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Submissions and Notification

The water conservation order for Te Waikoropupū Springs was publicly notified on 31 January 2018. Submissions closed at 4 pm, 14 March 2018.

Two parties have made an application for a water conservation order of Te Waikoropupū Springs and associated water bodies. The EPA are managing the application process, and will support the Special Tribunal that has been set up to consider and report on this application.

The water conservation order for Te Waikoropupū Springs and associated waterbodies was publicly notified on 31 January 2018. Submissions closed at 4 pm, 14 March 2018.

Submissions received Plus

A total of 1783 submissions were received.

List of submitters (pdf 2.7MB)

Analysis of submissions Plus

An 'Analysis of submissions' report was prepared in March 2018 and is available below.

Analysis of submissions (pdf 632KB)

An addendum to the analysis of submissions report was prepared in April 2018 and is available below.

Addendum to the Analysis of submissions (pdf 507KB)
Read individual submissions Plus

Submissions on the application for a water conservation order for Te Waikoropupū Springs and associated waterbodies are available online. You can access PDF copies of all submissions received. These are listed in alphabetical order by surname or organisation.

Submissions received
Notification Plus

The public notice was published in the New Zealand Herald, Dominion Post, Christchurch Press, Otago Daily Times, Motueka Guardian and Nelson Mail on Wednesday 31 January 2018. The public notice was also published in the Tasman Leader on Thursday 1 February 2018.

Read the public notice (pdf 249KB)

An additional public notice was published extending the submission period following ex-tropical cyclone Gita causing damage to the Nelson and Golden Bay areas. The public notice appeared in the New Zealand Herald, Dominion Post, Christchurch Press, Otago Daily Times, Motueka Guardian, Nelson Mail on Wednesday 28 February 2018. The notice was also published in the Tasman Leader on 1 March 2018 and the Golden Bay weekly on 2 March 2018.

Read the public notice of the submission period extension (pdf 336KB)