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MacKays to Peka Peka Expressway Proposal Submission Form 

Submitter Name: richard williment 

Submitter Position 

You can either have a position about the application in its entirety or individual parts of the application. 

In Full 

Select only one of the three following positions 

I / We support the application in full 

I / We oppose the application in full 

I / We are neutral on the application in full 

Or: In Part 

You may select one or more of the positions. Please use 

the table on pages 5 – 9 to identify the individual parts that 

your submission refers to. 

I / We support the application in part 

I / We oppose the application in part 

I / We are neutral on the application in part 

Reasons for Submission 

Please use additional pages if required and attach to this form. 

The reasons for my / our submission are: 

I am a local resident directly affected by the proposed MacKays to PekaPeka Express Way ("the Expressway"). I 

own the property we live in, which I share with my children. It is located at the northern end of Leinster Avenue. If 

the Expressway goes ahead, my property will lie directly in the path of increased traffic pollution/ fumes, and 

increased traffic noise. The bedrooms in my home are upstairs and on the north side of the house - they are 

closest to the proposed motorway, and I expect will lead to audible road noise at nights, which is likely to impact on 

our sleep. The prevailing wind in Kapiti is North-West; these winds will bring traffic fumes and increased road noise 

to where we live. I chose to live in Kapiti for the relative quiet (although my home is parallel to the existing 

highway, it is down below the road - it is very quiet, and there are few fumes which come this way) and close 

proximity to nature. There will be direct impacts on our health (respiratory, sleep) and well-being if the Expressway 

goes ahead. 

I have major objections to the design of the proposed Expressway - being through the middle of our communities - 

but I understand that it is solely on the grounds of environmental impact that the EPA will judge the merits of the 

application. However, it is relevant to say that there are alternative solutions to improving traffic flow through the 

district - if the proposed Expressway was the only viable alternative, I would be less strongly opposed. The effect 

of a major state highway running through the middle of the district is significant, yet hard to predict exactly. The 

current highway runs to the east and does not serve to divide the community geographically in anything like the 

same way. 

A further impact is the despoiling of the Waikanae river. The river is one of the major natural features of the coast. 

My family find refreshment in nature. When the beaches are wind-swept as they often are, we usually head to the 

river on the weekends. We sometimes ride bikes, we often walk from Otaihanga domain and do a loop which takes 

about an hour. We have taken our kayaks down the river and have often swum there in summer. Sometimes we 

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walk down to the beach from the Otaihanga domain. We usually take our two dogs for a run. On occasion in 

summer we walk in the late afternoon from the domain to the Shoreline cinema in Waikanae and then walk back in 

the evening beside the river. These are some of my most special memories of living in Kapiti, including as a child 

when we would come out from Wellington to swim and float on tyres. There are so many people enjoying the river 

on weekends, even in winter. It is great to see many middle aged and older people active on bicycles and on foot. 

When the Western Link road as a local two lane, flat, low speed road was planned, I had reservations about the 

impact on the river area as of our favourite walking/ recreational spaces. But to be perfectly honest and frank, the 

proposed Expressway will entirely ruin the river as a recreational reserve for us. This is truly one of the impacts 

that will detrimentally alter the way we experience living on the coast. I cannot express how sad, and angry this 

makes me. I do not accept that the effective destruction of such a beautiful part of our coast is justified by 

arguments for improved access (there are proven alternative and effective ways of achieving this) or travel times. 

That the proposed Expressway runs through the heart of Kapiti communities and that it would destroy the river 

environment from a recreational perspective is a disaster. 

Lastly, I write as a registered Psychotherapist and mental health professional. I work in private clinical pratice in 

Wellington and on the coast. I am also involved in policy and systems-level design of mental health and addiction 

systems of care. I wish to say that public spaces for recreation are important to individual, and therefore 

community well-being. The community needs accessible places to enjoy nature - this supports family 

connectedness and individual well-being. The community does not need increased stress from years-long road 

building; hugely increased traffic noise and fumes and geographical dislocation. I genuinely believe that our 

physical environment is important to our well-being. 

I / we seek the following decision from the Board of Inquiry (provide precise details including the general 

nature of any conditions or changes sought): 

I ask that the Board of Inquiry declines approval of the NZTA application for the MacKays to Peka Peka 

Expressway, in whole, based on the significant environmental, health and well-being impacts as stated in this 

submission. 

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Submitter Name: 

Wish to Speak at Hearing 

Please indicate below if you would like to speak at the hearing for the MacKays to Peka Peka Expressway 

Proposal. 

