Proposed Natural Resources Plan
The integrated Proposed Natural Resources Plan for the Wellington region replaces five operative plans for soil; fresh water and air; discharges to land; and managing the coast.
Decisions on the Proposed Natural Resources Plan (PNRP) were publicly notified on 31 July 2019, and since then the Proposed Natural Resources Plan was amended in accordance with those decisions.
On 18 September 2019, appeals were filed with the Environment Court, and went through a Court assisted mediation process. The Court will issue consent orders as appeal matters are resolved.
The Natural Resources Plan will not be fully operative until all appeals are resolved. Where a rule of a proposed Plan has not been appealed, in accordance with Section 86F, it must be treated as operative (and any previous rule as inoperative).
The Appeals version identifies which parts of the PNRP are subject to appeal and therefore may change as a result of the Court’s mediation process. It also identifies which parts of the PNRP are not subject to any appeal and rules which are therefore deemed operative. Changes made to the Appeals version will incorporate Consent Orders issued by the Court that relate to various appeals - these are currently shown as black underline text until all appeals have been resolved.
Plan users should refer to the Appeals version of the PNRP as the most up to date version.
Pre-hearing meetings are held only if there is an opportunity to resolve or clarify an issue before the main hearing. If a submitter has submitted on a topic we will invite them directly to attend the pre-hearing.
Pre-hearing meetings:
Schedule C sites: Kourarau Stream Reservoir | 10/8/16 |
Schedule C sites: Henley Lake | 10/8/16 |
Submissions to remove bridges from sites with significant historic heritage values in Schedule E (TA Meeting) | 15/8/16 |
Schedule C sites: Kourarau Stream Reservoir (2nd Meeting) | 13/9/16 |
Submissions on wharves, seawalls and structures in Schedule E | 22/8/16 |
Schedule C sites: Motuwaireka stream mouth, Motukairangi Coast and Whareama River mouth and coast | 22/9/16 |
Schedule C sites: Motuwaireka stream mouth, Motukairangi Coast and Whareama River mouth and coast (2nd) | 6/10/16 |
Schedule N: Stormwater Management Strategy (TA Meeting) | 11/10/16 |
Schedule C sites: Ngakauau Stream Mouths and Otahome (Otahaumi) stream mouth | 20/10/16 |
Method 3: Hazard Management Strategy (resolved via email) | October |
Schedule N: Stormwater Management Strategy (2nd TA Meeting) | 3/11/16 |
Schedule C Sites: Henley Lake (2nd Meeting) | 7/11/16 |
Additions to Schedule E; Burnham Wharf, Ohau Wharf & sites outside of the coastal marine area | 7/12/16 |
Fish Screening condition on R136, R137 and R141 | 16/12/16 |
Proposed definitions of aquifer, bore and geotechnical investigation bore, Rule R146 in relation to the Hutt Aquifer | 31/1/17 |
pNRP rules relating to the discharge to land of winery wastewater | 9/2/17 |
Further pre-hearing meetings can be accessed in the Supplementary Responses area of the Portal.
The Hearing Panel will issue documents called minutes, which outline procedures, declarations of interest and hearing schedules throughout the hearing process. All minutes will be available here for the duration.
To assist in interpreting the minutes, please visit our FAQs section below.
For further Panel Minutes, please visit the Portal.
Minute #1 Draft Procedures for Hearing of Submissions 19/7/12


date_range Published 19 Jul 2012
Download now (PDF 191 KB) get_appMinute #2 Final Procedures for Hearing of Submissions 9/12/16


date_range Published 09 Dec 2016
Download now (PDF 272 KB) get_appThis addendum includes requested decisions that were incorrectly summarised and submissions that were omitted from the original Summary of Decisions Requested.
You can view the submissions below in full:
Errors and Omissions Addendum to the Summary of Decisions Requested on the Proposed Natural Resources Plan for the Wellington Region


date_range Published 15 Apr 2016
Download now (PDF 168 KB) get_appOmissions:
S434 Deer Farmers Association NZ - Wairarapa Branch


date_range Published 15 Apr 2016
Download now (PDF 417 KB) get_appS435 Forestry Market Owners Services Ltd


date_range Published 15 Apr 2016
Download now (PDF 425 KB) get_appErrors:
S311 Beef and Lamb


date_range Published 15 Apr 2016
Download now (PDF 958 KB) get_appS121 Centreport Limited


date_range Published 15 Apr 2016
Download now (PDF 2.8 MB) get_appS143 Maypole Environmental Limited


date_range Published 15 Apr 2016
Download now (PDF 2.6 MB) get_appS75 Minister of Conservation


date_range Published 15 Apr 2016
Download now (PDF 1.2 MB) get_appS55 The Oil Companies


date_range Published 15 Apr 2016
Download now (PDF 1.8 MB) get_appS95 Phillip Walker


date_range Published 15 Apr 2016
Download now (PDF 328 KB) get_appS384 Richard Osborne


date_range Published 15 Apr 2016
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The Further Submission period for the PNRP opened on 26 February 2016 and closed on 29 March 2016.
The Further Submission period on the Errors and Omissions Addendum opened 11 April 2016 and closed 26 April 2016.
The copies of Further Submissions received on the Summary of Decisions Requested for the Proposed Natural Resources Plan 1-50 (PDF 37 MB) and 50-96 (PDF 31 MB) are available for download.
