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On this page you will find all the information related to the hearing of submissions on the Proposed RPS.
The Non Freshwater Parts RPS 21 Hearing is open to the public and available online.
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The Council has appointed a panel to hear submissions on the proposed Otago Regional Policy Statement.
The members of the panel are:
Hearing Schedule Week 3 - updated 13 February
Minute 4 Attachment – Hearing Schedule Weeks 1 and 2
Updated Hearing Schedule Week 2
Minute 4 Hearing Arrangements and Remote Access
Minute 5 - Directions issued orally by the Panel during Hearing Week One
Minute 6 - Caucusing on Regionally Significant Issues
Hearing Schedule - Week 4 Coastal Environment - amended 24 February
Minute 7 - Directions to Redraft Chapter 15 - Urban Form & Development
Hearing Schedule Week 5 - EIT 13-17 March 2023 - updated 3 March
Minute 8 - Response to Memorandum of Counsel for Kai Tahu
Minute 9 - Directions for Expert Caucusing on Appendix 2
Minute 10 - ORC Technical Assistance
Hearing Schedule Weeks 8 and 9 - Natural Features & Landscapes; Land & Freshwater
Minute 11 in response to Oceana Gold's Memorandum regarding Technical Assistance
Minute 12 - Questions for Dr Lloyd
Minute 13 Response to request for Directions from Oceana Gold Limited
Hearing Schedule Week 6 - Ecosystems & Indigenous Biodiversity - as at 13 April 2023
Hearing Schedule Week 7 - Hazards and Risks - as at 24 April 2023
Minute 14 - Response to Memorandum of Counsel for Aurora Energy and Others
Hearing Schedule Weeks 8 and 9 - Natural Features & Landscapes / Land & Freshwater - as at 27 April
Minute 15 - Timetable for consideration of NPS IB 2023
Minute 16 - Panel's reponse to Memorandum on behalf of Otago Regional Council Resourcing Issues
Minute 18 - dated 29 August 2023
Minute 19 - dated 13 September 2023
RPS Hearing Panel Minute 1 – Minute and Directions on preparation for hearing 3 October 2022
RPS Hearing Panel Minute 2 – Minute and Directions on preparation for hearing 21 October 2022
RPS Hearing Panel - Decision on Requests by Kai Tahu as to Hearing Arrangements
Decision of Hearing Commissioners on requests for evidence filing time extensions
Memorandum Seeking Directions on behalf of Oceana Gold (New Zealand) Limited
Memorandum on behalf of Kāi Tahu re Hearings Panel Minutes 1 and 3
Memorandum on behalf of Director-General of Conservation Tumuaki Ahurei seeking extension of time
Memorandum on behalf of Wayfare Group Ltd and Otago Fish and Game Council seeking extension of time
Request for extension for evidence in chief - Dunedin City Council
Request for extension of time to file further submissions by Sustainable Tarras Inc. Society
Ara Poutama Aotearoa - LJ Semple
Ara Poutama Aotearoa - Ruth Turner
Aurora Energy, Network Waitaki, Power Net - Gallaway Cook Allan
Christchurch International Airport (CIAL)
Fonterra, BG Willilams, KIG Jacomb
Kāi Tahu, A Cameron, J Riddell
Memorandum Counsel in response to Notice of Hearing and Directions
Memorandum No. 2 for Meridian Energy Ltd
Memorandum of Counsel - 14 December 2022
Memorandum of Counsel - MCSVL DAMLP and Maryhill Limited
Memorandum of Counsel - Wayfare Group Ltd and Otago Fish and Game
Memorandum on behalf of Kāi Tahu - Hearings Panel Minutes 1 and 3
Mt Cardrona, Darby, Maryhill, Laura McLaughlan
OWRUG, Federated Farmers, Dairy NZ
QLDC - Remote access to hearing
Silver Fern Farms Limited - Request leave to appear remotely
Spark, Vodafone and Chorus - hearing attendance
Wayfare, Trojan, Otago Fish and Game, Maree Baker
Port Otago Preliminary Legal Issue
Council Response to Port Otago request
Supplementary Submissions of Kai Tahu
Memorandum of Counsel for Kai Tahu in response to Minute 6
Memorandum of Counsel for Contact Energy as to Change of Address for Service
Memorandum of Felicity Boyd - responding to questions from the panel during week 2
Memorandum of Counsel for OWRUG, Federated Farmers, Dairy NZ in response to Minute 6
Memorandum of Counsel for Otago Regional Council
