Application documents
Referral application Waikato West Coast Mussel Spat Nursery (PDF, 733 KB)
NWML Fast Track referral application November 2025 (PDF, 6 MB)
NWML agent authorisation (PDF, 178 KB)
- Schedule A maps and plans (PDF, 9 MB)
- Schedule B consultation detail (PDF, 3 MB)
- Schedule C1 NIWA baseline survey (PDF, 2 MB)
- Schedule C2 coast and catchment ecological assessment (PDF, 154 KB)
- Schedule C3 coast and catchment baseline survey (PDF, 2 MB)
- Schedule C4 coast and catchment biosecurity assessment (PDF, 1 MB)
- Schedule C5 ecological assessment peer review (PDF, 542 KB)
- Schedule C6 draft biosecurity management plan (PDF, 4 MB)
- Schedule C7 anemone marine mammal assessment (PDF, 1 MB)
- Schedule C8 marine mammal assessment peer review (PDF, 3 MB)
- Schedule C9 draft marine wildlife management plan (PDF, 7 MB)
- Schedule C10 wildlands seabird assessment (PDF, 3 MB)
- Schedule C11 seabird assessment peer review (PDF, 80 KB)
- Schedule C12 wayfinder landscape assessment (PDF, 6 MB)
- Schedule C13 landscape assessment peer review (PDF, 4 MB)
- Schedule C14 MetOcean hydrodynamics assessment (PDF, 4 MB)
- Schedule C15 hydrodynamics assessment peer review (PDF, 675 KB)
- Schedule D Māui dolphin monitoring and management (PDF, 1 MB)
- Schedule D1 Golden Bay marine (PDF, 6 MB)
- Schedule E planning assessment (PDF, 1 MB)
- Schedule F mussel spat nursery background (PDF, 2 MB)
Stage 1 briefing to Minister
BRF-00099 Waikato West Coast Mussel Nursery stage 1 briefing (PDF, 1.1 MB)
Invitation to comment
Combined invitation to comment letters Waikato West Coast (PDF, 1.1 KB)
Comments received
Waikato West Coast Mussel Nursery combined feedback (PDF, 2 MB)
(Note: comments received from invited Māori groups are included in the Section 18 report below).
Further information received
Waikato Regional Council change of applicant name on spat research application (PDF, 257 KB)
Email acknowledgment re change of applicant name on spat research application (PDF, 497 KB)
Section 18 report
Waikato West Coast Mussel Nursery section 18 report (PDF, 5.4 MB)
Stage 2 briefing to Minister
Notice of Decision
Waikato West Coast Mussel Nursery stage 2 notice of decisions (PDF, 345 KB)