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Evidence lodged by Transpower New Zealand Limited

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Last updated: 13 November 2008

On 25 March 2008 Transpower provided a glossary of the terms (PDF 121 KB).

Legal submissions given

Closing legal submissions (right of reply to submitters) on behalf of Transpower New Zealand Limited were given on 29, 30 and 31 October 2008.

Legal Counsel Submissions
Mr J Stephen Kos QC
Mr Duncan Lang
Mr James Winchester
Ms Jo Mooar
Legal Counsel Submissions
Mr J Stephen Kos QC
Mr Duncan Lang Opening Submissions as above
Mr James Winchester Opening Submissions as above

Rebuttal Evidence lodged

Order of Rebuttal Evidence Lodged Witness Topic
1 John Nicholas Oliver Coad (PDF 67 KB) Project description/overview
2 Timothy Andrew George (PDF 77 KB) Process in selecting the 400kV capable line option
3 David Edward Boyle (PDF 99 KB) System planning
4 Dougall James Campbell (PDF 62 KB) ACRE model and approach to easement selection and tower move process
5 Steven Taylor (PDF 3 MB) Environmental Constraints
6 Sylvia Jean Allan (1) (PDF 76 KB) Route and Site Selection
7 Robert John Deller (PDF 67 KB) Substations
8 Brett Leslie Stark (PDF 731 KB) * Rebuttal Evidence only
Construction Processes: substations
9 Roy John Clement Noble (PDF 1.2 MB) Overview: transmission line engineering
10 Milind Vishnu Khot (PDF 1.5 MB) Line Rating, Conductor selection, EMF, insulation design, lightening performance, RFI/NZECP
11 Robert George Lake (PDF 492 KB) Transmission line engineering, design, structures and foundations
12 Peter Rasul (PDF 51 KB) Overview of construction processes: lines
13 Philip James Patrick (PDF 1.6 MB) Construction processes and management: lines
14 Hugh Robert Kelsey Wildash (PDF 182 KB) Underground cables
15 Richard Edward Joyce (PDF 711 KB) Construction processes and management: cables
16 Ross Doyle Cooper (PDF 63 KB) Magnetic field interference
17 David Russell Black (PDF 75 KB) EMF and health standard issues
18 Andrew William Wood (PDF 130 KB) EMF and human health (biophysics)
19 James Mark Elwood (PDF 142 KB) EMF and human health issues (epidemiology)
20 Eric van Rongen (PDF 112 KB) EMF and human health issues
21 Anthony Cyrus Mitton (PDF 48 KB) EMF/EPR
22 Graham William Francis Warren (PDF 916 KB) Noise evidence and Conditions
23 Buddy Mikaere (PDF 85 KB) Tangata Whenua consultation and cultural issues
24 Brent Dale Druskovich (PDF  16 KB) Archaeological/Heritage Issues
25 David Alexander Campbell Bamford (PDF 592 KB) Tourism & recreational issues
26 Simon Herbert Beale (PDF 349) Terrestrial ecological impacts
27 Francis John Hall (PDF 769 KB) Agricultural Issues
28 Kevin Michael Rooney (PDF 19 KB) Animal health issues
29 Peter Howard Phillips (PDF 87 KB)

Consultation/social impacts


Appendix A: GT Case Summary (PDF 41 KB)

Appendix B: Record of Meeting (PDF 91 KB)
30 Alan James Nichol (PDF 4 MB) Aerial top-dressing
31 Julie Meade Rose (PDF 16 KB) Social impact peer review
32 Rodney Ernest Sullivan (PDF 144 KB)

Aviation risks relevant to Ardmore airport:
Appendix 1:Adaption from AS/NZS 4360 2004 (PDF 21KB)
Appendix 2: radar information (PDF 6313 KB)
Appendix 3:Diagram – pilot view – Cessna 172R takeoff (PDF 79KB)
Appendix 4: Diagram – pilot view – landing options (PDF 283KB)
Appendix 5(a):Pilots view – options for landing (PDF 181KB)
Appendix 5 (b) Pilots view – options for landing (PDF 74KB)
Appendix 6: Diagram – twin engine aeroplane (PDF 89KB)
Appendix 7(a):Visibility and Cloudbase information (PDF 207KB)
Appendix 7(b): Re-establishment of meteorological observations & terminal aerodrome forecast (TAF) for Ardmore Aerodrome (NZAR) (PDF 213 KB)
33 Maxwell Brooke Stevens (PDF 91KB) Aviation risks relative to Ardmore Airport
34 Glen Malcolm Prince (PDF 76 KB) Transport/traffic issues
35 Gavin Craig Lister (PDF  209  KB) Landscape / Visual
36 Dr Michael Lawrence Steven (PDF 115KB) Landscape/Visual effects peer review
37 Paula Margaret Hunter (PDF 171 KB) Notices of requirement for Otahuhu Substation and Otahuhu to Brownhill  cable route
38 Mr John Craig Miles (PDF 2 MB)