Memorandum of Counsel for Otago Regional Council regarding Appendix 2
Memorandum of Counsel for Oceana Gold - dated 16 March 2023
Memorandum of Counsel for Meridian Energy Limited - dated 23 March 2023
Joint witness Statement - SRMR Topic - dated 22 March 2023
Memorandum of Counsel for Queenstown Lakes District Council - dated 28 March 2023
Joint Wintess Statement - SRMR Topic - dated 29 March 2023
Memorandum of Counsel for Otago Regional Council - dated 30 March 2023
Joint Witness Statement - ECO Appendix 2 - dated 31 March 2023
Memorandum of Counsel for Oceana Gold - dated 31 March 2023
Memorandum of Counsel for Otago Regional Council - dated 6 April 2023
Response to Minute 12 - Questions answered by Dr Lloyd - dated 13 April 2023
Memorandum of Kai Tahu in Response to Minute 7 - dated 20 April 2023
Appendix A to Memorandum of Kai Tahu - dated 20 April 2023
Memorandum of Dunedin City Council in response to Minute 7 - dated 21 April 2023
Memorandum of Fonterra in response to Minute 7 - dated 21 April 2023
Memorandum of Horticulture NZ in response to Minute 7 - dated 21 April 2023
Memorandum of Silver Fern Farms in response to Minute 7 - dated 21 April 2023
Supplementary Submissions for Christchurch International Airport Limited - dated 21 April 2023
Memorandum of Counsel for Aurora Energy, Network Waitaki, and PowerNet - dated 24 April 2023
Attachment to Memorandum for Aurora Energy, Network Waitaki, and PowerNet
Memorandum of Counsel for Otago Regional Council - dated 27 April 2023
Supplementary Submissions for Aurora Energy Limited and others - dated 5 May 2023
Supplementary Submissions for Transpower - dated 5 May 2023
Further legal submissions of Counsel for OWRUG - dated 9 May 2023
Memorandum of Counsel for Beef + Lamb - dated 9 May 2023
Memorandum of Counsel for Sanford Limited - dated 18 May 2023
Memorandum of Counsel for Otago Regional Council - dated 30 May 2023
Memorandum of Counsel for Otago Regional Council - dated 13 July 2023
Memorandum of Counsel for Otago Regional Council - dated 21 July 2023
Memorandum of Counsel for Kāi Tahu - dated 25 July 2023
Memorandum of Counsel for Otago Regional Council - dated 16 August 2023
Memorandum for ORC on implications of the NPS for GHG emissions from industrial process heat dated 16 August 2023 Appendix II
Memorandum for ORC on Resourcing Kāi Tahu dated 25 September 2023
Memorandum of Counsel for Environmental Defence Society Incorporated dated 15 September 2023
Memorandum of Counsel for Kāi Tahu dated 15 September 2023
Submissions of Counsel for OWRUG dated 15 September 2023
Submissions of Counsel for Transpower dated 15 September 2023
Legal Submissions of Counsel for Dunedin City Council dated 15 September 2023
Legal Submissions of Counsel for Director-General of Conservation dated 15 September 2023
Legal Submissions of Counsel for Port Otago LTD dated 6 October 2023
Joint statement of ORC and Port Otago LTD planning experts dated 6 October 2023
Evidence of Michael Bathgate for Kāi Tahu dated 15 September 2023
Electricity Distribution Businesses - Megan Justice dated 15 September 2023
Memorandum of Counsel for Meridian Energy Limited dated 18 September 2023
Memorandum of Counsel for Oceana Gold Limited dated 19 September 2023
Evidence of Alisa Cain for Cain Whānau dated 19 September 2023
Memorandum of Counsel for Beef + Lamb and Deer Industry dated 19 September 2023
Submissions of Counsel for OWRUG dated 19 September 2023
Memorandum of Director-General of Conservation dated 19 September 2023
Evidence of Lynette Baish for Otago Forestry Companies dated 19 September 2023
Memorandum of Counsel for Manawa Energy Limited dated 19 September 2023
Evidence of Stephanie Styles for Manawa Energy dated 19 September 2023
Evidence of Maria Bartlett for Ngāi Tahu ki Murihiku dated 19 September 2023
Director-General of Conservation - Evidence of Murray Brass dated 19 September 2023
Evidence of Ainsley McLeod for Transpower New Zealand dated 20 September 2023
Since original submissions were lodged, there have been a number of name changes. The following might assist with locating evidence and submitters.
