Minutes of Commissioners, letters to parties and memorandums from parties.
Commissioner Minutes
35th Minute of the Commissioners directed to Williamson Holdings re CRC073114 (pdf 52 kB) - dated 5 April 2012.
34th Minute of the Commissioners - direction to Dunstan Peaks Limited (pdf 60 kB) - dated 22 December 2011
33rd Minute of the Commissioners with an update on the release of the remaining decisions (pdf 43 kB) - dated 19 December 2011
32nd Minute of the Commissioners in regard to the issue of the decision on applications (pdf 35 kB) - dated 28 October 2011
31st Minute of the Commissioners in regard to the issue of decisions on applications (pdf 35 kB) - dated 22 September 2011
30th Minute of the Commissioners - in regard to the release of the decision (pdf 55 kB) - dated 23 August 2011
29th Minute of Commissioners (pdf 8 kB) - dated 30 June 2011
Minute of Commissioners - in regard to the release of the decision (pdf 59 kB) - dated 04 April 2011
28th Minute of Commissioners (pdf 71 kB) - dated 06 December 2010
27th Minute of Commissioners (pdf 67 kB) - dated 24 November 2010
26th Minute of Commissioners (pdf 79 kB) - dated 29 October 2010
25th Minute of Commissioners (pdf 40 kB) - dated 08 October 2010
24th Minute of Commissioners (pdf 52 kB) - dated 26 May 2010
23rd Minute of Commissioners (pdf 76 kB) - dated 10 May 2010
22nd Minute of Commissioners (pdf 72 kB) - dated 21 April 2010
20th Minute of Commissioners - re timetabling - 23 March 2010 (pdf 53 kB)
Attachment - hearing timetable (pdf 26 kB)
21st Minute of Commissioners- re Five Rivers Limited - 16 March 2010 (pdf 50 kB)
19th Minute of Commissioners - 2 March 2010 (pdf 43 kB)
18th Minute of Commissioners in relation to timetabling - 22 February 2010 (pdf 56 kB)
17th Minute of Commissioners - in relation to jurisdiction and procedural issues - 10 February 2010 (pdf 89 kB)
16th Minute of Commissioners - 03 February 2010 (pdf 50 kB)
15th Minute of Commissioners - 28 January 2010 (pdf 65 kB)
14th Minute of Commissioners - 24 December 2009 (pdf 60 kB)
13th Minute of Commissioners - 24 December 2009 (pdf 57 kB)
12th Minute of Commissioners regarding UWAG/Ms Cathy Begley's revised report - 15 December 2009 (pdf 49 kB)
11th Minute of Commissioners - 30 November 2009 (pdf 44 kB)
10th Minute of Commissioners - 18 November 2009 (pdf 75 kB)
9th Minute of Commissioners - 09 November 2009 (pdf 79 kB)
8th Minute of Commissioners - 06 November 2009 (pdf 80 kB)
7th Minute of Commissioners - 02 November 2009 (pdf 56 kB)
Commissioner Rogers' 6th Minute - 16 October 2009 (pdf 87 kB)
Commissioner Rogers' 5th Minute regarding the NIWA report - 11 September 2009 (pdf 66 kB)
Commissioner Rogers' 4th Minute regarding Christian Whata's request to take the evidence as read - 10 September 2009 (pdf 81 kB)
Commissioner Rogers' 3rd Minute - 25 August 2009 (pdf 167 kB)
Commissioner Rogers' 2nd Minute regarding circulation of MWRL evidence - 21 August 2009 (pdf 274 kB)
Minute of Commissioner Rogers (Chair of the forthcoming hearing) dated 28 July 2009 (pdf 277 kB)
Pre-hearing minute
A pre-hearing meeting was held in Twizel at the MacKenzie Country Inn on Tuesday 19 May 2009. This was attended by all applicants, submitters who wish to be heard, and Environment Canterbury staff members.
Pre-hearing Minute prepared by Commissioner Skelton and issued on 29 May 2009 (pdf 729 kB)
The Minute includes details of all parties, order of proceedings, updated hearing dates and location.