A full list of the names included in Further Submissions 1-96 are available below:
Further Submission No. | Submitter |
FS1 | Waa Rata Estate |
FS2 | Allan A Smith |
FS3 | KapAg Ltd |
FS4 | Wellington Botanical Society |
FS5 | Ryan Crawford |
FS6 | Stephen Press |
FS7 | Jeremy Clegg |
FS8 | Edith Woischin |
FS9 | Alessandro Bonora |
FS10 | Rory Sullivan |
FS11 | Christina Roberts |
FS12 | Mads Naeraa-Spiers |
FS13 | Stan Andis |
FS14 | Peter Weber |
FS15 | Kapiti Coast Airport Holdings Limited |
FS16 | Ian C. Reese |
FS17 | Ruby Cumming |
FS18 | Nikita Tu-Bryant |
FS19 | Dave Gilbert |
FS20 | Dickon Lentell |
FS21 | Birds NZ (OSNZ) |
FS22 | Transpower NZ |
FS23 | Geoff Salmond |
FS24 | Doug Mason |
FS25 | Wellington Water Limited |
FS26 | South Wairarapa District Council |
FS27 | Porirua City Council |
FS28 | Tom Del Campo |
FS29 | Hammond Limited |
FS30 | Masterton District Council |
FS31 | Jeremy Richardson |
FS32 | Meridian Energy Limited |
FS33 | Wellington Boatriders Club |
FS34 | Egon Guttke |
FS35 | Vector Gas Ltd |
FS36 | Wairarapa Water User's Society Inc. |
FS37 | William Durbin |
FS38 | Aaron Sadler |
FS39 | Nicolaas Francken |
FS40 | CentrePort Limited |
FS41 | Coastal Ratepayers United Inc. |
FS42 | Richard Maher |
FS43 | Forest and Bird Protection Society NZ |
FS44 | Alana Bowman |
FS45 | KRL Developments Limited |
FS46 | Ravensdown Limited |
FS47 | Maypole Environmental Limited |
FS48 | Ministry of Primary Industries |
FS49 | CentrePort Properties Limited |
FS50 | Fertiliser Association NZ |
FS51 | GBC Winstone |
FS52 | Wairarapa Regional Irrigation Trust |
FS53 | Beef and Lamb NZ |
FS54 | Federated Farmers of NZ |
FS55 | Rural Residents Environmental Society Incorporated |
FS56 | PowerCo |
FS57 | The Oil Companies |
FS58 | D&M Keelings |
FS59 | Hutt City Council and Upper Hutt City Council Roading, Parks and Gardens and Solid Waste |
FS60 | NZ Transport Agency |
FS61 | Minister of Conservation |
FS62 | The Paetawa Trust |
FS63 | Wellington City Council |
FS64 | NZ Defence Force |
FS65 | Land Matters Ltd |
FS66 | Waikanae Christian Holiday Park |
FS67 | The Carter Family |
FS68 | The Mansell Family |
FS69 | Wellington International Airport |
FS70 | Mark Shanks |
FS71 | Horticulture NZ |
FS72 | Wellington Civic Trust |
FS73 | Wellington Electricity Lines Limited |
FS74 | Rangitāne o Wairarapa |
FS75 | Surfbreak Protection Society Incorporated |
FS76 | Paul O'Sullivan |
FS77 | Blair Waipara |
FS78 | Gunaalann Rajenthran |
FS79 | Michael Gunson |
FS80 | Titahi Bay Residents' Association |
FS81 | Sarah Price |
FS82 | Regional Public Health |
FS83 | Mt Victoria Residents' Association |
FS84 | Dairy NZ & Fonterra Co-Operative Dairy Group Ltd |
FS85 | FS85 Carterton District Council |
FS86 | Ian George Jensen |
FS87 | T Base 2 Limited |
FS88 | Wainuiomata Rural Community Association |
FS89 | Wellington Fish and Game |
FS90 | Andrew Bell |
FS91 | Sergio Ayrosa |
FS92 | Nikos Skouroliakos |
FS93 | Ross Allen |
FS94 | Anna MacLean |
FS95 | Bohdan Szymanik |
FS96 | Queen Elizabeth II National Trust |
Who is on the Hearing Panel and what is its role?
The Hearing Panel consisted of three independent commissioners: Mark St Clair (Chair), David McMahon and Elizabeth Burge. The panel’s role was to hear submissions and evidence on the proposed Natural Resource Plan (the proposed Plan) and decide any changes the panel think should be made to the proposed Plan.
When were the hearings held?
The hearings began in May 2017 and were completed in July 2018.
When did the Panel release their Decisions on Submissions?
The Hearing Panel provided its decisions on the provisions and matters raised in submissions, once they had received all the information required, and completed their deliberations. An extension to the time limit was granted to 31 July 2019.
The extensions to timelines were due primarily to the significance and complexity involved in reviewing and integrating five regional plans, and providing a hearing structure that enabled fair participation by submitters across a large region, covering a complex range of topics, and to enable officer's sufficient time to prepare and respond to matters raised during the hearing process.
When were the public notified of the decision made regarding submissions?
In accordance with Clauses 10 and 11 of Schedule 1 of the Resource Management Act 1991, the Wellington Regional Council gave notice on 31 July 2019 that it has made its decisions on the provisions and matters raised in submissions on the proposed Natural Resources Plan for the Wellington Region. From the date of the public notice (31 July 2019) the proposed Natural Resources Plan is amended in accordance with those decisions (decisions version).
Are you able to appeal the Proposed Natural Resources Plan?
Any person who made a submission on the proposed Natural Resources Plan may appeal the Council’s decisions to the Environment Court. Please note that you may only appeal on a provision or a matter in the decisions if you referred to the relevant provision or matter in your submission. An appeal cannot seek the withdrawal of the proposed Natural Resources Plan as a whole.
Any appeal to the Environment Court must be in the prescribed form and lodged with the Environment Court in Wellington by 5pm, 18 September 2019. The appeal must be served in accordance with the Court's directions. All notices of appeal will be posted in full on the portal.
Any section 274 notice to join an appeal must be in the prescribed form and lodged with the Environment Court in Wellington by 5pm, 9 October 2019. The notice must also be served in accordance with the Court's directions. All section 274 notices will be posted in full on the portal.
What were the Environment Court directions?
The Environment Court issued waivers and directions in respect of the filing and service of appeals and section 274 notices (refer Re Wellington Regional Council [2019] NZEnvC 126 dated 26 July 2019). A copy of the Environment Court directions are available on the Portal.
Why did the hearings take so long?
The hearings were split into topic areas, such as Water quality and Stormwater, heard over six hearing streams and in various locations throughout the Wellington region. The complexity and considerable time required for preparing and receiving evidence, undertaking expert conferencing and conducting the hearings meant that they took much longer than initially estimated (from May 2017 to July 2018). Over 400 people presented evidence to the Panel. The Panel received over 890 technical reports, legal submissions, expert conferencing, rebuttal evidenace and supplementary responses throughout the hearing process.
Hearing topic(s)?
All of the 11,455 submission points have been coded to a plan topic. If you stated in your submission that you wish to be heard at the hearing, you were invited to the hearing(s) on the topic(s) that your submission related to. This meant that you may have been required to attend more than one hearing if you submitted on multiple parts of the proposed Plan.
The Summary of Decisions Requested (SDR) can be downloaded in PDF format alphabetically and by provision.
These PDF copies are the version of the SDR that was notified 26 February.
By Provision:
- Entire Plan SDR (PDF 397 KB)
- 1 Introduction SDR (PDF 147 KB)
- 2 Interpretation SDR (PDF 1.9 MB)
- 3 Objectives SDR (PDF 1.8 MB)
- 4 Policies SDR (PDF 3.6 MB)
- 5.1 Rules - General and Air SDR (PDF 732 KB)
- 5.2 Rules Discharges to Water SDR (PDF 483 KB)
- 5.3 Rules - Discharges to Land SDR (PDF 1.3 MB)
- 5.4 Rules - Land use SDR (PDF 1.1 MB)
- 5.5 Rules - Wetlands and Beds of Lakes and Rivers SDR (PDF 2.1 MB)
- 5.6 Rules - Water Allocation SDR (PDF 603 KB)
- 5.7 Rules - Coastal Management SDR (PDF 884 KB)
- 6 Other Methods SDR (PDF 591 KB)
- 7 Ruamāhanga Whaitua SDR (PDF 385 KB)
- 8 Wellington Harbour and Hutt Valley Whaitua SDR (PDF 211 KB)
- 9 Te Awarua-o-Porirua Whaitua SDR (PDF 82 KB)
- 10 Kapiti Coast Whaitua SDR (PDF 218 KB)
- 11 Wairarapa Coast Whaitua SDR (PDF 83 KB)
- 12 Schedules SDR (PDF 851 KB)
- 13 Maps SDR (PDF 611 KB)
Alphabetical:
- A Submitter Names SDR (PDF 910 KB)
- B Submitter Names SDR (PDF 958 KB)
- C Submitter Names SDR (PDF 1.3 MB)
- D Submitter Names SDR (PDF 818 KB)
- E Submitter Names SDR (PDF 263 KB)
- F Submitter Names SDR (PDF 1 MB)
- G Submitter Names SDR (PDF 777 KB)
- H Submitter Names SDR (PDF 597 KB)
- I Submitter Names SDR (PDF 144 KB)
- J Submitter Names SDR (PDF 986 KB)
- K Submitter Names SDR (PDF 815 KB)
- L Submitter Names SDR (PDF 473 KB)
- M Submitter Names SDR (PDF 1.5 MB)
- N Submitter Names SDR (PDF 1.5 MB)
- O Submitter Names SDR (PDF 178 KB)
- P Submitter Names SDR (PDF 704 KB)
- Q Submitter Names SDR (PDF 89 KB)
- R Submitter Names SDR (PDF 1.5 MB)
- S Submitter Names SDR (PDF 1.2 MB)
- T Submitter Names SDR (PDF 760 KB)
- U Submitter Names SDR (PDF 258 KB)
- V Submitter Names SDR (PDF 189 KB)
- W Submitter Names SDR (PDF 1.3 MB)
- XYZ Submitter Names SDR (PDF 82 KB)
Submissions on the Proposed Plan opened 31 July 2015 and closed 25 September 2015.
