Draft decision and conditions
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 set a deadline for comments invited under section 70 of Thursday 4 December 2025.
The panel must also issue the panel’s draft decision document for each approval in accordance with section 70(2)(b).
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 have set a deadline for comments invited under section 72 of Tuesday 9 December 2025.
Minute 7 regarding the invitation to comment on the draft conditions (PDF, 107KB)
- Decision Table of Contents (PDF, 45 KB)
- Parts A – D: Executive Summary, Overview of application and procedure, Legal context and Iwi authorities (PDF, 445 KB)
- Part E: Evaluation of effects (PDF, 982 KB)
- Part F: Regional or national benefits of the project (PDF, 386 KB)
- Part G: Approvals that would otherwise be applied for under the Resource Management Act (PDF, 325 KB)
- Part H: Approvals relating to access arrangements that would otherwise be applied for under the Crown Minerals Act (PDF, 290 KB)
- Part I: Approvals relating to concessions that would otherwise be applied for under the Conservation Act (PDF, 224 KB)
- Part J: Authorities that would otherwise be applied for under the Wildlife Act (PDF, 199 KB)
- Part K: Authorities that would otherwise be applied for under the HNZPT Act (PDF, 132 KB)
- Part L: Complex freshwater fisheries approvals (PDF, 179 KB)
- Part M: Overall approach (PDF, 188 KB)
- Part N: Conditions (PDF, 231 KB)
- Appendix A: Resource consents granted (PDF, 237 KB)
- Appendix B1: Combined HDC and WRC Conditions (PDF, 479 KB)
- Appendix B2: HDC Conditions (PDF, 824 KB)
- Appendix B3: TCDC Conditions (PDF, 182 KB)
- Appendix B4: WRC Conditions (PDF, 1 MB)
- Appendix B5: HDC Consent Attachments (PDF, 5 MB)
- Appendix B6: TCDC Consent Attachments (PDF, 779 KB)
- Appendix B7: WRC Consent Attachments (PDF, 4 MB)
- Appendix B8: Combined HDC and WRC Consent Attachments (PDF, 6 MB)
- Appendix C: Wharekirauponga Access Arrangement (PDF, 944 KB)
- Appendix D: Favona Access Arrangement (PDF, 1 MB)
- Appendix E: Northern Area Concession (PDF, 706 KB)
- Appendix F: Willows Area Concession (PDF, 378 KB)
- Appendix G: Wildlife Act authority (PDF, 974 KB)
- Appendix H: Archaeological authority (PDF, 154 KB)
- Appendix I: Freshwater fisheries approval (PDF, 282 KB)
- Appendix J: Comments received (PDF, 315 KB)
Specific conditions imposed by the relevant Minister
Under section 78 of the Act the appropriate Minister for land to which a concession, land exchange, or access arrangement approval relates may specify conditions for the Panel to impose.
Minister of Conservation decision under section 78
Comments received on draft conditions under section 70
Minister for Resources (PDF, 205KB)
Andrew and Rachel Wharry (PDF, 10MB)
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (PDF, 883KB)
HNZPT draft conditions comments (PDF, 384KB)
HDC draft condition comments (PDF, 999KB)
Gloria Sharp draft conditions comments (PDF, 5MB)
Forest and Bird condition comments part 1 (PDF, 418KB)
Fish and Game draft conditions comments cover report (PDF, 344KB)
Fish and Games comments on draft WRC conditions (PDF, 4MB)
Fish and Games comments on combined HDC and WRC draft conditions (PDF, 2MB)
Coromandel Watchdog of Hauraki draft conditions comments (PDF, 197KB)
Bryce Ede draft condition comments (PDF, 728KB)
Bruce Morrison draft conditions comments (PDF, 102KB)
Anne and Chris Hatton draft conditions comments (PDF, 153Kb)
WRC draft conditions comments (PDF, 212KB)
Waikato Conservation Board draft conditions comments (PDF, 232KB)
Waihi Community Forum draft conditions comments (PDF, 312KB)
Thames Coromandel District Council draft conditions comments (PDF, 333KB)
NZTA draft conditions comments (PDF, 172KB)
Ngāti Tara Tokanui Trust draft conditions comments (PDF, 436 KB)
Ngāti Pū FINAL draft conditions comments (PDF, 215 KB)
Ngāti Porou Ki Hauraki (PDF, 5 MB)
Comments received from the Department of Conservation
Appendix B1: Combined HDC and WRC conditions (PDF, PDF, 432KB)
Appendix C: Wharekirauponga access agreement conditions (PDF, 887KB)
Comments received from the applicant
The applicants comments on draft consent conditions (PDF, 193KB)
Appendix B8: Combined HDC and WRC consent attachments (PDF, 13MB)
Appendix C: Wharekirauponga access arrangement conditions (PDF, 3MB)
Appendix E: Northern Area concession conditions (PDF, 684KB)
Appendix H: Archaeological Authority conditions (PDF, 180KB)
Appendix I: Freshwater Fisheries dispensation conditions (PDF, 274KB)
Comments received on draft decision under section 72
Minister for Māori Crown Relations and Māori development draft comments (PDF, 665KB)
Applicant's response to comments received on draft conditions
Covering Memorandum (PDF, 90KB)
Attachment A – Other parties comment response table (PDF, 228KB)