I / we do not wish to speak and hereby make my / our submission in writing only 

(This means that you will not be advised of the date of the hearing and cannot speak at the hearing. You will 

not receive any further information until the draft decision report is provided to you). 

OR 

I / we wish to speak in respect of my / our submission 

(This means you can speak at the hearing. If at a later date you decide you no longer wish to speak at the 

hearing you can withdraw from being heard). 

If others make a similar submission, I / we will consider presenting a joint case with them at the hearing 

(This is only for parties wanting to be heard). 

I / we intend to call expert witness(es). Please indicate the disciplines of expected expert witnesses 

(If you do not tick this box, you can change your mind later and decide to call experts to give evidence in 

relation to your submission, provided you do so in time to meet any procedural direction the Board of 

Inquiry might make). 

The disciplines of my expected witness(es) are: 

Trade Competition 

If you are a trade competitor of the applicant you may make a submission only if directly affected by an effect of the 

activity to which the matter relates, and the effect: 

• adversely affects the environment; and 

• does not relate to trade competition or the effects of trade competition. 

I am not a trade competitor of the applicant. 

I am a trade competitor of the applicant. 

10 th August 2012 

Signature 

Date 

Signature of submitter, or person authorised to sign on their behalf is required. 

Note: signature is not required for electronic (email) submissions. If this is a joint submission by two or more individuals, each 

individual’s signature is required. 

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Submitter Name: richard frank williment 

Application Details 

You only need to fill out this section if you have indicated you support, oppose or are neutral for part of the 

applications, or you would like to provide further information on specific applications. If you do not provide any 

further details here, the EPA may remove these pages from your submission during processing. 

I am / we are providing further details, as below: 

Applications 

Support 

Support 

in part 

Oppose 

Oppose 

in part 

Neutral 

Neutral 

in part 

Please specify the part 

you are making comment 

on 

Kāpiti Coast District Council – Notice of Requirement 

NSP 12/01.001: Notice of requirement for a new 

designation for the construction, operation and 

maintenance of a State highway (MacKays to Peka 

Peka Expressway) from 2km north of MacKays 

Crossing to Te Kowhai Road, Peka Peka, in the Kāpiti 

Coast District. 

Kāpiti Coast District Council – Resource Consent 

NSP 12/01.002: The site to which the consent 

application relates is at 55 Rata Road, Paraparaumu. 

Land use consent for disturbing soil containing 

contaminants where there is a risk to human health 

and changing the use of land containing contaminants 

where there is a risk to human health pursuant to 

Regulation 10 of the Resource Management (National 

Environmental Standard for Assessing and Managing 

Contaminants in Soil to Protect Human Health) 

Regulations 2011 (SR 2011/361). 

Greater Wellington Regional Council – Resource Consents 

NSP 12/01.003: Land use consent to disturb soil in 

areas identified as being erosion prone, and 

undertake large scale vegetation clearance for the 

MacKays to Peka Peka Expressway. 

NSP 12/01.004: Land use consent to disturb soil for 

the construction of roading and tracking for the 


NSP 12/01.005: Discharge permit to discharge 

sediment and chemical flocculant in treated storm 

water runoff to water, and to land where it may enter 

water, in association with bulk earthworks for the 


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Whareroa Stream Catchment 

NSP 12/01.006: Land use consent to undertake the 

following activities within Queen Elizabeth Park Drain: 

• To place structures (culverts, rip rap, and storm 

water outlets) and the associated diversion and 

reclamation of a section of the bed in this 

catchment; and 

• To remove an existing culvert; 

including the associated disturbance of, and 

deposition of material on, the bed of the watercourse 

in the vicinity of the MacKays to Peka Peka 

Expressway. 

NSP 12/01.007: Water permit to temporarily divert the 

full flow of the Queen Elizabeth Park Drain during 

construction of the culvert and associated structures 

in the bed of the waterway in the vicinity of the 


NSP 12/01.008: Water permit to permanently divert 

the full flow of the Queen Elizabeth Park Drain in the 

vicinity of the MacKays to Peka Peka Expressway. 

Wharemauku Stream Catchment 


following activities within and over Drain 7, an 

unnamed tributary of Drain 7 and the Wharemauku 

Stream: 

• To place structures ([bridges], culverts, rip rap, 

and storm water outlets) and the associated 

diversion and reclamation of a section of the bed 

in this catchment; and 



deposition of material on, the bed of the watercourses 


Expressway. 


flow of Drain 7, an unnamed tributary of Drain 7 and 

the Wharemauku Stream during construction of the 

culvert and bridges and associated structures in the 

bed of the waterway in the vicinity of the MacKays to 

Peka Peka Expressway. 


the full flow of Drain 7 and an unnamed tributary of 

Drain 7 in the vicinity of the MacKays to Peka Peka 

Expressway. 