Read submissions 1-100* received on the Proposed Natural Resources Plan. (PDF 44 MB)
A full list of the names included in Submissions 1-100 are available below:
Submission no. | Submitter |
S1 | Barry Joseph Doyle |
S2 | Christine J A Burt |
S3 | Fatima Al-Maery |
S4 | Richard Anthony Featherstone |
S5 | Phyllis Sexton |
S6 | Stewart Alexander Barton |
S7 | Stephen and Elly Simpson |
S8 | Nancy J Pollock |
S9 | Maxwell Aston |
S10 | Ministry of Primary Industries |
S12 | Neville Fisher |
S13 | CT and EM Brown |
S14 | Egon Guttke |
S15 | NZ Steel |
S16 | Donald Robert Frampton |
S17 | Paul Douglas |
S18 | Alan Rice |
S19 | Don Long |
S20 | Tadeusz Ostapowicz |
S21 | Lara Harris |
S22 | Matt McGregor |
S23 | Maxine McMullan |
S24 | Hitoshi Yamada |
S25 | Craig Lamont Eaton |
S26 | Evelyn Chu |
S27 | Carlo Jaminola |
S28 | Jeffrey Arthur |
S29 | Powerco |
S31 | Hamish Trolove |
S32 | Wellington Recreational Marine Fishers Association |
S33 | Porirua Harbour and Catchment Community Trust |
S34 | Wendy Barry |
S35 | Allan A Smith |
S36 | Aroha Huia Christine Spinks |
S37 | Quentin Poole |
S38 | D P Wood |
S39 | Timothy Bruce Caughley |
S40 | Andrew Francis Carman |
S41 | KapAg Ltd |
S42 | Jon Andrew Terry |
S43 | Paula Lynch |
S44 | Penelope Ann O'Neill |
S45 | Claire Jones |
S46 | Kintyre Meats/Kintyre Trust |
S47 | Zane Oosten |
S48 | Peter Neil Clayworth |
S49 | Janis Freegard |
S50 | Keri Molloy |
S51 | Charles William Barrie |
S52 | Wellington Fish and Game Association (Wairarapa) |
S53 | Christine Ann Edwards |
S54 | Suzanne Hall |
S55 | The Oil Companies |
S56 | Kaitiaki o Ngahere |
S57 | Samuel Robin Thorne Clark |
S58 | Blended Fuel Solutions NZ Ltd |
S59 | Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand |
S60 | Michael Cohr |
S61 | David and Pip Blackwood |
S62 | Wellington Civic Trust |
S63 | Warwick Stanley Wyatt |
S64 | Richard McIntosh |
S65 | Mike Weir |
S66 | GBC Winstone |
S67 | Bevan Marten |
S68 | Sophie Mormede |
S69 | Friends of Taputeranga Marine Reserve Trust |
S70 | David Wilson |
S71 | Sport Fly Fishing NZ Incorporated |
S72 | John Morrison |
S73 | Conrad John Toussaint Edwards |
S74 | Kairoa Farms Limited |
S75 | Minister of Conservation |
S76 | David and Pauline Innes |
S77 | Juken New Zealand limited |
S78 | South Wairarapa Biodiversity Group Incorporated |
S79 | Castlepoint Ratepayers and Residents Association Incorporated |
S80 | Mears Holdings Limited |
S81 | New Zealand Defence Force |
S82 | Meridian Energy Limited |
S83 | Ian Benge and Martin Benge |
S84 | Hutt City Council |
S85 | Roading, Parks and Gardens and Solid Waste departments of Hutt City Council and Upper Hutt City Council |
S86 | Graham Evans |
S87 | Christine Marjorie Stanley |
S88 | Trelissick Park Group |
S89 | Robert Jackson |
S90 | Scott Wayne Cleator |
S91 | Philip and Dorothy Tortell |
S92 | Linda Katherine Dale and Melis Leonard van de Werken |
S93 | Coastal Ratepayers United Incorporated |
S94 | Heritage New Zealand |
S95 | Phillip Walker |
S96 | Christopher Butler |
S97 | Alan Jeffries |
S98 | Spark New Zealand Trading Limited |
S99 | Kapiti Coast Airport Holdings Limited |
S100 | Southern North Island Wood Council |
Submissions on the Proposed Plan opened 31 July 2015 and closed 25 September 2015.
Read submissions 101-150 received (PDF 38 MB) and submissions 151-200 (PDF 21 MB) on the Proposed Natural Resources Plan.
A full list of the names included in Submissions 101-200* are available below:
*please note submissions S30, S155, S183, S247, S329 and S425 have been intentionally left out as they do not have a submission assigned.
