The Board of Inquiry produced its final report and decision on the New Zealand King Salmon proposal on 22 February 2013.
In summary the Board of Inquiry:
- Allowed the plan change request and concurrent applications for resource consent for four sites – being Papatua, Ngamahau, Waitata and Richmond. The provisions of the plan change request and conditions of the resource consent applications can be found in the final report and decision;
- Declined the plan change request and concurrent applications for resource consent for four sites – being the Kaitapeha, Ruaomoko, Kaitira and Tapipi farms;
- Declined the resource consent application for the White Horse Rock farm.
The final report and decision can be found here:
Final Report and Decision of the Board of Inquiry into the NZ King Salmon Proposal (pdf, 1.58mb)
Final Report and Decision of the Board of Inquiry into the NZ King Salmon Proposal - Preamble Appendices A, B and C (pdf, 507kb)
Final Report and Decision of the Board of Inquiry into the NZ King Salmon Proposal - Appendices 1-3 (pdf, 6.3mb)
Final Report and Decision of the Board of Inquiry into the NZ King Salmon Proposal - Appendices 4-7 (pdf, 3.2mb)
Final Report and Decision of the Board of Inquiry into the NZ King Salmon Proposal - Appendices 8-11 (pdf, 5.7mb)
Copies of the final report and decision can also be viewed at the following locations:
EPA Head Office
Level 10, 215 Lambton Quay, Wellington
Libraries
Marlborough District Library, 33 Arthur Street, Blenheim
Picton Library and Service Centre, 67 High Street, Picton
Copies of the final report and decision have been provided to NZ King Salmon, Marlborough District Council, persons who made submissions on the matter, the Minister of Conservation, and the Minister for the Environment.
Addendum to Final Decision
The Board of Inquiry has issued an Addendum to the Final Report and Decision. This addendum corrects minor mistakes and defects in the consent conditions for the four sites granted consent. The Addendum includes updated consent conditions, both in ‘clean' versions and ‘track changed’ versions. The Addendum can be found below:
Addendum to Final Report and Decision (pdf, 8mb)
Minute No 8 of the Board of Inquiry
The Board Chair, Judge Whiting, has issued Minute No. 8 in response to the 35th Memorandum of Counsel for NZ King Salmon. The Minute can be found below:
Minute No 8 of the Board of Inquiry (pdf, 907kb)
To illustrate the changes made to the draft report, the EPA has prepared a version of Volume 1 and Appendices 8 to 11 (the conditions of consent) with changes illustrated with ‘track changes’ (except the Preamble). This is not an official version of the final report and decision, but rather has been provided to assist the parties. While every effort has been made to illustrate all changes, the EPA cannot guarantee that all changes have been captured as tracked changes/correctly illustrated in this version. The official version is that shown above.
Volume One – editing version (pdf, 3.7mb)
Appendix 8 – Papatua conditions – editing version (pdf, 2.0mb)
Appendix 9 – Waitata conditions – editing version (pdf, 2.3mb)
Appendix 10 – Richmond conditions – editing version (pdf, 2.3mb)
Appendix 11 – Ngamahau conditions – editing version (pdf, 2.0mb)