| Submitter | Author |
| Agresearch Limited | Graeme Mathieson |
| Ara Poutama (Appendix) | Maurice Dale |
| Ara Poutama | Maurice Dale |
| Ara Poutama | Ruth Turner |
| Aurora Energy Limited | David Paterson |
| Aurora Energy Limited | Joanne Dowd |
| Aurora, Network Waitaki, Powernet | Megan Justice |
| Submitter | Author |
| Beef + Lamb New Zealand Ltd | Andrew Burtt |
| Beef + Lamb New Zealand Ltd | Jane Chrystal |
| Beef + Lamb New Zealand Ltd | Tom Orchiston |
| Boxer Hills Trust | Jeff Brown |
| Submitter | Author |
| Darby Planning LP & Others | Chris Ferguson |
| Director General Of Conservation | Bruce McKinlay |
| Director General Of Conservation | Cassie Mealey (Appendix A and B) |
| Director General Of Conservation | Cassie Mealey |
| Director General Of Conservation | Hendrik Schultz |
| Director General Of Conservation | Marine Richarson |
| Director General Of Conservation | Murray Brass |
| Dunedin City Council | Paul Freeland |
| Dunedin City Council | Emily McEwan |
| Dunedin City Council | James Taylor |
| Dunedin City Council | Keith Frentz |
| Submitter | Author |
| Environmental Defence Society | James Renwick |
| Ernslaw One | Lynette Baish |
| Submitter | Author |
| Fonterra | Mike Copeland |
| Fonterra | Susannah Tait |
| Fonterra | Suzanne O'Rourke |
| Fulton Hogan Limited | Kristina Mead |
| Fulton Hogan Limited | Tim Ensor (LF) |
| Fulton Hogan Limited | Tim Ensor (UFD) |
| Submitter | Author |
| Glenpanel Limited Partnership | Blair Devlin |
| Graymont (NZ) Limited | Benjamin James Murray |
| Submitter | Author |
| Horticulture New Zealand | Leanne Roberts |
| Horticulture New Zealand | Lynette Wharfe |
| Horticulture New Zealand | Vance Hodgson |
| Horticulture New Zealand | Stuart Ford |
| Submitter | Author |
| Kai Tahu Ki Otago | Brendan Flack |
| Kai Tahu Ki Otago | David Higgins |
| Kai Tahu Ki Otago | Edward Ellison |
| Kai Tahu Ki Otago | Evelyn Cook |
| Kai Tahu Ki Otago | Justin Tipa |
| Kai Tahu Ki Otago | Maria Bartlett |
| Kai Tahu Ki Otago | Matapura Ellison |
| Kai Tahu Ki Otago | Michael Bathgate (Appendix 1) |
| Kai Tahu Ki Otago | Michael Bathgate |
| Kai Tahu Ki Otago | Sandra McIntyre (Appendix 1) |
| Kai Tahu Ki Otago | Sandra McIntyre |
| Kai Tahu Ki Otago | Tanya Stevens |
| Submitter | Author |
| Manawa Energy (formerly Trustpower Limited) | Nicola Foran |
| Manawa Energy (formerly Trustpower Limited) | Stephanie Styles |
| Manawa Energy (formerly Trustpower Limited) | Vaughan Keesing |
| Matakanui Gold Limited | Anita Collie |
| Meridian Energy Limited | Andrew Feierabend |
| Meridian Energy Limited | Susan Ruston |
| Mt Cardrona Station | Jeff Brown |
| Submitter | Author |
| Network Waitaki Limited (NWL) | Shane Watson |
| Submitter | Author |
| Port Otago Ltd | Kevin Winders |
| Port Otago Ltd | Mary O'Callahan |
| Powernet Ltd | Mark Zwies |
| Submitter | Author |
| Queenstown Airport Corporation Ltd | Kirsty O'Sullivan |
| Queenstown Lakes District Council | Craig Barr |
| Queenstown Lakes District Council | Elizabeth Jane Simpson |
| Queenstown Lakes District Council | Kathryn Russell (Biodiversity) |
| Queenstown Lakes District Council | Kathryn Russell (SRMR) |
| Queenstown Lakes District Council | Luke Place (Air) |
| Queenstown Lakes District Council | Luke Place (Hazards and Risks) |
| Queenstown Lakes District Council | Sarah Picard |
| Queenstown Lakes District Council | Vicki Jones (Land and Freshwater) |
| Queenstown Lakes District Council | Vicki Jones (Transport) |
| Submitter | Author |
| Ravensdown Limited | Anna Mary Wilkes |
| Ravensdown Limited | Carmen Taylor |
| Submitter | Author |
| Sanford Limited | Adrian Low |
| Sanford Limited | Alison Undorf-Lay |
| Sanford Limited | Hilke Giles |
| Silver Fern Farms | Steve Tuck |
| Submitter | Author |
| The Fuel Companies | Gavin McCullagh |
| Transpower New Zealand Limited | Ainsley McLeod |
| Transpower New Zealand Limited | Roy Noble |
| Trojan Holdings, Wayfare Group Ltd | Paul Anderson |
| Submitter | Author |
| Van Der Zwet, David | David van der Zwet |
| Submitter | Author |
| Waitaki District Council | Victoria van der Spek |
