Comments from invited parties
The panel can invite parties to comment on the Papakura to Drury south state highway improvements application.
Invitation to comment
The Expert Consenting Panel must invite written comments on the resource consent application from the persons or groups set out in clauses 17 and 18 of Schedule 6 of the Act.
On 3 September 2021, the Papakura to Drury south state highway improvements Expert Consenting Panel issued Minute 1 recording their decision on which parties are to be invited to comment and the date these need to be received by the EPA.
Minute 1 of the Panel (PDF, 97KB)
Notice of consent application and invitation to comment
An example of the Notice of Consent Application and Invitation to Comment issued to the parties/persons identified in the Act can be viewed below:
Letter to local authorities (PDF, 103KB)
Letter to requiring authorities (PDF, 101KB)
Letter to Iwi authorities and treaty settlement entities (PDF, 144KB)
Letter to coastal permit holders (PDF, 108KB)
Letter to Owners/occupiers of land on which the project is to be undertaken (PDF, 83.6KB)
Letter to Ministers of the Crown (PDF, 105KB)
Letter to listed organisations and the Director-General of Conservation (PDF, 83.1KB)
Letter to parties identified by the Panel (PDF, 105KB)
Parties identified by the Panel
In addition to the parties directly specified in the Act, the Panel must determine who must be invited for comment in accordance with subclauses (a),(b)(c),(f) and (g) of clause 17(4). They are listed in the document below:
List of persons invited to comment by the Panel (PDF, 102KB)
Comments were received by the EPA no later than 24 September 2021.
Comments received
As noted in Minute 4, the Expert Consenting Panel has accepted a late comment from the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations.
Minute 4 of the Panel (PDF, 116KB)
Comments from Asha Investments Limited (PDF, 769KB)
Comments from Auckland Council (PDF, 2.2MB)
Comments from Auckland International Airport Ltd (PDF, 1.6MB)
Comments from Chorus (PDF, 187KB)
Comments from Department of Conservation (PDF, 107KB)
Comments from Gleeson Contractors Limited (PDF, 530KB)
Comments from Greenpeace and Generation Zero (PDF, 149KB)
Comments from Heritage New Zealand (PDF, 297KB)
Comments from Kiwi Rail Holdings Limited (PDF, 208KB)
Comments from Minister of Housing (PDF, 305KB)
Comments from Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage (PDF, 412KB)
Comments from Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations (PDF, 64KB)
Comments from NZ Infrastructure (PDF, 335KB)
Comments from Park Green Residential Ltd (PDF, 24MB)
Comments from Parklands Property Limited (PDF, 9.8MB)
Comments from Property Council of New Zealand (PDF, 245KB)
Applicant's response to the comments
On 1 October 2021, the applicants, Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency and Transpower New Zealand Limited responded to the comments made by invited parties. The response from Waka Kotahi includes appendices A - F.
Response from Transpower NZ Ltd (PDF, 939KB)
Cover letter from Waka Kotahi NZTA outlining their response (PDF, 71KB)
Appendix A – response table (PDF, 235KB)
Appendix B – response to Auckland Council comments (PDF, 133KB)
Appendix B1 – response to Auckland Council ecological comments (PDF, 941KB)
Appendix C – response to Department of Conservation comments (PDF, 56oKB)
Appendix D – response to comments from Gleeson Contractors (PDF, 10MB)
Appendix E – response to Hugh Green Limited (PDF, 210KB)
Appendix E1 – response to ecological comments from Hugh Green Limited (PDF, 739KB)
Appendix E2 – response to comments on acoustics from Hugh Green Limited (PDF, 770KB)
Appendix E3 – plan change 67 (PDF, 967KB)
Appendix E4 – land use and subdivision consent application stage 1 (PDF, 8.9MB)
Appendix E5 – resources consent report on Hinau Road (PDF, 893KB)
Appendix F – response to comments on acoustics from Parkland Properties Limited (PDF, 967KB)