Reports

3 October 2025

At the direction of the panel convener, the Fast-track team requested advice from Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga (and the Māori Heritage Council), and the Department of Conservation under section 51 of the Fast-track Approvals Act 2024.

Letter to Department of Conservation requesting s51 reports (PDF, 97KB)

Letter to Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga (and the Māori Heritage Council) (PDF, 64KB)

Appendix 1 — Minute 1 of the panel convener (PDF, 143KB)

Further information requests

14 November 2025 – Request 1

The panel requested further information from the applicant. The information is to be provided by 17 November 2025.

Request 1 for further information from the applicant (PDF, 126KB)

Response from the applicant

On 14 November 2025, the applicant provided a response to the request for further information.

Southland Wind Farm applicant's response to RFI 1 (PDF, 291KB)