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Further information requests
21 October 2026
The applicant provided a response to further information requested in Minute 22.
Memorandum from applicant in response to Minute 22 (PDF, 640 KB)
Appendix B – District conditions in response to Minute 22 (PDF, 657 KB)
16 October 2026
The Department of Conservation, Greater Wellington Regional Council, Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira, Tiaka Wai and Porirua City Council provided a response to further information requested in Minute 21.
Memorandum from Department of Conservation in response to Minute 21 (PDF, 55 KB)
Attachment 1 – Department of Conservation comments (PDF, 659 KB)
Attachment 2 – Department of Conservation Terrestrial Ecology (PDF, 163 KB)
Attachment 3 – Department of Conservation Freshwater (PDF, 93 KB)
Memorandum from Greater Wellington Regional Council in response to Minute 21 (PDF, 149 KB)
Attachment 1 – Assessment against Engineering Joint Witness Statement (PDF, 174 KB)
Attachment 2 – Assessment against Greater Wellington Section 53 comments (PDF, 467 KB)
Comments from Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira in response to Minute 21 (PDF, 199 KB)
Comments from Tiaki Wai on applicant's response to Minute 21 (PDF, 658 KB)
Attachment A – Tiaki Wai Flood Modelling Review email (PDF, 2.7 MB)
Statement from Porirua City Council in response to Minute 21 (PDF, 129 KB)
8 October 2026
The applicant provided revised condition sets in response to further information requested in Minute 21.
Minute 21 of the expert panel (PDF, 110 KB)
District conditions (PDF, 717 KB)
Regional conditions (PDF, 601 KB)
The applicant and Porirua City Council provided a joint memorandum regarding Planning and Natural Environment Acts in response to further information requested in Minute 18.
Minute 18 of the expert panel (PDF, 125 KB)
5 October 2026
The applicant provided a response to further information requested in Minute 18.
Minute 18 of the expert panel (PDF, 125 KB)
- Applicant response to Minute 18 (PDF, 362 KB)
- Appendix A1 – Alternative stormwater strategy (PDF, 268 KB)
- Appendix A2 – Alternative stormwater management plan (PDF, 2 MB)
- Appendix A3 – Updated stormwater model build and flood assessment report (PDF, 18 MB)
- Appendix A4 – Updated wastewater hydraulic modelling report (PDF, 1 MB)
- Appendix A5 – Alternative ecological remediation and offset (PDF, 22 MB)
- Appendix A6 – Alternative overall ecological areas (PDF, 1 MB)
- Appendix A7 – Alternative scheme plans (PDF, 927 KB)
- Appendix A7 – Alternative scheme plans (1753-02-1004-1009 Rev R4) (PDF, 16 MB)
- Appendix A7 – Alternative scheme plans (1753-02-1010-1013 Rev R5) (PDF, 17 MB)
- Appendix A7 – Alternative scheme plans (1753-02-1014-1025 Rev R5) (PDF, 7 MB)
- Appendix A7 – Alternative scheme plans (1753-02-1016-1036 Rev R5) (PDF, 7 MB)
- Appendix A8 – Alternative stormwater detention ponds (1753-02-4300) (PDF, 13 MB)
- Appendix B – Ecology memorandum – Alternative wetland and stream offset (PDF, 619 KB)
- Appendix C1 – Memorandum – Alternative offset wetland hydrological assessment (PDF, 905 KB)
- Appendix C2 – Memorandum – Wetland hydrology model for alternative stormwater design (PDF, 1 MB)
- Appendix D1 – Alternative landscape and ecology plans part 1 (PDF, 13 MB)
- Appendix D2 – Alternative landscape and ecology plans part 2 (PDF, 16 MB)
17 September 2026
The applicant provided an amended ecology report from Dr Vaughan Keesing, which was originally provided on 11 September 2026 in response to Minute 18.
Amended ecology response – Dr Vaughan Keesing (PDF, 6.5 MB)
Porirua City Council provided a response to the amended report of Dr Vaughan Keesing.
Porirua City Council response to amended Dr Vaughan Keesing ecology memorandum (PDF, 850 KB)
Porirua City Council provided a response to further information requested in Minute 18.
Porirua City Council response to Tony Payne lizard memorandum (PDF, 893 KB)
16 September 2026
Department of Conservation, Porirua City Council and Tiaki Wai provided a response to further information requested in Minute 18.
