Reports

11 August 2025

The Fast-track team received the section 51 reports from Heritage New Zealand Pouhere taonga and the Director General of Conservation. 

Section 51 report from Heritage New Zealand Pouhere taonga (PDF, 335KB)

Section 51 covering report from the Director-General of Conservation (PDF, 303KB)

Appendix C - concession report (PDF, 1.6MB)

Appendix D - wildlife approval report redacted version (PDF, 2MB)

Appendix E - complex freshwater fisheries activity approval report (PDF, 788KB)

Appendix F - access arrangement report (PDF, 1.7MB)

4 June 2025

The Ministry for the Environment provided a section 18 report on treaty settlements and other obligations as required under section 49 of the Fast-track Approvals Act 2024.

Section 18 report (PDF, 6.2MB)

27 May 2025

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

Letter to Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga requesting s51 report (PDF, 90KB)

Letter to the Director General of Conservation requesting s51 report (PDF, 90KB)

Minutes 2-5 of the panel convener relate to these section 51 requests. Those minutes can be found on the correspondence page.

Correspondence | Waihi North

Requests for further information

3 October 2025 – Request 1

The Panel requested further information from the applicant. The information is to be provided by 17 October 2025.

Request 1 for further information from the applicant (PDF, 84KB)

On 17 October 2025, the applicant provided a response to Request 1.

Applicant's response to RFI 1 (PDF, 9MB)