Submitter No. | Submitter |
S101 | CBEC |
S102 | Petroleum Exploration and Production Association of New Zealand |
S103 | Wairarapa Winegrowers Association |
S104 | Cuttriss Consultants Ltd |
S105 | Woodridge Homes Limited |
S106 | Jenny Clark |
S107 | Upper Hutt City Council |
S108 | Southern North Island branch of the National Beekeepers Association |
S109 | Bryce Derek Wilkinson |
S110 | Environmental Defence Society Incorporated |
S111 | Yvonne Fletcher |
S112 | Friends of the Paekakariki Streams |
S113 | Michael John Slater |
S114 | Robert Charles Andrews |
S115 | Simon Stannard |
S116 | Henergy Cage-Free Limited |
S117 | Kapiti Coast District Council |
S118 | Selwyn Feary |
S119 | Kaiwaiwai Dairies Limited |
S120 | Java Trust Limited |
S121 | CentrePort Limited (CentrePort) |
S122 | Carrus Limited |
S123 | Moir Street Residents Group |
S124 | Wairarapa Water User's Incorporated Society |
S125 | Rural Residents Environmental Society Incorporated |
S126 | Wellington Electricity Lines Limited |
S127 | Wairarapa Regional Irrigation Trust |
S128 | Diane Strugnell |
S129 | Alana Bowman |
S130 | Liam Andrew Knight |
S131 | PF Olsen Limited |
S132 | Hammond Limited |
S133 | Greater Wellington Regional Council |
S134 | Imperial Tobacco New Zealand |
S135 | Wellington Water Limited |
S136 | Regional Public Health |
S137 | Beth Jones |
S138 | Heather Jean Phillips |
S139 | GE Free New Zealand |
S140 | Kiwi Rail Holdings Limited |
S141 | CentrePort Properties Limited |
S142 | New Zealand Fire Commission and Wellington Rural Fire Authority |
S143 | Maypole Environmental Limited |
S144 | Chorus New Zealand Limited |
S145 | Vector Gas Ltd |
S146 | NZ Transport Agency |
S147 | New Zealand Diving and Salvage Limited |
S148 | Rebecca Logan |
S149 | Best Farm Limited, Hunters Hill Limited and Stebbings Farmlands Limited |
S150 | Fiona Jean Heron |
S151 | Warren Bryant |
S152 | Waa Rata Estate |
S153 | Andrew James Alan McIntyre |
S154 | Kevin Tearney |
S156 | Hugh Lundie |
S157 | Queen Elizabeth II National Trust |
S158 | Peter Stevens and Michelle Glogau |
S159 | Allison Diem |
S160 | Site 10 Redevelopment Limited Partnership (S10RLP) |
S161 | Susie Mills |
S162 | Mt Victoria Residents' Association Inc (MVRA) |
S163 | Porirua City Council |
S164 | Wainuiomata Rural Community Association |
S165 | Transpower NZ Ltd |
S166 | Bob Stewart Family Trust |
S167 | Sustainable Wairarapa Inc |
S168 | Strait Shipping Limited |
S169 | David and Michael Keeling |
S170 | Chris Engel |
S171 | Stuart Woodman |
S172 | Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club |
S173 | N & S Terry |
S174 | Rob Kennedy |
S175 | Joan Allin and Rob Crozier |
S176 | Ian Jensen |
S177 | Mana Cruising Club |
S178 | Wellington Volunteer Coastguard |
S179 | Lowry Bay Yacht Club |
S180 | Donna Zimmerman |
S181 | Stephen Frank Warren |
S182 | Sandy Jennings |
S184 | Reeva Williams |
S185 | Gordon Hutcheson |
S186 | Deborah Maddox |
S187 | Tammy Fitchett |
S188 | Bonita Moana |
S189 | Vietona Antogi |
S190 | Kim Eastham |
S191 | Chris Van Niekerk |
S192 | Peter Hyngs |
S193 | Louis Webster |
S194 | Titahi Bay Boatshed Owners |
S195 | John Linschoten |
S196 | Tracey Waters |
S197 | David and Marlena Peacock |
S198 | Mary Iafeta |
S199 | Emma Ward |
S200 | Terese Church |
Submissions on the Proposed Plan opened 31 July 2015 and closed 25 September 2015.
Read submissions 201-300 (PDF 26 MB) on the Proposed Natural Resources Plan.
A full list of the names included in Submissions 201-300* are available below:
*please note submissions S30, S155, S183, S247, S329 and S425 have been intentionally left out as they do not have a submission assigned.
Submitter No. | Submitter |
S201 | John Ward |
S202 | Krystal Rankin O'Regan |
S203 | Manu Barclay |
S204 | Joshua Holmes |
S205 | Steve Wallace |
S206 | Andrew Wallace |
S207 | Steve Cranney |
S208 | Greg Stanbridge |
S209 | Pam Ringrose |
S210 | Leiken Jahne Stapp Walker |
S211 | Scott McIntosh |
S212 | Tanya Bason |
S213 | Falyn Kamana |
S214 | Kiri Hunter |
S215 | Kayla Hawea |
S216 | Tephin Lao |
S217 | Cathie Tomkies |
S218 | Mark Whaley |
S219 | Jaime Fearn |
S220 | Jamie McIntosh |
S221 | Alex Kelly |
S222 | Vicky Phillips |
S223 | Horouta Kohanga Reo |
S224 | Luisa Power |
S225 | Sophie Bevan |
S226 | Terrie Thomson |
S227 | T Essel |
S228 | K Collins |
S229 | Kirsty Cooper |
S230 | Kimberley Linschoten |
S231 | Janette Linschoten |
S232 | Hemi Remuera |
S233 | Jenny McIntosh |
S234 | Nicole Remuera |
S235 | Chris Eastwood |
S236 | Carl Jamieson |
S237 | Di Robertson |
S238 | Trevor Carrier |
S239 | Anita MacPherson |
S240 | Michael and Pam Winthrop |
S241 | Louise Fruean |
S242 | Raewynne Graf |
S243 | Marion Slow |
S244 | Ezric Slow |
S245 | Wendy Leary |
S246 | Paul Murray |
S248 | Koro Pulman |
S249 | Mr and Mrs Allan |
S250 | Titahi Bay Fisherman's Club |
S251 | Arthur Hunter |
S252 | Autie Matthew Hunter |
S253 | Ralence James Tahuparae |
S254 | Shonn William Tupaea Roberts |
S255 | Carlos Nathan Watters-Rangitiki |
S256 | Danny Makamaka |
S257 | Maikara Thorpe |
S258 | Awhina Takerapa |
S259 | Ben Notes |
S260 | Neil Walter |
S261 | Hayden Poole |
S262 | Natalia Spooner |
S263 | Fiona Apanui-Kupenga |
S264 | Tyrone Gardiner |
S265 | Murray Patterson |
S266 | Emily Wikingi |
S267 | Dave Abbott |
S268 | Titahi Bay RSA |
S269 | L Haggland |
S270 | Sue Hagai |
S271 | Vaero Hagai |
S272 | Titahi Bay Residents' Association |
S273 | Spencer Holmes Limited |
S274 | Alexander Haddon Webster |
S275 | Forest Enterprises Growth Ltd |
S276 | Holcim (New Zealand) Ltd |
S277 | Wellington Chamber of Commerce |
S278 | Derek Neal |
S279 | Rangitane o Wairarapa Inc |
S280 | Jan and Jock Richmond |
S281 | Jim, Pascoe and Henry Reynolds |
S282 | Wellington International Airport Limited |
S283 | Mana Coastguard |
S284 | Aohanga Incorporation |
S285 | Land Matters LTD |
S286 | Wellington City Council |
S287 | DW and RMC Lynch |
S288 | Terawhiti Farming Co. |
S289 | Charlotte and Toby McDonald |
S290 | Robert Kyle |
S292 | Andrew Patrick |
S293 | Margaret Niven |
S294 | Bell Camp Trust |
S295 | Carter Families |
S296 | Becky Lasenby |
S297 | Kennott Family Trust |
S298 | A T McKay |
S299 | Julian and Ruth Blackett |
S300 | Kahungunu Ki Wairarapa |
Submissions on the Proposed Plan opened 31 July 2015 and closed 25 September 2015.
Read submissions 301-350, (PDF 34 MB) submissions 351-400 (PDF 41 MB) and submissions 401-435 (PDF 14 MB) on the Proposed Natural Resources Plan.
A full list of the names included in Submissions 301-435 are available below:
*please note submissions S30, S155, S183, S247, S329 and S425 have been intentionally left out as they do not have a submission assigned.
