Minutes of Commissioners, letters to parties and memorandums from parties.
Commissioner Minutes
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
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 1.3 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 1.3 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)