Public Notice of Application for a Water Conservation Order on the Hurunui River
In August 2007, the Minister for the Environment received an application for a water conservation order for the Hurunui River from the New Zealand and North Canterbury Fish and Game Councils and the New Zealand Recreational Canoeing Association. The application was supplemented by further information provided on 19 March 2008.
The application seeks a Water Conservation Order for the preservation and protection of outstanding features held by the following waters:
- The mainstem of the upper Hurunui River and all of its lakes, tributaries and contributing waters (including hydraulically connected groundwaters) from its source in the Main Divide of the Southern Alps dawn to immediately above its confluence with the Mandamus River (Upper Hurunui Waters).
- The mainstem of the lower Hurunui River from immediately above its confluence With the Mandamus River down to the Sea (Lower Hurunui River).
The applicants seek the Order as they consider that:
- The Upper Hurunui Waters have outstanding amenity and intrinsic values which are afforded by the waters in their natural state and should be preserved in accordance with section 199(2) (a) of the Act.
- The Lower Hurunui River contributes to outstanding characteristics and should be protected in accordance with section 299(2)(b) of the Act.
The Minister for the Environment has appointed a special tribunal to hear and report on the application. The special tribunal may consider matters wider than the matters raised in the application.
The application and further information held by the special tribunal may be inspected at The Ministry for the Environment website www.mfe.govt.nz and at the following locations:
Ministry for the Environment
Head Office, Environment House, 23 Kate Sheppard Place, Thorndon, Wellington.
Christchurch Office. Level 5.96 Hereford Street, Christchurch.
Auckland Office, Level 6. Tower Centre, 45 Queen St, Auckland.
Hurunui District Council
Available at service centres in Amberley, Cheviot and Culverden.
Call 03.314-8816 for details.
Environment Canterbury
Available at service centres in Christchurch, Kaikoura, and Timaru.
Call 0800 324
636 for details.
Kaikoura District Council,
34 Esplanade, Kaikoura.
Selwyn District Council,
2 Norman Kirk Drive, Rolleston.
Waimakariri District Council.
215 High Street. Rangiora.
Christchurch City Council,
Civic offices, 163 Tuam Street, Christchurch Central.
Marlborough District Council,
15-21 Seymour Street, Blenheim.
Any person may make a submission. Submissions should be made in writing on submission Form 30 and served on the Special Tribunal or emailed to the Administration Officer.
Copies of Form 30 can be obtained from the Ministry for the Environment at the above addresses or online at http://www.mfe.govt.nz/rma/forms/form30.rtf.
If you support the application but prefer that the Order instead preserve a different but related water body in the same catchment or that different features and qualities of the water body be preserved, your submission must state this preference and your reasons for this preference. In giving reasons, you must refer, if applicable, to the matters set out in sections 19.9.200 and 207 of the Resource Management Act 1991. You must also describe the provisions that you think should be included in the Order and the effects that those provisions would have on the water body.
If you oppose the making of the Order you must specify the reasons why you consider the proposed Order is not justified in terms of section 199 and section 207.
The relevant sections of the Resource Management Act 1991 are available online at http://www.legislation.govt.nz/
Submissions must be received by the Special Tribunal by pm on 15 December 2008.
Special Tribunal - Hurunui River Water Conservation Order.
c/- Alex Miller. Ministry for the Environment, P0 Box 10362, Wellington 6143
Please contact the Administration Officer Alex Miller on 04 439 7432 or alex.miller@mfe.govt.nz if you have any questions on the application, or wish to make a submission by email.
As soon as reasonably practicable after sending your submission to the Special Tribunal, you must send a copy of your submission to the applicants, whose address for service is:
The New Zealand and North Canterbury Fish and Game Councils and the New
Zealand Recreational Canoeing Association
Cf. Anderson Lloyd. Level 10. Otago House. Cnr Moray Place & Princess Street
Private Bag 1959. Dunedin 9054
Last updated: 7 January 2009