Submitter No. | Submitter |
S301 | Carterton District Council |
S302 | Fertiliser Association NZ |
S303 | Craig and Janet Morrison |
S304 | Anders and Emily Crofoot |
S305 | Port Nicholson Block Settlement Trust |
S306 | Irrigation New Zealand Incorporated |
S307 | Horticulture NZ |
S308 | Fish and Game |
S309 | Nga Hapu o Otaki |
S310 | Ravensdown Limited |
S311 | Beef and Lamb NZ |
S312 | Taratahi Agricultural Training Centre |
S313 | Matt Dillon |
S314 | John Carred |
S315 | K-J Dillon |
S316 | Dairy NZ and Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd |
S317 | Susannah and Mark Guscott |
S318 | Te Hika o Papauma Mandated Iwi Authority |
S319 | Friends of the Otaki River Inc |
S320 | Charlie Matthews |
S321 | Edward Handyside |
S322 | Rex McKay |
S323 | DW and PC McKay |
S324 | Tim Williams |
S325 | Richard and Kim Massam |
S326 | Te Runanga o Toa Rangatira Inc |
S327 | A.J Barton and Ongaha Farms Limited |
S328 | Golden Gate Peninsula Beach Residents |
S330 | Tom Kerr and Gabrielle Harris |
S331 | Pip Tocker |
S332 | Hiwi Trust |
S333 | James Cates |
S334 | Alan Westbury |
S335 | NDR and BA Davies |
S336 | Andrew Thomson |
S337 | Bob Toswill |
S338 | Kate Reedy |
S339 | Chris and Steven Price |
S340 | Jim Hedley |
S341 | David Hume |
S342 | Gary James and Anne Marie Daysh |
S343 | Andy Phillips |
S344 | Hutt Valley Angling Club Inc |
S345 | Alex Kyle |
S346 | Waikanae Christian Holiday Park (El Rancho) |
S347 | Brian Bosch |
S348 | Max Lutz |
S349 | USNZ |
S350 | Dan Riddiford |
S351 | Tim Mansell and Family |
S352 | Federated Farmers of New Zealand |
S353 | Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society |
S354 | Sam Orsborn |
S355 | Michael Hewison |
S356 | Mike Butterick |
S357 | Griffin Ag-Air Ltd |
S358 | Craig Dairy Farm Ltd |
S359 | NZ Pork |
S360 | Kyle Wells |
S361 | Sandra Shivas |
S362 | Angela and Nigel Johns |
S363 | Gavin Bruce |
S364 | Terra Moana |
S365 | A J Barton |
S366 | South Wairarapa District Council |
S367 | Masterton District Council |
S368 | Richard Tosswill |
S369 | Richard Wilkie |
S370 | Mahaki Holdings LTD |
S371 | George Ritchie |
S372 | Leo Vollebregt |
S373 | Jamie Falloon |
S374 | Michael Taylor |
S375 | Graeme Hugh Tulloch |
S376 | James Falloon |
S377 | Donald McCreary |
S378 | Lewis Herrick |
S379 | Clayton Hartnell |
S380 | Willy and Sally Bosch |
S381 | Glen Rowe |
S382 | Noel and Ann Gray |
S383 | Brad Gooding |
S384 | Richard Osborne |
S385 | Michael Wood |
S386 | Shane and Geoff Wilkinson |
S387 | Pip Wilkinson |
S388 | Gerard Vollebregt |
S389 | Jeremy Bennill |
S390 | Hayden Thurston |
S391 | Guy Didsbury |
S392 | Stewart Weatherstone |
S393 | Blair Roberts |
S394 | Owen Butcher |
S395 | Daniel George |
S396 | Bernie George |
S397 | Mike McCreary |
S398 | Atiawa ki Whakarongotai |
S399 | Sandy Bidwell |
S400 | Mike Moran |
S401 | Joe Hintz |
S402 | Derek Daniell |
S403 | Point Howard Association Inc |
S404 | J Q and P M Donald |
S405 | William Craig Stewart Booth and Eleanor Joan Booth |
S406 | Alison Turner |
S407 | Kurt Simmonds |
S408 | John Petrie |
S409 | Peter Vollebregt |
S410 | Richard John and Carolyn Ann Stevenson |
S411 | Andrew Douglas Harvey |
S412 | Shane Matthew Gray |
S413 | Mike Warren |
S414 | Stephen Hammond |
S415 | Simon Vaughan Campbell |
S416 | Bryan Thompson Tucker |
S417 | Matthew Honeysett |
S418 | Rod Sutherland |
s419 | David G Holmes |
S420 | Richard Kershaw |
S421 | Ray Craig |
S422 | Shaun Rose |
S423 | Willem Stolte |
S424 | Gary Svenson |
S426 | Beryl Masters Stuart |
S427 | A B and D E Smith |
S428 | James and Jane Smallwood |
S429 | Blair Percy |
S430 | Ali and Dion Kilmister |
S431 | Garry Daniell |
S432 | Glen and Angie Meredith |
S433 | Manganui Partnership Limited |
S434 | NZ Deer Farmers' Association - Wairarapa Branch |
S435 | S435 Forestry Market Owners Services Ltd |
Proposed Natural Resources Plan for the Wellington Region
The Proposed Natural Resources Plan for the Wellington Region (proposed Plan) identifies outcomes for the sustainable management of natural and physical resources in the region to achieve the purpose of the Resource Management Act (1991). The proposed Plan contains policies, rules and methods for the people and organisations that use or protect the region’s resources.
The proposed Plan is a combined regional and coastal plan that will replace the existing Regional Coastal Plan and the four regional plans (Regional Air Quality Management Plan, Regional Freshwater Plan, Regional Plan for Discharges to Land and, Regional Soil Plan) once it is made operative following the decisions on all submissions and appeals. Please note all rules within the proposed Plan have immediate legal effect.
Section 32 of the Resource Management Act requires an evaluation of the appropriateness of the proposed Plan to achieve the purpose of the Act. There were 20 evaluation reports prepared under section 32, access here.
A number of documents were referenced in the proposed Plan. All documents proposed to be incorporated by reference were publicly notified on 8 June 2015.
To access technical reports associated with the proposed Plan and section 32 reports please click here (LINK)
Notification of the Proposed Natural Resources Plan
The Proposed Natural Resources Plan was publicly notified on 31 July 2015.
Procedural Matters
Procedural matters for the hearing of submissions on the proposed Natural Resources Plan were outlined by the Hearing Panel.
See the procedures set out in Minute 1 (PDF 191 KB) and Minute 2 (PDF 272 KB) , or further minutes provided by the Panel.
Submitter Information Days and Pre-Hearing Meetings
Submitter Information Days were held to inform submitters of the hearing process and to provide clarification and information on the plan.
Time | Date | Location |
2-7pm | 17 May | Mana Cruise Club, Porirua |
2-7pm | 20 May | Kapiti Community Centre, Ngahina St, Paraparaumu |
2-7pm | 23 May | GWRC office, 2 Fryatt Quay, Wellington |
2-7pm | 26 May | Carterton Events Centre, Holloway Rd, Carterton |
Summary of Decisions Requested
The Summary of Decisions Requested publicly notified (link) on 26 February 2016 please click (link)
Original Submissions:
- Submissions received 1-100
- Submissions received 101-200
- Submissions received 201-300
- Submissions received 301-433
Submitter lists alphabetically and by submitter name. (LINKS)
Development of the proposed Plan
Developed through a partnership with mana whenua: The proposed Plan recognises the relationship that Māori have with ancestral claims to the region (mana whenua) and it's natural and physical resources. Special effort has been made to identify the values and sites of significance to mana whenua, as well as provisions which recognise and protect these special places.