Letters to parties
Letter to DOC, Fish & Game and Ngai Tahu (pdf 4 kB) - dated 11 February 2010
Hearing Letter for all parties including applicants - 11 August 2009 (pdf 290 kB)
Notification details (pdf 179 kB)
Order of Proceedings (pdf 28 kB)
Rules of Procedure (pdf 30 kB)
Letter (29 July 2009) enclosed with minute (pdf 892 kB)
Letter sent to applicants and submitters in March 2009 advising them of the hearing dates (pdf 189 kB)
Letter dated 3 June 2009 was enclosed with the minute (pdf 48 kB)
Letter sent to applicants and submitters in April 2009 advising them of the pre-hearing details (pdf 55 kB)
Memorandums and other correspondence from parties
Dunstan Peaks Station - further information in response to Commissioner Minute No. 34 dated 30 January 2012
Memorandum in response (pdf 112 kB)
Appendix F - Existing resource consents (pdf 1.10 MB)
Appendix G - Notification (pdf 58 kB)
Appendix H - Farm Environmental Management Plan (pdf 1.69 MB)
Response prepared by Haidee McCabe (pdf 214 kB)
Photos and gaugings (pdf 2.35 MB)
Table of figures (pdf 53 kB)
Scope of opinion (pdf 101 kB)
List of submitters specifically with respect to DPL (pdf 76 kB)
Other
Memorandum of Counsel on behalf Southdown Holdings Ltd, Five Rivers Ltd, and Killermont Station Ltd – request for date of decision (pdf 8 kB) - dated 24 June 2011
Meridian response (pdf 425 kB) - dated 07 December 2010
Memorandum of Counsel on behalf of Simons Hill, Simons Pass, Rosehip Orchards NZ and High Country Rosehip Orchards (pdf 53 kB) - dated 1 December 2010
Letter from Justin Wills - concern over process (pdf 96 kB) - dated 29 November 2010
Memorandum of Counsel for Lone Star Farms Limited (pdf 122 kB) - dated 26 November 2010
Memorandum of Counsel in response to 26th Minute of Commissioners - Kelvin Reid (pdf 142 kB) - dated 5 November 2010
Memorandum as to Alteration of Derogation Approvals for Applicants Hope and Haldon (pdf 42 kB) - dated 18 October 2010
Memorandum from Meridian Energy Limited to Waitaki Commissioners regarding 25th Minute (pdf 45 kB) - dated 19 October 2010
Memorandum from Anita Warnock to Upper Waitaki Commissioners regarding Conditions Update requested by 25th Minute (pdf 866 kB) - dated 18 October 2010
Memorandum in response to Commissioners 25th Minute on behalf of the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Inc.(pdf 145 kB) - dated 18 October 2010
Memorandum to Commissioners - UWAG response to 25th Minute (pdf 37 kB) - dated 15 October 2010
Memorandum to Commissioners - UWAG response to 25th Minute - Attachment 1 (pdf 333 kB)
Memorandum to Commissioners - UWAG response to 25th Minute - Attachment 2 (pdf 572 kB)
Memorandum of Counsel in response to 25th Minute of Commissioners - Kelvin Reid (pdf 119 kB) - dated 15 October 2010
Dunstan Peaks Station: Consent Clarification (pdf 96 kB) - 15 October 2010
Dunstan Peaks Station: Clarification by Haidee McCabe of Revised Irrigation Layout (pdf 263 kB) - 15 October 2010
Dunstan Peaks Station: Proposed Irrigation Design (pdf 968 kB) - 15 October 2010
Response on behalf of Mackenzie Guardians to 25th Minute of Commissioners (pdf 25 kB) - dated 14 October 2010
Memorandum in response to Commissioners 25th Minute on behalf of the Director-General of Conservation (pdf 50 kB) - dated 13 October 2010
Memorandum of Counsel on behalf of Killermont Station Limited (pdf 19 kB) - dated 20 September 2010
Memorandum of Counsel on behalf of Canterbury Regional Council - Marie Dysart - Table 3 Row 22 (pdf 305 kB) - 09 July 2010
Memo re Simons Hill and others (pdf 111 kB) - 22 June 2010
Memorandum from Environment Canterbury re conditions timeframe (pdf 27 kB) - 14 June 2010
Memorandum of Counsel on behalf of MWRL (pdf 11 kB) - 3 June 2010
Memorandum from reporting officer Mike Freeman for Environment Canterbury (pdf 545 kB) - 3 June 2010
Joint memorandum of counsel re conditions (pdf 15 kB) - dated 27 May 2010
