Off‐Set Approach report (May, 2013) 


Tonkin and Taylor (May 2013). Ruataniwha Water Storage Scheme – Sedimentation Assessment. Section 7.4, pg 64. 

HBRIC Ltd (May 2013). Ruataniwha Water Storage Scheme Part D Proposed Conditions. Consent No. CD120400D, Pg 38. 


Change 6 does not propose amendments to regional planning documents applicable within the Hawke's 

Bay coastal environment. In sections 4.2.4 and 4.5 of this report, we cover Change 6’s relevance to coastal 

matters. 

We consider that coastal matters are incidental issues for Change 6 and for the overall RWSS proposal. 

8.6 Cultural matters 

The applicant provides a cultural impact assessment in the AEE 79 . The assessment is based on two cultural 

impact assessment (CIA) reports ‐ an initial report, and a supplementary CIA report prepared specifically for 

the Zone M proposal (Papanui/Otane area). The applicant also outlines the establishment and involvement 

of a Mana Whenua working party 80 . A Cultural/Archaeological Sites Protocol has been prepared by the 

Mana Whenua working party and is included as Schedule Seven 81 and reference is made to this in Schedule 

1 General Conditions – Construction, condition 39. 

The initial cultural impact assessment outlined three recommendations which the authors of that report 

indicated may assist HBRC in considering how they might integrate cultural values into the Change 6 

process 82 : 

(1) “That the HBRC will undertake to develop Māori indicators and to evaluate Māori policy to ensure there is 

provision for mana whenua to have greater participation in decision‐making at governance, management and 

operational levels of regional planning. 

(2) That the HBRC will undertake to integrate the fragmented efforts that have occurred to date between the local 

and regional council for a more consistent planning approach towards the development of outcomes, 

indicators and monitoring measures seeking to improve the mauri of the Tukituki River catchment. 

(3) That the HBRC will work alongside marae/ hapū in identifying existing and potential measures toward 

protecting wāhi tapu and cultural sites of importance to mana whenua.” 

The report also identified outcomes, indicators and monitoring which form a Kaupapa Māori 

environmental framework for the Tukituki River Catchment. 

In Change 6, Objective TT1 sets out an overall management objective that involves (at sub‐clause (e)) 

recognising the mauri of surface water bodies and groundwater and ensuring adverse effects on 

aspects of water quality and quantity that contribute to mauri are avoided, remedied or mitigated. 

HBRC in the development of Change 6, and HBRIC Ltd through the preparation of the RWSS consent 

applications have addressed cultural matters. Inclusion of Mana Whenua representatives in Liaison 

groups such as the Construction Liaison group 83 , is proposed by the applicant. 

We consider that recognising and providing for cultural values is a substantive issue for Change 6 and 

for the RWSS. 

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RWSS AEE Section 28.6, pg 193. 

HBRIC Ltd (May 2013). Ruataniwha Water Storage Scheme Part D Proposed Conditions. 

Te Taiwhenua O Tamatea & Te Taiwhenua O Heretaunga. (June 2012). Tukituki River Catchment Cultural Values and Uses. Section 6.4, pg 78. 

HBRIC Ltd (May 2013). Ruataniwha Water Storage Scheme Part D Proposed Conditions. Schedule 1, Condition 40 


8.7 Ecology – freshwater 

In the RWSS AEE 84 , the following effects of the proposal on freshwater ecology are identified: 

(1) “Disturbance of the riverbed during construction and associated mobilisation of sediment that could 

influence water clarity and have effects on periphyton, invertebrates and fish (both native and introduced 

species) 

(2) Effects of changes in bed geomorphology downstream of the dam on periphyton, invertebrates and fish 

(3) Effects on water quality associated with water storage within the proposed reservoir 

(4) Blockage/interruption of upstream and downstream fish passage by the dam 

(5) Permanent loss of riverine habitat resulting from inundation by the proposed reservoir 

(6) Reductions in the quantity and quality of spawning habitat for rainbow trout 

(7) Changes to angling opportunities 

(8) Changes in water quality associated with changes in the flow regime downstream of the dam 

(9) Changes in periphyton abundance and distribution as a result of changes in the flow regime 

(10) Effects of changes in the flow regime downstream of the dam (including short‐term fluctuating flows 

associated with changes in irrigation demand and hydro‐peaking) on habitat availability for invertebrates 

and fish 

(11) Effects of flow changes on fish stranding 

(12) Diversion of fish into the water distribution network at the irrigation intake 

(13) Instream and riparian habitat disturbance associated with changes in land use on the Ruataniwha Plain 

associated with the Scheme 

(14) Changes in water quality and effects on periphyton, invertebrates and fish associated with changes in land 

use”. 

The applicant proposes a range of mitigation and off‐set measures, as outlined in the Proposed Integrated 

Mitigation and Off‐Set Approach report and summarised in the AEE 85 . These measures include an upstream 

and downstream trap and transfer programme for migratory native fish species (e.g. eel) and monitoring of 

eel populations upstream of the dam, monitoring of fish screen efficacy, and the restoration and 

enhancement of riparian margins and aquatic habitat through the proposed mitigation and off‐set 

programmes, namely 86 : 

(1) Ruataniwha Reservoir Restoration Buffer and Catchment Enhancement Zone: includes 

measures to protect and enhance the aquatic habitat within the upper Mākaroro River above 

the dam and other reservoir tributaries such as Dutch Creek. 

(2) Ruataniwha Riparian Enhancement Zone (River Halo Project): includes the protection of 

riparian habitats alongside the Mākaroro and Waipawa rivers that are affected by flow 

fluctuations resulting from the RWSS. 

(3) Ruataniwha Threatened Species Habitat Enhancement: includes a native fish trap and transfer 

programme. 

(4) Ruataniwha Plains Spring‐fed Stream Enhancement and Priority Sub‐Catchment Phosphorus 

Mitigation: includes the protection and enhancement of spring‐fed streams and other 

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RWSS AEE section 16, pg 120/121 


RWSS AEE Section 16.4, pg 127‐128 


waterways that drain the lower Ruataniwha Plains, which provide good habitat native fish 

species and also provide for spawning and juvenile trout rearing 

(5) Restoration of Old Waipawa River Bed / Papanui Stream: includes rehabilitation and 

enhancement of water quality and stream habitat in the bed of the old Waipawa River / 

Papanui Stream and will involve fencing, planting and wetland creation along the riparian 

margins of the stream. 

The applicant concludes that 87 : 

“Provided the ‘phosphorus‐neutral’ status can be achieved in all sub‐catchments, the provision of augmented 

flushing flows, as now proposed, should contribute to reducing periphyton growth in the lower Waipawa and 

Tukituki rivers. However, within the irrigation command area it appears likely that careful monitoring, additional 

mitigation measures, and perhaps restrictions on the types of agriculture permitted in some sensitive subcatchments 

will be required to avoid increases in phosphorus concentrations and exceedances of proposed nitrate toxicity limits 

in some streams draining the Ruataniwha Plains. If this can be achieved and if all the other mitigation and 

rehabilitation efforts are in place, the Scheme will have relatively minor effects on the aquatic ecosystem and the 

Tukituki will continue to support the current wide range of values.” 

The applicant has also assessed the effect of the reservoir on sediment transport in the AEE 88 . The 

applicant concludes that the interruption of sediment transport will have the greatest effect on the 12 km 

reach of the Mākaroro River immediately below the dam. Likely effects are considered to include 

degradation and coarsening of the bed sediments, and a trend towards fewer and narrower channels 89 . 

In Change 6, Objective TT1(a) proposes catchment management so that “river flows and water quality 

maintain or enhance the habitat and health of macro invertebrates, native fish and trout.” The approach 

for water quality limits and targets proposed by Policies TT1 to TT4 (see also discussion in section 8.17 

below) aims for protection of specified levels of species protection. The proposed approach for water 

quantity limits and targets is set out in Policies TT7 to TT9 (see also discussion in section 8.19 below). 

We consider that freshwater ecology is a substantive issue for Change 6 and for the RWSS. 

8.8 Ecology – terrestrial 

The applicant identified the following as potential effects of the RWSS 90 on terrestrial ecology: 

(1) A permanent loss of a variety of indigenous vegetation communities and braided river within the reservoir, 

dam and spillway footprint area 

(2) A permanent loss of a variety of feeding, roosting and breeding habitats (both exotic and indigenous) for 

birds, lizards, bats and invertebrates 

(3) Alteration of habitats for indigenous flora and fauna within and adjacent to braided river ecosystems 

downstream of the dam and the upstream water intake structure associated with changes in sediment 

deposition rates, river flow patterns and changes in land use 

(4) A change of habitat types on the margins of the reservoir due to changes in hydrology and effects of 

seasonal and irrigation drawdown causing inundation and ebbing of the ‘lake’ edge 

(5) Disturbance of remaining indigenous flora and fauna adjacent to the reservoir due to potential increases in 

the recreational use of the reservoir and its margins. 

The assessment also made recommendations about potential ways to avoid, mitigate or offset these 

potential effects on terrestrial ecology. Many of those recommendations are carried over into the 

Integrated Mitigation and Offset Approach (outlined in section 8.7 above). In particular Project C is 

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RWSS AEE section 26, pg 174 

RWSS AEE section 26.3, pg 175/176 

RWSS AEE, section 17, pg 130 


eferred to as ‘Ruataniwha Threatened Species Habitat Enhancement’ and focuses on protection for long 

tailed bats and blue ducks. 

Change 6 does not contain any policies, objectives or rules relating specifically to terrestrial ecology. 

We consider that terrestrial ecology is a substantive issue for the RWSS. 

8.9 Effects on other parties 

Effects on other parties are discussed in sections 7.6 and 7.7 of this report, so are not discussed further 

here. 

Potential effects of Change 6 are also considered in the cost benefit analysis detailed in the section 32 

report prepared as part of the plan change process. 

We consider that the effects on existing consent holders and other resource users within the catchment is a 

substantive issue for the RWSS and Change 6. 

8.10 Groundwater quality 

Potential effects on groundwater quality resulting from the RWSS proposal are: 

(1) a decline in quality as a result of land use intensification (particularly increased nitrate 

concentrations) 

(2) an improvement in water quality as a result of the introduction of new rules relating to water 

quality 

(3) stormwater discharges affecting groundwater quality. 

The main potential effect of The Proposal on groundwater quality is its potential decline as a result of land 

use intensification. This is a key issue for Change 6 and the RWSS. A substantial amount of investigation 

has been undertaken as part of the preparation of both Change 6 and the resource consent applications for 

the RWSS to determine what the likely effects of the scheme will be on groundwater quality. 

Potential effects on community drinking water sources were modelled and are detailed in the AEE 91 . We 

have discussed the relevance of the NES for Sources of Human Drinking Water in section 4.3.2 of this 

report. Potential effects of historic, current and future land uses were modelled using OVERSEER® which 

allowed the potential effects of these land uses on groundwater quality to be assessed. This work is briefly 

summarised in section 12 of the AEE, with the full modelling report entitled “Overseer Nutrient budgets 

modelling for the Tukituki catchment” included as report M2 of the RWSS application documents. 

Change 6 endeavours to address the issues of groundwater quality through the development of a number 

of policies. Specifically Policy TT2, which sets limits for groundwater quality, Policy TT4 which sets out how 

specific nitrate‐nitrogen limits will be achieved and Policy TT6 which relates to the use of production land. 

These provisions, amongst others, in Change 6 are intended to implement the requirements of the NPSFM. 

New rules are also proposed (Rule TT1 and TT2) which relate to the use of production land in the Tukituki 

River Catchment. These rules require property owners to have their operation authorised by resource 

consent if nitrogen leaching as a result of a change in land use increases by more than 10% or more than 5 

kg N/ha/yr. 

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RWSS AEE section 13, pg 111 


Apart from a few consequential amendments, Change 6 does not substantially alter the current operative 

regional rules applicable to controlling the effects of point‐source discharges that may impact groundwater 

quality (e.g.: discharges of on‐site wastewater, stormwater, etc). Stormwater discharges applied for as part 

of the RWSS have the potential to affect groundwater quality. These require authorisation by resource 

consent because they are controlled activities, and it is expected that any adverse effects on groundwater 

quality can be avoided by appropriate consent conditions. 

We consider groundwater quality to be a substantive issue for Change 6 and for the RWSS. 

8.11 Groundwater quantity 

The Proposal may result in the following effects on groundwater quantity: 

(1) increased groundwater levels due to: 

(a) 

(b) 

decreased groundwater abstraction 

flow on effects resulting from increased irrigation 

(2) mounding as a result of construction of headraces. 

The potential impact of The Proposal on groundwater flows was the subject of a substantial amount of 

modelling. This modelling looked at the potential impacts of a range of different water abstraction 

scenarios for both surface water and groundwater. One scenario (all current groundwater and surface 

water takes migrate across to the RWSS) predicted a significant recovery in aquifer storage (i.e. an increase 

in groundwater levels) by 2022. The results of this modelling are summarised in section 11 of the AEE 92 . It 

is noted that the modelled benefits of Scenario 1 will only occur if existing abstractors forgo groundwater 

abstraction in favour of RWSS supply. This outcome is not certain, and will depend on a range of factors 

outside the scope of this process (e.g. individual financial considerations). Also modelled (as Scenario 2) 

was the effect of ongoing groundwater abstraction at current levels. Modelling of this scenario indicates 

the groundwater contribution to river and spring flow will stabilise by the end of 2016, as the aquifer 

reaches a state of dynamic‐equilibrium. 

Policy TT8 in Change 6 in particular addresses the issue of groundwater quantity by proposing groundwater 

allocation limits for four groundwater allocation zones which are proposed to be established in the Tukituki 

Catchment. This is the first time annual groundwater allocation limits have been proposed through a 

regional plan in Hawke’s Bay. Policy TT9 outlines how those limits may be implemented. 

Policy TT11 proposes a framework for managing groundwater takes that are hydraulically linked to surface 

water bodies. Application of this policy is likely to result in changes over time to the proposed volumes 

allocated to groundwater and surface water from those limits currently proposed in Tables 5.8.4 and 5.9.5 

of Change 6. 

Rules TT3 ‐ TT5 also relate to groundwater use and classify the take and use of groundwater outside of 

groundwater allocation zones 1 to 3 (that cannot comply with the conditions of Rule TT4) as a noncomplying 

activity. 

Section 4.3.1 of this report deals with the relevance of the Resource Management (measurement and 

reporting of water takes) Regulations 2010 to Change 6 and the RWSS. 

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Fuller details of the modelling are provided in RWSS Report K4 ‘RWSS Environmental flow optimisation’ and also in RWSS Report M1 ‘RWSS, 

Tukituki River Catchment – assessment of potential effects on groundwater and surface water resources.’ 


We consider that groundwater quantity is a substantive issue for Change 6 and an incidental issue for the 

overall RWSS proposal. 

8.12 Landscape and visual effects 

A range of potential effects on landscape and visual effects have been identified by the applicant in the AEE 

for the RWSS. These include: 

(1) “effects on the natural character of rivers and their margins as a direct result of the construction of the dam 

and inundation of the existing river, in addition to effects that may occur as a result of changes to the 

natural flow regimes 

(2) effects on the outstanding natural landscapes of the Ruahine Ranges as a result of the nearby reservoir lake 

(3) effects on landscape amenity including visual effects of the dam and reservoir lake, the power station and 

transmission line 

(4) effects on the character of the Ruataniwha Plains and Zone M as a result of increased irrigation (including 

pasture ‘greening’ and additional use of pivot irrigators), as well as 

(5) temporary construction effects”. 

A Landscape and Visual assessment was prepared as part of the resource consent applications for the RWSS 

(Assessment Report 12 (A12)) and is summarised in the AEE 93 . The most significant effect of the proposed 

RWSS on landscape and visual effects is the construction of an 83 m high dam, and subsequent formation 

of a reservoir behind it resulting from the storage of up to 90 million m 3 of water. The construction of 

headraces to convey water across the RWSS’s five proposed irrigation zones will also potentially have an 

impact on landscape and visual values. Potential changes in land use resulting from the availability of more 

reliable irrigation water may also affect landscape and visual values associated with the Tukituki River 

Catchment. 

Change 6 is unlikely to have any direct impact on terrestrial landscape and visual effects in the Tukituki 

River Catchment. 

We consider that landscape and visual effects are an incidental issue for the overall RWSS proposal. 

8.13 Land use intensification 

Key land use changes anticipated with irrigation potentially provided by the RWSS are: 

(1) Dairying and its associated dairy support 

(2) Intensified horticultural operations 

(3) Irrigated arable farming 

(4) Some irrigated sheep and beef farming 94 . 

The potential effects of land use intensification are considered by the applicant in the AEE in particular 

through consideration of potential effects on groundwater and surface water quality. Both of these 

matters are considered in other sections of this report, so we do not discuss them further here. 

Change 6 deals specifically with the potential effects of land use intensification through the proposed 

introduction of land use rules (Rules TT1 and TT2) together with a policy framework to support them. 

Again, these proposed rules are discussed in section 7 of this report, so are not discussed further here. 

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We consider that land use intensification is a substantive issue for Change 6 and for the RWSS. 