Minute 18 of the expert panel (PDF, 125 KB)
Department of Conservation response to Tony Payne lizard memorandum (PDF, 486 KB)
Department of Conservation response to Dr Vaughan Keesing ecology memorandum (PDF, 462 KB)
Porirua City Council response to Dr Vaughan Keesing ecology memorandum (PDF, 862 KB)
Tiaki Wai wastewater modelling (PDF, 3.1 MB)
15 September 2026
Greater Wellington Regional Council and Tiaki Wai provided a response to further information requested in Minute 18.
Minute 18 of the expert panel (PDF, 125 KB)
Tiaki Wai response to applicant's additional stormwater modelling (PDF, 341 KB)
14 September 2026
As requested in Minute 18 of the expert panel, the applicant provided a response to Gary Bramley's ecology report.
Minute 18 of the expert panel (PDF, 125 KB)
Applicant response to Gary Bramley report (PDF, 202 KB)
11 September 2026
As requested in Minute 18 of the expert panel, Department of Conservation, Greater Wellington Regional Council and Porirua City Council provided a response to Gary Bramley's ecology report.
Minute 18 of the expert panel (PDF, 125 KB)
Department of Conservation response to Gary Bramley report (PDF, 429 KB)
Greater Wellington Regional Council response to Gary Bramley report (PDF, 523 KB)
Porirua City Council response to Gary Bramley report (PDF, 258 KB)
The applicant provided a response to further information requested in Minute 18.
Memorandum of counsel in relation to the ecological impact assessment guidelines (PDF, 198 KB)
Ecology response – Dr Vaughan Keesing (PDF, 1.1 MB)
Lizard memorandum – Tony Payne (PDF, 17 MB)
10 September 2026
The applicant provided a response to further information requested in Minute 18.
Minute 18 of the expert panel (PDF, 125 KB)
Wastewater memorandum (PDF, 342 KB)
Wastewater model updates (PDF, 4 MB)
7 September 2026
The applicant provided a response to further information requested in Minute 18.
Minute 18 of the expert panel (PDF, 125 KB)
Economics response to Minute 18 (PDF, 659 KB)
Planning response to Minute 18 (PDF, 1 MB)
Transport memorandum (PDF, 346 KB)
Flood and stormwater memorandum (PDF, 339 KB)
Mt Welcome flood maps full model 72hr (PDF, 33 MB)
Mt Welcome flood swamp long profile 72hr (PDF, 11 MB)
Taupō Swamp flood assessment (PDF, 49 MB)
4 September 2026
Department of Conservation and Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga provided a response to further information requested in Minute 16.
Minute 16 of the expert panel (PDF, 190 KB)
Department of Conservation response to Minute 16 (4 September) (PDF, 391 KB)
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga response to Minute 16 (PDF, 410 KB)
2 September 2026
The applicant, Department of Conservation, Greater Wellington Regional Council and Porirua City Council provided a response to further information requested in Minute 16.
Minute 16 of the expert panel (PDF, 190 KB)
Memorandum from applicant response to Minute 16 (PDF, 718 KB)
Department of Conservation response to Minute 16 (PDF, 567 KB)
Memorandum from Greater Wellington Council response to Minute 16 (PDF, 182 KB)
Memorandum of counsel from Porirua City Council response to Minute 16 (PDF, 136 KB)
The applicant provided a response to the engineering statement of evidence from Darcy Brittliff as directed in Minute 16.
Memorandum from applicant response to Darcy Brittliff statement of evidence (PDF, 374 KB)
28 August 2026
The applicant provided a response to further information requested in Minute 11.
Minute 11 of the expert panel (PDF, 128 KB)
Memorandum from applicant response to Minute 11 (PDF, 3.3 MB)
Appendix AA – Engineering memorandum response (PDF, 6.5 MB)
7 August 2026
The applicant provided a response to further information requested in Minute 7.
Minute 7 of the expert panel (PDF, 102 KB)
Commentary on panel review of Complex Freshwater Fisheries Activities conditions (PDF, 180 KB)
Commentary on panel review of Wildlife Approval conditions (PDF, 181 KB)
Commentary on panel review of Archaeological Authority conditions (PDF, 140 KB)
Porirua City Council (PCC) provided a response to further information requested in Minute 6.