The plan has been guided by Te Upoko Taiao - Natural Resource Management Committee, GWRC's decision-making body which is comprised of 7 mana whenua and 7 elected council members. Together, five principles have guided the review:
- Ki uta ki tai– recognising that natural and physical resources are reliant on one and other – interconnected
- Wairuatanga– recognises that people are connected to place – identify
- Kaitiakitanga– that we all are guardians of the regions natural and physical resources – guardianship
- Tō mātou whakapono– decisions are to be based on best available knowledge in all its forms
- Mahitahi – that in good faith Greater Wellington Regional Council, iwi and the wider community work together to develop the plan – partnership
Developed with others: The proposed Plan was developed based on input and contributions from a wide range of parties: including iwi, industry, environmental organisations, communities, other agencies and local councils.
- Extensive public meetings; stakeholder workshops and feedback; and consideration of comments on the Working Document for Discussion and the draft Plan
- A plan that is more balanced between urban and rural activities
- Anticipated to be implemented with more buy-in
Developed with new information: The proposed Plan improves on the current plans, in part because a larger base of information and analysis was available. This includes information and analysis collected on good management practices, community values, historic heritage, sites of significance, management efficiency and effectiveness and natural hazards.
The proposed Plan gives effect to most recent legislation (including New Zealand Coastal Policy Statement 2010, National Policy Statement on Freshwater Management 2014, National Environmental Standards for Drinking Water and Air Quality) and recognises current policy (including the 2013 Regional Policy Statement), guidance and industry standards.
Structure of the proposed Plan
Integrated objectives and policies: The proposed Plan will replace the five regional plans that currently have separate objectives and policies for managing the coast, soil, discharges to land, fresh water and air. This not only creates a document that is easier to use, it also reduces inconsistencies (such as those among the five current regional plans) and enables more integrated management between land and water; and between fresh water and coastal water.
- Considers the same policies and activity status across environments in a more consistent and integrated manner
Clearly written: The proposed Plan contains concise definitions and clearly written provisions. In contrast to the current regional plan, the provisions stand on their own and are not followed by the use of explanatory text, which, in the past, has led to confusion and misinterpretation.
- There are more permitted activities (108 compared to 89) providing less need for consents, when appropriate;
- A greater number of prohibited activities (10 as compared to 4) – giving clear protection where needed; and
- More restricted discretionary activities (16 compared to 4) reducing uncertainty and simplifying consenting
Catchment-specific chapters: Catchment-specific, known as “whaitua”, chapters contain provisions that will be amended through variation and plan changes, and will assist in implementing the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management.
- Allows local communities to set their own water quality and quantity limits within the context of national bottom-lines - through the use of recommended plan changes developed by five whaitua committees
Greater emphasis on “place-based” protection: The proposed Plan contains extensive schedules and maps that identify sites that are significant for natural, cultural, social or physical values. Provisions in the proposed Plan are used to manage these places so that they are protected (and enhanced).
- More detailed and informed schedules identifying significant values, e.g. significant biodiversity values or historic heritage;
- Schedules of sites of significance to mana whenua;
- Identified and set objectives for primary swimming rivers; and
- Better protection of trout habitat.
On-line maps: To support the provisions and schedules, the proposed Plan uses indicative maps that are linked to GIS mapping, which offer more detail and can be zoomed into the individual property scale. Identified sites of significance have been mapped and are linked to their associated schedule.
Water Use
Allocation of freshwater: The proposed Plan uses current information that recognises the connections between groundwater and surface water and manages activities that take, use, dam or divert freshwater as one resource.
- Drives more efficient water use and promoting sustainable water storage – to promote economic development
Water quality: The proposed Plan objective is to maintain water quality or improve it where it does not meet the expectations of the community or of statute. An integrated package of regulatory and non-regulatory methods achieve this, including by expanding existing programmes such as farm environment planning, and by introducing investigations to better establish poor water quality in identified areas.
The National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management must be given effect to by 2022, in line with the Council’s progressive implementation programme and the progressive rolling out of each whaitua process.
The key directions from the NPS-FM:
- Requires councils to set water quality and quantity limits in regional plan to achieve defined outcomes by 2025 at the latest
- Sets national bottom lines for all freshwater through the National Objective Framework
Discharges to land: The proposed Plan identifies and manages discharges to land within drinking water catchments, as required by the National Environmental Standard for Drinking Water.
Stormwater: The proposed Plan recognises that the discharge of stormwater can result in unacceptable effects on water quality and the health of rivers, streams, lakes and the coast. Provisions require most stormwater discharges from the large networks owned by local authorities to be improved over time through a two-stage consent process that also links to the water quality limits to be set through each whaitua process.
Livestock access: The proposed Plan has clear direction on how surface water bodies are to be protected from livestock access.
Biodiversity
Biodiversity: The proposed Plan identifies sites of significance for indigenous biodiversity in the schedules and maps. Proposals for mitigation and biodiversity offsets will be assessed against defined and scheduled best practice.
Wetland protection: The proposed Plan has specific provisions for the protection and management of all wetlands in the region.
Coast and regionally significant infrastructure: Protects coastal areas from reclamation, while providing for the recognition of regionally significant infrastructure.
- The New Zealand Coastal Policy Statement 2010 - Requires the avoidance of coastal reclamation except in specified circumstances
Air Quality
Air quality: Prevents the burning of toxic materials open fires and wood burners – to clean up our air quality
- National Environmental Standard for Air Quality -Currently the Masterton township has air quality which does not meet this standard.
Hazard Management
Hazard management: The proposed Plan guides the development of a Regional Natural Hazard Strategy in partnership with Territorial Authorities.
These FAQs are about provisions in the Plan:
Have the rules about keeping lifestock out of waterways changed since the draft Plan last year?
After the draft Plan, a focus group looked at the feedback given, and revised rules were presented at public meetings in March. Keeping lifestock out of waterways focuses on animals which have the most effect, and situations, such as intensive grazing, where they can do the most damage. We also want to protect areas of high value.
Farms in the lowlands will be expected to exclude lifestock from high value areas within 3 years and cattle, such as farmed deer and pig from other waterways, within 7 years. Farms in the hill country will need to exclude lifestock from areas with (significant) value within 3 years, and dairy herds from waterways within 7 years. As well as the specific rules, no waterways can be polluted by lifestock at any time in any part of the region.
Do I have to exclude lifestock from my wetland?
Within three (3) years, all livestock will need to be excluded from the outstanding wetlands, listed in the proposed Plan (Schedule A3) and all livestock, other than sheep, from the significant wetlands in Schedule F3. You should have already been contacted by GWRC on this matter, if it affects you.
How will I know if I have a significant site on my land?
Do you have a river, lake, wetland or coastline on your land? If not, you cannot have a significant site because the Proposed Plan only identifies sites in 'wet places'.
You should have been contacted by GWRC in the last 3 years if there is a significant site on your property. We have worked very hard to identify and contact all affected landowners.
There is a GIS system on the GW website where you can look (LINK TO mapping.gw.govt.nz) to see the significant sites. Find your property by searching for you address and see if there are any overlays that might affect you.
Why is there an emphasis on Māori values in the proposed Plan?