8.14 Natural character matters 

The proposed RWSS will have an adverse effect on the natural character of the Mākaroro River, particularly 

in the vicinity of the dam site, but also potentially further downstream as a result of changes to the natural 

flow regime which will result in consequential changes in bed geomorphology. 

The potential effects of the RWSS on natural character are addressed in the Landscape and Visual 

Assessment submitted with the application (Report A12) and are also summarised in the AEE 95 . 

As noted above in relation to landscape and visual effects, Change 6 is not expected to have a direct impact 

on natural character of the Tukituki River Catchment. The anticipated changes in land use could affect the 

natural character of the catchment but it is expected that these changes will be to an already modified 

‘working rural environment’. Management of nutrient concentrations in both surface and groundwater 

required by Change 6 may be regarded as improving the natural character of the catchment. We also note 

that some people may consider that the increased level of species protection that will be provided through 

increased minimum flows to have a positive effect on the natural character of the Tukituki River 

Catchment. 

We consider that natural character matters are an incidental issue for Change 6 and is a substantive issue 

for the RWSS. 

8.15 Natural hazards 

The following natural hazards could potentially have a significant impact on the RWSS Proposal: 

(1) earthquake 

(2) flooding 

(3) drought 

The dam proposed as part of the RWSS is located only 1 km from the Mohaka Fault. The fault runs through 

the dam reservoir. The geological setting of the dam is described in section 3 of the AEE. Earthquake is 

therefore a natural hazard that presents a very real risk for the RWSS. 

A dam break assessment has been undertaken for the proposed dam 96 . This assessment found that if the 

dam failed (when the reservoir was full ‐ being the worst case scenario) it would result in significant 

damage to infrastructure, the environment and put approximately 1,000 people at risk. It is noted that a 

dam break could occur as a result of an earthquake, extreme heavy rainfall, or also as the result of errors in 

the construction of the dam which is not a natural hazard. The results of the dam break study are 

summarised in the AEE 97 . The full report is also included in the full suite of documents lodged in support of 

the RWSS applications. Building Act provisions will apply and dam safety protocols will need to be followed 

in the process of construction and operation. Conditions 21 to 31 of Schedule 2 address Dam safety 

requirements, and Emergency Action and Water Level Safety Plans. 

One of the key drivers for the RWSS is the desire to provide more reliable irrigation water to properties 

within the scheme area. This is a response to the natural hazard posed by droughts, which are predicted to 

become both more frequent and severe over the coming decades. The potential effects of climate change 

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RWSS AEE, section 25, pg. 168 

RWSS document #A13. Dam Break Assessment. 

RWSS AEE, section 27, pg. 180 


on the RWSS are considered in report K3 which is a report prepared by Climate Scientist Dr James A 

Renwick. In his executive summary, Dr Renwick notes that 

“the risk of heat waves and drought conditions is likely to increase significantly, while the risk of frosts and cold 

nights is likely to decrease. Drought risk is likely to increase most in eastern regions, including Hawke’s Bay, where a 

doubling or tripling of the risk is likely by the end of the century. The risk of heavy rainfall events is also likely to 

increase, although it is likely this will not become evident in Hawke’s Bay until the late 21st century.” 

The RWSS could have potential benefits insofar as intercepting higher flows (particularly during late 

autumn and winter when the dam is refilling) in the Mākaroro River and therefore contain those high flows 

within the dam reservoir rather than spilling down the Mākaroro and Waipawa Rivers where they could 

contribute to flooding of low lying farmland and also put stock and property at risk. 

Change 6 is not expected to have any direct impact on natural hazards. We do note however that in setting 

minimum flows and allocation limits for surface and ground water, (including a high flow surface water 

allocation) and enabling community irrigation schemes, Change 6 is setting the ground rules for managing 

water in the catchment. This helps clarify options for those who wish to consider the implications of 

drought on their current and future land uses. The establishment of a high flow surface water allocation 

also allows water to be taken from the rivers at higher flows, which potentially avoids, or at least reduces in 

magnitude the adverse effects of flooding, as outlined above. 

We consider that natural hazards and specifically floods and droughts is a substantive issue for Change 6 

and for the RWSS. 

8.16 Public health 

Potential effects of the RWSS proposal on public health include: 

(1) hazardous substances loss from storage or use during construction or once operational 

(2) contaminated land exposed during construction 

(3) intensification of land use increasing nutrients and pathogens in the environment – affecting 

drinking water 

(4) discharges to air during construction e.g. dust and machinery 

(5) dam break. 

The RWSS proposal addresses effects on groundwater drinking water 98 . This discusses modelling of nitrate 

concentrations with the anticipated land use intensification associated with irrigation supplied by storage. 

According to this modelling there are risks that DWSNZ standard of 11.3 mg/L nitrate‐N could be exceeded 

at three locations. Advice is included on the accuracy of the modelling and that this should be used 

qualitatively to guide monitoring and management of future land use intensification and related 

groundwater nitrogen concentrations. There is no discussion here of e‐coli as a risk associated with the 

RWSS. Nevertheless, it is noted that Change 6 (Table 5.9.2) sets a standard of < 1 E‐coli / 100 millilitres and 

for groundwater this is included in condition 12 in Schedule 3. Schedule 3 also includes conditions 15 to 17 

which address effects of land uses on Nitrate levels which may affect groundwater utilised for supply of 

human drinking water. 

Conditions are also included in the RWSS proposal addressing the risks or possible effects on public health 

of hazardous substances and contaminated sites (e.g. Schedule 2 Condition 4(f)). Also the Construction 

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Environmental Management Plan (CEMP) includes processes and procedures in relation to hazardous 

substances, contingency actions for spills, disposal of wastes and contaminated land (if encountered). 

Dam break is discussed under Natural Hazards in section 8.15 above. 

Through Change 6, water quality in the Tukituki River Catchment is to be managed to provide for safe 

contact recreation and domestic water supplies 99 . Catchment wide surface water limits and targets are set 

in Table 5.9.1A to achieve safe contact recreation standards in summer, and groundwater water quality 

limits are set in Table 5.9.2 to ensure compliance with the NESDW and the DWSNZ (pages 8‐11). The 

NESDW’s relevance to The Proposal is discussed in section 4.3.2 of this report. 

We consider the surface water and groundwater quality aspects related to public health to be substantive 

issue for Change 6 and for the RWSS. The other public health matters identified are considered to be 

incidental issues for Change 6 and for the overall RWSS proposal. 

8.17 Socio‐economic wellbeing 

HBRIC Ltd has undertaken a social impact assessment which is detailed in the AEE 100 . Increased irrigation 

and changes in land use anticipated to result from the RWSS are expected to result in the following effects: 

(1) “A reduced average age of farmers and new families coming into the area 

(2) Some of the new farm workers are likely to live in the villages and main townships and some seasonal 

workers in on‐farm accommodation camps 

(3) A turnaround from negligible growth in population evident in the district over recent years – in both rural 

areas and the main towns 

(4) A flow on effect of growth in numbers employed and population for any new processing plant associated 

with new or increased farm outputs 

(5) A change in the composition of the population, especially of the rural areas, with younger families and 

children and consequent rises in school rolls 

(6) Increased turnover of population and more overseas workers, with more ethnic diversity and a need to 

provide social support to new comers 

(7) Increased participation in sport and recreation and community activities and greater demand for social 

services, including health services, although with the exception of health there are facilities and capacity to 

meet new demand.” 

The economic impact of the proposed RWSS was also considered by the applicant and detailed in the 

AEE 101 . 

Change 6 changes will also impact on the Tukituki River Catchment’s socio‐economic wellbeing. The s32 

Report comments on Social and Economic values and uses of the Tukituki River Catchment in sections 6.2 

and 6.3. It also reports on the Cultural and Environmental values and uses of the Tukituki River Catchment. 

Following these the report comments as follows: 

“In achieving sustainable management there is almost always tension between resource use (for social economic 

and cultural wellbeing) and resource conservation (safeguarding the life‐supporting capacity of the water, soil and 

ecosystems and ensuring the resource is available and in reasonable condition for future generations). Consequently, 

an approach is required that gives appropriate recognition to all of these competing interests.” 

“In the Tukituki River catchment, the tension exists in a number of areas: 

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a) Improving native fish and trout habitat through higher minimum flows and possibly also groundwater 

allocation limits would reduce the reliability of water supplies for existing consent holders; 

b) Reducing the current level of habitat protection (through reducing minimum flows) would improve the 

reliability of current water supplies for existing consent holders; 

c) Facilitating more reliable water supply (through high flow harvesting and community irrigation schemes) 

would result in land use intensification and potentially degradation of surface water and groundwater 

quality; 

d) Reducing periphyton levels to achieve biodiversity outcomes through significant reductions in nitrogen 

losses would require existing land use become less intensive; 

e) Improving recreational amenity and angling conditions through significant reductions in phosphorus losses 

would require significant on‐farm investment.” 

“The suite of freshwater objectives proposed for the Tukituki River catchment endeavour to recognise these tensions 

and seeks to provide an appropriate balance between resource use and resource conservation imperatives by: 

• improving the health of the river and ecosystems for important fish species; 

• reducing the frequency of periphyton growths that affect recreational use; 

• enabling water to be available for taking at higher flows for supplementary supplies; 

• enabling large scale community irrigation schemes to allow significant land use intensification to occur 

subject to meeting environmental objectives; 

• remedying existing localised occurrences of water quality degradation; and 

• ensuring that if economic growth through land use intensification cannot avoid adversely affecting 

potable water supplies, mitigation measures include treatment or provision of alternative potable 

supplies.” 

Change 6 has proposed how these may be reconciled but it is the role of the BOI to reassess this in light of 

submissions and evidence and alongside the RWSS applications. 

We consider the socio‐economic wellbeing of the Tukituki River Catchment community and wider region is 

a substantive issue for Change 6 and for the RWSS. 

8.18 Surface water quality 

Potential effects of the RWSS proposal on surface water quality include: 

(1) work in waterways 

(2) sediment discharge during construction 

(3) hazardous substances loss from storage or use during construction or once operational 

(4) quality of water in the dam 

(5) discharges from the dam 

(6) discharges from primary supply races 

(7) intensification of land use increasing nutrients and pathogens in groundwater and into surface 

water. 

The main potential effects of the RWSS proposal on surface water quality are the direct effect of the 

construction phase and the indirect effect of land use intensification. 


There is a risk at construction phase that works in and adjacent to the river will cause, in particular, 

discharge of sediment. There is also risk of contamination from any hazardous substances stored and used 

on the site. The proposed conditions, Schedule 1 and the CEMP (Schedule 6) are all intended to address 

these risks through avoidance, remediation and mitigation. 

Once operational, there is risk of adverse water quality in the lake and the discharge of contaminants into 

the river from the lake and primary supply race outlets and indirectly as a consequence of land use 

intensification. Again, conditions are proposed to avoid, remedy and mitigate these effects. Schedule 2 

includes conditions and a reliance on the Management Plan framework offered to mitigate these potential 

adverse effects. 

For both the RWSS and Change 6, there is reliance on a strategy that limits phosphorus in the catchment to 

control excessive periphyton growth ‐ in time. Modelling of this is reported in RWSS M4 (Stream modelling 

– Trim 2 Scenario Modelling). 

Through Change 6, a reduction of phosphorus relies on land management initiatives to exclude stock from 

waterways, nutrient budgets and limits on consents for point‐source discharges such as the Central 

Hawke’s Bay waste water discharge permits. 

The RWSS is also proposed to be utilised to provide flushing flows to remove excessive periphyton growth. 

Provision is made for four releases per annum to provide flushes which would benefit the Mākaroro, 

Waipawa and Lower Tukituki Rivers. The Tukituki River above the confluence with the Waipawa River 

would not benefit from this. The adequacy of this overall strategy will be a key issue in consideration of 

this proposal. 

In Change 6, specific water quality provisions are proposed for the Tukituki River Catchment 102 . Surface 

water quality limits and targets are proposed. These provisions recognise that in some cases, proposed 

limits are being exceeded and should be treated as targets. Policy TT4(c) identifies that the proposed 

Nitrate‐ nitrogen limits are currently not over‐allocated. 

Strategies proposed in Change 6 to manage surface water quality include setting surface water quality 

targets and limits (see Table 5.9.1A and Table 5.9.1B); setting Groundwater quality limits (see Table 5.9.2); 

requiring nutrient budgets for all properties exceeding 4 ha; requiring industry good practices; requiring 

resource consent where nitrate leaching to ground will increase by more than the limits set; excluding stock 

from waterways; land advisory services and incentives; requiring/promoting Farm Environmental 

Management Plans; and monitoring. 

We consider that surface water quality is a substantive issue for Change 6 and for the RWSS. 

8.19 Surface water quantity 

The Proposal may result in the following effects on surface water quantity: 

(1) increased demand for water (supplied from storage ‐ RWSS) 

(2) reduced mid range flows (RWSS) 

(3) increase in minimum flows (Change 6) 

(4) reduced reliability of supply for existing irrigators dependent on surface water (Change 6 but 

offset by RWSS) 

102 

Refer Objectives TT1 ‐ TT3, Policies TT1, TT3 ‐ TT5, Tables 5.9.1A and 5.9.1B. 


(5) augmentation of flow in the Papanui stream (RWSS mitigation) 

(6) costs of changes on existing irrigators and new irrigators. 

The effects of The Proposal on water quantity can be both positive and negative. The effects of each part 

of The Proposal are independent of one another, but can be complimentary to achieve an overall water 

quantity management strategy. The effect of Change 6 to raise minimum flows can be offset by RWSS 

discharging water to maintain flows above the minimum and therefore to maintain reliability of supply. If 

storage water is taken up by existing irrigators, those irrigators will improve their water reliability and avoid 

restrictions from the river. If uptake is good, the reliability for those who remain taking from surface water 

will improve. 

The RWSS proposes to capture and store flows in the Mākaroro River, then supply them for irrigation use. 

This will reduce flows downstream of the dam throughout the year, but enable higher minimum flows to be 

maintained. Release of water into the Papanui Stream along with stream enhancement has the potential 

to improve cultural, amenity and ecological values of the stream. Modelling of flow optimisation has been 

provided 103 . This has led to recommendations of flushing flow releases and, low flow supplementation 

which are incorporated in the RWSS proposal. 

Change 6 proposes increased minimum flows at seven sites within the catchment (refer Table 5.9.3). It also 

proposes surface water allocation limits for three allocation zones (Table 5.9.4) as a total instantaneous 

rate (L/s) and total annual volume (m 3 /year). These limits reflect the current surface water allocation. An 

application to take more water is a non‐complying activity 104 , indicating that it will be difficult to allocate 

water in excess of these allocation limits in the future. An additional allocation block totalling 2,000L/s is 

provided for at higher minimum flows (median flows) (refer table 5.9.6). 

Section 4.3.1 of this report deals with the relevance of the Resource Management (measurement and 

reporting of water takes) Regulations 2010 to Change 6 and the RWSS. 

We consider that surface water quantity is a substantive issue for Change 6 and for the RWSS. 

8.20 Other matters 

Through discussion of these resource management issues we have made frequent reference to conditions 

that are proposed that if implemented are intended to avoid, remedy or mitigate effects identified in this 

discussion. 

One key decision is whether the RWSS should be approved, but if it is to proceed, there are issues around 

how it will proceed and how the final conditions are to be implemented and given effect to. 

We point to the DICE test for conditions of consents. That is, conditions should be Defensible, Intra Vires, 

Certain, and Enforceable. 

There is an intention to establish a number of management plans. We see this as an acceptable approach 

but also recognise that this can leave some aspects un‐finalised and dependent on further approval. 

We note also the off‐setting provisions and consider a key issue is the effective and continuing 

implementation of these. There is a need to ensure that implementation is measured by successful 

delivery of the offsets rather than expenditure of the budgeted funds that have been indicated. We raised 

103 

104 

Report K4 “RWSS Environmental Flow Optimisation”. 

See Change 6 Rule TT5. 


this in the completeness check report and questioned what happens if the funds are exhausted but the 

offsets have not been fully delivered. 

We consider that it will be important that HBRC Consents and Compliance staff remain involved in this 

process to assist in ensuring that conditions will be appropriate, effective, and able to be implemented, 

monitored and enforced. We are willing to be involved but are not certain about how continued 

involvement can be secured other than by lodging a submission. 


9 References 

In this key issues report we have referred to a number of documents which already featured on the list of 

documents supporting Change 6 and/or the RWSS proposal. We do not restate those document references 

here. 

Also in this report, we have identified a number of national and regional planning instruments we consider 

relevant to The Proposal. In the corresponding sections of this report, we have already provided references 

to the online location of those planning instruments. We do not restate the references of those documents 

here. 


Appendix A 

Permitted activities in Hawke's Bay RRMP 

(1) Feedlots and feed pads – land use (Rule 5). Not directly relevant to any aspect of the proposal. 

(2) Vegetation clearance and soil disturbance – land use (Rule 7). Conditions limit clearance 

within 5m of any permanently flowing river but exempt clearance of plantation forestry and 

areas identified in Schedule X of RRMP. Schedule X (page 8) identifies some (but not all) areas 

within the dam foot print, meaning these are exempt from this rule. Areas are to be managed 

to inhibit soil loss. The scale of vegetation clearance and soil disturbance associated with the 

dam and other headworks will be large. It is unlikely that the activity could proceed in 

accordance with this rule. 

