This application has been withdrawn
This page contains information about an application that was withdrawn by Trans-Tasman Resources Limited on 19 February 2026.
On this page:
the invitation for comments
the applicant's response to comments
the comments received.
Invitation for comments
On 8 September 2025 the Taranaki VTM expert panel released Minute 3, recording their decision on which parties are to be invited to comment.
Minute 3 of the panel (PDF, 198KB)
Comments closed on 6 October 2025.
The applicant has responded to the comments. Read the responses, and the original comments, below.
Applicant's response to comments
The applicant provided the following responses:
a legal submission and table of contents
statements of evidence
responses to specific comments.
Applicant's legal submission
Applicant's statements of evidence
- 2-1 – Appendix A – SOE Alan Eggers (Corporate) (PDF, 5 MB)
- 2-2 – Appendix B – SOE Shawn Thompson (Technical and Operational), Siecap Project Management & Advisory (PDF, 252 KB)
- 2-3 – Appendix C – SOE Matt Brown (Geology), Siecap Project Management & Advisory (PDF, 148 KB)
- 2-4 – Appendix D – SOE Alison MacDiarmid (Marine Ecology), Earth Sciences New Zealand (PDF, 296 KB)
- 2-5 – Appendix E – SOE Iain MacDonald (Seabed Morphology), Earth Sciences New Zealand (PDF, 366 KB)
- 2-6 – Appendix F – SOE Charine Collins (Sediment Plume), Earth Sciences New Zealand (PDF, 273 KB)
- 2-7 – Appendix G – SOE Dr David Thompson (Avifauna), Earth Sciences New Zealand (PDF, 173 KB)
- 2-8 – Appendix H – SOE Simon Childerhouse (Marine Mammals), Blue Planet Marine (PDF, 385 KB)
- 2-9 – Appendix J – SOE Darran Humpheson (Acoustics), Tonkin & Taylor Ltd (PDF, 2 MB)
- 2-10 – Appendix J – SOE Christina Leung and Ting Huang (Economics), NZIER (PDF, 1 MB)
- 2-11 – Appendix K – SOE Dr Phil Mitchell and Luke Faithfull (Planning), Mitchell Daysh (PDF, 1 MB)
Applicant's responses to specific comments
- 3-1 – Comments Received from Local and Administering Authorities (PDF, 475 KB)
- 3-2 – Comments Received from Iwi Authorities and Treaty Settlement Entities (PDF, 344 KB)
- 3-3 – Comments Received from Environmental Groups (PDF, 291 KB)
- 3-4 – Comments Received from Parties with Existing Interests (PDF, 426 KB)
- 3-5 – Comments Received from Others (PDF, 252 KB)
- 3-6 – Comments Received from Crown Ministers (PDF, 115 KB)
- 3-7 – Comments in Support Table (PDF, 101 KB)
Comments received
The following parties provided comments in response to Minute 3.
Councils
- Horizons Regional Council comments (PDF, 4 MB)
- Horizons Regional Council appendix One - Technical Assessment (PDF, 1 MB)
- Horowhenua District Council comments (PDF, 100 KB)
- New Plymouth District Council comments (PDF, 195 KB)
- Rangitikei District Council comments (PDF, 869 KB)
- South Taranaki District comments (PDF, 424 KB)
- Taranaki Regional Council comment (PDF, 4 MB)
- Taranaki Regional Council attachment 1 – economic review (PDF, 306 KB)
- Taranaki Regional Council attachment 2 – technical assessment (PDF, 1 MB)
- Whanganui District Council comments (PDF, 331 KB)
- Whanganui District Council – financial model assessment (PDF, 3 MB)
Environmental groups
Climate Justice Taranaki
Environmental Defence Society
Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society
- Forest and Bird comments (PDF, 674 KB)
- Forest and Bird evidence D Clement on marine mammals (PDF, 805 KB)
- Forest and Bird evidence Glenn Banks oneconomics (PDF, 242 KB)
- Forest and Bird evidence Natasha Sitarz on planning (PDF, 979 KB)
- Forest and Bird JASCO peer review on underwater noise and marine mammals (PDF, 1 MB)
- Forest and Bird Natasha Sitarz Appendix 3-JWS planning (PDF, 274 KB)
Kiwis Against Seabed Mining and Greenpeace
- KASM and Greenpeace comments (PDF, 556 KB)
- KASM and Greenpeace evidence Chris Fleming and Andrew Buckwell (PDF, 980 KB)
- KASM and Greenpeace evidence Dougal Greer (PDF, 4 MB)
- KASM and Greenpeace evidence Dr TJ Anderson Appendix and Figure (PDF, 2 MB)
