Application and cover letter

The application comprises a cover letter, application form and application document describing the project and assessment of effects.

Taranaki VTM cover letter to the EPA (PDF, 271KB)

Taranaki VTM application form (PDF, 1.4MB)

Taranaki VTM application (PDF, 8.9MB)

Attachment 1 - Proposed marine consent conditions (PDF, 895KB)

Attachment 2 - NZIER economic impact assessment (PDF, 609KB)

Attachment 3a: Siecap - pre-feasibility study part 1 (PDF, 39MB)

Attachment 3b: Siecap - pre-feasibility study part 2 (PDF, 21MB)

Attachment 4: Siecap - recovery of vanadium (PDF, 1.2MB)

The following appendices and reports provide supporting detail.

Appendix

Taranaki VTM application appendix sections:

Supplementary technical information

Supplementary technical index (PDF, 94KB)

NIWA South Taranaki Bight Factual Baseline Environmental Report – November 2015:

Report 2 - NIWA Benthic habitats, macrobenthos and surficial sediments of the nearshore report (PDF, 3.4MB)

Report 3 - NIWA Benthic Flora and fauna of the Patea Shoals region report (PDF, 11.8MB)

Report 4 - NIWA Habitat models of Southern Right Whales, Hector’s Dolphin, and Killer Whales report (PDF, 5.2MB)

Report 5 - NIWA Coastal stability – Phase 1 – historical and present-day shoreline change (PDF, 5.6MB)

Report 5 - NIWA Coastal stability – Phase 2 – Potential effects of offshore sand extraction (PDF, 12.7MB)

Report 7 - NIWA Effects of ships lights on fish, squid and seabirds (PDF, 358KB)

Report - 8 NIWA Seabirds of the South Taranaki Bight (PDF, 465KB)

Report 9 - NIWA Zooplankton communities and water quality report (PDF, 3.6MB)

Report 10 - NIWA South Taranaki Bight fish and fisheries report (PDF, 4.4MB)

Report 11 - NIWA Geological desktop summary report (PDF, 2.9MB)

Report 12 - NIWA Oceanographic measurements data report (PDF, 3.5MB)     

Report 13 - NIWA Nearshore optical water quality (PDF, 4.1MB)

Report 14 - NIWA Shoreline monitoring data report (PDF, 10.5MB)

Report 15 - NIWA Nearshore wave modelling (PDF, 9MB)

Report 16 - NIWA Effects on primary production (PDF, 1.1MB)

Report 17 - NIWA Assessment of the scale of marine ecological effects (PDF, 7.1MB)

Report 18 - NIWA South Taranaki Bight commercial fisheries (PDF, 2.6MB)

Report 19 - NIWA Zooplankton and the processes supporting them (PDF, 1.4MB)

Report 20 - aquatic Environmental Sciences ecological assessment report (PDF, 2.2MB)

Report 21- Tonkin & Taylor Air dispersion modelling studies on gas turbine discharges (PDF, 3.2MB)

Report 22 - Tonkin & Taylor Ltd Air dispersion modelling studies on reciprocating engine s (PDF, 3.7MB)   

Report 23 - Clough and Associates Archaeological assessment report (PDF, 919KB)

Report 24- Martin Cawthorn Associates Cetacean monitoring report (PDF, 1.2MB)

Report 25 - Fathom Consulting Assessment of potential Impacts on commercial fishing (PDF, 3.4MB)

Report 26 - R.N. Barlow and Associates Maritime and navigational impacts (PDF, 4.7MB)

Report 27 - Marico Marine traffic study (PDF, 3.1MB)

Report 28 - Hegley Acoustic Consultants Assessment of noise effects (PDF, 1.8MB)

Report 29 - Rob Greenaway & Associates Recreation and tourism assessment of effects (PDF, 2.4MB)

Report 30- Corydon Consultants Social impact assessment (PDF, 1.3MB)

Report 31 - Boffa Miskell Visual effects report (PDF, 13.3MB)

Report 31a - Boffa Miskell Graphic supplement part 1 (PDF, 39.9MB)   

Report 31b - Boffa Miskell Graphic supplement part 2 (PDF, 39.5MB)     

Report 31c - Boffa Miskell Graphic supplement part 3 (PDF, 35.9MB)

Report 32 - OCEL Consultants Implications of loose tailings seabed material PDF, 638KB)

Report 33 - MetOcean Solutions oil spill trajectory modelling (PDF, 2.8MB)

Report 39 - eCoast Potential effects of mining operations on surfing breaks (PDF, 13.6MB)

Report 40 - Tahu Potiki cultural values assessment and analysis (PDF, 340KB) 

Report 41 - Auckland University of Technology trace metal assessment report (PDF, 3.2MB)  

Other information

Report 34 - Te Taihauauru Iwi forum fisheries plan 2012 – 2017 (PDF, 852KB)

Report 35 - Kevin Richardson journal article: A perspective of marine mining within De Beers (PDF, 2.6MB)

Report 36 - Findlay paper on the impact of diamond mining noise on marine mammal fauna off Southern Namibia (PDF, 3.2MB)

Report 37 - Institute for Maritime Technology environmental impact study on underwater radiated noise 1994 1(PDF, 5.1MB)

Report 38 - Institute for Maritime Technology environmental impact study on underwater radiated noise 1995 (PDF, 5.7MB)

Report 42 - Briefing for the incoming Minister for Resources (PDF, 1.9MB)

Expert evidence presented in 2023 and 2024 hearings

Evidence on seabirds

Evidence on marine mammals

On 22 September 2025, the applicant provided a missing document, namely a report by Humpheson dated 2017. This report was listed as an appendix in Report 4b.

Evidence presented on sedimentation and sediment plume modelling  

Footnote information

The information in the Footnote Index sets out where the information or documents referenced in the Taranaki VTM application footnotes can be found. The index contains hyperlinks to documents and references to Supplementary Technical Reports (refer to the documents above) or Footnote documents which can be found below.