(3) Application of agricultural chemicals – discharge to air, land, water (Rule 10). Not directly 

relevant to any aspect of the proposal. 

(4) Fertiliser use ‐ discharge to air, land (Rule 11). Not relevant to the dam and irrigation 

components, but may be relevant to use of production land. Rule TT1 will require recording 

and management of nutrients – particularly nitrates ‐ that may limit the extent of fertiliser able 

to be applied. 

(5) Stock feed – discharge of contaminants to air, land (Rule 12). Not relevant to the dam and 

irrigation components, but may be relevant to use of production land. Rule TT1 will require 

recording and management of nutrients – particularly nitrates ‐ (including stockfeed) that may 

limit the extent of stockfeed able to be applied. 

(6) Use of compost, biosolids and other soil conditioners ‐ discharge to air, land (Rule 13). Not 

relevant to the dam and irrigation components, but may be relevant to use of land. Rule TT1 

will require recording and management of nutrients – particularly nitrates ‐ (including compost 

etc) that may limit the extent of soil conditioners able to be applied. 

(7) Management of solid waste on production land (e.g. farm tips, offal holes)– discharge to air, 

land (Rule 16). Not relevant to the dam and irrigation components, but may be relevant to use 

of production land. Rule TT1 will require recording and management of nutrients (including 

offal pit discharges) that may limit the extent of any offal pit use enabled by this rule. 

(8) Combustion of specified fuels – discharge to air (Rule 17). Not directly relevant to any aspect 

of The Proposal. 

(9) Burning of waste – discharge to air (Rule 19). Not directly relevant to any aspect of The 

Proposal, except permits burning of material such as cleared vegetation produced on the 

property. 

(10) Management of waste and other matter, excluding industrial and trade premises – discharges 

to air (Rule 21). Not directly relevant to any aspect of The Proposal, except permits discharge 

of odour and dust from waste on site. Application indicates that waste will be removed from 

the site 105 . 

(11) Wet abrasive blasting ‐ Discharge to air (Rule 22). Not directly relevant to any aspect of The 

Proposal. 

105 

RWSS Part D (Proposed Conditions) HBRIC (May 2013) Schedule Six Draft Construction Environment Plan. 4.17 Waste Management page 48 


(12) Dry abrasive blasting – fixed source ‐ Discharge to air (Rule 23). Not directly relevant to any 

aspect of The Proposal. 

(13) Moveable aggregate crushing and screening plants ‐ Discharge to air (Rule 25). Reference is 

made in the RWSS Proposed Conditions that mobile aggregate crushing plants may be used. If 

they are to be used provision is to be made in SCEMP2 106 . This activity may be permitted, but it 

is anticipated within the provision for discharges to air associated with construction activities 

for the consents to construct the dam (LU120370C), to construct the intake structures, and 

other structures in beds of rivers and streams, or near waterways. 

(14) Minor discharges from industrial and trade premises ‐ Discharge to air (Rule 29). Not directly 

relevant to any aspect of The Proposal. 

(15) Discharge of water – discharge to water (Rule31). This rule allows (uncontaminated) water to 

be discharged to water. The RWSS proposal contemplates sediment may be in the discharge 

and consequently Consent WP120371M includes “discharge of water and water borne 

sediment from the dam”. Other consents provide for discharge of water and water borne 

sediment from distribution races. As is indicated it will be difficult for the discharges to comply 

with this permitted activity Rule. It may be considered that this rule does provide a baseline 

for the unlimited discharge of uncontaminated water to water. (Rule 47 provides for the 

discharge of contaminants to surface water.) 

(16) Discharge of drainage water (gravity flow systems) – discharge to water (Rule 32). There may 

be some drainage associated with the activity during phases of the development and from the 

dam once complete. Providing conditions are met this form of discharge could occur as a 

permitted activity. 

(17) Existing sewage systems ‐ discharge to land (Rule 35). Not directly relevant to any aspect of 

The Proposal. 

(18) New sewage systems – discharge to land (Rule 37). Not directly relevant to any aspect of The 

Proposal. Sewerage is to be stored and removed from the sites during the construction period. 

(19) Diversion and discharge of stormwater – discharge to land, water (Rule 42). Allows for 

discharge from other than industrial or trade premises under 2 ha but excludes premises used 

for storage of any hazardous substances. Any discharge is not to cause production of 

conspicuous contaminants including suspended materials. It is anticipated that Rule 42 and 

conditions cannot be complied with by this activity at the dam or other construction sites. 

(20) Discharges of contaminants to surface water – discharge to land, water (Rule 47). This Rule 

has been amended by Change 6 and is to apply limits that are included in Policy TT3, and 

Tables 5.9.1A and 5.9.1B of Change 6. The discharge is limited to a small volume of 50 m³/day 

so it can only have limited application for the RWSS proposal. It may be considered that this 

Rule does provide a baseline in that it references the limits set in Policies that other activities 

requiring consent will have to have regard to. But it is only permitting a small volume 

discharge. 

(21) Discharges of solid contaminants to land that will not enter water – discharge to land (Rule 48) 

Not directly relevant to any aspect of The Proposal. 

106 

RWSS Part D (Proposed Conditions) HBRIC (May 2013) Schedule One. 11 Supplementary Construction Environmental Management Plans 

(SCEMP) page 45 


(22) Discharges onto or into land that may enter water – discharge to land (Rule 49). Limited to 50 

m³/day. Not to breach Rules 47 or 48 conditions. Not to occur over the Ruataniwha Plains 

unconfined aquifers. As with Rule 47 it may be considered that this Rule does provide a 

baseline in that it references the limits set in Policies (by referencing conditions set out in Rule 

47) that other activities requiring consent will have to have regard to. But not over the 

Ruataniwha Plains. 

(23) Disturbance of bed of river/lake by livestock – discharge to land, water (Rule 50). This Rule is 

changed by Change 6, and will need to be read and applied in conjunction with Rule TT1. We 

have commented on this in 7.3. 

(24) Minor takes and uses of groundwater – take and use of ground water (Rule 53). Takes of no 

more than 10 l /s and 20 m³/day from groundwater may occur in this catchment. This Rule 

does provide a permitted baseline for taking groundwater. 

(25) Minor takes and uses of surface water – take and use of surface water (Rule 54). This Rule is 

changed by Change 6. Existing takes of no more 20m 3 /day from surface water may occur in 

this catchment. This Rule is limited by Change 6 in that it does not allow any new takes. On 

this basis while existing uses may continue, there is no permitted baseline for new surface 

water takes. 

(26) Minor diversions – Diversion of water (Rule 56). Diversion of water may occur in a catchment 

less than 50 ha in area, or; where the diversion remains within the bed, or; where no more 

than 10% of flow is diverted for no more than 100m. Other conditions limit circumstances for 

diversion. This Rule does provide a baseline for diversion of water. 

(27) Lawfully established diversions‐ Diversion of water (Rule 57). Once lawfully established a 

diversion may continue. This relies on other rules to enable the diversion. Not directly 

relevant to any aspect of the proposal. 

(28) Diversion and discharge of water in an artificial water course – Diversion of water, discharge to 

water (Rule 58). Provides for diversion within artificial water course such as irrigation canals. 

May enable works within distribution races once established. 

(29) Transfer of permits to take and use surface water from a lake – take and use of water (Rule 

60). Transfer of water will rely on an existing resource consent to take. Not directly relevant 

to any aspect of The Proposal. 

(30) Use of structures – Use of river bed (Rule 63). Structures lawfully established may be used. 

Establishing the activity will require a resource consent unless it is permitted by Rules. 

(31) Maintenance of structures – Use of river bed (Rule 64). Once established structures may be 

maintained, subject to conditions and standards. Would enable ongoing maintenance once 

established. The application has included ongoing maintenance within the consents package. 

(32) Removal and demolition of structures – Use of river bed (Rule 66). Not directly relevant to any 

aspect of The Proposal. 

(33) Dams, weirs and other barrier structures in rivers, lakes and artificial water courses – Use of 

river bed (Rule 67). Conditions limit catchment area and the height and size of any dam. This 

would permit a small dam on a minor catchment. This rule does provide a baseline for dams 

and damming of water. This is insignificant compared with the scale of the RWSS proposal. 


(34) River control and drainage works and structures – Use of river bed (Rule 70). Provides for 

works to be carried out by Local Authorities exercising their powers and functions. Doesn’t 

extend to HBRIC Ltd. Not directly relevant to any aspect of the proposal. 

(35) Erection and placement of other structures, including bridges, culverts and other access 

structures – (Rule 72). Conditions limit catchment area. This would permit erection of a 

bridge or culvert over a small stream. This may be sufficient for stock crossings required by 

proposed Rule TT1. It is not of significance to the larger storage and water supply aspects of 

the RWSS proposal. 

(36) Small scale river bed gravel extraction – Use of river bed (Rule 73). Permits up to 1m³/year of 

gravel to be extracted by hand. Small and insignificant relative to the RWSS proposal. The 

extraction proposed for offsetting effects at the mouth amounts to 3400 m³/yr. 

(37) Other disturbances of river and lake beds – Use of river bed (Rule 75). Permits activities such 

as tunnelling, drilling or excavation providing they are small in their effect. Conditions limit 

disturbance to an area of 5m². Small and insignificant relative to the RWSS proposal. 

(38) Planting of plants – Use of river bed (Rule 76). Planting is not to impede flood flows. Not to 

cause disturbance, damage or destruction of existing indigenous vegetation. May enable 

proposed off‐set planting adjacent to rivers and streams. Not to occur within 6 m of the bed of 

a river within a land drainage or flood control scheme area. This Rule does provide a 

permitted baseline for planting plants. 

(39) Rule TT1 Change 6. This rule is proposed by Change 6. If adopted it will permit the use of 

production land subject to conditions. Viewed simply, it will allow the status quo to continue 

but limit any more than minor increase in nitrate losses. But it also imposes a number of 

conditions; for example to record nutrient use, prepare nutrient budgets and management 

plans and to manage stock adjacent to rivers for phosphorous purposes. And it indicates that 

the cumulative effect of use of production land must not exceed standards set for surface 

water in Table 5.1.9B or for groundwater in Table 5.9.2. The standards identified in these 

tables set a permitted baseline for water quality in the Tukituki River Catchment. 

Rules 47, 50 and 55 are amended by Change 6. We have commented on these as they are worded in the 

publicly notified version of Change 6 but acknowledge these could be altered through the BOI’s process. 


Appendix B Existing water permits – Tukituki River Catchment 

The tables of the following pages list the existing water permits within the Tukituki River Catchment. 

The consent lists contain the codes as described in Table B‐1: 

Table B‐1: 

Consent‐type codes 

Code 

Streamdep 

Take 

Undertake 

Description 

A stream depleting groundwater take 

A direct surface water take 

A groundwater take (no minimum flow) 


Consent No. SubTypeID Purpose Consent Holder Property Address Expiry Date 

WP000464Tb UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 1559 and well no. 1229 (100 mm diameter) to irrigate 14.3 hectares of orchard Holden Hill Trust 145 Te Mata Mangateretere Road, Havelock North 31/05/2022 

WP000465T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 460 (100 mm diameter) to irrigate 4 hectares of orchard Benita & Anton Douglas Limited 481 Te Mata Mangateretere Road, Havelock North 31/05/2022 

WP000466T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 15563 (150 mm diameter) to irrigate 12 hectares of orchard Walker R O 243 Te Mata Mangateretere Road, Havelock North 31/05/2022 

WP000475T STREAMDEP to take water from well no. 15694 (100 mm diameter) to irrigate 8.4 hectares of orchard and viticulture McNeill J J & Kiddle J C 497 Te Mata Mangateretere Road, Havelock North 31/05/2014 

WP000478T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 1498 (150 mm diameter) to irrigate 5 hectares of pasture and process crops Alexander S J 405 Te Mata Mangateretere Road, Havelock North 31/05/2022 

WP000480Ta UNDERTAKE to take and use water from well no. 1756 (150 mm diameter) to irrigate 9.5 hectares of horticulture. Clayton R K 173 Te Mata Mangateretere Road, Havelock North 31/05/2022 

WP000485T STREAMDEP to take water from well no. 690 (150 mm diameter) to irrigate 12.7 hectares of orchard Kiddle I B 559 Te Mata Mangateretere Road, Havelock North 31/05/2014 

WP000490T 

UNDERTAKE 

to take water from well no. 15562 and an unknown well, coupled (100 mm diameter's) to irrigate 36.5 

hectares of viticulture 

Indevin Estates Gisborne Limited 201 Te Mata Mangateretere Road, Havelock North 31/05/2022 

WP000496T 

UNDERTAKE 

to take water from well no. 1301 (150 mm diameter) and well no. 3414 (100 mm diameter) to irrigate 6.5 

hectares of process crops 

Orton J R Thompson Road, Havelock North 31/05/2022 

WP000512T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 640 (100 mm diameter) to irrigate 3.9 hectares of orchard Cawston N P 459 Te Mata Mangateretere Road, Havelock North 31/05/2022 

WP000513T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 1926 (100 mm diameter) to irrigate 12 hectares of orchard Grand Fortune Trust 285 Te Mata Mangatere Road, Havelock North 31/05/2022 

WP000527T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 8413, no. 371 and no. 104 (100 mm diameter) to irrigate 14 hectares of orchard Grand Fortune Trust 287 & 297 Te Mata Mangateretere Road, Havelock North 31/05/2022 

WP000528T STREAMDEP to take water from well no. 808 (100 mm diameter) to irrigate 10 hectares of orchard Curkovic M & D 433 Te Mata Mangateretere Road, Havelock North 31/05/2014 

WP000530T STREAMDEP to take water from well no. 1709 (100 mm diameter) to irrigate 6.1 hectares of orchard Lawrence W G 491 Te Mata Mangateretere Road, Havelock North 31/05/2014 

WP000540T STREAMDEP to take water from well no. 2535 (250 mm diameter) to irrigate 3 hectares of viticulture 

Chateau Waimarama Company 

Limited 

31 Waimarama Road, Havelock North 31/05/2014 

WP000541T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 869 (150 mm diameter) to irrigate 7.8 hectares of orchard Till A J T Te Mata Mangateretere Road, Mangateretere 31/05/2022 

WP000562T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 529 (100 mm diameter) to irrigate 6 hectares of process crops Reid J G & J F Partnership 387 Te Mata Mangateretere Road, Havelock North 31/05/2022 

WP000563T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 15693 (100 mm diameter) to irrigate 4.8 hectares of orchard Reid J G & J F Partnership 435 Te Mata Mangateretere Road, Havelock North 31/05/2022 

WP000576Ta 

UNDERTAKE 

to take and use water from well no. 15530 (100 mm diameter) for the purpose of irrigating 12 hectares of 

horticulture and crops 

WP000579T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 2580 (150 mm diameter) to irrigate 8 hectares of viticulture 

WP000580T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 2954 (200 mm diameter) to irrigate 8 hectares of orchard 

Te Koha Organics Limited 218 Te Mata Mangateretere Rd, Havelock North 31/05/2022 

Loughlin Viticulture & Consulting 

Limited 


Limited 

267 Te Mata Mangateretere Road, Havelock North 31/05/2022 


WP000639T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 389 (150 mm diameter) to irrigate 6 hectares of orchard Manzana Jacks Limited 325 Te Mata Mangateretere Road, Havelock North 31/05/2022 

WP000640T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 22 (100 mm diameter) to irrigate 5 hectares of orchard Tomorrow Trust 457 Te Mata Mangateretere Road, Havelock North 31/05/2022 

WP010026T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 149 (100 mm diameter) to irrigate 4 hectares of process crops Speeden M P & L M 353 Te Mata Mangateretere Road, Havelock North 31/05/2022 

Existing water permits within the Tukituki River Catchment

WP010119T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 2987 and no. 15165 (100 mm diameter) to irrigate 10 hectares of orchard Du Cap Limited 68 Tennant Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP010146T STREAMDEP to take water from well no. 15620 (100 mm diameter) to irrigate 4.8 hectares orchard and viticulture Osborne H V & M J 103 River Road, Havelock North 31/05/2014 

WP010160T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 15566 (100 mm diameter) to irrigate 8 hectares of process crops Strathclyde Partnership 198 Te Mata Mangateretere Road, Havelock North 31/05/2022 

WP010247T STREAMDEP to take water from well no. 1241 (150 mm diameter) to irrigate 2.5 hectares of viticulture Cunningham G J & J E 33 Waimarama Road, Havelock North 31/05/2014 

WP010309T 

UNDERTAKE 

to take water from well no. 4584 (150 mm diameter) to supply water to a 12‐section subdivision for 

domestic, stock and irrigation purposes 

Tuki Tuki Hills Residents Group PWS ‐ Tuki Tuki Hills Road 31/05/2025 

WP010316Ta 

UNDERTAKE 

to take and use water from well no. 2624 (150 mm diameter) to irrigate 8 hectares of pasture, and to fill a 

reservoir for subsequent irrigation and frost protection of viticulture, pasture and trees. 

