Draft decision and conditions
On 5 June 2026, the Lake Pūkaki Hydro Storage and Dam Resilience Works expert panel issued Minute 7 releasing its draft decision and conditions.
The panel proposes to grant the approvals sought in this application.
Minute 7 of the expert panel (PDF, 125KB)
Lake Pūkaki Hydro Storage and Dam Resilience Works Draft Decision (PDF, 1MB)
Panel draft conditions air discharge consent (PDF, 189KB)
Panel draft conditions air discharge consent (DOCX, 47KB)
Lake Pūkaki resilience works draft dust management plan (PDF,4.9MB)
Panel draft conditions consent to discharge contaminants to land or water (PDF, 178KB)
Panel draft conditions consent to discharge contaminants to land or water (DOCX, 60KB)
Panel draft conditions consent to take, use, dam or divert water (PDF, 212KB)
Panel draft conditions consent to take, use, dam or divert water (DOCX, 49KB)
Panel draft wildlife authority conditions (PDF, 183KB)
Panel draft wildlife authority conditions (DOCX, 64KB)
Lizard Management Plan (PDF, 2.6MB)
Under section 70 of the Fast-track Approvals Act 2024 (the Act), an expert panel must invite comments on the draft conditions from:
the applicant
every person or group that provided comments under section 35 or 53
any local authority or other body with a statutory responsibility to enforce or monitor compliance with the conditions.
The panel must also issue the panel’s draft decision document for each approval in accordance with section 70(2)(b).
The panel set a deadline of 12 June 2026 for receiving these responses.
The panel also set a deadline of 19 June 2026 for the Applicant to respond to comments received under section 70.
Under section 72 of the Act, an expert panel must also invite comments on the draft decision, including any draft conditions, from:
the Minister for Māori Crown Relations: Te Arawhiti
the Minister for Māori Development.
The panel set a deadline of 19 June 2026 for receiving this response.
Comments received on draft conditions
- Canterbury Regional Council (PDF, 320 KB)
- Canterbury Regional Council Attachment 1 – Water permit (PDF, 278 KB)
- Canterbury Regional Council Attachment 2 – discharge to water (PDF, 207 KB)
- Canterbury Regional Council Attachment 3 – discharge to air (PDF, 202 KB)
- Canterbury Regional Council Attachment 4 – works in bed or banks of lake (PDF, 214 KB)
- Department of Conservation (PDF, 2 MB)
- Genesis Energy Limited (PDF, 171 KB)
- Genesis Energy Limited Appendix One – Statement of expert evidence Phil Mitchell (PDF, 306 KB)
- Genesis Energy Limited Appendix Two – Resource Consent CRC905321.7 (PDF, 919 KB)
- Genesis Energy Limited Appendix Three – Resource Consent CRC185833 (PDF, 671 KB)
- Kā Rūnaka (PDF, 162 KB)
- Minister for Land Information (PDF, 261 KB)
- Transpower (PDF, 348 KB)
Late comments received
The expert panel received comments outside of the timeframe set for comments to be received under section 70. The expert panel directed that these comments be accepted for consideration.