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Waikanae River Catchment 


following activities within and over Mazengarb Drain, 

Waste Water Treatment Pond Drain, Landfill Drain, 

Otaihanga Drain, an unnamed tributary of the 

Muaupoko [Stream], Muaupoko Stream and the 

Waikanae River: 


storm water outlets) and the associated diversion 

and reclamation of a section of the bed in this 






Expressway. 


flow of Mazengarb Drain, Waste Water Treatment 

Pond Drain, Landfill Drain, Otaihanga Drain, an 

unnamed tributary of the Muaupoko [Stream] and the 

Waikanae River; during construction of the culvert 

and bridges and associated structures in the bed of 

the waterway in the vicinity of the MacKays to Peka 

Peka Expressway. 


the full flow of the Mazengarb Drain, Waste Water 

Treatment Pond Drain, Landfill Drain, Otaihanga 

Drain, an unnamed tributary of the Muaupoko 

[Stream], Muaupoko Stream and the Waikanae River 


Expressway. 

Waimeha Stream Catchment 

NSP 12/01.015: Land use consent to place structures 

(bridges, culverts, rip rap, and storm water outlets) 

within and over Market Garden Drain and Waimeha 

Stream; and the diversion and reclamation of a 

section of the bed in this catchment, including the 

associated disturbance of, and deposition of material 

on, the bed of the watercourses in the vicinity of the 



flow of the Market Garden Drain and Waimeha 

Stream during construction of the culvert and bridges 

and associated structures in the bed of the waterway 


Expressway. 

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the full flow of the Market Garden Drain in the vicinity 

of the MacKays to Peka Peka Expressway. 

Ngarara Creek Catchment 


following activities within and over Ngarara Creek, 

Kakariki Stream, Smithfield Drain, unnamed tributary 

of Paetawa Drain and Paetawa Drain: 


and storm water outlets) and the associated 

diversion and reclamation of a section of the bed 

in this catchment; and 





Expressway. 


flow of the Ngarara Creek, Kakariki Stream (at the 

local road bridge), Smithfield Drain, an unnamed 

tributary of Paetawa Drain and the Paetawa Drain; 

during construction of the culvert and bridges and 

associated structures in the bed of the waterway in 

the vicinity of the MacKays to Peka Peka 

Expressway. 


the full flow of the Ngarara Creek, Kakariki Stream (at 

local road and Expressway bridges), Smithfield Drain, 

an unnamed tributary of Paetawa Drain and the 

Paetawa Drain; in the vicinity of the MacKays to Peka 

Peka Expressway. 

Hadfield/Te Kowhai Stream 


following activities within Hadfield/Te Kowhai Stream: 

• To place structures (culverts, rip rap, and storm 

water outlets) and the associated diversion and 

reclamation of a section of the bed in this 




deposition of material on, the bed of the watercourse 


Expressway. 

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flow of the Hadfield/Te Kowhai Stream; during 

construction of the culvert and bridges and associated 

structures in the bed of the waterway in the vicinity of 

the MacKays to Peka Peka Expressway. 


the full flow of the Hadfield/Te Kowhai Stream; in the 

vicinity of the MacKays to Peka Peka Expressway. 

NSP 12/01.024: Land use consent for the 

construction of bore holes for groundwater extraction, 

and for the formation of holes for bridge piles where 

this may intercept groundwater. 

NSP 12/01.025: Water permit to take groundwater for 

bore testing, dewatering of excavations, dust 

suppression and construction purposes. 

NSP 12/01.026: Water permit to divert groundwater 

from wetlands adjacent to the MacKays to Peka Peka 

Expressway. 

NSP 12/01.027: Land use consent for the partial 

reclamation of wetlands (defined as lakes), being the 

Raumati Manuka Wetland, Otaihanga Southern and 

Northern Wetlands and El Rancho Wetland, in the 

vicinity of the MacKays to Peka Peka Expressway 

Project alignment, including the associated 

disturbance of the beds. 

NSP 12/01.028: Land use consent to remove 

vegetation in the beds of various watercourses and 

wetlands (defined as lakes), being the Raumati 

Manuka Wetland, Otaihanga Southern and Northern 

Wetlands and El Rancho Wetland, including the 

associated disturbance of the beds. 


treated cement contaminated water to water, and to 

land where it may enter water. 


contaminants to land from contaminated sites. 

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