Drabble J J 213 Waimarama Road, Havelock North 31/05/2022 

WP010423T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 1089 (100 mm diameter) to irrigate 6.4 hectares of orchard Grand Fortune Trust 315 Te Mata Mangateretere Road, Havelock North 31/05/2022 

WP010427T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 15692 (100 mm diameter) to irrigate 9 hectares of orchard The McNamara Trust 367 Te Mata‐Mangateretere Road, Havelock North 31/05/2022 

WP010500Ta 

STREAMDEP 

to take and use water from well no. 1277 (150 mm diameter) to irrigate 4.5 hectares of horticulture and 1.7 


Cranwell D F & M E 35 River Road, Havelock North 31/05/2014 

WP030584T 

STREAMDEP 

to take water from well no. 15047 (1200 mm diameter) adjacent to a tributary of the Waipawa River to 

irrigate 10 ha of crops 

Buckeridge M W 80 Tapairu Road, Waipawa 31/05/2013 

WP030596Ta UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 2041 (200 mm diameter) to irrigate 80 hectares of process crops Katoa Farm Limited 480 Speedy Road, Takapau 31/05/2025 

WP030607Ta 

STREAMDEP 

to take water from well no. 4902 (250 mm diameter) adjacent to the Tukituki River for the irrigation of 30 

hectares of viticulture and 60 hectares of process crops 

Tukituki Limited Matangi Road, Havelock North 31/05/2014 

WP030609Ta 

TAKE 

to take water from well no. 2747 (750 mm diameter), well no. 3092 (1000 mm diameter) well no. 4411 (900 

mm diameter) adjacent to the Tukituki River, and to take water from a gallery in the bed of the Tukituki 

River, to use for the irrigation of 117 hectares of pasture 

Tuki Tuki Awa Limited 406 Tukituki Road, Takapau 31/05/2013 

WP030618Ta UNDERTAKE To take water and use from well no. 3159 (150 mm diameter) to irrigate 16 hectares of crops and pasture Waireka Trust Drumpeel Road, Otane 31/05/2014 

WP030621Tb 

UNDERTAKE 

to take water from well no: 4295 (300 mm diameter) to irrigate part of 613 hectares of pasture and process 

crops 

Dacre Farm Family Trust 562 Butler Road, Tikokino 31/05/2025 

WP030623Ta UNDERTAKE to take water fromwell no. 4685 and well no. 1426 (250 mm diameters) to irrigate 75 hectares of pasture Holden D D 1730 State Highway 50, Ongaonga 31/05/2015 

WP030628Ta UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 4128 (150 mm diameter) to irrigate 5.3 hectares of golf greens Takapau Golf Club Incorporated Charlotte Street, Takapau 31/05/2015 

WP030629Ta UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 3434 (150 mm diameter) to irrigate 2.4 hectares of nursery Pacey D J & S C 1142 Ashcott Road, Ongaonga 31/05/2015 

WP030648T 

STREAMDEP 

to take water from well no. 2364 (300 mm diameter) adjacent to the Tukituki River to irrigate 13.5 hectares 

of orchard 

Corbett J C & S G Partnership 103 Mount Herbert Road, Waipukurau 31/05/2013 

WP030649T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 1697 (250 mm diameter) to irrigate 6.8 hectares of process crops and pasture S J Wilson Trust Speedy Road, Takapau 31/05/2025 

WP030656T 

STREAMDEP 

to take water from well no. 4902 (250 mm diameter) adjacent to the Tukituki River to supply water to a 

maximum of twelve rural‐residential properties 

Tukituki Limited Matangi Road, Havelock North 31/05/2014 

WP030661Tb UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 4820 (200 mm diameter) to irrigate 152 hectares of crops and pasture Ashburn Farm Limited Burnside Road, Takapau 31/05/2015 

WP030668T 

STREAMDEP 

to take water from a 150 mm well (No. 4495) adjacent to the Tukituki River to irrigate 3.5 hectares of olives 

and almonds 

Tukituki Olives Limited 1438 Tukituki Road, Havelock North 31/05/2013 


WP030669Tc UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 5687 (300 mm diameter) to irrigate 101 hectares of orchards and crops 

Addavale Farming Company 

Limited 

1041 Tikokino Road, Waipawa 31/05/2025 

WP030670Ta UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 4167 (350 mm diameter) to irrigate 200 hectares of crops and pasture Drumpeel Land Co Limited 339 Drumpeel Road, Otane 31/05/2014 

WP030679Ta 

UNDERTAKE 

to take water from well no. 1518 (200 mm diameter) to provide a supply of domestic/stock water to 

adjoining properties 

Ingleton Farms Limited 1689 Tikokino Road, Tikokino 31/05/2015 

WP030680Tb 

UNDERTAKE 

to take and use water from well no. 1482 (250 mm diameter) well no. 1518 (200 mm diameter) and well 

no's 3870 & 4122 (300 mm diameters) to irrigate 360 hectares of pasture and for use in a dairy shed 

Ingleton Farms Limited State Highway 50, Tikokino Road & Makaroro Road, Tikokino 31/05/2015 

WP030681Tb 

UNDERTAKE 

to take and use water from well no. 4593 (300 mm diameter) to irrigate 120 hectares of pasture and process 

crops and for use in a dairy shed 

Ingleton Farms Limited 1689 Tikokino Road, Tikokino 31/05/2015 

WP030682Tb UNDERTAKE to take water from a 250 mm bore (No. 1859) to irrigate part of 125 hectares of crops and pasture Papawai Partnership 1041 State Highway 50, Ongaonga 31/05/2015 

WP030684T 

STREAMDEP 

to take water from well no. 2902 (100 mm diameter) adjacent to the Mangaonuku Stream to irrigate 20 ha 

of crops and pasture 

Tuturo Farm Limited 103 Argyll East Road, Waipawa 31/05/2013 

WP030685Ta UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 2077 (150 mm diameter) to irrigate 20 hectares of nursery Colin Schaw Family Trust Cnr State Highway 50 & Matheson Road, Tikokino 31/05/2015 

WP030689Ta 

UNDERTAKE 

to take water from well no. 4604 and well no. 4654 (200 mm diameters) to irrigate up to 116 hectares of 

pasture and crops 

K A D D Farming Limited 3361 State Highway 2, Takapau 31/05/2025 

WP030692Ta UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 3594 (150 mm diameter) to irrigate 20 hectares of pasture and crops Finlay G C & J A 4 Charlotte Street, Takapau 31/05/2015 

WP030696Ta 

UNDERTAKE 

to take water from well no. 1836, no. 1837 (200 mm diameters) and well no. 1900 (250 mm diameter) to 

irrigate 56 ha of pasture 

Greville R H & S D Station Road, Maharakeke 31/05/2025 

WP030697T 

UNDERTAKE 

to take water from well no. 15036 (50 mm diameter) and well no. 1378 (100 mm diameter) to irrigate 1.2 

hectares of pasture 

Symmans R C Patangata Road, Otane 31/05/2014 

WP030698T 

UNDERTAKE 

to take water from well no. 15037 (75 mm diameter) and well no. 15038 (450 mm diameter) to irrigate 3 

hectares of horticulture 

Priest M G & J M 36 Rochfort Street, Otane 31/05/2014 

WP030699Tb UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 2911 (200 mm diameter) to irrigate part of 285 hectares of process crops Chapman Group Limited 192 Station Road, Takapau 31/05/2025 

WP030701T 

WP030709T 

WP030710Ta 

STREAMDEP 

STREAMDEP 

UNDERTAKE 

to take from well no. 2064 (150 mm diameter) adjacent to the Waipawa River to irrigate 15 hectares of 

orchard 

to take water from well no. 2063 (150 mm diameter) close to the Waipawa River to irrigate 18 hectares of 

horticulture 

to take water from well no's 2242, 2277, 2278 and 2246 (250 mm diameters) to irrigate 157 hectares of 

horticulture 

WP030711Ta UNDERTAKE to take water from a 150 mm bore (No. 4418) to irrigate 44.5 hectares of olives 

WP030712Ta UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 4418 (150 mm diameter) to irrigate 44.18 hectares of horticulture 

WP030713T 

STREAMDEP 

to take water from well no. 2830 (356 mm diameter) adjacent to the Tukituki River to irrigate 11 hectares of 

orchard 

WP030714Ta UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 3882 (250 mm diameter) to irrigate 37 hectares of crops 

Ocean 21 Group Limited 104 Pourerere Road, Waipawa 31/05/2013 

Delugar A D & D H Pourerere Road & Rathbone Street, Waipawa 31/05/2013 

Mr Apple New Zealand Limited 1231 Tikokino Road, Tikokino 31/05/2025 

Ruataniwha Water Company 

Limited 

Ruataniwha Water Company 

Limited 

Mount Herbert Properties 

Limited 

Sandford Pastoral Holdings 

Limited 

Caldwell Road, Ongaonga 31/05/2015 

Caldwell Road, Ongaonga 31/05/2015 

Mount Herbert Road, Waipukurau 31/05/2013 

Cnr Matheson Road & State Highway 50, Tikokino 31/05/2015 

WP030717T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 2704 (200 mm diameter) to irrigate 7.6 hectares of pasture Waipukurau Jockey Club Inc Racecourse Road, Waipukurau 31/05/2015 

WP030724Ta UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 1475 (200 mm diameter) to irrigate 40 hectares of crops Maramarua Farms Limited Cnr State Highway 50 & Wakarara Road, Ongaonga 31/05/2015 

WP030730T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 15035 (150 mm diameter) to irrigate 4 hectares of crops Irwin Family Trust 241 Drumpeel Road, Otane 31/05/2014 


WP030731Tb UNDERTAKE to take water from well no.1381 (200 mm diameter) to irrigate 28 hectares of pasture and crops. Dermer R A & M I Oruawharo Road, Takapau 31/05/2015 

WP030732Tb UNDERTAKE to take water from well no: 4672 (300 mm diameter) to irrigate part of 613 hectares of crops and pasture Dacre Farm Family Trust 430 Butler Road, Tikokino 31/05/2025 

WP030738Ta UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 2136 (200 mm diameter) to irrigate 2 hectares of pasture McIntyre P J & H M 4227 State Highway 2, Takapau 31/05/2015 

WP030753Tb 

UNDERTAKE 

to to take water from a 200 mm bore (No. 2044) and a 250 mm bore (No. 1656) to irrigate 18.5 hectares of 

orchard. For the period 1 October 2012 until 31st May 2015 

Riverside No. 2 Trust 267 Ashcott Road, Waipukurau 31/05/2025 

WP030754T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 2031 (200 mm diameter) to irrigate 8 hectares of playing fields Central Hawke's Bay College Tavistock Road, Waipukurau 31/05/2015 

WP030759Tb 

UNDERTAKE 

to take water from well no. 4563 (250 mm diameter) to irrigate 50 hectares of pasture, crops, and for cow 

shed wash down 

Newman Family Trust 314 Te Kura Road, Otane 31/05/2014 

WP030762Ta UNDERTAKE to take water from well no 4373 (250 mm diameter) to irrigate 44 hectares of pasture Newman Family Trust Aupaki Road, Otane 31/05/2014 

WP030763T 

STREAMDEP 

to take water from well no. 15041 (1.07 m diameter) adjacent to the Tukituki River, to irrigate 23 hectares 

of crops and pasture 

Harding M B 298 Lindsay Road, Waipukurau 31/05/2013 

WP030764T 

STREAMDEP 

to take water from well no. 2181 and no. 2182 (200 mm diameter) adjacent to the Tukituki River to provide 

a rural house and stock water supply to 47 properties on Farm Road 

Farm Road Water Supply Limited PWS ‐ Farm Road, Waipukurau 31/05/2013 

WP030768Tb 

UNDERTAKE 

to take water from well no. 1380 (250 mm diameter) to irrigate 55 hectares of crops and 5 hectares of 

pasture 

Glen Athol Holdings Limited Tikokino Road, Waipawa 31/05/2025 

WP030771Tb UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 3204 (300 mm diameter) to irrigate 120 hectares pasture and process crops Philip George KING & Company 1365 Tikokino Road, Waipawa 31/05/2025 

WP030772Ta UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 3104 (300 mm diameter) to irrigate 46 hectares of horticulture Bostock Organic Orchard Trust 477 Swamp Road, Waipawa 31/05/2025 

WP030773T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 2387 (150 mm diameter) to irrigate 10 hectares of horticulture 

Perthshire Farms Land Company 

Limited 

Ford Road, Waipukurau 31/05/2015 

WP030775T 

STREAMDEP 

to take water from well no. 15107, well no. 15108 and well no. 15109 (450 mm diameters) adjacent to the 

Tukituki River to provide a public water supply for Waipukurau Township 

Central Hawke's Bay District 

Council 

PWS ‐ Waipukurau Township, River Reserve adjacent to SH 2, 

Waipukurau 

31/05/2028 

WP030776T 

STREAMDEP 

to take water from well no. 1461 (200 mm diameter) adjacent to the Tukituki River to irrigate part of 5.5 

hectares of playing fields 


Council 

Russell Park, off River Terrace, Waipukurau 31/05/2013 

WP030780Ta UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 4656 (200 mm diameter) to irrigate up to 80 hectares of pasture deLautour W B & S H 3361 State Highway 2, Takapau 31/05/2025 

WP030786Ta UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 2160 (250 mm diameter)to irrigate 36 hectares of horticulture Kiwi Farming Trust 399 State Highway 50, Tikokino 31/05/2015 

WP030787Ta 

UNDERTAKE 


hectares of horticulture 

Mr Apple New Zealand Limited Te Papa Road Orchard, State Highway 50, Ongaonga 31/05/2015 

WP030789Tb 

UNDERTAKE 

to take water from bore no. 1383 (300 mm diameter) to irrigate 28 hectares of horticulture. For the period 1 

October 2012 until 31st May 2015 

Riverside No. 2 Trust Ashcott Road, Waipukurau 31/05/2025 

WP030793Ta 

UNDERTAKE 

to take water from well no. 1452 (300 mm diameter) no. 1880, (250 mm diameters) and well no. 2043 (200 

mm diameter) to irrigate 186.1 hectares of orchard 

Mr Apple New Zealand Limited Cnr Wakarara & Plantation Roads, Ongaonga 31/05/2025 

WP030799Ta UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 4882 (300 mm diameter) to irrigate 240 hectares of pasture Epic Agriculture Limited 958 Ashcott Road, Ongaonga 31/05/2015 

WP030804Tb UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 3155 (300 mm diameter) to irrigate up to 170 hectares of crops and pasture Leafield Farms Limited 605 Elsthorpe Road, Otane 31/05/2014 

WP030808Ta UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 1430 (200 mm diameter) to irrigate 30 hectares of crops Rawhiti Dairies Limited 1881 State Highway 50, Ongaonga 31/05/2015 

WP030809Ta UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 1394 (250 mm diameter) to irrigate 69 hectares of crops Buchanan Trust No. 2 State Highway 50, Ongaonga 31/05/2015 


WP030810Tb 

UNDERTAKE 

to take and use water from well no. 4049 (300 mm diameter) for use in a dairy shed and to irrigate 60 


WP030816T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 1762 (150 mm diameter) for a Public Water Supply to Takapau Township 

Stockade Pastoral Farms Limited Swamp Road, Waipawa 31/05/2025 


Council 

PWS ‐ Sydney Terrace, Takapau 31/05/2015 

WP030817T 

STREAMDEP 

to take water from well no. 2402 (375 mm diameter) adjacent to the Waipawa River to provide a public 

water supply to Waipawa and Otane townships 


Council 

PWS ‐ Otane & Waipawa, Johnston Street, Waipawa 31/05/2028 

WP030819T 

STREAMDEP 

to take water from well no. 10919 (1600 mm diameter) adjacent to the Tukituki River to irrigate 20 hectares 

of viticulture and use in a café/function centre and winery 

Pukeora Estate Limited Pukeora Senic Road, Waipukurau 31/05/2013 

WP030823Ta 

UNDERTAKE 

to take water from well no. 3852 (200 mm diameter) to irrigate 40 hectares of potatoes and 60 hectares of 

process crops 

Anderson Agriculture Limited Burnside Road, Takapau 31/05/2015 

WP030827Ta 

UNDERTAKE 

to take and use water from a 300 mm bore (No. 4489) to irrigate 456 hectares of process crops and to use in 

a dairy shed 

Rawhiti Dairies Limited 1056 Ashcott Road, Waipukurau 31/05/2015 

WP030832Tb UNDERTAKE to take water from well no: 1826 (200 mm diameter) to irrigate 100 hectares of crops and pasture Nochi Trust 771 Wakarara Road, Ongaonga 31/05/2015 

WP030863T 

STREAMDEP 

to take water from well no. 4163 (300 mm diameter) adjacent to a tributary of the Waipawa River to 

irrigate 100 hectares of pasture 


WP030864Tb UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 1379 (250 mm diameter) to irrigate 101 hectares of orchards and crops 

WP040037Tb 

UNDERTAKE 

to take water from well no’s 4913 and 4722 (200 mm diameters) to irrigate 40 hectares of pasture and 

crops 


Limited 


Kiriwai Trust Ashcott Road, Takapau 31/05/2015 

WP040134Tb UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 15504 (100 mm diameter) to irrigate 11 hectares of viticulture Ashworth J C State Highway 2, Takapau 31/05/2015 

