Further information requests
19 March 2026
The expert panel issued a request for further information to Matakanui Gold Limited (the Applicant). The applicant's response is due by 24 March 2026.
Request for further information to Matakanui Gold Limited – 19 March 2026 (PDF, 81 KB)
Applicant's response
On 19 March 2026, Matakanui Gold Limited (the Applicant) responded to the request for information.
- Attachment A – Abbreviations (PDF, 109 KB)
- Attachment B – Site Visit Santana Bendigo (PDF, 2 MB)
- Attachment C – Bendigo – Ophir PSI (PDF, 44 MB)
- Attachment D – Bendigo Baseline Water Report (PDF, 11 MB)
- Attachment E – SAP (PDF, 1 MB)
- Attachment F – Factual Report – Geoenvironmental Hazards (PDF, 23 MB)
- Attachment G – SPLP and SEM EDS Analysis for Sulfate (PDF, 9 MB)
- Attachment H – Column Leach Test Report (PDF, 21 MB)
- Attachment I – BOGP Source Term Report (PDF, 4 MB)
- Attachment J – Engineered Landform Design Philosophy (PDF, 1 MB)
- Attachment K – BOGP Net Percolation Assessment (PDF, 1 MB)
- Attachment L – ELF Geochemical Model Report (PDF, 4 MB)
- Attachment M – BOGP Water Management – Treatment (PDF, 3 MB)
- Attachment N – BOGP WLBM Report (PDF, 15 MB)
- Attachment O – Water Quality QAQC (PDF, 316 KB)
Reports
Section 51 reports
25 March 2026
The Fast-track team received the s51 reports from the Director-General of Conservation and Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga.
Department of Conservation
DOC s51 Covering report (PDF, 265 KB)
Appendix A Expert Statement Freshwater Fisheries -BOGP Dr NR Dunn (PDF, 1.6 MB)
Appendix B Expert Statement Freshwater Fisheries – BOGP Dr M Richarson (PDF, 220 KB)
Appendix C Expert Statement – Lizards BOGP Dr M Tocher (PDF, 807 KB)
Appendix D Expert Statement – Avifauna BOGP R Colbourne (PDF, 192 KB)
Appendix E Expert Statement Invertebrates BOGP W Chinn (PDF, 1 MB)
Appendix F Expert Statement Recreation and Visitor BOGP M Embleton Muir (PDF, 239 KB)
Appendix G Expert Statement Vegetation and Flora M Crowe (PDF, 525 KB)
Appendix H Expert Statement Heritage DOC Dr M Schmidt (PDF, 348 KB)
Appendix J Weighting of relevant matters to be taken into account (PDF, 158 KB)
DOC s51(2)(a) Concessions Report (PDF, 794 KB)
Appendix A Section 78 Conditions - DOC S51 Concessions Report (PDF, 425 KB)
Appendix B Detailed Assessment of Otago CMS DOC S51 Concessions Report (PDF, 123 KB)
DOC s51(2)(b) Conservation Covenant Report BOGP (PDF, 475 KB)
Appendix A Detailed Effects Assessment of DOC S51 Covenant Report (PDF, 327 KB)
Appendix B Conditions related to a covenant amendment of DOC S51 Covenant Report (PDF, 177 KB)
Appendix C Legal Submissions DOC of S51 DOC Covenant Report (PDF, 287 KB)
Appendix D Application for exchange of property rights of DOC S51 Covenant Report (PDF, 2 MB)
Appendix E Rich Fields of Bendigo Jill Hamel 1993 of DOC S51 Covenant Report (PDF, 36 MB)
DOC s51(2)(c) Wildlife Report BOGP (PDF, 804 KB)
Appendix A Wildlife Conditions of DOC S51 Report Wildlife (PDF, 117 KB)
Appendix C IUCN Red List of DOC S51 Report Wildlife (PDF, 91 KB)
DOC s51(2)(e) report - complex freshwater fisheries activity - BOGP (PDF, 294 KB)
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga
HNZPT Section 51(2)(d) Fast-track Approvals Act 2024 Report (PDF, 298KB)
8 December 2025
At the direction of the panel convener, the Fast-track team requested advice from Department of Conservation and Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga, under section 51 of the Fast-track Approvals Act 2024.
Letter to Department of Conservation requesting s51 reports (PDF, 120 KB)
Section 18 report
19 December 2025
The Ministry for the Environment provided the Fast-track team with a section 18 report on Treaty settlements and other obligations, as required under section 49 of the Fast-track Approvals Act 2024.
Treaty settlements and other obligations (section 18) report (PDF, 2.3 MB)