The proposed Plan emphasises Māori values to meet the requirements of the Resource Management Act (RMA) and recognise the cultural relationship of Māori in the management of the environment. The Wellington Regional Council has done this by developing the proposed Plan in partnership with mana whenua (Māori who have customary authority) of the region.
This approach gives resources users more specific information regarding Māori values and how they should be provided for.
For more information, please view the Māori Values Section 32 Report. (LINK)
Why doesn't the proposed Plan say what Māori values I need to consider in a resource consent application?
Māori values have been integrated into the proposed Plan and are found throughout the document. Some values such as mauri and ki uta ki tai are overarching and relevant to all resource use whilst others are specific to a particular place and relationship with a specific mana whenua grouping.
Whilst all Māori values have a general definition which can be found in the glossaries, mana whenua groupings interpret and apply these values differently according to local conditions and custom and usage. Therefore consideration of Māori values in consent processes depends on place and the people connected to that place. The input of local mana whenua is needed in order to understand whether the values are likely to be affected by the proposed activity and if so, how those values can be protected.
For more information see Māori Values Section 32 report.
What does ‘legal effect ‘of rules mean to me?
It means if you are applying for resource consent, for the next few years you will need to apply under both the current operative regional plan(s) and the proposed Plan.
It also means that if you want to carry out a new activity that is a permitted activity, you need to comply with the permitted rules and their conditions in both (all) plans – both the operative plan(s) and the proposed Plan.
We suggest you contact us for advice about this if you are unclear about the status of the activity you want to do.
How does the proposed Plan affect my resource consent?
The proposed Plan won’t affect your resource consent until it’s time to renew it. If you need to renew your consent in the next few years you will probably need to apply under both the operative regional plan(s) and the proposed Plan. Once the proposed Plan is fully operative (probably not for a few years) then you will only need to apply under the new plan.
If I’m allowed to do something now without a resource consent, can I still do that with the proposed Plan?
If you are currently doing something, like taking water from a bore to water your garden, that is a permitted activity in the operative regional plan(s), as long as you don’t change the way you go about doing it (i.e. don’t change how much water you take or where you take it from) you can carry on doing it. The new plan rules won’t affect you until 6 months after the new plan is operative (i.e. not for a few years).
If you are unsure, please contact us for advice.
Why have you changed the drain rules?
Drains have become habitat for communities of indigenous plants and animals that used to live in the 95% of the Region’s wetlands that have disappeared.
The rules for drain clearing in the proposed plan encourage best practice to reduce the impacts of drain maintenance on these communities.
A resource consent is not needed if the conditions of Rule R121 can be met.
Wellington Regional Council will run an education programme to support landowners and contractors to understand and meet the requirements of Rule R121.
Do I need a resource consent to take or use water for my household needs or my animals?
No resource consent is needed. Section 14(3)(b) of the Resource Management Act 1991 permits taking water for an individual’s reasonable domestic needs or the reasonable needs of an individual’s animal, provided that the taking or use does not, or is not likely to have an adverse effect on the environment. Because the proposed Plan is silent on these takes, the Act applies as stated.
I currently have resource consent to take and use water. When my consent expires, will I have to give up any of the water I currently take?
Taking and using water by an existing resource consent can continue when the consent is renewed. Policies in the proposed Plan (R.P2, WH.P2, K.P2) do however limit the amount of water available for allocation so it is more difficult to get more water. Also the use of water must be efficient according to criteria set out in Schedule Q of the proposed Plan.
What other information is available?
Greater Wellington are developing information sheets which will assist Plan users to understand the new policy direction. These will be available on the Greater Wellington website shortly.
Under section 32 of the RMA, any proposed plan change must be accompanied by a report that assesses both the extent to which each objective is the most appropriate way to achieve the purpose of the Act, and whether the proposed policies and methods are the most appropriate way in which to achieve the objectives in terms of their efficiency and effectiveness. A series of topic-based section 32 reports have been prepared and published alongside the proposed Plan for all the objectives, policies, and methods, including rules. See the Introduction to the Resource Management Act 1991 (PDF 1.1 MB) Section 32 reports for more information.
List of section 32 reports and objectives | |
Section 32 Report | Objectives |
Air quality management (PDF 983 KB) | Objective O39, O40, O41 |
Soil conservation (PDF 898 KB) | Objective O42, O47 |
Contaminated land and hazardous substances ** | Objective O43, O51 |
Natural hazards | Objective O20, O21,O22 |
Water quality | Objective O23, O24 |
Māori values | Objective O3, O11, O14, O15, O16, O26, O33 |
Discharges to land | Objective O42 ,O44, O46,O49 |
Management of the coastal marine area | Objective O53, O54, O56, O57, O59 |
Sites with significant historic heritage values | Objective O34 |
Wetlands | Objective O28, O31, O35 |
Beneficial use and development | Objective O2, O12, O13 |
Aquatic ecosystems | Objective O18, O25, O27, O29, O30, O31, O35 |
Beds of lakes and rivers | No objectives are analysed in this report |
Ki uta ki tai -mountains to the sea | Objective O1, O4, O5 |
Discharges to water | Objective O48, O50 |
Livestock access,break-feeding and cultivation | Objective O45, O47 |
Activities in the coastal marine area | Objective O19, O58 |
Recreation, public access and public open space | Objective O9, O10, O55 |
Natural heritage | Objective O17, O32, O36, O37, O38 |
Water quantity | Objective O3, O7, O8, O25, O52 |
- Background to the development of mahinga kai and Māori use outcomes (PDF 837 KB)
- Historic Heritage Addendum Report - Taranaki Street Terminal Breastwork, May 2020 (PDF 1.8 MB)
- Historic Heritage Addendum Report - Clyde Quay Wharf and Apartments, May 2020 (PDF 704 KB)
- Historic Heritage Addendum Report - Harbour edges - Lambton Quay, May 2020 (PDF 2.1 MB)
- A review of coastal and freshwater habitats of significance for indigenous birds in the Wellington Region (PDF 484 KB)
- Allocation recommendations for the Wellington region: Technical report to support the proposed Natural Resources Plan (PDF 2.2 MB)
- Assessment of sites of regional geological significance - Schedule J (PDF 1.7 MB)
- Benchmarking of aquatic ecosystem health and contact recreation outcomes in the Proposed Natural Resources Plan (PDF 1.6 MB)
- Capture zone delineation of community supply and State of Environment monitoring wells in the Greater Wellington Region (PDF 16 MB)
- Coastal and freshwater sites of significance for indigenous birds in the Wellington Region (PDF 809 KB)
- Conjunctive water management recommendations for the Hutt Valley. (PDF 3.3 MB)
- Delineation of drinking water supply catchment protection zones (surface water) – Method to support the Proposed Natural Resource Plan. (PDF 3.1 MB)