WP040176T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 2160 (250 mm diameter) to frost protect 36 hectares of horticulture Kiwi Farming Trust 399 State Highway 50, Tikokino 31/05/2015 

WP040177T 

UNDERTAKE 

to take water from well no. 2043, no. 1880, no. 1881 (250 mm diameters) and well no. 1452 (300 mm 

diameter) to frost protect 186.1 hectares of horticulture 

Mr Apple New Zealand Limited Cnr Wakarara & Plantation Roads, Ongaonga 31/05/2025 

WP040178T 

UNDERTAKE 

to take water from 4 x 250mm bores (Nos. 2277, 2278, 2246, 2242) to frost protect 157 hectares of 

horticulture 


WP040179T 

UNDERTAKE 

to take water from a 250mm bore (No. 2219) and a 300mm bore (No. 2933) to frost protect 116 hectares of 

orchard 

Mr Apple New Zealand Limited Te Papa Road Orchard, State Highway 50, Ongaonga 31/05/2015 

WP040193Tc 

UNDERTAKE 

to take water from well no. 3854 (250 mm diameter) to irrigate 134 hectares of pasture and to supply water 

to a dairy shed 

Cesped Lands Limited State Highway 2, Takapau 31/05/2025 

WP040260Ta UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 4840 (300 mm diameter) to irrigate 20 hectares of viticulture Wilson A J & S C 123 Tod Road, Otane, Central Hawke's Bay 31/05/2014 

WP040261T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 4840 (300 mm diameter) to frost protect 9.8 hectares of viticulture Wilson A J & S C 123 Tod Road, Otane, Central Hawke's Bay 31/05/2014 

WP040270Tb UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 15431 (250 mm diameter) to irrigate 40 hectares Awassi NZ Land Holdings Limited Butler Road, Tikokino 31/05/2025 

WP040349T UNDERTAKE to take water from a 100 mm well (No. 2877) to irrigate 8 hectares of crops John Bostock Properties Limited 41 Tukituki Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP040360T UNDERTAKE to take water from a 75 mm well (No. 15166) to irrigate 7 hectares of orchard Dowling C D & W L Family Trust 20 Palomino Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP040362T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 1154 (100 mm diameter) to irrigate 12.31 hectares of orchard 

Gloria & Martin Stafford Family 

Trust 

44 Tennant Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP040363T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 2262 (150 mm diameter) to irrigate 4 hectares of horticulture Double M Family Trust 80 Millar Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP040397T UNDERTAKE to take water from a 100 mm well (No. 2925) to irrigate 4 hectares of horticulture Maurenbrecher A L & J H 52 Raymond Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 


WP040398T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 140 and well no. 1472 (100 mm diameters) to irrigate 25 hectares of crops Taylor R B & D C 115 Tennants Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP040401Ta 

UNDERTAKE 

to take water from well no. 929, no. 825 and no. 1268 (100 mm diameter) to irrigate 20 hectares of 

horticulture 

Purple Chicken Limited 42 Raymond Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP040402T UNDERTAKE to take water fromwell no. 2236 and well no. 15158 (100 mm diameters) to irrigate 9.8 hectares of orchard Aporonui Orchard Limited 75 Palomino Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP040424T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 1264 (100 mm diameter) to irrigate 8 hectares of orchard McDonald D R & McDonald G L Palomino Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP040425T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 3065 (100 mm diameter) to irrigate 4.45 hectares of orchard McDonald D R & McDonald G L Palomino & Tukituiki Roads, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP040452T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 2416 (100 mm diameter) to irrigate 8 hectares of crops Kent Family Trust 64 Parkhill Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP040453T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 836 (100 mm diameter) to irrigate 8.5 hectares of orchard Bray Kopje Trust 173 Tukituki Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP040496Ta UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 5015 (200 mm diameter) to irrigate 12.4 hectares of orchard Greenfield Horticulture Limited 392 Tukituki Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP040510T UNDERTAKE to take water from a 100 mm well (No. 1583) to provide domestic water for a 12 section sub‐division Western Water Company Limited PWS ‐ Cnr Tukituki & Raymond Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP040512T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 3550 (100 mm diameter) to irrigate 8 hectares of pipfruit La Plaisante Trust 81 Tennant Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP040519T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 2795 (100 mm diameter) to irrigate 13 hectares of viticulture Harding Family Trust 18 Tukituki Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP040522Ta 

UNDERTAKE 

to take and use water from well no. 2714 (100 mm diameter) and well no. 4009 (80 mm) for the purpose of 

irrigating 23 hectares of orchard and spray fill 

Wattie B J 228 Tukituki Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP040531Ta 

STREAMDEP 

to take water from well no. 1427 (200 mm diameter) adjacent to the Tukituki River to irrigate 40 hectares of 

process crops 

David Phillips Limited Blind Road, Havelock North 31/05/2025 

WP040543T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 1502 (100 mm diameter) to irrigate 8.6 hectares of horticulture Lo A M T Tukituki Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP040556Ta 

STREAMDEP 

to take water from a shallow well no. 2413 (250 mm diameter) adjacent to the Tukituki River to irrigate 30 


McGregor B A & J D Family Trust 279 MacKenzie Road, Kahuranaki 31/05/2025 

WP040557Tb UNDERTAKE to take and use water from well no. 2049 (100 mm) to irrigate up to 24.1 hectares of process crops F J Moughan & Sons Limited 140 Tukituki Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP050009Ta UNDERTAKE to take water from a 100 mm well (No. 973) to irrigate 10 hectares of pasture and process crops Clive Grange Trust 175 Tukituki Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP050010T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 2014 (100 mm diameter) to irrigate 12 hectares of pasture Clive Grange Trust 119 Raymond Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP050051T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 4 (100 mm diameter) to irrigate 8.9 hectares of orchard Snijders J 94 Raymond Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP050065T UNDERTAKE to take water from a 150 mm well (No. 1993) to irrigate 3.24 hectares of horticulture 

Ormond B A, Williams M W & 

Turner R J 

507 Tukituki Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP050070T UNDERTAKE to take water from a 100 mm well (No. 885) to irrigate 12.5 hectares of orchard and viticulture Waitaha Heights No.2 Trust Parkhill Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP050088T UNDERTAKE to take water from well No. 5009 (300 mm diameter) to frost protect 12.5 hectares of kiwifruit Waitaha Heights No.2 Trust 37 Parkhill Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP050099T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 15182 (50 mm diameter) to irrigate 1.25 hectares of orchard Riley C & Logan‐Riley A 52 Beach Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP050118Ta UNDERTAKE to take water from a 200 mm bore (No. 3866) to irrigate 10.4 hectares of pasture and crops Hutt G M State Highway 50, Ongaonga 31/05/2015 

WP050147T UNDERTAKE to take water from a 100 mm well (No. 2332) to irrigate 4.0 hectares of viticulture Brackenridge Trust 327 Mill Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 


WP050151T UNDERTAKE to take water from two 75 mm wells (No. 15149 & No. 15150) to irrigate 9 hectares of orchard Ashley Woodward Partnership 42 Palomino Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP050153Tb UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 15178 (100 mm diameter) to irrigate 10 hectares of orchard Coxco Apples (HB) Limited 468 Lawn Road, Clive 31/05/2025 

WP050154Ta UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 15169 (75 mm diameter) to irrigate part of 10.5 hectares of crops Jaisalmer Partnership 80 Tukituki Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP050159T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 379 (100 mm diameter) to irrigate 10 hectares of crops Harrison (B J) Children's Trust 214 Tukituki Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP050170T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 15175 (100 mm diameter) to irrigate 14.2 hectares of viticulture Pernod Ricard New Zealand Mill Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP050173Tb UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 3655 (150 mm diameter) to irrigate 39.5 hectares of viticulture Pernod Ricard New Zealand 482 Tukituki Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP050179T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 310 (100 mm diameter) to irrigate 0.5 hectare of nursery Wellmac Properties Limited 66 Tukituki Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP050185T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 3318 (100 mm diameter) to irrigate 8 hectares of horticulture Coxco Apples (HB) Limited Tukituki Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP050187T 

UNDERTAKE 


hectares of horticulture and 1 hectare of pasture 

Stonehaven Trust 80 Raymond Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP050193Tc 

UNDERTAKE 

to take water from three wells No.s 1187 (200 mm diameter), 15176 and 15263 (100 mm diameters) to 

provide a public water supply to Haumoana and Te Awanga 

Hastings District Council PWS ‐ Beach Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP050270T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 903 (100 mm diameter) to irrigate 6 hectares of horticulture Slui J & A M 257 Tukituki Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP050271T 

UNDERTAKE 

to take water from well no. 2097 (150 mm diameter) to irrigate 10 hectares of horticulture and market 

garden. 

Slui J & A M Moore Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP050272T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 15180 (75 mm diameter) to irrigate 3 hectares of crops Van Der Spek P & A 540 Lawn Road, East Clive 31/05/2025 

WP050288T 

UNDERTAKE 

to take water from well no 15161, no. 15162 (75 mm diameters) and well no. 15160 (50 mm diameter) to 

irrigate 6.7 hectares of orchard and viticulture 

McNamara Family Trust 368 Lawn Road, Matahiwi 31/05/2025 

WP050346T 

STREAMDEP 

to take water from well No. 4966 (diameter 100 mm) adjacent to the Tukituki River to provide a 14‐20 lot 

subdivision with domestic water and irrigation for establishing trees 

Eastwick Land Holdings & 

Andrew Coltart Family Trust 

361 Kahuranaki Road, Havelock North 31/05/2025 

WP050396T UNDERTAKE to take water from well No. 15242 (75 mm diameter) to irrigate 6 hectares of crops/pasture 

Cecil David Averill & Joanne 

Patricia Moore Family Trust 


WP050518Ta 

STREAMDEP 

to take water from the Waipawa‐Mate Stream via well no. 2543 (300 mm diameter) and directly from the 

Kahahakuri Stream to irrigate up to 127 hectares of pasture and crops 

Jones Family Trust 879 Ongaonga Road, Ruataniwha 31/05/2013 

WP060005T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 4761 (300 mm diameter) to irrigate 130 hectares of pasture Stockade Pastoral Farms Limited Ongaonga Road, Waipawa 31/05/2025 

WP060045Ta UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 5167 (250 mm diameter) to irrigate 85 hectares of crops and pasture Ingleton Farms Limited 36 Butler Road, Tikokino 31/05/2015 

WP060284T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 5435 (200mm diameter) to irrigate 32 hectares of pasture Ashton Family Trust 601 Lindsay Road, Waipukurau 31/05/2024 

WP060342T 

UNDERTAKE 

to take water from well no. 5394 (100 mm diameter), well no. 5421 (125 mm diameter), well no. 5534 (125 

mm diameter), well no. 5537 (125 mm diameter),to frost protect 8.2 hectares of viticulture 

Harding Family Trust 18 Tukituki Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP060375Ta UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 5392 (300 mm diameter) to irrigate 240 hectares of pasture Nochi Trust 682 Wakarara Road, Ongaonga 31/05/2025 

WP060377Ta UNDERTAKE to take and use water from well no. 10849 (100 mm diameter), to irrigate 13 hectares of orchard Mr Apple New Zealand Limited 494 Lawn Road, Hastings 31/05/2025 


WP060415T 

UNDERTAKE 

to take water from well no. 5389 (150 mm diameter) to irrigate woodland garden and to supply a function 

centre. 

Gibson Family Trust Gwavas Garden, 5740 State Highway 50, Tikokino 31/05/2015 

WP060521Ta UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 3655 (150 mm diameter) to fill a reservoir, for later use for frost protection Pernod Ricard New Zealand 482 Tukituki Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP060588Ta 

UNDERTAKE 

to take water from well no. 5598 (125 mm diameter) and well no 5559 (125 mm diameter) to frost protect 

7.4 hectares of viticulture 

Pernod Ricard New Zealand Mill Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP060704T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 15343 (75 mm diameter) to irrigate 1.5 hectares of pipfuit Fuller T E 316 Tukituki Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP070076T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 5497 (300 mm diameter) to irrigate 92 hectares of pasture within the Ingleton Farms Limited Cnr Tikokino & Makaroro Roads, Tikokino 31/05/2017 

WP070139T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 1132 ( 100mm diameter) to irrigate 4.9 hectares of viticulture Coory Family Trust 278 Tukutuki Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP070262Tb UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 5419 (300 mm diameter) to irrigate 400 hectares of pasture and/or crops Gray Bros Limited Fairfield Road, Ruataniwha, Waipawa 31/05/2027 

WP070373T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 2795 (100 mm diameter) to frost protect 4 hectares of viticulutre Harding Family Trust 18 Tukituki Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP070385T 

UNDERTAKE 

to take water from well no. 5649 (150 mm diameter) to irrigate 10 hectares of process crops and 6 


WP070428T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 5099 (250 mm diameter) to provide a supply of water to a meat works 

WP070434T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 1919 (100 mm diameter) to irrigate 8.1 hectares of pip fruit 

Tennant's Bend Farm Limited 112 Tennant Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

Bernard Matthews New Zealand 

Limited 

Gloria & Martin Stafford Family 

Trust 

Cook Street, Waipukurau 31/05/2025 


WP070495T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 10727 (100 mm diameter) to irrigate 4 hectares of process crop R B & D C Taylor Partnership Corner Tukituki & Tennant Roads, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP080222Te 

TAKE 

to take water from the Tukituki River via a gallery, or from well 1792 (356 mm diameter), to irrigate 10 

hectares of viticulture, stone fruit, passion fruit, pasture and crops 

Sarah Lauren Trust Waimarama Road, Havelock North 31/05/2013 

WP080223Td 

TAKE 

to take water from the Tukituki River via a gallery, or from well no. 1792 (356 mm diameter), to frost 

protect 10 hectares of viticulture, passion fruit and stone fruit 

Sarah Lauren Trust Waimarama Road, Havelock North 31/05/2013 

WP080317T STREAMDEP to take water from well no’s 5845 and 5846 (150 mm diameters) to frost protect 4 hectares of viticulture Coory Family Trust 278 Tukutuki Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP080319T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no 5759 (300 mm diameter) to irrigate 10 hectares of horticulture John Bostock Properties Limited 41 Tukituki Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP080320T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no.5759 (300 mm diameter) to frost protect 10 hectares of horticulture John Bostock Properties Limited 41 Tukituki Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP080375T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 5649 (150 mm diameter) to frost protect 5 hectares of viticulture Tennant's Bend Farm Limited 112 Tennant Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP080553T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 5723 (300mm diameter) to irrigate part of 613 hectares of pasture and crops Dacre Farm Family Trust 430 Butler Road, Tikokino 31/05/2025 

WP090073T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 5926 (200 mm diameter) for use in a pack house operation Mr Apple New Zealand Limited 14 Heta Tiki Drive, Waipawa 31/05/2015 

WP090392T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 5890 (150 mm diameter) to irrigate crops, pasture and horticulture Maynard Enterprises Limited 416 Tukituki Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP090493T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 9049 (100 mm diameter) to irrigate 2 hectares of pip fruit D T & M Huggins Partnership 233 Thompson Road, Havelock North 31/05/2022 

WP090534T 

STREAMDEP 

to take water from the Makaretu Stream via well no. 1376 (200 mm diameter) and no. 10918 (100 mm 

diameter) for club house water supply and to irrigate 47.7 ha of greens, tees and fairways 

Waipukurau Golf Club 

Incorporated 

State Highway 2, Maharakeke 31/05/2013 

WP090550T UNDERTAKE To take and use water from well no. 4110 (300 mm diameter) to irrigate 80 hectares of crops and pasture Anderson Agriculture Limited 744 Burnside Road, Takapau 31/05/2015 


WP090564T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 5997 (300 mm diameter) to irrigate part of 285 hectares of process crops Chapman Group Limited Station Road, Takapau 31/05/2013 

WP100090Ta 

UNDERTAKE 

to take and use water from well no’s 3722 and 3774 (300 mm diameters) and well no’s 1532 and 1402 (200 

mm diameters) for general dairy shed use (including shed and yard wash down and use within refrigeration 

equipment) and to irrigate part of 750 hectares of crops and pasture 

Epic Agriculture Limited 958 Ashcott Road, Takapau 31/05/2015 

WP100121T UNDERTAKE To take water from well no. 3084 (250 mm diameter) for use in a dairy shed.. Cesped Lands Limited 161 Ashley Clinton Road, Takapau 31/05/2025 

WP100149T 

STREAMDEP 

to take water from well no. 15044 (150 mm diameter) and well no. 15045 (500 mm diameter) adjacent to 

the Tukituki River to irrigate 165 hectares of pasture and crops 

Perthshire Farms Land Company 

Limited 

Ford Road, Waipukurau 31/05/2013 

WP100212T UNDERTAKE to take and use water from well no. 15158 (100 mm diameter) to frost protect 3 hectares of orchard Aporonui Orchard Limited 75 Palomino Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP100213T UNDERTAKE to take and use water from well no.15158 (100 mm diameter) to irrigate 9.8 hectares of orchard Aporonui Orchard Limited 75 Palomino Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP100314T UNDERTAKE to take water from well no. 2954 (200 mm diameter) to frost protect 2.3 hectares of viticulture 

WP100367Tb 

UNDERTAKE 

to take and use water from well no. 3495 (200 mm diameter) and 15682 (250 mm diameter) to irrigate 180 

hectares of crops 


Limited 


Haowhenua Trust East End Homewood Road, Waipawa 31/05/2015 

WP100392T 

UNDERTAKE 


hectares of pasture and process crops 

Greg Wilson Trust 

21 Plantation Road and 1343 Ongaonga Waipawa Rd, 

Ongaonga 

31/05/2015 

WP100417T 

UNDERTAKE 

to take and use water from well no. 932 (100 mm diameter) to irrigate 12 hectares of process crops and 1 

hectare of kiwifruit 

Taylor R C Beach Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP100511Ta UNDERTAKE to take and use water from well no. 4298 ( 100 mm diameter) to iririgate 15 hectares of process crops Johnson M A 79 Tennants Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP100517Tb UNDERTAKE to take and use water from well no. 15755 (300 mm diameter) to irrigate 338 hectares of pasture and crops Gray L G & M A Hobin Road, Ongaonga 31/05/2015 

WP110094Ta 

TAKE 

to take and use water from the Tukituki River via a gallery (well no. 15860, 1500 mm diameter) and well no. 