Memorandum of counsel for Meridian Energy Limited in response to 23rd minute (pdf 66 kB) - dated 24 May 2010
Peer Review Aqualinc - Pukaki Flats (pdf 353 kB) - 17 May 2010
Report by Darren McNae on overseer matters relating to Lone Star Farms (pdf 45 kB) - 10 May 2010
Memorandum - Lone Star Farms - Godley Peaks Station (pdf 58 kB) - 30 April 2010
Letter from Kelvin Reid regarding Lonestar Farm (pdf 173 kB) - 30 April 2010
Memorandum of Counsel for MWRL (pdf 825 kB) - 29 April 2010
Memorandum - UWAG - needs plus buffer approach (pdf 2.27 MB) - 29 April 2010
Memorandum from reporting officer Mike Freeman for Environment Canterbury (pdf 307 kB) - dated 28 April 2010
Memorandum from Ngai Tahu (pdf 640 kB) - dated 27 April 2010
Memorandum from the reporting officers for Environment Canterbury re new info (pdf 106 kB) - dated 20 April 2010
Memorandum of Counsel on behalf of Canterbury Regional Council - Marie Dysart (pdf 234 kB) - dated 19 April 2010
Memorandum regarding 20th Minute - C Whata (pdf 15 kB) - dated 25 March 2010
Memorandum of Counsel on behalf of Meridian Energy Limited - in relation to further didymo sampling and evidence in reply (pdf 1.72 MB) - dated 05 March 2010
Letter from Department of Conservation regarding requirement for additional consents (pdf 205 kB) - 01 March 2010
Memorandum from Ewan Chapman on order of closing (pdf 32 kB) - 10 February 2010
Memorandum of Counsel on behalf of Southdown Holdings, Williamson Holdings and Five Rivers in response to the Commissioners 17th Minute (pdf 10 kB) - 10 February 2010
Case management memorandum of Counsel on behalf of Mackenzie Water Research, Southdown Holdings, Five Rivers and Killermont (pdf 15 kB) - 10 February 2010
Responses to 15th and 16th Minutes of Commissioners
Response to 15th Minute - JF and AK Smithies (pdf 114 kB) - 9 February 2010
Legal submissions from Ewan Chapman (pdf 249 kB) - 04 February 2010
Legal submissions on behalf of Southdown Holdings, Williamson Holdings and Five Rivers (pdf 450 kB) - 04 February 2010
Memorandum from Environment Canterbury reporting officer Michael Conrad Freeman (pdf 1.15 MB) - 04 February 2010
Memorandum of Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu (pdf 71 kB) - 04 February 2010
Legal references from Marie Dysart (pdf 649 kB) - 04 February 2010
Memorandum of Counsel on Behalf of Environment Canterbury (pdf 83 kB) - 04 February 2010
Response to the fifteenth Minute and Helen Brookes phone call (pdf 53 kB) - 04 February 2010
Statement by Ohau Snow Holdings Ltd to the Committee of Commissioners (pdf 13 kB) - 04 February 2010
Memorandum to Commissioners - Kelvin Reid (pdf 58 kB) - 03 February 2010
Response to 15th Minute - WH Sutherland (pdf 155 kB) - 03 February 2010
Memorandum to Commissioners - Glentanner - Ewan Chapman (pdf 18 kB) - 03 February 2010
Memorandum to Commissioners - Waitangi Station - Ewan Chapman (pdf 18 kB) - 03 February 2010
Response to 15th Minute - Southdown Holdings Ltd - J J Ryan (pdf 94 kB) - 03 February 2010
Response to 15th Minute - Williamson Holdings - J J Ryan (pdf 93 kB) - 03 February 2010
Response to 15th Minute - J Snoyink (pdf 31 kB) - 03 February 2010
Statement of Blue Family Trust (pdf 8 kB) - 03 February 2010
Memorandum to Committee - Killermont Station - C Whata (pdf 10 kB) - 03 February 2010
Memorandum to Committee - C Whata (pdf 10 kB) - 02 February 2010
Statement of I F Willis (pdf 114 kB) - 02 February 2010
Statement on behalf of Canterbury Aoraki Conservation Board (pdf 83 kB) - 02 February 2010
Statement on behalf of Mackenzie Guardians (pdf 87 kB) - 02 February 2010
Memorandum to Committee - C Whata (pdf 10 kB) - 02 February 2010
Memorandum on behalf of SJB Munro (pdf 41 kB) - 01 February 2010
Other
Memorandum to Committee (pdf 9 kB) - 28 January 2010
Memorandum of Counsel on behalf of Meridian (pdf 1.20 MB) - 21 January 2010
