Draft decision and conditions
On 25 February 2026, the Takitimu North Link – Stage 2 expert panel issued Minute 10 releasing its draft decision and conditions.
The panel proposes to grant the approvals sought in this application.
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 6 March 2026 for receiving this response.
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 11 March 2026 for receiving this response.
Minute 10 of the expert panel (PDF, 162 KB)
Appendix 1A: Draft conditions on regional consents
- BC.01 Works in Waterbodies (PDF, 561 KB)
- DC.01 Temporary Discharges (PDF, 534 KB)
- DC.02 Contaminated Land (PDF, 779 KB)
- DC.03 Permanent Stormwater (PDF, 535 KB)
- LC.01 Earthworks (PDF, 748 KB)
- LC.02 Drilling (PDF, 482 KB)
- WT.01 Perm Groundwater Diversion (PDF, 508 KB)
- WT.02 Temporary Dewatering (PDF, 479 KB)
Appendix 1B: Draft conditions other
Appendix 2A
Appendix 2B
Stormwater flooding advice (PDF, 1.19 MB)
Appendix 2C
Transportation advice (PDF, 244 KB)
Comments received on draft conditions under section 70
Ngāti Taka and Pirirākau (PDF, 290 KB)
Department of Conservation (PDF, 23 MB)
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga (PDF, 382 KB)
Matthew Kerr-Ridge on Behalf of Penny Hicks (PDF, 221 KB)
Western Bay of Plenty District Council (PDF, 234 KB)
Bay of Plenty Regional Council (PDF, 95 KB)
Comments received from the applicant
- Memorandum of counsel on behalf of NZTA Response to Draft Conditions (PDF, 218 KB)
- Statement of Evidence of Mr Jeremy Garrett Walker (PDF, 123 KB)
- Archaeological Authority Conditions Tracked (PDF, 330 KB)
- Archaeological Authority Conditions (PDF, 223 KB)
- BC.01 Works in Waterbodies Conditions Tracked (PDF, 499 KB)
- BC.01 Works in Waterbodies Conditions (PDF, 506 KB)
- DC.01 Temporary Discharges Conditions Tracked (PDF, 490 KB)
- DC.01 Temporary Discharges Conditi (PDF, 505 KB)
- DC.02 Contaminated Land Conditions Tracked (PDF, 664 KB)
- DC.02 Contaminated Land Conditions (PDF, 648 KB)
- DC.03 Permanent Stormwater Conditions Tracked (PDF, 484 KB)
- DC.03 Permanent Stormwater Conditions (PDF, 496 KB)
- Designation Conditions Tracked (PDF, 463 KB)
- Designation Conditions (PDF, 366 KB)
- LC.01 Earthworks Conditions Tracked (PDF, 656 KB)
- LC.01 Earthworks Conditions (PDF, 627 KB)
- LC.02 Drilling Conditions Tracked (PDF, 443 KB)
- LC.02 Drilling Conditions (PDF, 475 KB)
- Resource Consent Contamination Conditions Tracked (PDF, 438 KB)
- Resource Consent Contamination Conditions (PDF, 330 KB)
- WT.01 Perm Groundwater Diversion Conditions Tracked (PDF, 462 KB)
- WT.01 Perm Groundwater Diversion Conditions (PDF, 484 KB)
- WT.02 Temporary Dewatering Conditions Tracked (PDF, 439 KB)
- WT.02 Temporary Dewatering Conditions (PDF, 472 KB)
Comments received on draft decision under section 72
Minister for Māori Crown Relations: Te Arawhiti and Māori Development (PDF, 422 KB)
Applicant response to comments on draft conditions
Memorandum of counsel on behalf the applicant (PDF, 222 KB)
Archaeological authority conditions (PDF, 333 KB)
LC.01 Earthworks Conditions - in response to parties' comments (PDF, 622 KB)