Energy, Infrastructure and Transport

Date of Hearing: Reconvened 15th February 2024

Location: Via zoom only

Date of Hearing: 27 November 2023

Location: West Coast Regional Council – Council Chambers

Address: 388 Main South Road, Paroa, Greymouth 7805

This hearing will deal with the Energy, Infrastructure and Transport Topic

This chapter:

  • includes renewable energy resources such as wind, hydro, solar, geothermal, biomass, tidal, ocean current and wave energy sources. It also includes the distribution and transmission networks for the energy system such as lines and substations,
  • seeks to balance the provision of infrastructure with other resource management considerations,
  • discusses how people and goods are safely and efficiently transported to destinations through a greater range of sustainable travel modes to meet the social, economic, cultural, and environmental wellbeing of people who live, work, and visit the Region.

The documents for the hearing are listed below:

Joint Statement of Planning Experts for the Energy, Infrastructure and Transport topic:

If you have a request to:

  • present evidence in Te Reo Maori, or NZ Sign Language, this must be made before 16 October 2023,
  • if you wish or your witness wish to appear via video link, this must be made before 16 October 2023.

All hearings will be recorded and added to the website under ‘Hearing Videos’ tab.

Submitters wishing to be heard:

Original Submitter Full
Grey District Council (S608)
WMS Group (HQ) Limited and WMS Land Co. Limited (S599)
Peter Langford (S615)
Karamea Lime Company (S614)
John Brazil (S360)
Koiterangi Lime Co LTD (S577)
Catherine Smart-Simpson (S564)
William McLaughlin (S567)
Steve Croasdale (S516)
Geoff Volckman (S563)
Chris & Jan Coll (S558)
Chris J Coll Surveying Limited (S566)
Laura Coll McLaughlin (S574)
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency (S450)
Buller District Council (S538)
Buller Electricity Limited (S451)
Westpower Limited (S547)
Frank and Jo Dooley (S478)
Manawa Energy Limited (Manawa Energy) (S438)
Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu, Te Runanga o Ngati Waewae, Te Runanga o Makaawhio (S620)
West Coast Regional Council (S488)
KiwiRail Holdings Limited (S442)
New Zealand Defence Force (S519)
Transpower New Zealand Limited (S299)
Radio New Zealand (S476)
Federated Farmers of New Zealand (S524)
Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Inc. (Forest & Bird) (S560)
Chorus NZ Ltd, Spark NZ Trading Ltd, Vodafone NZ Ltd (S663)
David Ellerm (S581)
Te Mana Ora (Community and Public Health) of the NPHS/ Te Whatu Ora (S190)
Horticulture New Zealand (S486)
Toka Tū Ake EQC (S612)
Suzanne Hills (S443)
Inger Perkins (S462)
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga (S140)
Department of Conservation (S602)
Westland MIlk Products (S63)
Martin & Lisa Kennedy (S545)
Nick Pupich Sandy Jefferies (S546)
Westland District Council (S181)
New Zealand Energy Limited (S463)
Lynley Hargreaves (S481)
Inchbonnie Hydro Limited (S540)
Buller Conservation Group (S552)
Frida Inta (S553)
The Proprietors of Mawhera Tiamana Mawhera Incorporation (S621)
Paul Finlay (S408)
Janie Cook (S594)
Branch 49 (Westland) of the New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters (Inc.). (S109)
Fire and Emergency New Zealand (S573)
Margaret Montgomery (S446)
Karen Lippiatt (S439)
John Walsh (S527)
Te Tai o Poutini Plan Committee (S171)
Peter Jefferies (S544)
TiGa Minerals and Metals Limited (S493)
Foodstuffs (South Island) Properties Limited and Foodstuffs South Island Limited (S464)
Birchfield Coal Mines Ltd (S601)
David Moore (S65)
Herenga ā Nuku Aotearoa Outdoor Access Commission (S274)
Ministry of Education Te Tāhuhu o Te Mātauranga (S456)
Fuel Companies (S613)
Bathurst Resources Limited and BT Mining Limited (S491)
Rocky Mining Limited (S474)
Straterra (S536)
SOPHIA ALLAN (S82)
Katherine Crick (S101)
Jan Fraser (S129)
Lindy Mason (S355)
Dean Mason (S356)
Trevor Hayes (S377)
Papahaua Resources Limited (S500)
Jane Neale (S262)
Frida Inta
Buller Conservation Group
Radio New Zealand Limited (RNZ)
New Zealand Defence Force
Transpower NZ Ltd
Westpower Limited
Buller District Council
Royal Forest & Bird Protection Society of NZ Inc. (Forest & Bird)
Buller Electricity Limited
New Zealand Energy Limited
te runanga o ngati waewae, te runanga o makaawhio and te runanga o ngai tahu
Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Waewae, Te Rūnanga o Makaawhio and Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu
Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities
Department of Conservation
Isaac Construction Ltd
Davis Ogilvie & Partners Ltd
Cashmere Bay Dairy Ltd
International Panel and Lumber (West Coast) Ltd
TiGa Minerals and Metals Limited
Foodstuffs (South Island) Properties Limited
MBD Contracting Limited
Martin & Co Westport Ltd and Lumberland Building Market Westport
Annie Inwood
Suzanne Hill
Katherine Crick
Mike Spruce
Melissa McLuskie
Waka Kotahi NZTA
BP Oil NZ Ltd, Mobil Oil NZ Ltd, Z Energy Ltd