Substantive application

Buller Plateaux Continuation Project application cover page (PDF, 256 KB)

Table of Contents (PDF, 175 KB)

Chapter 01 - Project Wide Overview (PDF, 1 MB)

Chapter 02 - Mining overview (PDF, 7 MB)

Chapter 03 - Existing environment (PDF, 16 MB)

Chapter 04 - Project Description (PDF, 10 MB)

Chapter 05 - Application approach and structure (PDF, 430 KB)

Chapter 06 - Assessment of environmental effects (PDF, 1 MB)

Chapter 07 - Management and monitoring of effects (PDF, 3 MB)

Chapter 08 - RMA approvals (PDF, 16 MB)

Chapter 8A - RMA Approvals - Permitted Activity Assessment (PDF, 6 MB)

Chapter 08B - Existing approvals (PDF, 7 MB)

Chapter 08C - Cypress consent variation (PDF, 20 MB)

Chapter 09 - RMA statutory assessment (PDF, 745 KB)

Chapter 09A - Relevant statutory provisions (PDF, 889 KB)

Chapter 10 - Conservation Act and Reserves Act (PDF, 23 MB)

Chapter 10A - Denniston North and Coalbrookdale pest exclusion concession (PDF, 818 KB)

Chapter 10B - Denniston fly rock concession (PDF, 2 MB)

Chapter 10C - Denniston water monitoring concession (PDF, 1 MB)

Chapter 10D - Residual effects package concession (PDF, 784 KB)

Chapter 10E - Stockton fence concession (PDF, 751 KB)

Chapter 10F - Stockton fly rock concession (PDF, 3 MB)

Chapter 10G - Stockton infrastructure concession (PDF, 15 MB)

Chapter 10H - Stockton water and dust monitoring concession (PDF, 652 KB)

Chapter 11 - Wildlife Act approvals (PDF, 1 MB)

Chapter 11A - Wildlife approval specific conditionsons (PDF, 172 KB)

Chapter 12 - Heritage approvals (PDF, 1 MB)

Chapter 12A - Heritage Approval Specific Conditions (PDF, 6 MB)

Chapter 12B - Person to carry out activity (PDF, 59 KB)

Chapter 13 - Freshwater Fisheries Act approvals (PDF, 4 MB)

Chapter 13A - Complex Freshwater Fisheries approvals conditions (PDF, 2 MB)

Chapter 13B - Complex Freshwater Fisheries dispensation (PDF, 5 MB)

Chapter 14 - Crown Minerals Act Approvals - Mining permits (PDF, 11 MB)

Chapter 15 - Crown Minerals Act Approvals - Access arrangements (PDF, 35 MB)

Chapter 15B1 - Draft access arrangement - ESE Sullivan and Whareatea West (PDF, 1 MB)

Chapter 15B2 - Draft access arrangement - ESE Replacement access arrangement for MP 51 279 (PDF, 1 MB)

Chapter 15B3 - Draft access arrangement MFS MPA 61157 (PDF, 1 MB)

Chapter 15B4 - Draft access arrangement UWHR (PDF, 1 MB)

Chapter 15B5 - Draft access arrangement STK MP 41810 (PDF, 1 MB)

Chapter 15B6 - Draft access arrangement STK MP37150R CML and ACML Replacement (PDF, 2 MB)

Chapter 15B7 - Access arrangement Mount Frederick South MP LINZ (PDF, 3 MB)

Chapter 15B8 - Access arrangement Stockton MP LINZ (PDF, 3 MB)

Cover page and list of lodged documents (PDF, 185 KB)

EcoLogical Solutions - Terrestrial ecology (PDF, 40 MB)

Lloyd's Ecological - Assessment on snails (PDF, 3 MB)

Lloyd's Ecological - Modelling trends snails (PDF, 2 MB)

Alliance Ecology - Residual effects management (PDF, 11 MB)

Alliance Ecology - Pest mammal survey (PDF, 30 MB)

Pestproof fences (PDF, 256 KB)

Pest exclusion fencing report (PDF, 16 MB)

Earth Sciences - Aquatic ecology (PDF, 5 MB)

RMA Science - Water quality guidelines part 1 (PDF, 24 MB)

RMA Science - Water quality guidelines part 2 (PDF, 11 MB)

Earth Sciences - Koura movement ecology (PDF, 435 KB)