- Drinking water catchment protection peer review March 2015 (PDF 470 KB)
- Dodd, A. (2015a) Addendum to: Cochran, C., Murray, R. & Kelley, M. (2012), Archaeological values of freshwater historic heritage of the Wellington Region. A report prepared for Greater Wellington Regional Council. (PDF 4.9 MB)
- Indigenous fish spawning and migration calendar for the Wellington region: Background documentation for Schedule F1a of the draft Natural Resources Plan (PDF 73 KB)
- Kāpiti Coast groundwater resource investigation: Proposed framework for conjunctive water management. (PDF 5.3 MB)
- Lake Wairarapa water balance investigation: Stage 1 report – interim findings and recommendations (PDF 2.1 MB)
- Lakes in the Wellington region with outstanding aquatic vegetation values: Technical memo to support Schedule A2 of the draft Natural Resources Plan (PDF 37 KB)
- Lowe Environmental Impact. 2015. Discharge of Treated Municipal Wastewater to Land - Matters of Control and Technical Support. Prepared for WRC. (PDF 612 KB)
- Macroinvertebrate outcomes for aquatic ecosystem health in rivers and streams (PDF 1.7 MB)
- Minimum flow recommendations for the Wellington region: Technical report to support the proposed Regional Plan (PDF 1.1 MB)
- NIWA REPORT Sites of significance for indigenous marine biodiversity in the Wellington region (PDF 3.4 MB)
- Periphyton and macrophyte outcomes for aquatic ecosystem health in rivers and streams (PDF 1.6 MB)
- Permitted Activity Thresholds: An evaluation of permitted activity thresholds in the Regional Air Quality Management Plan. (PDF 2.3 MB)
- Port Noise Management Plan for CentrePort (PDF 845 KB)
- Recommended biological and water quality limits for trout fishery and trout spawning waters in the Wellington Region (PDF 1.5 MB)
- Recommended changes to Schedule H attributes and outcomes for the draft Natural Resources Plan: Coastal waters (PDF 238 KB)
- Recommended changes to Schedule H attributes and outcomes for the draft Natural Resources Plan: Groundwater (PDF 104 KB)
- Recommended changes to Schedule H attributes and outcomes for the draft Natural Resources Plan: Lakes (PDF 197 KB)
- Recommended changes to Schedule H attributes and outcomes for the draft Natural Resources Plan: Rivers and streams (PDF 844 KB)
- Recommended changes to Schedule H attributes and outcomes for the Draft Regional Plan: Wetlands (PDF 91 KB)
- Recommended water quality limits for rivers and streams managed for Aquatic Ecosystem Health in the Wellington Region (PDF 1.8 MB)
- Regionally significant surfbreaks for the Greater Wellington Region (PDF 8.9 MB)
- Rivers and lakes with significant indigenous ecosystems (PDF 372 KB)
- Selection of default supplementary allocation criteria for the Natural Resources Plan (PDF 216 KB)
- Technical background report for Schedule H of the Regional Plan working discussion document (PDF 2 MB)
- Technical guidance document: Aquatic ecosystem health and contact recreation outcomes in the Proposed Natural Resources Plan (PDF 423 KB)
- Technical report of Macroinvertebrate Community Index predictions for the Wellington region (PDF 1.1 MB)
- Wairarapa groundwater resource investigation: Framework for conjunctive water management (PDF 11 MB)
- Harris S. 2015. Wairarapa Flow Regimes: Economic impact of draft Plan changes (PDF 665 KB)
- Economic Impact of proposed Plan changes for Water allocation in the Wairarapa (PDF 2.3 MB)
Information sheets
Information sheets are for people wanting to know more about a topic e.g. a beach-care group wanting to know about the coastal management provisions of the Proposed Natural Resources Plan or a farmer wanting to know more about whether their stock can access a stream or how to go about clearing a drain.
- Air quality (PDF 2.1 MB)
- Boatsheds (PDF 2.4 MB)
- Building and maintaining seawalls (PDF 3.2 MB)
- Building structures in river and stream beds (PDF 2.3 MB)
- Coastal marine area (PDF 2.9 MB)
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Draining land
(PDF 5.6 MB)
- Earthworks and vegetation clearance (PDF 2.3 MB)
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Farm water use
(PDF 2.7 MB)
- Farming (PDF 2.6 MB)
- Gravel extraction, reclamation and stream diversion (PDF 2.5 MB)
- Household wastewater and septic tanks (PDF 2.2 MB)
- Household water use (PDF 2.1 MB)
- Livestock access to waterways, wetlands and estuaries (PDF 853 KB)
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Māori values
(PDF 5.5 MB)
- On-farm nutrient and fertiliser management (PDF 7 MB)
- Plantation Forestry - file not found come back.
- Riparian Planting Programme (PDF 573 KB)
- Rubbish management and offal pits (PDF 2.3 MB)
- Swimming in rivers and the sea and Māori customary use (PDF 2.5 MB)
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Water allocation
(PDF 2.4 MB)
- Wetlands and the pNRP (PDF 3.3 MB)
- Wetlands Programme (PDF 301 KB)
Userguides
These user guides are made to assist the implementation of the proposed Natural Resources Plan.
Good Management Practice is defined as “Practices, procedures or tools that are effective at achieving the desired performance while providing for desired environmental outcomes. Good management practice evolves through time and results in continuous improvement as new information, technology and awareness of particular issues are developed and disseminated”.
Current GMP guidelines and documents referred to in the Proposed Plan can be found here. Wellington Regional Council will continue to develop GMP in collaboration with industry, other relevant organisations and stakeholders to support the implementation of policies which rely on GMP to achieve the desired environmental outcomes.
As new GMP guidelines and documents are developed they will be added to this site.
Good Management Practice links:
Action Plan for Water Quality
- Good Farming Practice Action Plan (PDF 7.4 MB) published in 2018 jointly by Beef + Lamb, DairyNZ, Horticulture New Zealand, Federated Farmers, Irrigation New Zealand, Ministry for Primary Industries and Ministry for the Environment and supported by Regional Councils
- Action Plan for Water Quality Summary (PDF 242 KB)
Agrichemicals & fumigants
- "NZS 8409:2004" by Standards New Zealand
Agricultural industry activities
Biofouling cleaning guidelines
Biosolids
Break-feeding/winter grazing
Cultivation and breakfeeding
- "Non-Inversion Agronomy" by FAR (PDF 1.5 MB)
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"Reducing the impacts of winter grazing on soil and water quality" by GWRC (PDF 307 KB)
Culverts
Dairy effluent
- "Dairy effluent guidelines" by GWRC page not found come back
Domestic fires
- "Good practice guide for operating wood burners" by Tasman District Council
- "Warmer Cheaper" by Environment Canterbury
- "Webpage on home fires" by Waikato Regional Council
Erosion and sediment control
"Erosion and Sediment Control Guidelines for the Wellington Region" by GWRC - page not found come back
Fertiliser
Hazardous substances
Industrial air discharges
- "Good practice guide for assessing discharges to air from industry" by MfE
- "Webpage on industrial emissions" by Waikato Regional Council
Nutrient management – rural
Outdoor burning
- "Good practice guide to outdoor burning" by Tasman District Council
- "Learn how to burn smoke free"
- “Water sensitive urban design for stormwater: Treatment Device Design Guideline”
- "Webpage on outdoor burning" by Waikato Regional Council
Plantation forestry
Riparian management
Rural landuse
- Land and Environment Planning by Beef+Lamb NZ
- "Webpage on farm practices" by Deer Industry NZ
Stormwater
- "Low impact urban design and development (LIUDD) Stormwater guidelines (2012)by Kapiti Coast District Council
- “Water sensitive urban design for stormwater: Treatment Device Design Guideline” by Wellington Water Limited
- "Water sensitive urban design guide" by Wellington City Council
Wastewater discharges from vessels
Watercourse
Get in touch
- Phone:
- 0800 496 734
- Email:
- info@gw.govt.nz