Memorandum of Counsel on behalf of Meridian – Annexure 1 (pdf 80 kB) - 21 January 2010
Memorandum – right to be heard on direct referral (pdf 20 kB) - 14 January 2010
Memorandum of Counsel on behalf of Meridian (pdf 1.20 MB) - 28 January 2010
Memorandum of Counsel on behalf of Meridian – Annexure 1 (pdf 80 kB) - 28 January 2010
Memorandum to Commissioners from Christian Whata - 24 December 2009 (pdf 409 kB)
Memorandum to Commissioners from Counsel - 24 December 2009 (pdf 546 kB)
Memorandum to Commissioners by Ewan Chapman - 22 December 2009 (pdf 59 kB)
Memorandum from reporting officers requesting extension - 23 November 2009 (pdf 35 kB)
Memorandum of Counsel on behalf of Mackenzie Water Research Limited regarding 10th Minute of Commissioners - 20 November 2009 (pdf 12 kB)
Memorandum of Counsel on behalf of Mackenzie Water Research Limited - 18 November 2009 (pdf 202 kB)
Memorandum of counsel from Meridian Energy Limited regarding the submitting of late evidence (pdf 86 kB) - 18 November 2009
Overseer Sensitivity Analysis e-mail - 17 November 2009
Overseer Sensitivity Analysis Report - Environment Waikato - 17 November 2009 (pdf 224 kB)
Memorandum attachment - Concurrent Cross-Examination of Expert Witnesses in the Environment Court (pdf 369 kB) - 17 November 2009
Memorandum of Counsel on behalf of Mackenzie Water Research Limited - 13 November 2009 (pdf 25 kB)
Memorandum of Counsel on behalf of Meridian Energy Limited - Jo Appleyard and Ben Williams - regarding rebuttal evidence - 11 November 2009 (pdf 80 kB)
Joint Memorandum of Counsel - Memorandum in response to Minute 7 of Commissioners - Christian Whata, Ewan Chapman and Kelvin Reid - 06 November 2009 (pdf 13 kB)
Case Management Memorandum - Memorandum in regard to pre-circulating further evidence for MWRL - Christian Whata - 06 November 2009 (pdf 9 kB)
Response to Minute 7 - Cost estimate for NIWA nutrient management audit report - Gillian Ensor - 05 November 2009 (pdf 41 kB)
Supplementary Memorandum of Counsel - Memorandum regarding cost estimate for audit report - Ewan Chapman - 06 November 2009 (pdf 21 kB)
Memorandum from Christian Whata regarding scheduling right of reply - 02 November 2009 (pdf 10 kB)
Outline of nutrient management plan audit process - 02 November 2009 (pdf 14 kB)
Supplementary legal submissions in relation to Section 103 - Southdown, Five Rivers and Killermont Station - 24 October 2009 (pdf 39 kB)
Supplementary submissions - Application for effluent disposal - Southdown Holdings Ltd - 28 October 2009 (pdf 2.49 MB)
Supplementary submissions - Application for effluent disposal - Five Rivers Ltd - 28 October 2009 (pdf 1.09 MB)
Supplementary submissions - Application for effluent disposal - Williamson Holdings Ltd - 28 October 2009 (pdf 3.16 MB)
Case Management Memorandum from Christian Whata on behalf of Mackenzie Water Research Limited - 13 October 2009 (pdf 178 kB)
Memorandum from Mike Freeman regarding audit process- 12 October 2009 (pdf 91 kB)
Memorandum from Mike Freeman - Attachment - Darren McNae CV (pdf 108 kB)
E-mail to Paul Rogers regarding auditing on-farm mitigation - 12 October 2009 (pdf 155 kB)
Case Management Memorandum from Christian Whata on behalf of Southdown, Five Rivers and Killermont - 8 October 2009 (pdf 10 kB)
Memorandum of Gillian Ensor from Minimum and Mean Flows for Upper Waitaki Tributaries - tabled 6 October 2009 (pdf 60 kB)
Case Management Memorandum from Christian Whata on behalf of Mackenzie Water Research Ltd - 7 October 2009 (pdf 12 kB)
Memorandum from Christian Whata regarding evidence being taken as read - 9 September 2009 (pdf 31 kB)
Other information
Letter from Dr Bryan Jenkins to Dr Nick Smith regarding the dairy effluent consents (pdf 284 kB) 23 December 2009
List of applications to be heard and decided (pdf 29 kB)
List of Upper Waitaki applicants by group (pdf 47 kB)