BRL - Koura passage culvert characterisation (PDF, 4 MB)

AMD - overview report part 1 (PDF, 12 MB)

AMD - overview report part 2 (PDF, 48 MB)

AMD - overview report part 3 (PDF, 16 MB)

AMD - overview report part 4 (PDF, 37 MB)

AMD - overview report part 5 (PDF, 10 MB)

AMD - overview report part 6 (PDF, 33 MB)

AMD - overview report part 7 (PDF, 33 MB)

AMD - overview report part 8 (PDF, 48 MB)

MWM - Sediment overview report (PDF, 37 MB)

PFL - Active water treatment testing summary (PDF, 27 MB)

PFL - Active water treatment plant basis of design (PDF, 2 MB)

MWM - Hydrological assessment (PDF, 11 MB)

Courtenay Environmental - Wastewater treatment (PDF, 11 MB)

Courtenay Env - On-site wastewater treatment - Stockton (PDF, 4 MB)

BRL - NZ West Coast coal and mining operations (PDF, 6 MB)

RMM - Landscape assessment part 1 (PDF, 2 MB)

RMM - Landscape assessment part 2 (PDF, 37 MB)

RMM - Landscape assessment part 3 (PDF, 42 MB)

RMM - Landscape assessment part 4 (PDF, 23 MB)

RMM - Landscape assessment part 5 (PDF, 19 MB)

RMM - Landscape assessment part 6 (PDF, 34 MB)

RMM - Landscape assessment part 7 (PDF, 47 MB)

RMM - Landscape assessment part 8 (PDF, 47 MB)

RMM - Landscape assessment part 9 (PDF, 45 MB)

RMM - Landscape assessment part 10 (PDF, 38 MB)

RMM - Landscape assessment part 11 (PDF, 44 MB)

RMM - Landscape assessment part 12 (PDF, 43 MB)

RMM - Landscape assessment part 13 (PDF, 41 MB)

RMM - Landscape assessment part 14 (PDF, 40 MB)

RMM - Landscape assessment part 15 (PDF, 42 MB)

RMM - Landscape assessment part 16 (PDF, 42 MB)

RMM - Landscape assessment part 17 (PDF, 40 MB)

RMM - Landscape assessment part 18 (PDF, 42 MB)

RMM - Landscape assessment part 19 (PDF, 47 MB)

RMM - Landscape assessment part 20 (PDF, 42 MB)

RMM - Landscape assessment part 21 (PDF, 45 MB)

RMM - Landscape assessment part 22 (PDF, 44 MB)

RMM - Landscape assessment part 23 (PDF, 45 MB)

RMM - Landscape assessment part 24 (PDF, 12 MB)

RMM - Landscape assessment part 25 (PDF, 44 MB)

RMM - Landscape assessment part 26 (PDF, 44 MB)

RMM - Landscape assessment part 27 (PDF, 43 MB)

RMM - Landscape assessment part 28 (PDF, 41 MB)

RMM - Landscape assessment part 29 (PDF, 39 MB)

RMM - Landscape assessment part 30 (PDF, 35 MB)

RMM - Landscape assessment part 31 (PDF, 44 MB)

RMM - Landscape assessment part 32 (PDF, 40 MB)

RMM - Landscape assessment part 33 (PDF, 21 MB)

RMM - Landscape assessment part 34 (PDF, 874 KB)

Rob Greenaway - Recreation and tourism assessment (PDF, 19 MB)

Clough - Heritage assessment part 1 (PDF, 8 MB)

Clough - Heritage assessment part 2 (PDF, 8 MB)

Clough - Heritage assessment part 3 (PDF, 4 MB)

Clough - Heritage assessment part 4 (PDF, 9 MB)

Clough - Heritage assessment part 5 (PDF, 2 MB)

Clough - Heritage assessment part 6 (PDF, 23 MB)

Stantec - Denniston traffic assessment (PDF, 4 MB)

Stantec - Stockton traffic assessment (PDF, 2 MB)

Stantec - SH67 Kerrs Road Granity LCSIA (PDF, 11 MB)

Stantec - SH67 Granity Ngakawau LCSIA (PDF, 13 MB)

Stantec - Millerton Road Ngakawau LCSIA (PDF, 8 MB)

Tonkin and Taylor - Air quality technical assessment (PDF, 8 MB)

Tonkin and Taylor - Hazardous substances assessment (PDF, 3 MB)