4078 (200 mm diameter) to fill a reservoir for subsequent irrigation and frost protection of 16.5 hectares of 

viticulture, lawns and trees. 

Craggy Range Vineyards Limited 253 Waimarama Road, Havelock North 31/05/2013 

WP110307T 

UNDERTAKE 

to take water from well no’s 4764 and 4830 (300 mm diameters) to use for the irrigation of 610 hectares of 

crops and pasture within the irrigation areas shown for Site 1 and Site 2 in Appendix 1, and for use in a dairy 

shed on Site 1 

Plantation Road Dairies Limited 

406 Plantation Road & Cnr Ongaonga & Plantation Roads, 

Ongaonga 

31/05/2013 

WP110315T 

UNDERTAKE 

to take and use water from well no. 5586 (300 mm diameter) for the purpose of irrigating 150 hectares of 

crops and pasture. 

Rawai Trust 2887 State Highway 50, Takapau 31/05/2018 

WP110335T UNDERTAKE to take and use water from well no. 15932 (50 mm diameter) in a diary shed. Plantation Road Dairies Limited 406 Plantation Road, Waipawa 31/05/2015 

WP110519T 

UNDERTAKE 

to take and use water from well no. 5344 (300 mm diameter) to irrigate part of 285 hectares of process 

crops 

Chapman Group Limited Station Road, Takapau 31/05/2018 

WP120349T 

UNDERTAKE 

to take water from well no. 15039 (200 mm diameter) to use for irrigation of 56 hectares of pasture and to 

take water from well no. 3528 (150 mm diameter) for use in a dairy shed 

Te Kura Family Trust 251 Te Kura Road, Otane 31/05/2018 

WP120362T UNDERTAKE to take and use water from well no. 16000 (100 mm diameter) to irrigate 9 hectares of process crops Pearce S G & E M I 63 Tennant Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP981008T STREAMDEP to take water from well no. 15046 (1200 mm diameter) to irrigate 4 hectares of crops Ashby W J & C A 131 Mount Herbert Road, Waipukurau 31/05/2013 

WP981038Ta 

UNDERTAKE 

to take water from well no's 6715, 6716,6720, 6721, 6723 and 15458 (200 mm diameters) to provide a 

water supply to the Takapau meat plant 

Silver Fern Farms Limited Fraser Road, Takapau 31/12/2018 

WP010537T TAKE to take water from the Lower Tukituki River to irrigate 30 hectares of pasture Longacre Farm 1291 Tukituki Road, Havelock North. 31/05/2014 


WP020321Ta TAKE to take water from a shallow trench adjacent to the Tukituki River to irrigate 30 hectares of pasture Camp David Trust 2501 Middle Road, Patangata 31/05/2014 

WP030382Ta 

TAKE 

to take water from an unnamed tributary of the Hawea Stream by means of two 3cm diameter pipes 

(approx) for the domestic water supply of an 11 lot subdivision 

Kahu Water Services Limited PWS ‐ Kaharanaki Station, Kaharanaki Road 31/05/2024 

WP030575T TAKE to take water from the Papanui Stream to irrigate 16 hectares of viticulture Jensen B M & J Middle Road, Otane 31/05/2013 

WP030608Ta 

TAKE 

to take water from a trench adjacent to the Waipawa River to irrigate 300 hectares of pasture and for use in 

a dairy shed 

Plantation Road Dairies Limited Plantation Road, Waipawa 31/05/2013 

WP030611T TAKE to take water from the Tukituki River to irrigate 30 hectares of horticulture Sheep City Limited River Road, Patangata 31/05/2013 

WP030635Ta TAKE to take water from the Waipawa River to irrigate 36 hectares of crops and pasture Rufus Robertson Trust 149 Makaroro Road, Tikokino 31/05/2013 

WP030636T TAKE to take water from the Waipawa‐Mate Stream to irrigate 10 hectares of crops and pasture Atkinson V C 365 Hobin Road, Waipukurau 31/05/2013 

WP030647T TAKE to take water from the Makaretu River to irrigate 57.5 hectares of pasture and or process crops Clearview Partnership Burnside Road, Takapau 31/05/2013 

WP030666T TAKE to take water from the Manga‐o‐nuku Stream to irrigate 13 hectares of viticulture Lime Rock Vineyard Limited 601 Tikokino Road, Waipawa 31/05/2013 

WP030683Ta TAKE to take water from the Kahahakuri Stream to irrigate 20 hectares of crops and pasture G R Smith Childrens Trust Ongaonga Road, & Hobin & Ongaonga Roads, Ruataniwha 31/05/2013 

WP030693T TAKE to take water from the Tukituki River to irrigate 26 hectares of viticulture McGregor E W Hautope Branch Road, Hautope 31/05/2013 

WP030694T 

TAKE 

to take water from a 1350 mm well adjacent to the Tukituki River for the water supply of Hautope 

settlement 

Hautope Water Scheme 

Incorporated 

PWS ‐ Hautope Rural Water Supply, Tamumu 31/05/2013 

WP030716Ta TAKE to take water from the Waipawa River to irrigate 13.3 hectares of pasture Cairns K R & B E 238 Pourerere Road, Waipawa 31/05/2013 

WP030718T TAKE to take water from a tributary of the Manga‐o‐nuku Stream to irrigate 40 hectares of crops and pasture 

WP030719T TAKE to take water from tributaries of the Manga‐o‐nuku Stream to irrigate 40 hectares of crops and pasture 

New Zealand Rural Property Trust 

Nominees Limited 

New Zealand Rural Property Trust 

Nominees Limited 

Tikokino & Te Onepu Roads, Argyll 31/05/2013 

Tikokino & Te Onepu Roads, Argyll 31/05/2013 

WP030725T TAKE to take water from the Tukituki River to irrigate 6 hectares of stonefruit, viticulture and nursery crops Werrey D W 43 Moore Road, Haumoana 31/05/2013 

WP030727T TAKE to take water from the Papanui Stream to irrigate 24 hectares of pasture Fox L G Middle Road, Havelock North 31/05/2013 

WP030729T TAKE to take water from the Tukituki River to irrigate 8 hectares of pasture and 4 hectares of market garden Hamilton J C 1212 Elsthorpe Road, Patangata 31/05/2013 

WP030752Tb TAKE to take water from the Mangatewai River to irrigate 105 hectares of pasture Cooper Del Este Limited State Highway 50, Takapau 31/05/2013 

WP030779T TAKE to take water from a trench adjacent to the Waipawa River to irrigate 165 hectares of pasture Franklin P C 1212 Wakarara Road, Ongaonga 31/05/2013 

WP030788Tb TAKE to take water from a tributary of the Tukipo River to irrigate 20 hectares of orchard and market garden Wilson R D 244 Ashcott Road 31/05/2013 

WP030790Tb TAKE to take water from a pond close to the Tukituki River to irrigate 10 hectares of pasture and crops Wilson R D Waipukurau Ongaonga Road 31/05/2013 

WP030818T TAKE to take water from the Waipawa River to provide a public water supply to Waipawa and Otane Townships 


Council 

PWS Waipawa & Otane Townships, Tikokino Road, Waipawa 31/05/2028 

WP030824Ta TAKE to take and use water from the Waipawa River for shingle washing Infracon Limited Waipawa Shingle Works Ongaonga Road Waipawa 31/05/2013 


WP030825T 

TAKE 

to take water from an open well (seepage hole) adjacent to the Tukituki River to wash shingle and 

manufacture ready mixed concrete 

Infracon Limited Mt Herbert Road, Waipukurau 31/05/2013 

WP030826Ta TAKE to take water from the Tukituki River to use for the irrigation of part of 600 hectares of pasture and crops Rawhiti Dairies Limited 1056 Ashcott Road, Waipukurau 31/05/2013 

WP030829Tb TAKE to take water from the Tukipo River to irrigate 10 ha of crops Anderson Agriculture Limited Makaretu Road, Ashcott 31/05/2013 

WP030842Ta TAKE to take water from a trench adjacent to the Waipawa River to irrigate 290 hectares of pasture Franklin P C 1212 Wakarara Road, Ongaonga 31/05/2013 

WP040005T 

TAKE 

to take water from an unnamed tributary of the Manga‐o‐nuku Stream to irrigate 20 hectares of crops and 

pasture 

Peter Butler Trust & Warwick 

Butler Trust 


WP040051T 

TAKE 

to take water from the Kahahakuri Stream and Waipawa‐Mate Stream to irrigate 28 hectares of process 

crops and pasture. 

Glendinning E C Hobin Road, Waipawa 31/05/2013 

WP040312T 

TAKE 

to take water from the Waipawa River by means of a suction pump fixed to floating pontoon for dust 

suppression and aggregate washing 

Winstone Aggregates Limited ‐ a 

Division of Fletcher Concrete and 

Infrastructure Limited 

State Highway 50, Waipawa River Road Bridge, Tikokino 31/05/2014 

WP040532Ta TAKE to take water from the Tukituki River to irrigate up to 155 hectares of pasture and process crops David Phillips Limited Blind Road, Havelock North 31/05/2025 

WP050017ta 

TAKE 

to take water from the lower Tukituki River to provide two existing properties and an 11 lot rural residential 

subdivision with domestic and stock water. 

Riverfield Holdings Limited Elsthorpe Road, Otane 31/05/2025 

WP050150Ta TAKE to take water from the Tukituki River by irrigate 31 hectares of pip fruit, viticulture and crops Kaiwaka Trust 407 Matangi Road, Havelock North 31/05/2025 

WP050157Ta TAKE to take water from the Tukituki River to irrigate 34 hectares of stonefruit and trees Burbury N D 73 Moore Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

WP060070Ta TAKE take water from a soak hole adjacent to the Waipawa River for purposes of washing and processing shingle Infracon Limited Waipawa River, Tikokino 31/05/2016 

WP060688T 

TAKE 

to take water from a dam of an unnamed tributary of the Kahahakuri Stream by means of a pump to fill 

holding tanks from which to irrigate 4 hectares of amenity plantings 

Nochi Trust 419 Ngaruru Road, Ongaonga 31/05/2018 

WP070587T TAKE to take water from the Tukituki River via a soakhole to irrigate 110 hectares of process crops. Pahia Trust Elsthorpe Road, Patangata 31/05/2025 

WP070659T TAKE to take water from the Tukituki River via a gallery to irrigate 80 hectares of pasture 

Bell L G R & B M, Greer S A & 

Sawers W D 

119 Cheviot Road, Patangata 31/05/2025 

WP080304T 

TAKE 

to take water from an unnamed tributary of the Papanui Stream for the purpose of a filling a storage pond 

to irrigate 90 hectares of process crops 

Waireka Trust 53 Drumpeel Road, Otane 31/05/2013 

WP080325Tc TAKE to take water from a tributary of the Tukipo River to irrigate 20 hectares of process crops Wilson G P Ashcott Road, Takapau 31/05/2013 

WP080388Tc TAKE to take water from a dam to irrigate 60 hectares of process crops Wilson G P Ashcott Road, Waipukurau 31/05/2013 

WP080420T TAKE to take water from an existing reservoir located in the Mangaonuku Stream catchment for dairy shed use Edwards B D & R B 4657 State Highway 50, Maraekakaho 31/05/2015 

WP080611T 

DAMTAKE 

to take water from a storage reservoir within the Omakere Stream catchment to irrigate up to 152 ha of 

pasture and crops 

Rangitapu Trust 335 Clareinch Road, Omakere 31/05/2025 

WP090523T TAKE to take water from the Tukituki River to use for the irrigation of part of 600 hectares of pasture and crops Rawhiti Dairies Limited 1056 Ashcott Road, Waipukurau 31/05/2013 

WP090524T TAKE to take water from the Tukituki River to use for the irrigation of part of 600 hectares of crops and pasture Rawhiti Dairies Limited 1056 Ashcott Road, Waipukurau 31/05/2013 

WP090647T TAKE to take water from a tributary of the Tukipo River to irrigate 70 hectares of pasture and process crops Wallace Family Trust Fairfield Road, Ashcott Road, Takapau 31/05/2013 


WP100159T 

STREAMDEP 

to take and use water from the Waipawa River via well no. 15040 (1200 mm diameter) for club house 

supply, to irrigate 1 hectare of golf course greens, surrounds and trees 

Waipawa Golf Club Incorporated 

& Mr Apple NZ Limited 

State Highway 2, Waipawa 31/05/2013 

WP100514T 

TAKE 

to take water from the Tukituki River, to provide a domestic supply for an 18 lot subdivision on Tukituki 

Road, Havelock North 

Arden Properties Limited WS ‐ Tukituki Road, Havelock North 31/05/2031 

WP110264T 

DAMTAKE 

To take and use water from a dam on a tributary of the Tangatupura Stream for the purpose of irrigating 35 


Elliott R L 895 Farm Road, Waipukurau 31/05/2022 

WP110302T 

TAKE 

to take and use water from an unnamed tributary of the Waipawa River to fill a water storage reservoir, for 

the subsequent irrigation of part of 145 hectares of process crops 


Limited 


WP110336T TAKE to take and use water from a trench adjacent to the Waipawa River for milk cooling. Plantation Road Dairies Limited 

406 Plantation Road & Cnr Ongaonga & Plantation Roads, 

Ongaonga 

31/05/2026 

WP120031T 

TAKE 

to take and use water from the Mangatarata Stream and a tributary of the Mangatarata Stream to fill instream 

storage dams and off‐stream reservoirs for subsequent irrigation of 81 hectares of crops and pasture 

Noetzli B A E 326 Mangatarata Road, Waipukurau 31/05/2032 

WP120326T 

TAKE 

to take and use water from a lined reservoir for irrigation and frost protection of 16.5 hectares of viticulture, 

lawns and trees 

Craggy Range Vineyards Limited 253 Waimarama Road, Havelock North 31/05/2022 

WP120333T 

TAKE 

to take and use water from an unnamed tributary of the Makaretu Stream via a reservoir for subsequent 

irrigation of 11 hectres of viticulture 

Ashworth J C Te Matau, State Highway 2, Takapau 31/05/2028 

WP130066T 

TAKE 

to take water from the Papanui Stream to use for the potable supply of Te Aute College and Pukehou School 

and associated staff dwellings 

Te Aute Trust Board Incorporated Te Aute College, State Highway 2, Pukehou 31/12/2013 

WP130117T 

TAKE 

to take and use water from the Tukituki River for the purpose of filling an off‐stream reservoir for the 

subsequent irrigation of part of 1,350 hectares of pasture and crops 

Epic Agriculture Limited 958 Ashcott Road, Ongaonga 31/05/2028 

WP940272T 

TAKE 

to take water from the Tangatupura Stream for various activities, associated with the construction and 

operation of a landfill 


Council 

Farm Road, Waipukurau 31/05/2029 


Appendix C Existing discharge permits ‐ Tukituki River Catchment 

The tables in the following pages list the existing discharge permits within the Tukituki River Catchment. 

