Further information requests

29 July 2026

The Department of Conservation provided further information as requested in Minute 10.

Minute 10 of the expert panel (PDF, 83 KB)

Response from Department of Conservation to Minute 10 (PDF, 472 KB)

28 July 2026

The applicant provided further information as requested in Minute 9.

Minute 9 of the expert panel (PDF, 89 KB)

Memorandum from applicant response to Minute 9 (PDF, 91 KB)

Applicant response – Southland aquaculture infrastructure and supply chain pathway report (PDF, 4.3 MB)

Applicant response – Court of Appeal judgement (PDF, 364 KB)

24 July 2026

Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) provided further information as requested in Minute 8.

Minute 8 of the expert panel (PDF, 96 KB)

Response from Ministry for Primary Industries to Minute 8 (PDF, 252 KB)

17 July 2026

The applicant and Environment Southland provided further information as requested in Minute 7.

Minute 7 of the expert panel (PDF, 175 KB)

Response from Environment Southland to Minute 7 (PDF, 192 KB)

Response from the applicant to Minute 7 (PDF, 334 KB)

16 July 2026

Ruapuke Island Group Whānau provided further information as requested in Minute 7.

Minute 7 of the expert panel (PDF, 175 KB)

Memorandum of counsel from Ruapuke Island Group Whānau in response to Minute 7 (PDF, 1.5 MB)

1 July 2026

Department of Conservation provided further information as requested during the conditions workshop.

Response from Department of Conservation following conditions workshop (PDF, 163 KB)

The applicant provided further information following the conditions workshop.

15 June 2026

Southland Conservation Board and Department of Conservation provided comments on the applicant's updated set of proposed conditions, as requested in Minute 5.

Southland Conservation Board comments on proposed conditions (PDF, 241 KB)

Department of Conservation comments on proposed conditions (PDF, 420 KB)

11 June 2026

Environment Southland provided comments on the applicant's updated set of proposed conditions, as requested in Minute 5.

Environment Southland comments on proposed conditions (PDF, 269 KB)

8 June 2026

The applicant provided an updated set of proposed conditions in response to Minute 5.

Minute 5 of the expert panel (PDF, 99 KB)

Letter from the applicant regarding updated conditions (PDF, 122 KB)

Updates to consent conditions explanatory table (DOCX, 1.7 MB)

Appendix CC – proposed resource consent conditions (DOCX, 2.1 MB)

22 May 2026

The applicant provided a response to Minute 4, regarding an updated set of proposed conditions and a draft environmental monitoring and management plan (EMMP).

Minute 4 of the expert panel (PDF, 146 KB)

Letter from the applicant (PDF, 183 KB)

Updated set of proposed consent conditions (PDF, 1.1 MB)

Memorandum on water quality and seabed effects conditions (PDF, 303 KB)

Draft environmental monitoring and management plan (EMMP) (PDF, 3.2 MB)

18 May 2026

Environment Southland and the Department of Conservation provided the information requested in Minute 5.

Minute 5 of the expert panel (PDF, 99 KB)

Response from the Department of Conservation (PDF, 452 KB)

Response from Environment Southland (PDF, 858 KB)

6 May 2026

Under section 48 of the Act, the chief executive of the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) was requested to make a recommendation in relation to the aquaculture approval sought by the applicant. To inform its recommendation, MPI could seek information from the parties listed in clause 14 of Schedule 5 of the Act at the same time that the Panel invited comments on the application.

Request for s48 recommendation from Ministry for Primary Industries (PDF, 93 KB)

MPI have advised that no responses were received from any of the parties that they contacted.

21 April 2026 

The applicant provided a response to information requested in Minute 4.

Minute 4 of the expert panel (PDF, 146 KB)

Response from the applicant (PDF, 596 KB)

Role of baseline (pre-development) monitoring at the Hananui site (PDF, 222 KB)

10 April 2026

The applicant provided a response to information requested in Minute 3.

Minute 3 of the expert panel (PDF, 83 KB)

Adaptive management approach legal submissions from the applicant (PDF, 448 KB)

25 March 2026

Environment Southland and the Department of Conservation provided a response to information requested in Minute 1.

Minute 1 of the expert panel (PDF, 97 KB)

Response from the Department of Conservation (PDF, 143 KB)

Response from Environment Southland (PDF, 267 KB)

ES Attachment 1 – Landscape review Mike Moore (PDF, 342 KB)

ES Attachment 2 – Seabed review Dr Keely (PDF, 142 KB)

ES Attachment 2A – Seabed review Cawthron response (PDF, 189 KB)

Reports

4 August 2026

The panel received legal advice from Brookfields Lawyers.

Legal advice to the chair of the Hananui Aquaculture Project expert panel (PDF, 998 KB)

15 April 2026

The Fast-track team received the section 51 report from the Department of Conservation.

Section 51(2)(c) report from Department of Conservation – Hananui Aquaculture (PDF, 536 KB)

2 February 2026  

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, 5 MB)