Tonkin and Taylor - Outdoor tyre storage (PDF, 2 MB)

Leading Design - Existing infrastructure lighting effects (PDF, 11 MB)

Leading Design - Proposed infrastructure lighting effects (PDF, 3 MB)

Marshall Day - Assessment of noise effects (PDF, 4 MB)

AIGIS - Economic impact assessment (PDF, 1 MB)

AIGIS - Social impact assessment (PDF, 3 MB)

Ngati Waewae - Cultural impact assessment (PDF, 359 KB)

PDP - Mount Frederick South geotechnical assessment part 1 (PDF, 8 MB)

PDP - Mount Frederick South geotechnical assessment part 2 (PDF, 44 MB)

PDP - Mount Frederick South geotechnical assessment part 3 (PDF, 11 MB)

BRL - Pre-Feasibility Study - Escarpment extension geotechnical assessment (PDF, 9 MB)

BRL - Stockton geotechnical executive assessment (PDF, 332 KB)

BRL - Upper Waimangaroa haul road (PDF, 40 MB)

PDP - Geotechnical assessment A - Drive borrow pit (PDF, 24 MB)

BRL - Haul road void assessment (PDF, 1 MB)

BRL - Sustainability, energy use and greenhouse gas (PDF, 485 KB)

PDP - Greenhouse gas assessment (PDF, 12 MB)

Stockton mining permit application technical report (PDF, 31 MB)

Mount Frederick South mining permit application technical report (PDF, 49 MB)

Sullivan mining permit application technical report (PDF, 34 MB)

Instream - Stockton aquatic ecology (PDF, 43 MB)

BRL - History of AMD management and future (PDF, 3 MB)

BRL - Stockton 80 year water quality forecast (PDF, 7 MB)

BRL - Millerton water and AMD management (PDF, 17 MB)

BRL - Stockton operational AMD sludge management (PDF, 19 MB)

Lane Associates - Bond process description (PDF, 135 KB)

Expert code of conduct table (PDF, 10 MB)

GHD - Stockton water management (PDF, 19 MB)

GHD - Stockton hydrogeology (PDF, 17 MB)

Cover page and list of lodged documents (PDF, 289 KB)

Roger MacGibbon - Terrestrial ecology (PDF, 2 MB)

Dr Bruce Burns - Vegetation (PDF, 635 KB)

Dr Robyn Simcock - Rehabilitation (PDF, 4 MB)

Dr Darryl MacKenzie - Snails (PDF, 174 KB)

Prof Emeritus Jon Harding - Aquatic ecology (PDF, 199 KB)

Andrew Rumsby - Water quality guidelines (PDF, 5 MB)

Dr James Pope - AMD and sediment (PDF, 1 MB)

Dr Dora Avanidou - MFD and ESE hydrogeology (PDF, 288 KB)

Craig Vincent - Stockon hydrogeology (PDF, 231 KB)

Tim Mulliner - Hydrology (PDF, 354 KB)

Shannon Bray - Landscape and visual effects (PDF, 497 KB)

Dr Neville Ritchie - Heritage and archaeology (PDF, 1 MB)

Greg Akehurst - Economics (PDF, 178 KB)

Julie Boucher - Social impact assessment (PDF, 417 KB)

Andrew Smith - Geotechnical (PDF, 98 KB)

Campbell Stewart - Erosion and sediment control (PDF, 235 KB)

Cover page and list of lodged documents (PDF, 291 KB)

Disturbance areas and land use consent boundary (PDF, 914 KB)

Disturbance areas and land use consent boundary Stockton (PDF, 904 KB)

Disturbance areas and land use consent boundary ESE (PDF, 903 KB)

Disturbance areas and land use consent boundary MFS (PDF, 896 KB)

Disturbance areas and land use consent boundary UWHR (PDF, 838 KB)

Mt Rochfort ESE final landforms (PDF, 1 MB)

MFS final landforms (PDF, 1 MB)

Stockton final landforms (PDF, 7 MB)

Landowners (PDF, 796 KB)

Landowners and disturbance ESE (PDF, 719 KB)

Landowners and disturbance MFS (PDF, 723 KB)

Landowners and disturbance at UWHR (PDF, 795 KB)

Landowners and disturbance Stockton (PDF, 808 KB)

Proposed Mining Authorisations (PDF, 2 MB)