The consent lists contain the codes as described in Table C‐1: 

Table C‐1: 

Consent‐type codes 

Code 

Air 

Land 

Water 

Description 

A discharge to air 

A discharge to land 

A discharge to water 


Consent No. Consent status Consent Sub Type Purpose Consent Holder Property Address Expiry Date 

DP000659L C LAND 

DP010180Wa C WATER 

DP010209La C LAND 



to discharge farm dairy effluent from the operation of a farm dairy for a 650 cow herd onto land, in 

circumstances which may result in the contaminant, (or any other contaminant emanating as a result of 

natural processes from that contaminant), entering water. 

to discharge stormwater from the Waipawa Substation into an open drain on Ongaonga Road, by pumping 

from a sump. 

to discharge farm dairy effluent from the operation of a farm dairy for a 1200 cow herd onto land, in 

circumstances which may result in the contaminant entering water. 

to discharge dairy farm effluent from a dairy herd of 330 cows onto land, in circumstances which may result 

in the contaminant entering water 

to discharge stormwater from a roof (2312 m2) directly into an unnamed tributary of the Tukituki River, and 

to discharge stormwater from the sealed yard (2931 m2) onto land after settlement in a sealed pond 

Tuki Dairies Limited Tukituki Road, Waipukurau 31/05/2020 

Transpower New Zealand Limited Ongaonga Road, Waipawa 31/05/2016 

Franklin P C 1212 Wakarara Road, Ongaonga 31/05/2020 

Cooper Del Este Limited 2819 State Highway 50, Takapau 31/05/2020 

Ballance Agri‐Nutrients Limited Harris Street, Waipukurau 31/05/2021 

DP020333A C AIR to discharge contaminants (odour) into air from the following activities at a meat processing facility Silver Fern Farms Limited Fraser Road, Takapau 31/12/2018 

DP030230Wb C WATER 

to discharge municipal sewage after treatment in the Otane oxidation pond to water, and to land where it 

may enter water, being an intermittently flowing un‐named tributary of the Papanui Stream 

Central Hawke's Bay District Council Lawrence Street, Otane 30/09/2015 

DP030231Wa C WATER to discharge treated municipal sewage to water associated with a sewage treatment plant Central Hawke's Bay District Council Mt Herbert Road Waipukurau 30/09/2030 

DP030232Wa C WATER to discharge treated municipal sewage to water and to land where it may enter water Central Hawke's Bay District Council Pourerere Road, Waipawa 30/09/2030 


to discharge secondary treated domestic effluent from 5 three‐bedroom houses, six two‐bedroom houses 

and a function centre ( River Room) via two common effluent disposal fields into land in circumstances 

which may result in that contaminant entering water 

The River Lodges Tukituki 1308 Tukituki Road, Havelock North 31/05/2014 


DP030579A C AIR 


to discharge combined effluent from the operation of a farm dairy and piggery onto land, in circumstances 

which may result in the contaminant, (or any other contaminant emanating as a result of natural processes 

from that contaminant), entering water. 

to discharge products of combustion into the atmosphere from one 4.8 MW, two 1.8MW and one 950 KW 

natural gas fired boilers 

to discharge effluent from the operation of a pig farm of 800 pigs onto land, in circumstances which may 

result in the contaminant (or any other contaminant emanating as a result of natural processes from that 

contaminant) entering water 

Cesped Lands Limited & Riordan JJ & VP State Highway 2, Takapau 43982 


Alder C W 616 Wakarara Road, Ongaonga 31/05/2020 

DP030858Ab C AIR contaminants (odour) associated with the operation of the Otane wastewater treatment system to air Central Hawke's Bay District Council Lawrence Street, Otane 30/09/2015 

DP030859Aa C AIR to discharge contaminants (odour) associated with a sewage treatment plant Central Hawke's Bay District Council Mt Herbert Road Waipukurau 30/09/2030 

DP030860Aa C AIR to discharge contaminants (odour) associated with a sewage treatment plant Central Hawke's Bay District Council Pourerere Road, Waipawa 30/09/2030 


to discharge secondary treated domestic effluent from a three bedroom dwelling and a one bedroom studio 

into the ground in circumstances where contaminants (or any other contaminants emanating as a result of 

natural processes from those contaminants) may enter water. 

Conway E D & Ching R N 23 Grange Road North, Haumoana 31/05/2014 


to discharge farm dairy effluent from the operation of a farm dairy onto land, in circumstances which may 

result in the contaminant entering water 

DP040011W C WATER to discharge aggregate processing wash water to the Waipawa River 

Jeffery V J & G E 150 Ashcott Road, Waipukurau 31/05/2015 

Winstone Aggregates Limited ‐ a Division of 

Fletcher Concrete and Infrastructure Limited 

State Highway 50, Waipawa River 

Road Bridge, Tikokino 

31/05/2014 

DP040022L C LAND to discharge contaminants into or onto land for the purpose of disposing of storm water Hatuma Lime Company Limited 520 Maharakeke Road, Waipukurau 31/05/2019 



to discharge dairy effluent from a herd of up to 1200 cows from the operation of a dairy shed onto land, in 

circumstances which may result in the contaminant (or any other contaminant emanating as a result of 

natural processes from that contaminant) entering water 

to discharge farm dairy effluent from a herd of 1950 cows and contaminants from the operation of a 

feedpad onto 123 ha of land in circumstances which may result in the contaminant (or any other 

contaminant emanating as a result of natural processes from that contaminant) entering water 

Cesped Lands Limited 161 Ashley Clinton Road, Takapau 31/05/2020 

Plantation Road Dairies Limited 406 Plantation Road, Waipawa 30/06/2015 

DP040045W C WATER to dispose of cooling water to an un‐named drain Medallion Pet Foods (2005) Limited 24 Coughlan Road, Waipukurau 31/05/2014 

Existing discharge permits within the Tukituki River Catchment


DP040058W C WATER 

to discharge farm dairy effluent from the operation of a farm dairy onto land in circumstances which may 


contaminant) entering water. 

to discharge wash water from a gravel processing plant at two locations to the Tukituki River via settlement 

channels 

Galloway Enterprises Limited 5122 State Highway 2, Takapau 31/05/2014 

Infracon Limited Mt Herbert Road, Waipukurau 31/05/2014 

DP040059L C LAND to discharge wash water from a gravel processing plant to land adjacent to the Waipawa River Infracon Limited Ongaonga Road, Waipawa 31/05/2014 

DP040082W C WATER to control and discharge drainage water from the Te Aute Plains area to, in, and from the Te Aute Drain Central Hawke's Bay District Council 






DP040307Aa C AIR 


DP040309Aa C AIR 







to discharge secondary treated domestic effluent from a three‐bedroom house into the ground in 

circumstances where contaminants (or any other contaminants emanating as a result of natural processes 

from those contaminants) may enter water 

to discharge secondary treated domestic effluent from a three‐bedroom house into the ground in 

circumstances where contaminants may enter water 




to discharge contaminants (treated domestic effluent) into the ground in circumstances where that 

contaminant (or any other contaminants emanating as a result of natural processes from those 

contaminants) may enter water 

to discharge contaminants to land and air for the purpose of disposing of sludge from municipal oxidation 

ponds onto land adjacent to the oxidation ponds 

to discharge contaminants to land and air for the purpose of disposing of sludge from municipal oxidation 

ponds onto land adjacent to the oxidation ponds 

to discharge contaminants to land and air for the purpose of disposing of sludge from a municipal oxidation 

pond onto land adjacent to the oxidation ponds 

to discharge contaminants to land and air for the purpose of disposing of sludge from a municipal oxidation 

pond onto land adjacent to the oxidation ponds 

to discharge subsurface drainage water from 7 hectares of rural land, via a pumped system into Palomino 

drain 

to discharge stormwater from an industrial and trade premise, being a stock sale yard, into a wetland and 

then to an unnamed tributary of the Tukituki River. 

to discharge contaminants (drain cleanings) onto land in circumstances which may result in the contaminant 

(or any other contaminant emanating as a result of natural processes from that contaminant) entering 

water 

to discharge farm dairy effluent from a herd of 750 cows from the operation of a farm dairy onto land, in 


natural processes from that contaminant) entering water. 

to discharge subsurface drainage water from 1 hectare of rural land, via a pumped system into the 

Memorial Park Drain. 




Off Drumpeel Road, access from Te 

Kura Road, Otane 

31/05/2025 

Percy G J & C Family Trust 80 Beach Road, Haumoana 31/05/2014 

Davey B & S J 

149 State Highway 2, Central Hawke's 

Bay 

31/05/2014 

James A E & M D 346 Otawhao Road, Takapau 31/05/2015 

Hutchinson P J & A L 8 Gow Avenue, Haumoana 31/05/2014 

Central Hawke's Bay District Council Mt Herbert Road, Waipukurau 31/05/2029 


Central Hawke's Bay District Council Pourerere Road, Waipawa 31/05/2029 

Central Hawke's Bay District Council Pourerere Road, Waipawa 31/05/2029 

Dowling C D & W L Family Trust 20 Palomino Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

East Coast Regional Saleyards Proprietors Takapau Road, Waipukurau 31/05/2025 

Hawke's Bay Regional Council Nelsons Access, Haumoana 31/05/2035 

Hilldale Farms Limited 499 Whenuahou Road, Takapau 31/05/2020 

Taylor R C 54 Beach Road, Haumoana 31/05/2025 

Ashton Family Trust 566 Lindsay Road, Waipukurau 31/05/2015 

DP050268A C AIR to discharge products of combustion into the atmosphere from one 440 KW burner fuelled by diesel oil Dag Processors Limited Harris Street, Waipukurau 31/05/2015 



to discharge secondary treated domestic effluent from a 3‐bedroom dwelling into the ground in 


from those contaminants) may enter water. 

to discharge secondary treated domestic effluent from a three‐bedroom dwelling into the ground in 



Kookaburra Trust 56 Mill Street, Ongaonga 31/05/2015 

Hoogendoorn K 6 Gow Avenue, Haumoana 31/05/2015 

DP050328A C AIR to discharge contaminants into air from dag processing operations Dag Processors Limited Harris Street, Waipukurau 31/05/2015 



to discharge farm dairy effluent (FDE) from the operation of a dairy farm onto land, in circumstances which 

may result in the contaminant (or any other contaminant emanating as a result of natural processes from 

that contaminant) entering water, and odour and aerosols to air arising from the management of FDE. 

to discharge secondary treated domestic effluent from a two bedroom dwelling into the ground in 



Epic Agriculture Limited 408 Paget Road, Takapau 31/05/2020 

Wilson A P & Flood P B 20 Shrimpton Road, Haumoana 31/05/2015 


DP050388Lb C LAND 

DP050408Wb C LAND 

DP060071l C LAND 



to discharge dairy effluent from a herd of up to 1625 cows and from the operation of a dairy shed onto land, 

in circumstances which may result in the contaminant (or any other contaminant emanating as a result of 


to discharge tertiary treated effluent from a treatment plant servicing three dwellings, a restaurant, a 

kitchen, an office, visitor facilities and winery washwater into an irrigation reservoir and subsequently onto 

land. 

to discharge treated wash water into land via soakage from the base of a settling pond and a shallow 

soakage pit, both located adjacent to the Waipawa River. 

to discharge contaminants into the air and into water arising from the aerial spraying of glyphosate 

herbicide (including adjuvants such as surfactants & defoamers) for the purpose of controlling willow, raupo 

and other nuisance plant pests in and adjacent to Lake Hatuma. 


herbicide (including adjuvants such as surfactants & defoamers) for the purpose of controlling willow, raupo 

Ingleton Farms Limited Makaroro Road, Tikokino 31/05/2015 

Craggy Range Vineyards Limited 

253 Waimarama Road, Havelock 

North 

31/05/2015 

Infracon Limited Waipawa River, Tikokino 31/05/2016 

Hawke's Bay Regional Council Lake Hatuma, Waipukurau 31/05/2026 

Hawke's Bay Regional Council Lake Hatuma, Waipukurau 31/05/2026 

DP060409A C AIR to discharge contaminants to air from a school incinerator Omakere School Board of Trustees Long Range Road, Omakere 31/05/2016 







to discharge secondary treated domestic effluent from a three bedroom dwelling into the ground in 



to discharge dairy effluent from a herd of 135 cows and associated sludge from the operation of a dairy 

shed onto land, in circumstances which may result in the contaminant (or any other contaminant emanating 

as a result of natural processes from that contaminant) entering water. 




to discharge secondary treated domestic effluent from a one bedroom dwelling into the ground in 



to discharge contaminants into air and onto land arising from the discharge of animal effluent from a 

feedlot operation. 




Hughes J G & Larsen C M 14 Collison Terrace, Haumoana 31/05/2016 

Paton N G & M L 182 Otawhao Road, Takapau 31/05/2017 

Te Kura Family Trust 251 Te Kura Road, Otane 31/05/2017 

Woods T G 12 Memorial Park Avenue, Haumoana 31/05/2017 

Eastern Equities Corporation Limited Tikokino Road, Tikokino 31/05/2025 

Jones J D 6 Knorp Street, Otane 31/05/2017 





to discharge dairy effluent from 400 cows and associated sludge from the operation of a dairy shed onto 

land, in circumstances which may result in the contaminant (or any other contaminant emanating as a result 

of natural processes from that contaminant) entering water. 

to discharge advanced primary treated domestic effluent from a six bedroom guest house into the ground in 



to discharge contaminants from a new 4 bedroom dwelling into the ground in circumstances where that 

contaminant, (or any other contaminants emanating as result of natural processes from those 


to undertake the aerial spraying of glyphosate in an appropriate formultaion to control willow and other 

nuisance plants in and adjacent to the Te Aute Drainage System and Papanui Stream 

Barry P M & A C Ellingham Road, Ashley Clinton 31/05/2017 

Gibson Family Trust 5740 State Highway 50, Tikokino 31/05/2017 

Harrison M R & S M 44 Mantell Street, Tikokino 31/05/2017 

Te Aute Drainage Committee Te Aute Drainage System, Te Aute 46538 




herbicide (including adjuvants such as surfactants & defoamers) for the purpose of controlling willow and 

other nuisance plant pests in the Te Aute Drainage System. 

to discharge cleanfill onto land and to undertake other activities directly associated with the discharge that 

may be restricted by Section 9(3) and 13 of the Resource Management Act. 

Te Aute Drainage Committee Te Aute Drainage System, Te Aute 46538 

Mike Barker Contractors Limited 67 Ireland Road, Waipawa 31/05/2028 











to discharge advanced primary treated domestic effluent from a relocated 2 bedroom dwelling into the 

ground in circumstances where contaminants (or any other contaminants emanating as a result of natural 

processes from those contaminants) may enter water. 




to discharge contaminants (farm dairy effluent) from a herd of 1400 cows into the ground in circumstances 

where that contaminant, (or any other contaminants emanating as a result of natural processes from those 


to discharge secondary treated domestic effluent from a 4 bedroom dwelling into the ground in 



to discharge dairy effluent from a herd of 600 cows from the operation of a dairy shed and feedpad onto 

land, in circumstances which may result in the contaminant (or any other contaminant emanating as a result 

of natural processes from that contaminant) 










to discharge advanced primary treated domestic effluent from the Onga Onga school into the ground in 



Vrieze G P & McQuay J M 78 Owen Street, Tikokino 31/05/2017 

Rawhiti Dairies Limited 1056 Ashcott Road, Takapau 31/05/2018 

Springhill Dairies Partnership McLeod Road, Onga Onga 31/05/2018 

Mabbett T E & Stirland A N 84 Beach Road, Haumoana 31/05/2018 

Heald Partnership Otawhao Road, Takapau 31/05/2018 

Stewart T P & S A 

Cnr Hyla & Haumoana Roads, 

Haumoana 

31/05/2018 

Perthshire Farms Land Company Limited Ford Road, Waipukurau 31/05/2019 

Hampden Developments Limited 13 Owen Street, Tikokino 31/05/2018 

Ministry of Education 51 Mill Road, Ongaonga 31/05/2018 


DP080527l C LAND 

to discharge dairy farm effluent from a herd of 1000 cows into the ground in circumstances which may 

result in contaminants, (or any other contaminants emanating as a result of natural processes from those 

contaminants) entering water 




Wilson G P 978 Matheson Road, Tikokino 31/05/2018 

Tuki Tuki Awa Limited 406 Tukituki Road, Takapau 31/05/2020 


to discharge wastewater treated via a two‐stage oxidation pond process into the ground in circumstances 

where contaminants (or any other contaminants emanating as a result of natural processes from those 

contaminants) may enter water. 

Te Aute Trust Board Incorporated 

Te Aute College, State Highway 2, 

Pukehou 

31/05/2016 





Trustees of the Estate of P M Barry 730 Ashley Clinton Road, Takapau 31/05/2019 







natural processes from that contaminant) 



natural processes from that contaminant) 

to discharge treated domestic effluent from a series of two oxidation ponds into land in circumstances 

where it may result in that contaminant entering water. 




Longrow Dairies Limited Farm 1, 700 Paget Road, Takapau 31/05/2019 

Longrow Dairies Limited Farm 2, 700 Paget Road, Takapau 31/05/2019 

Pukeora Estate Limited 

208 Pukeora Scenic Road, 

Waipukurau 

31/05/2020 

Severinsen Brothers Partnership 607 Tukituki Road, Takapau 31/05/2019 










to discharge secondary treated domestic effluent from a four bedroom dwelling into the ground in 



to discharge advanced primary treated domestic effluent from a three bedroom house into the ground in 



to discharge water containing contaminants from an apple wash water dump and general packhouse 

operations by gravity flow to a drain being a tributary of the Waipawa River 

to discharge secondary treated domestic effluent from four dwellings, two secondary dwellings (“fishing 

huts”) and staff facilities, into the ground in circumstances where contaminants (or any other contaminants 

emanating as a result of natural processes from those contaminants) may enter water. 