- KASM and Greenpeace evidence Dr TJ Anderson (PDF, 288 KB)
- KASM and Greenpeace evidence Jill Cooper (PDF, 166 KB)
- KASM and Greenpeace evidence Leigh Torres (PDF, 6 MB)
- KASM and Greenpeace evidence John Cockrem (PDF, 1 MB)
- KASM and Greenpeace evidence John Luick (PDF, 165 KB)
Ngā Motu Marine Reserve Society
Fishing and boating clubs
- Aotearoa Clam Holdings Ltd comments (PDF, 781 KB)
- Brooks Seafood Ltd comments (PDF, 193 KB)
- Cloudy Bay Clams Seafoods comments (PDF, 766 KB)
- Hollings Resource Management Ltd comments (PDF, 147 KB)
- Ohawe Boat and Angling Club comments (PDF, 286 KB)
- Opunake Boat and Underwater Club comments (PDF, 90 KB)
- Sealord comments (PDF, 539 KB)
- South Taranaki Underwater Club comments (PDF, 7 MB)
- Submitter 1 comments (PDF, 2 MB)
- Talley's Group Ltd comments (PDF, 1 MB)
- Whanganui Manawatu Sea Fishing Club, and Patea and Districs Boating Club comments (PDF, 7 MB)
- Seafood New Zealand comments (PDF, 688 KB)
- Seafood New Zealand comments – Attachment 1.pdf (PDF, 1 MB)
- NZ Rock Lobster Industry Council comments (PDF, 1 MB)
Iwi
- Araukuuku comments (PDF, 94 KB)
- Kanihi umutahi me ētehi atu hapū comments (PDF, 199 KB)
- Nga Rauru Kiitahi Appendix B – Turama Hawira – english translation (PDF, 538 KB)
- Nga Rauru Kiitahi Appendix A – Turama Hawira (PDF, 300 KB)
- Ngā Tāngata Tiaki o Whanganui comments (PDF, 2 MB)
- Ngāti Hāua Hapū comments (PDF, 269 KB)
- Ngāti Manuhiakai comments (PDF, 210 KB)
- Ngāti Tū and other Hapū comments (PDF, 169 KB)
- Ngāti Tū comments (PDF, 167 KB)
- Ōkahu inuāwai comments (PDF, 423 KB)
- Ōkahu inuāwai me ētehi atu hapū comments (PDF, 197 KB)
- Te Kaahui o Rauru Trust coversheet (PDF, 126 KB)
- Te Kaahui o Rauru statement of Renee Bradley and Tahinganui Hina (PDF, 565 KB)
- Te Kaahui o Rauru statement of Te Huia Bill Hamilton (PDF, 177 KB)
- Te Kaahui o Rauru statement of Turama Hawira (PDF, 314 KB)
- Legal submissions of counsel for Te Kaahui o Rauru (PDF, 309 KB)
- Te Kaahui o Rauru Trust statement of Dr Ganesh Nana on economics (PDF, 382 KB)
- Te Kahui Maru Trust comments (PDF, 2 MB)
- Te Kāhui o Taranaki comments (PDF, 339 KB)
- Te Korowai o Ngāruahine Trust comments (PDF, 402 KB)
- Te Ohu Kaimoana comments (PDF, 2 MB)
- Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Mutunga comments (PDF, 250 KB)
- Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Ruanui Affidavit of G Young (PDF, 6 MB)
- Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Ruanui Affidavit of H Maruera (PDF, 10 MB)
- Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Ruanui comments (PDF, 529 KB)
- Te Tōpuni Kōkōrangi comments (PDF, 276 KB)
- Te Tōpuni Ngārahu Trusts comments (PDF, 395 KB)
- Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Ruanui “HCMM-1” Ngati Ruanui Customary Interests and Marine and Coastal Usage (PDF, 2 MB)
Ministers of the Crown
- Associate Minister of Transport (PDF, 264 KB)
- Minister for Biosecurity (PDF, 88 KB)
- Minister for Economic Growth (PDF, 72 KB)
- Minister for Māori Development and Māori Crown Relations (PDF, 360 KB)
- Minister for Resources and Minister for Regional Development (PDF, 233 KB)
- Minister of Infrastructure (PDF, 44 KB)
- Minister for Oceans and Fisheries (PDF, 260 KB)
Other
- Environmental Protection Authority comments (PDF, 78 KB)
- JERA Nex BP (Parkwind) comments (PDF, 14 MB)
- Parlimentary Commissioner for the Environment comments (PDF, 320 KB)
- Taranaki Offshore Partnership evidence of Dr McComb (Seabed Morphology) (PDF, 532 KB)
- Taranaki Offshore Partnership evidence of Mr Caleffi (Corporate) (PDF, 420 KB)
- Taranaki Offshore Partnership evidence of Mr Colegrave (Economics) (PDF, 337 KB)
- Taranaki Offshore Partnership evidence of Mr King (Geotechnical) (PDF, 493 KB)
- Taranaki Offshore Partnership evidence of Mr Perry (Impacts on Offshore Wind Development) (PDF, 337 KB)
- Taranaki Offshore Partnership comments (PDF, 506 KB)
- Whangaui Port Ltd Partnership comments.pdf (PDF, 947 KB)