Stockton water infrastructure (PDF, 6 MB)

Historic workings across project area (PDF, 2 MB)

Wildlife Act Authority (PDF, 1 MB)

Pest exclusion fences at Stockton (PDF, 3 MB)

Pest exclusion fences at Denniston (PDF, 3 MB)

Access arrangements being sought (PDF, 2 MB)

Residual effects management areas (PDF, 1 MB)

Water monitoring sites ESE and MFS (PDF, 1 MB)

Water monitoring sites at Stockton (PDF, 2 MB)

Master condition set - Contents (PDF, 89 KB)

Cover page and list of lodged documents (PDF, 288 KB)

General conditions (PDF, 3 MB)

General conditions part 2 (PDF, 1 MB)

Amenity and landscape conditions (PDF, 5 MB)

Ecological conditions (PDF, 9 MB)

Other regional conditions (PDF, 3 MB)

Water management conditions (PDF, 6 MB)

Water management conditions part 2 (PDF, 3 MB)

Rehabilitation and closure conditions (PDF, 6 MB)

BPCP conditions attachments and schedules (PDF, 7 MB)

Cover page and list of lodged documents (PDF, 288 KB)

Stakeholder and community engagement report (PDF, 16 MB)

Buller District Council Heads of agreement (PDF, 13 MB)

Affected party agreement (PDF, 4 MB)

NZFWDA managed access protocol (PDF, 605 KB)

Museum letters (PDF, 2 MB)

Formal notification letters (PDF, 3 MB)

Responses to letters (PDF, 2 MB)

Kawatiri Energy letter of intent (PDF, 142 KB)

Councils and Iwi letter of support (PDF, 514 KB)

Cover page and list of lodged documents (PDF, 291 KB)

Rehabilitation management plan (PDF, 37 MB)

Avifauna management plan (PDF, 8 MB)

Powelliphanta snail management plan (PDF, 3 MB)

Lizard management plan (PDF, 9 MB)

Aquatic ecology management plan (PDF, 21 MB)

Biosecurity management plan (PDF, 7 MB)

Weed management plan (PDF, 14 MB)

Biodiversity outcome management plan (PDF, 11 MB)

AMD water management plan (PDF, 37 MB)

AMD ELF management plan (PDF, 19 MB)

Water infrastructure design plan (PDF, 2 MB)

ESCPLDA (PDF, 22 MB)

Hazardous substances management plan (PDF, 11 MB)

Waste management plan (PDF, 11 MB)

Noise blasting and vibration management plan (PDF, 8 MB)

Dust management plan (PDF, 5 MB)

LVA management plan (PDF, 8 MB)

Traffic manangement plan (PDF, 11 MB)

Historic heritage and archaeological management plan (PDF, 10 MB)

Pest control and elimination plan (PDF, 49 MB)

Conceptual mine closure strategy (PDF, 11 MB)

Stockton Mine AMD environmental management plan (PDF, 13 MB)

Stockton Mine water environmental management plan (PDF, 6 MB)

Millerton Block water and AMD management plan (PDF, 13 MB)

Ngākawau operational and environmental management plan (PDF, 16 MB)

Stockton ground and strata instability hazard management plan (PDF, 4 MB)

Two documents from Part I have been withheld from publishing under Clause 26, Schedule 11 of the Fast-track Approvals Act 2024.

Re-Submission Memorandum (PDF, 1 MB)

Licence to Occupy - Ngakawau Hector Domain Reserve Board (PDF, 2 MB)

BDC Activity Agreement - Bathurst (28 September 2026) (PDF, 1 MB)

Section 29 Notification Letters (PDF, 8 MB)

Letter from EcoLogical Solutions (PDF, 396 KB)

Letter from Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Waewae (PDF, 630 KB)

Freshwater Fisheries - Culvert Supporting Assessment Table (PDF, 73 KB)

ESE and MFS Diversion Maps and Indicative Cross-Sections (PDF, 1 MB)

Further Information Response and Letter from Bathurst (PDF, 1 MB)

Memorandum of Counsel (9 September 2026) (PDF, 171 KB)

Substantive application

Application documents

Part A – Substantive application

Part B – Technical reports

Part C – Peer reviews

Part D – Project maps and figures

Part E – Schedule of project conditions

Part F – Consultation and engagement

Part G – Management plans

Part H – Landowners, adjacent landowners and records of title

Part I – Resubmission documents