Van Hooijdonk M & K M 2/23 Grange Road North, Haumoana 31/05/2019 

Horvath H 60 Mill Road, Ongaonga 31/05/2019 

Sorensen L A 5 Buckland Street, Tikokino 31/05/2019 


GLW Group Limited 374 Kahuranaki Road, Havelock North 31/05/2025 

DP090589Aa C AIR to discharge contaminants into air arising from the management of farm dairy effluent. Longrow Dairies Limited Farm 1, 700 Paget Road, Takapau 31/05/2019 

DP090590Aa C AIR to discharge contaminants into air arising from the management of farm dairy effluent. Longrow Dairies Limited Farm 2, 700 Paget Road, Takapau 31/05/2019 

DP090591A C AIR to discharge contaminants (odour) to air from a dairying operation Trustees of the Estate of P M Barry 730 Ashley Clinton Road, Takapau 31/05/2019 



to discharge contaminants onto or into land that may enter water arising from the operation of a transfer 

station. 

to discharge farm dairy effluent from the operation of a dairy shed milking up to 700 cows onto land, in 



DP100027A C AIR to discharge contaminants (odour) to air in association with the operation of two oxidation ponds Pukeora Estate Limited 

CHB Motors Limited 1 Victoria Street, Waipawa 4210 31/05/2025 

Newman Family Trust 313 Te Kura Road, Otane 43982 


Waipukurau 

31/05/2020 





Lyons Family Partnership 217 Rangitoto Road, Takapau 31/05/2020 

DP100036A C AIR to discharge contaminants into air arising from the management of farm dairy effluent. Lyons Family Partnership 217 Rangitoto Road, Takapau 31/05/2020 





Te Repo Farms Limited Otawhao Road, Takapau 31/05/2020 

DP100057A C AIR to discharge dairy farm effluent odour from a dairy herd of 550 cows Te Repo Farms Limited Otawhao Road, Takapau 31/05/2020 



to discharge secondary treated domestic effluent from a three dwelling into the ground in circumstances 

where contaminants (or any other contaminants emanating as a result of natural processes from those 

contaminants) may enter water. 




Barnes C J & J A 25 Grange Road North, Haumoana 31/05/2020 

Severinsen Brothers Partnership 

DP100104A C AIR to discharge contaminants into air arising from the management of farm dairy effluent. Severinsen Brothers Partnership 





821 Makaretu Road, Takapau, Central 

Hawke's Bay 

821 Makaretu Road, Takapau, Central 

Hawke's Bay 

31/05/2020 

31/05/2020 

Cameron Dairies Limited 249 Boyle Road, Takapau 31/05/2020 





Sherwood Farming Company Limited 416 Makaretu Road, Takapau 31/05/2020 

DP100118A C AIR To discharge contaminants into air arising from the management of farm dairy effluent Sherwood Farming Company Limited 416 Makaretu Road, Takapau 31/05/2020 


DP100123A C AIR to discharge contaminants (odour) to air from a dairy discharge Cameron Dairies Limited 249 Boyle Road, Takapau 31/05/2020 

DP100124A C AIR to discharge contaminants into air arising from the management of farm dairy effluent. Tuki Tuki Awa Limited 406 Tukituki Road, Takapau 31/05/2020 


to discharge stormwater collected on a truck loading hardstand area, building roofs and hardstand areas 

surrounding a building to swales and a wetland 

Mainland Minerals North Island Limited 2323 Takapau Road, Waipukurau 31/05/2030 

DP100181A C AIR to discharge contaminants into air arising from the management of farm dairy effluent Newman Family Trust 313 Te Kura Road, Otane 31/05/2020 


to discharge farm dairy effluent from the operation of a dairy shed and feed pad milking up to 450 cows 

onto land, in circumstances which may result in the contaminant (or any other contaminant emanating as a 

result of natural processes from that contaminant) entering water 

Cooper Del Este Limited 2819 State Highway 50, Takapau 31/05/2020 

DP100228A C AIR to discharge contaminants into air arising from the management of farm dairy effluent. Cooper Del Este Limited 2819 State Highway 50, Takapau 31/05/2020 





de Malmanche G E & L E 168 Wilson Cutting Road, Takapau 31/05/2020 

DP100248A C AIR to discharge contaminants into air arising from the management of farm dairy effluent. de Malmanche G E & L E 168 Wilson Cutting Road, Takapau 31/05/2020 


to discharge farm dairy effluent from the operation of a dairy shed milking up to 1,500 cows onto land, in 



Rawhiti Dairies Limited 1056 Ashcott Road, Takapau 31/05/2020 

DP100283A C AIR to discharge contaminants into air arising from the management of farm dairy effluent. Rawhiti Dairies Limited 1056 Ashcott Road, Takapau 31/05/2020 


to discharge farm dairy effluent from the operation of a dairy shed milking up to 2,600 cows onto land, in 




DP100339A C AIR to discharge contaminants into air arising from the management of farm dairy effluent. Epic Agriculture Limited 958 Ashcott Road, Takapau 31/05/2020 




Longrow Dairies Limited 603 Pagets Road Takapau 31/05/2020 

DP100341A C AIR to discharge contaminants into air arising from the management of farm dairy effluent. Longrow Dairies Limited 603 Pagets Road Takapau 31/05/2020 






to discharge contaminants (sediment) into water while constructing a concrete inlet structure on the bed of 

an un‐named tributary of the Porangahau Stream that may be restricted by Section 15(1)(a) and (b) of the 

RMA 

Fowler M R & M P 9 Pedersen Road, Haumoana 31/05/2020 

Central Hawke's Bay District Council Paulsen Road, Takapau 31/05/2015 

DP100388A C AIR to discharge contaminants (odour) to air from an oxidation pond. Camp David Trust 2501 Middle Road, Havelock North 31/05/2016 



to discharge water and sediment while repairing a bridge in the bed of the Mangaonuku Stream that may be 

restricted by Section 14(2) of the RMA 

to discharge liquid deer effluent from a truck wash facility onto land, in circumstances which may result in 

contaminants (or any other contaminant emanating as a result of natural processes from that contaminant) 

entering water, and to discharge odour and aerosols to air arising from the management of the effluent 

New Zealand Transport Agency State Highway 50, Tikokino 31/10/2015 

Stephenson R D 16a Tamumu Road, Waipawa 31/05/2020 

DP100474L C LAND to discharge contaminants to land via leachate from treated timber (DP100474L). Central Timber Limited Harker Street, Waipawa 31/05/2027 

DP100486W C WATER To discharge silt and sediment associated with roading network maintenance works Central Hawke's Bay District Council 


To extend an existing culvert on the bed of an unnamed tributary of the Ngahape Stream and to undertake 

other activities directly associated with the culvert extension that are restricted by Sections 9(2), 13 and 14 

of the Resource Management Act 1991. 

Various streams/rivers in the CHB 

District 

31/05/2031 

Central Hawke's Bay District Council Nicholl Road, Waipukurau 31/05/2015 



To extend an existing culvert on the bed of an unnamed tributary of the Ngahape Stream and to undertake 

other activities directly associated with the culvert extension that are restricted by Sections 9(2), 13 and 14 

of the Resource Management Act 1991. 

Central Hawke's Bay District Council Nicholl Road, Waipukurau 31/05/2015 



to discharge contaminants into air arising from the operation of a piggery and associated management of 

piggery effluent. 

to discharge silt and sediment associated with the bed disturbance works, as restricted by Section 15 of the 

Resource Management Act 1991 

Oakcott Ventures Limited 3591 State Highway 2, Takapau 31/05/2020 


DP110097A C AIR to discharge products of combustion to air from three 590 kW multi‐fuel (coal or wood pellet only) boilers. Pukeora Estate Limited 


to discharge farm dairy effluent (FDE) and associated sludge from the operation of a dairy shed and yard 

onto land, in circumstances which may result in the contaminant (or any other contaminant emanating as a 

result of natural processes from that contaminant) entering water. 

Cnr Kahuranaki Road and Kairakau 

Road, Elsthorpe 


Waipukurau 

31/05/2016 

31/05/2027 

McLaughlin B C 142 Pagets Road, Takapau 31/05/2021 

DP110160A C AIR to discharge contaminants into air arising from the management of farm dairy effluent (FDE). McLaughlin B C 142 Pagets Road, Takapau 31/05/2021 

DP110168A C AIR to discharge contaminants (odour) to air from Te Aute College oxidation pond system. Te Aute Trust Board Incorporated 

DP110337W C WATER to discharge water from a dairy shed milk cooler to a trench adjacent to the Waipawa River. Plantation Road Dairies Limited 

Te Aute College, State Highway 2, 

Pukehou 

406 Plantation Road & Cnr Ongaonga 

& Plantation Roads, Ongaonga 

31/05/2016 

31/05/2026 







to discharge contaminants (sediment) into water while replacing four culverts on the bed of four unnamed 

tributaries of the Papanui Stream, as may be restricted by Section 15 of the RMA 

to discharge effluent from a truck wash facility onto land, in circumstances which may result in 

contaminants, entering water. 

to discharge domestic effluent from a septic tank system into land in circumstances which may result in that 

contaminant (or any other contaminant emanating as a result of natural processes from that contaminant) 

entering water. 

to discharge stormwater collected from impermeable hardstand, accessway and parking areas and from the 

roof of various Estate buildings to land in a manner that may enter water. 

to discharge farm dairy effluent (FDE) from the operation of a farm dairy for a 1100 cow herd onto land, in 

circumstances which may result in the contaminant, (or any other contaminant emanating as a result of 

natural processes from that contaminant), entering water. 




New Zealand Transport Agency State Highway 2, Otane 31/05/2021 

Twist N B 1383 Argyll Road, Otane 31/05/2022 

Mr Apple New Zealand Limited 14 Heta Drive, Waipawa 31/05/2021 

Pukeora Estate Limited 


Waipukurau 

31/05/2020 


Brits T R 10 Collison Terrace, Haumoana 31/05/2022 

DP120005A C AIR to discharge contaminants into air arising from the management of farm dairy effluent (FDE). Stockade Pastoral Farms Limited Swamp Road, Waipawa 31/05/2022 



To aerially discharge cereal pellet baits containing sodium monofluoroacetate (1080) to land and to water in 

association with a one off animal pest control operation. 

to discharge contaminants (farm dairy effluent) onto the ground in circumstances where that contaminant, 

(or any other contaminants emanating as a result of natural processes from thoses contaminants) may enter 

water 

Hawke's Bay Regional Council Ruahine Ranges, Central Hawke's Bay 30/09/2013 


DP120137A C AIR to discharge contaminants (odour) to air from the spreading of farm dairy effluent to land Epic Agriculture Limited 850 Ashcott Road, Takapau 31/05/2023 


to discharge farm dairy effluent (FDE) from a herd of up to 500 cows and from the operation of a dairy shed 

and feedpad onto land, in circumstances which may result in the contaminant (or any other contaminant 

emanating as a result of natural processes from that contaminant) entering water 


DP120141A C AIR to discharge contaminants into air arising from the management of that FDE Epic Agriculture Limited 280 Ashcott Road, Takapau 31/05/2023 


to discharge farm dairy effluent (FDE) from a herd of up to 900 cows and from the operation of a dairy shed 

and feedpad onto land, in circumstances which may result in the contaminant (or any other contaminant 

emanating as a result of natural processes from that contaminant) entering water 

Epic Agriculture Limited 571 Mill Road, Takapau 31/05/2023 

DP120143A C AIR to discharge contaminants into air arising from the management of that FDE Epic Agriculture Limited 571 Mill Road, Takapau 31/05/2023 


DP120163W C WATER to divert and discharge stormwater from a plant nursery in to the Karituwhenua Stream. Oderings Nurseries Christchurch Limited 57 Brookvale Road, Havelock North 31/05/2022 






to discharge secondary treated domestic effluent from a cafe and takeaway restaurant into the ground in 



to discharge secondary treated domestic effluent from a two bedroom dwelling into the ground in 



to discharge secondary treated domestic effluent from a outdoor training facility into the ground in 



to discharge secondary treated domestic effluent from a four bedroom dwelling via dripline field into the 

ground in circumstances where contaminants (or any other contaminants emanating as a result of natural 

processes from those contaminants) may enter water. 




Smith N G 51 Haumoana Road, Haumoana 31/05/2022 

Stringer P D 362 Homewood Road, Waipawa 31/05/2022 

Camp David Trust 2501 Middle Road, Poukawa, Hastings 31/05/2023 

Wattie B J 228 Tukituki Road, Hastings 31/05/2023 

Hunsberger M 919 Kahuranaki Road, Havelock North 31/05/2023 

DP130110A C AIR to discharge contaminants into air arising from the management of farm dairy effluent (FDE). Ingleton Farms Limited Makaroro Road, Tikokino 31/05/2015 


discharge contaminants onto or into land from a disused offal pit in circumstances which may result in those 

contaminants entering water 


DP940278La C LAND to discharge various contaminants or water from a landfill to land, water or air Central Hawke's Bay District Council Farm Road, Waipukurau 31/05/2029 

DP950099L C LAND discharge contaminants onto the ground from a closed landfill Hastings District Council 

DP950100A C AIR to discharge contaminants into the air from a closed landfill Hastings District Council 

SWASTE ‐ Mill Road Haumoana, 

Closed Landfill 

SWASTE ‐ Mill Road Haumoana, 

Closed Landfill 

31/05/2034 

31/05/2034 

DP950130A C AIR to discharge contaminants into the air from a landfill operation Central Hawke's Bay District Council Blackburn Road, Ongaonga 31/05/2033 


to discharge leachate derived from the decomposition of refuse within a closed landfill into or onto land in 

circumstances which will result in those contaminants entering water, and to discharge landfill gas derived 

from the decomposition of refuse within a closed landfill into the air, at the following sites: 

Central Hawke's Bay District Council Blackburn Road, Ongaonga 31/05/2033 

DP950132A C AIR to discharge contaminants into the air from a landfill operation Central Hawke's Bay District Council Holden Road Tikokino 31/05/2033 




from the decomposition of refuse within a closed landfill into the air 

Central Hawke's Bay District Council Holden Road Tikokino 31/05/2033 

DP950133A C AIR to discharge contaminants into the air from a landfill operation Central Hawke's Bay District Council River Road, Tamumu 31/05/2033 


tto discharge leachate derived from the decomposition of refuse within a closed landfill into or onto land in 


from the decomposition of refuse within a closed landfill into the air, at the following sites: 

Central Hawke's Bay District Council River Road, Tamumu 31/05/2033 

DP950134A C AIR to discharge effluent into the air from a landfill operation Central Hawke's Bay District Council Mt Herbert Road, Waipukurau 31/05/2033 






DP950137A C AIR to discharge contaminants into the air from a landfill operation Central Hawke's Bay District Council Paulsen Road Takapau 31/05/2033 





Central Hawke's Bay District Council Paulsen Road Takapau 31/05/2033 

DP950138A C AIR to discharge contaminants into the air from a landfill operation Central Hawke's Bay District Council Tikokino Road Waipawa 31/05/2033 








to discharge stormwater from 14 hectares through a 150mm field tile drainage system and sump by 

pumping to the Papnui Stream 

to discharge treated sewage effluent from the Takapau oxidation pond into or onto land (wetland) in 

circumstances which will result in that contaminant entering water. 

Central Hawke's Bay District Council Tikokino Road Waipawa 31/05/2033 

Fraser J D A Te Kura Road, Otane 31/05/2017 


Takapau Oxidation Pond, Burnside 

Road, Takapau 

31/05/2018 

DP981039Lb C LAND to discharge solid organic waste material (principally stockyard scrapings) to land Silver Fern Farms Limited Fraser Road, Takapau 31/12/2018 

DP981040L C LAND discharge secondary treated sewage from an oxidation pond to land through a border dyke system Silver Fern Farms Limited Fraser Road, Takapau 31/12/2018 



DP981044Ab C AIR 


discharge stormwater and water from other sources (potentially containing contaminants) to land where it 

may enter water after passing through a detention pond 

to discharge partially treated meat processing plant wastewater onto land, in circumstances which may 


contaminant) entering water, and to discharge odorous compounds and aerosols into the air associated 

with the discharge of meat processing plant wastewater. 

to discharge partially treated meat processing plant wastewater onto land, in circumstances which may 


contaminant) entering water, and to discharge odorous compounds and aerosols into the air associated 

with the discharge of meat processing plant wastewater. 

to discharge dairy farm effluent from a dairy herd of 170 cows into/onto the ground from two storage 

ponds via a travelling irrigator or slurry type mobile spreader in circumstasnces which may result in the 

contaminant entering water 




Oliver G J & A B 150 Makaretu Road, Takapau 31/05/2019 

DP990291L C LAND discharge contaminants into/onto the ground after washing herbicide spraying equipment Department of Conservation Bridge Street Ongaonga 31/05/2019 

HKB790213 C WATER To Increase the discharge capacity into the Mangatarata Stream Central Hawke's Bay District Council 

Mangatarata Stream catchment, Pah 

Flat Stream, Central Hawke's Bay 

31/05/2020 


Appendix D Maps of existing water permits and discharge permits – 

Tukituki River Catchment 


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DATA FROM: Farm information obtained from the Hawke's 

Bay Regional Council's Geographic Information Systems 

Database. 

LIMITATIONS AND COPYRIGHT 

This map may not be reproduced or transmitted to any other 

party, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, 

photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the written 

permission of the copyright holder. 

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Patangata 

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Waipawa 

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Takapau 

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Waipukurau 

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0 2.25 4.5 9 Kilometers 

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1:142,246 



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data shown on this map is 100% accurate.

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