Invitation for comments
On 2 July 2026 the Mt Welcome, Pukerua Bay, Porirua expert panel released Minute 3, recording their decision on which parties are to be invited to comment.
Minute 3 of the expert panel (PDF, 503KB)
The closing date for comments was 31 July 2026.
Comments received
- Friends of Taupō Swamp & Catchment Inc (FOTSC) (PDF, 313 KB)
- Game Animal Council (PDF, 132 KB)
- Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga (PDF, 51 KB)
- Megan D'Oliveira (PDF, 473 KB)
- Associate Minister of Transport (PDF, 53 KB)
- Minister for Building and Construction (PDF, 229 KB)
- Minister for Infrastructure (PDF, 39 KB)
- Minister for Rail (PDF, 145 KB)
- New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (PDF, 158 KB)
- Plimmerton Residents Association (PDF, 290 KB)
- Pukerua Bay Residents Association Incorporated (PDF, 223 KB)
- Rebecca Davis & Jonathan Burcell (PDF, 413 KB)
- Te Awarua-o-Porirua Harbour and Catchments Community Trust & Guardians of Pathuatunui Inlet Trust (PDF, 66 KB)
- Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira (PDF, 198 KB)
- Tiaki Wai (PDF, 813 KB)
- Wellington Conservation Board (PDF, 310 KB)
Department of Conservation
Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC) comments (PDF, 2 MB)
- Appendix 1 - Greater Wellington Draft Regional Resource Consent Conditions (PDF, 559 KB)
- Appendix 2 - Technical Comments Stormwater Management (PDF, 410 KB)
- Appendix 3 - Technical Comments Hydrology (PDF, 596 KB)
- Appendix 4 - Technical Comments Stream Ecology (PDF, 198 KB)
- Appendix 5 - Technical Comments Wetland Ecology (PDF, 719 KB)
- Appendix 6 - Technical Comments Water Resilience (PDF, 133 KB)
- Appendix 7 - Technical Comments Erosion and Sediment Control (PDF, 136 KB)
- Appendix 8 - Organisation Comments Regional and Public Transport (PDF, 114 KB)
Porirua City Council
- Porirua City Council (PCC) comments (PDF, 173 KB)
- Memorandum of Counsel (PDF, 378 KB)
- Planning Report on behalf of Porirua City Council (PDF, 3 MB)
- Technical Review Memorandum Contaminated Land (PDF, 1 MB)
- Technical Review Memorandum Transpor (PDF, 247 KB)
- Technical Review Memorandum Landscape and Visual Amenity (PDF, 1 MB)
- Technical Review Memorandum Parks (PDF, 2 MB)
- Technical Review Memorandum Geotechnical Engineering (PDF, 564 KB)
- Technical Review Memorandum Terrestrial Ecology (PDF, 527 KB)
- Technical Review Memorandum Urban Design (PDF, 1 MB)
- NGA - Civil Report - Envelope Part 1 (PDF, 39 MB)
- NGA - Civil Report - Envelope Part 2 (PDF, 39 MB)
- NGA - Civil Report - Envelope Part 3 (PDF, 35 MB)
Applicant's response to comments received
- Cover letter – Applicant response to comments and panel Minutes (PDF, 259 KB)
- Appendix A – Summary of comments received table (PDF, 685 KB)
- Appendix B – Planning response memorandum (PDF, 2 MB)
- Appendix C – Envelope engineering response memorandum (PDF, 854 KB)
- Appendix C1 – Greater Wellington Regional Council comments Envelope table response (PDF, 538 KB)
- Appendix C2 – Tiaki Wai comments Envelope table response (PDF, 565 KB)
- Appendix C3 – Porirua City Council comments Envelope table response (PDF, 418 KB)
- Appendix C4 – M009v1-1753-02 Stormwater access response (PDF, 371 KB)
- Appendix C5 – M010v1-1753-02 Stormwater options assessment response (PDF, 396 KB)
- Appendix C6 – M011v1-1753-02 Culvert detail response (PDF, 11 MB)
- Appendix C7 – M008v1-1753-02 Raingarden design response (PDF, 1 MB)
- Appendix C8 – R001v3-1753-02 Infrastructure report (PDF, 3 MB)
- Appendix C9 – R003v4-1753-02 Stormwater management plan (PDF, 2 MB)
- Appendix C10 – R002v2-1753-02 Draft earthworks and construction management plan (PDF, 727 KB)
- Appendix C11 – R005-v3-1753-02 stormwater model and flood assessment (PDF, 6 MB)
- Appendix C12 – 1753-02-Civil plan updates (PDF, 21 MB)
- Appendix C13 – 1753-02-Scheme plan updates (PDF, 48 MB)
- Appendix D – BlueGreen Ecology response Memorandum (PDF, 2 MB)
- Appendix E – Blueprint Ecology (Lizards) response (PDF, 479 KB)
- Appendix F – PDP hydrology and contaminated land memorandum (PDF, 29 MB)
- Appendix G – Stantec transport response memorandum (PDF, 344 KB)
- Appendix H – Landscape and urban design memorandum (PDF, 1 MB)
- Appendix I – ENGEO geotechnical memorandum (PDF, 266 KB)
- Appendix J – Urban economics memorandum (PDF, 1 MB)
- Appendix K – Heritage & Archaeology Services Ltd- Updated archaeological management plan (PDF, 3 MB)
- Appendix L – Memorandum of Counsel (PDF, 319 KB)
- Appendix 6 – Commentary on panel’s review of Complex Freshwater Fish Activities conditions (PDF, 180 KB)
- Appendix 7 – Commentary on panel’s review of Wildlife Approval conditions (PDF, 181 KB)
- Appendix 8 – Commentary on panel’s review of Archaeological Authority conditions (PDF, 140 KB)