Minute 6 of the expert panel (PDF, 102 KB)
PCC comments on Appendix 1 of Minute 5 (tracked) (PDF, 1.2 MB)
PCC comments on Appendix 1 of Minute 5 (clean) (PDF, 745 KB)
6 August 2026
Greater Wellington Regional Council provided a response to further information requested in Minute 6.
Minute 6 of the expert panel (PDF, 102 KB)
Memorandum from Greater Wellington Regional Council in response to Minute 6 (PDF, 156 KB)
31 July 2026
The applicant provided a response to further information requested in Minute 5.
Minute 5 of the expert panel (PDF, 134 KB)
Applicant comments on Appendix 1 of Minute 5 (tracked) (PDF, 1.4 MB)
Applicant comments on Appendix 1 of Minute 5 (clean) (PDF, 892 KB)
17 July 2026
The applicant provided a response to further information requested in Minute 4.
Minute 4 of the expert panel (PDF, 188 KB)
Memorandum from applicant in response to Minute 4 (PDF, 2.4 MB)
2 July 2026
The applicant provided a response to further information requested in Minute 2.
Minute 2 of the expert panel (PDF, 121 KB)
- Memorandum from applicant in response to Minute 2 (PDF, 703 KB)
- Appendix A – Updated Proposed Conditions of Consent (PDF, 875 KB)
- Appendix B – Detailed breakdown of Complex Freshwater Fisheries Activities (PDF, 687 KB)
- Appendix C – Concept plan for wetland bund design (PDF, 572 KB)
- Appendix D – Updated drawing 1753-02-5001 (PDF, 387 KB)
- Appendix E – Updated scheme plans 1753-02-1010 (PDF, 40 MB)
- Appendix F – Additional information on Stream Ecological Valuation for Kakaho West Main Stem (PDF, 3 MB)
- Appendix G – Geotechnical review comments register (PDF, 303 KB)
- Appendix H – Stantec memorandum (PDF, 1 MB)
- Appendix I – SLR memorandum on behalf of PCC (PDF, 773 KB)
- Appendix J – Wildlands ecological review and BlueGreen response (PDF, 1 MB)
Reports
15 October 2026
At the request of the expert panel in Minute 21, the Fast-track team was provided with a Joint Witness Statement for Aquatic Ecology and Wetlands.
Joint Witness Statement - Aquatic Ecology and Wetlands (PDF, 505 KB)
10 September 2026
At the request of the expert panel in Minute 13, the Fast-track team was provided with a Joint Witness Statement for planning matters following conferencing.
Joint Witness Statement – Planning (PDF, 150 KB)
District conditions – conferencing version (PDF, 696 KB)
General conditions – conferencing version (PDF, 336 KB)
Regional conditions – conferencing version (PDF, 597 KB)
7 September 2026
The expert panel was provided with ecology advice from Gary Bramley.
Ecology advice – Gary Bramley (PDF, 340 KB)
4 September 2026
The panel was provided with additional modelling from Tiaki Wai following the engineering conferencing held on 3 September 2026.
Additional Tiaki Wai wastewater modelling (PDF, 3.1 MB)
Expert conferencing on lizard, terrestrial and aquatic ecology matters was held on 18 August 2026. At the request of the expert panel, the Fast-track team was provided with Joint Witness Statements for the issues raised.
Joint Witness Statement – Lizard ecology (PDF, 376 KB)
Joint Witness Statement – Terrestrial ecology (PDF, 444 KB)
Joint Witness Statement – Aquatic ecology (PDF, 1 MB)
25 August 2026
Darcy Brittliff provided an engineering statement of evidence at the request of the panel.
Engineering statement of evidence– Darcy Brittliff (PDF, 1.1 MB)
24 August 2026
Expert conferencing on stormwater, wastewater, earthworks management and water supply infrastructure matters was held on 20 and 21 August 2026. At the request of the expert panel in Minute 9, the Fast-track team was provided with a Joint Witness Statement for the issues raised.
Joint Witness Statement – Engineering (PDF, 1.2 MB)
17 July 2026
The Department of Conservation and Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga provided section 51 reports as requested by the panel convener.
Department of Conservation
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga section 51 report (PDF, 559 KB)
2 April 2026
The Ministry for Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport 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, 3.3 MB)