Change 5 (Kaituna River)

• Proposed Change 5 RPS Regional Council reply evidence
• Proposed Change 5 RPS amendment version 5.2

• Joint Witness Statement
• PPC5 RPS amendment version
• Taheke 8C Development Plan

• Request from hearing Panel re: Objective 43 Post PPC5 Hearing
• Federated Farmers of New Zealand memorandum - s32AA assessment response

• Tabled Document No 1: Rachel Boyte Opening Statement BOPRC
• Tabled Document No 2: Taheke 8C Adjoining Blocks Inc
• Tabled Document No 3: Legal Submissions on behalf of Eastland Generation Ltd
• Rivers and Drainage Presentation Plan Change 5 Hearings 11/10/2022

• Rebuttal of Evidence Federated Farmers NZ 221003 Statement of rebuttal evidence FFNZ

• Evidence for Western Bay of Plenty District Council
• Evidence for BOPRC Rivers and Drainage
• Evidence for Horticulture NZ PC5 Simon Greening
• Evidence for Horticulture NZPC5 Blair Thornburrow
• Evidence for HortNZ Hearing Change 5 Evidence
• Evidence Taheke 8C Appendix 1, Peter Mason evidence, Taheke land blocks and map
• Evidence Taheke 8C Appendix 2, Peter Mason evidence, Taheke 8C Development Plan Final
• Evidence Taheke 8C Appendix 3, Peter Mason evidence, NIWA Taheke GDP ecological effects 2020 final
• Evidence Taheke 8C Appendix 4, Peter Mason evidence, Coroner's report
• Evidence Taheke 8C Appendix 5, Peter Mason evidence, Harbour Master's direction
• Statement Taheke 8C of Evidence of Peter Mason, 15 September 2022
• Statement Taheke 8C of Evidence of Tawhiri Morehu, 15 September 2022
• Evidence for Federated Farmers NZ - 220921 Hearing Statement for FFNZ
• Evidence for Taheke 8C of Evidence of Greg Carlyon, 21 September 2022
• Statement for Z Energy & Oil Companies Hearing Statement on Proposed Change 5

• FS01 Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society
• FS02 Bay of Plenty Regional Council – Rivers and Drainage
• FS03 Horticulture New Zealand
• FS04 Western Bay of Plenty District Council
• FS05 Tauranga City Council
• FS06 Eastland Generation Limited
• FS07 Bay of Plenty Federated Farmers and Rotorua/Taupō Federated Farmers
• FS08 The Proprietors of Taheke 8C & Adjoining Blocks Incorporation

• Summary of Decisions Requested
• Summary of Decisions Requested (by submitter)

• Combined copy of all submissions

Copies of individual submissions by submitter number

• 01 Department of Conservation
• 02 Eastland Generation Limited
• 03 Carrus Corporation Limited
• 04 Western Bay of Plenty District Council
• 05 Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga
• 06 AFFCO New Zealand Limited, Rangiuru Plant 
• 07 Te Tumu Landowners Group
• 08 Horticulture New Zealand
• 09 The Proprietors of Taheke 8C & Adjoining Blocks Incorporation
• 10 Z Energy Limited & BP Oils New Zealand Limited
• 12 Te Arawa Lakes Trust
• 13 Bay of Plenty Federated Farmers and Rotorua/Taupō Federated Farmers
• 14 Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of NZ
• 15 Te Maru o Kaituna River Authority

• Download Proposed Change 5 (Kaituna River) to the RPS
• Go to the ePlan version of Proposed Change 5 (Kaituna River)
  • View the User Guide on How to use the ePlan viewer
• View a Summary of Proposed Change 5
• View an Introduction to the Freshwater Planning Process
• View the Section 32 evaluation report
• Go to the Public notice

E ora ana te mauri o te Kaituna, e tiakina ana hoki mō ngā whakatupuranga ō nāianei, ō muri nei hoki

The Kaituna River is in a healthy state and protected for current and future generations.

The Kaituna River and its tributaries are considered taonga (treasures) by both iwi and the community, and are valued resources for the Bay of Plenty.

The Kaituna River Document: Kaituna, he taonga tuku iho – a treasure handed down is an outcome of the Tapuika Claims Settlement Act 2014. This is a summary  of the Kaituna River Document.

The Te Tini a Tuna - Kaituna Action Plan outlines what will be done over the next ten years to deliver on the vision, objectives and outcomes of the Kaituna River Document.

The Kaituna River Document took effect from 1 August 2018 following consultation with the community, hapū and iwi.

Since 2019, Regional Council staff members have been working on developing Proposed Change 5 (Kaituna River). A draft version of the proposed change was open for public comment from 18 August to 16 October 2020. Twelve comments were received and the proposed change was updated in response to the feedback received.

• Draft Change 5 (Kaituna River) to the RPS

Comments received:

1. NZ Kiwifruit Growers Incorporated
2. Freda Woisin
3. Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society Inc
4. Transpower New Zealand Limited
5. Tauranga City Council
6. Eastland Generation Limited
7. Western Bay of Plenty District Council
8. Te Tumu Landowners Group
9. Rotorua Lakes Council
10. Horticulture New Zealand
11. Bay of Plenty Federated Farmers and Rotorua/Taupō Federated Farmers
12. The Proprietors of Taheke 8C and Adjoining Blocks (Inc)

The freshwater planning process provisions are set out in Section 80A and Part 4 of Schedule 1 to the Resource Management Act 1991. This planning process is overseen by the Chief Freshwater Commissioner Professor Peter Skelton who has been appointed by the Minister for the Environment.

Regional councils are required to use this planning process to implement changes required by the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management 2020 (NPS-FM) and for any change to a regional plan or regional policy statement if it ‘otherwise relates to freshwater’. Proposed Change 5 (Kaituna River) ‘relates to freshwater’ so it must follow this process.

More information on the Freshwater Planning Process can be found on the Chief Freshwater Commissioner’s website.