| Waitaki Irrigators Collective Limited | Elizabeth Soal |
| Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency | Aileen Craw |
| Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency | Helen Dempster |
| Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency | Julie McMinn |
| Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency | Letitcia Jarrett |
| Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency | Peter Robinson |
| Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency | Richard Shaw (HCV) |
| Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency | Richard Shaw (NFL) |
| Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency | Sarah Ho (Coastal) |
| Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency | Sarah Ho (IM) |
| Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency | Sarah Ho (Coastal) |
| Waterfall Part Developments Limited | Jeff Brown |
| Wayfare Group Ltd | Paul Norris |
| Submitter | Author |
| Aurora, Network Waitaki, PowerNet | Megan Justice (rebuttal) |
| Submitter | Author |
| Horticulture New Zealand | Lynette Wharfe (rebuttal) |
| Submitter | Author |
| Kai Tahu Ki Otago | Maria Bartlett (rebuttal) |
| Kai Tahu Ki Otago | Sandra McIntyre (rebuttal) |
| NZ Carbon Farming | Ainsley McLeod (rebuttal) |
| Otago Fish And Game Council | Jayde Couper (rebuttal) |
| Otago Fish & Game, Central South Island Fish & Game, Real Group, NZSki | Ben Farrell (rebuttal) |
| Submitter | Author |
| Queenstown Lakes District Council | Craig Barr - EIT (rebuttal) |
| Queenstown Lakes District Council | Elizabeth Simpson - UFD (rebuttal) |
| Queenstwon Lakes District Council | Luke Place - AIR (rebuttal) |
| Sanford Limited | Adrian Low (rebuttal) |
| Transpower New Zealand Limited | Ainsley McLeod (rebuttal) |
Oceana Gold Limited - Claire Hunter dated 31 March 2023
QLDC - Craig Barr regarding SRMR dated 21 April 2023
QLDC - Elizabeth Simpson regarding UFD dated 21 April 2023
Fulton Hogen - Timothy Ensor regarding UFD dated 21 April 2023
Matakanui Gold - Anita Collie regarding UFD dated 26 April 2023
OWRUG - Jennifer McGimpsey regarding update to Beef + Lamb dated 1 May 2023
Kai Tahu - Summary - Edward Ellison
Kai Tahu - Summary - Michael Bathgate
Kai Tahu - Summary - Tanya Stevens
Wise Response Society - Speaking Notes
Department of Conservation - Legal submissions
Department of Conservation - Summary - Hendrick Schultz
Kai Tahu - Summary - Sandra McIntyre
Meridian Energy Limited Legal Submissions
Manawa Energy Submissions (Tabled)
Christchurch International Airport Submissions
Aurora Energy, Network Waitaki, PowerNet Submissions
Queenstown Airport Limited - Submissions
Dunedin International Airport - Submissions
Horticulture NZ - Lynette Wharfe
Environmental Defence Society - Tabled Submissions
Environmental Defence Society - Tabled Statement
Chorus, Spark, Vodafone - Submissions
Chorus, Spark, Vodafone - Chris Horne
Dunedin City Council - James Taylor
Queenstown Lakes District Council - Submissions
Sustainable Tarras - Submissions
Sustainable Tarras - Suze Keith / Duncan Kenderdine
Contact Energy - Claire Hunter
Oceana Gold - Mark Christensen
Oceana Gold - Proposed Amendments
Manawa Energy - Legal Submissions
Dunedin City Council - Evidence of Katie James
Waka Kotahi - Letitcia Jarrett
Federated Farmers - Legal Submissions
Fish & Game - Legal Submissions
Department of Conservation - Submissions
Department of Conservation - Murray Brass
Department of Conservation - Marine Richarson
Department of Conservation - Cassie Mealey
Department of Conservation - Bruce McKinlay
QLDC - Legal Submissions (taken as read)
Spark, Chorus, Vodafone - Submissions
Spark, Chorus, Vodafone - Chris Horne
Horticulture New Zealand - Submissions
OWRUG - Submissions, Appendix 2
OWRUG - Mario Fernandez - Figures
Wise Response Society - Summary
Sanford Limited - Alison Undorf-Lay
Director-General of Conservation - Submissions
Director-General of Conservation - Submissions (ECO Chapter)
Director-General of Conservation - Marine Richarson
Director-General of Conservation - Murray Brass
Director-General of Conservation - Murray Brass (ECO Chapter)
Port Otago - Legal Submissions