Property acquisition and landowner liaison

Appendices - Hancock Forest Management (HFM) falling tree contour easements maps
39 Mr Michael George Colley (PDF 142 KB) Forestry management issues/risks
40 Mr Robert George Lake (PDF 3 MB) Transmission line engineering, design, tree clearances
41 Ms Annette Tyree McGovern (PDF 1 MB) Planning: Notices of requirement for the Pukuranga substation and Pakuranga to Brownhill underground cable route, and resource consents
42 Mr Roy John Clement Noble (PDF 3 MB) Overview: transmission line engineering
43 Ms Sylvia Jean Allan (PDF 236 KB)

Planning: Resource Management Act analysis, overhead transmission Line, Brownhill Substation and Whakamaru and Whakamaru North Substation:
Appendix 1: Example of transmission lines (PDF 30 KB)
Appendix 2: Consent order (PDF 114 KB)
Appendix 3: Brownhill substation map (PDF 1M)
Appendix 4: Policies P1 to P3 and associated explanations (PDF 9 KB)

Evidence lodged

Order of Evidence Witness Topic
1 John Nicholas Oliver Coad (PDF 874 KB) Project description/overview
2 Timothy Andrew George (PDF 1.2 MB) Process in selecting the 400kV capable line option
3 David Edward Boyle (PDF 8.8 MB) System planning
4 Dougall James Campbell (PDF 4.0 MB) ACRE model and approach to easement selection and tower move process
5 Steven Taylor (PDF 2.0 MB) Environmental constraints identification during transmission option analysis, Pakuranga and Brownhill road substations cable route options
6 Sylvia Jean Allan (1) (PDF 6.5 MB) Route and Site Selection
7 Roy John Clement Noble (PDF 12.4 MB) Overview: transmission line engineering
8 Milind Vishnu Khot (PDF 10.5 MB) Line Rating, Conductor selection, EMF, insulation design, lightening performance, RFI/NZECP
9 Robert George Lake (PDF 4.3 MB) Transmission line engineering, design, structures and foundations
10 Hugh Robert Kelsey Wildash (PDF 4.6 MB) Underground cables
11 Robert John Deller (PDF 4.5 MB) Substations
12 Ross Doyle Cooper (PDF 3.9 MB) Magnetic field interference
13 Anthony Cyrus Mitton (PDF 1.8 MB) EMI/EPR
14 David Andrew Burns (PDF 9.3 MB) Geotechnical and civil works
15 Richard Edward Joyce (PDF 1.7 MB) Construction processes and management: cables
16 Peter Rasul (PDF 2.6 MB) Overview of construction processes: lines
17 Philip James Patrick (PDF 8.6 MB) Construction processes and management: lines
18 Robert (Bob) Edward Bell (PDF 4.1 MB) Construction processes: substations
19 Glen Malcolm Prince (PDF 6.0 MB) Transport/traffic issues
20 Peter Howard Phillips (PDF 12.0 MB) Consultation/social impacts
21 Julie Meade Rose (PDF 1.0 MB) Social impact peer review
22 Buddy Mikaere (PDF 6.2 MB) Tangata Whenua consultation and cultural issues
23 Tahi Francis Ngakete (PDF 437 KB) Tangata Whenua consultation
24 Helen Glyndwr Hendren (PDF 471 KB) Tangata Whenua consultation
25 John Craig Miles (PDF 1.4 MB) Property Acquisition and landowner liaison
26 Gavin Craig Lister (PDF 24 MB) Landscape/visual effects
27 Dr Michael Lawrence Steven (PDF 5.6 MB) Landscape/visual effects peer review
28 Simon Herbert Beale (PDF 3.4 MB) Terrestrial ecological impacts
29 David James Cameron (PDF 783 KB) Water quality and aquatic ecology impacts
30 Brian Hugh Kouvelis (PDF 418 KB) Groundwater issues
31 Brent Dale Druskovich (PDF 1.4 MB) Archaeological/heritage issues
32 David Alexander Bamford (PDF 4.1 MB) Tourism and Recreational issues
33 Rodney Ernest Sullivan (PDF 8.9 MB) Aviation risks relative to Ardmore Airport
34 Francis John Hall (PDF 2.4 MB) Agricultural issues
35 Allan James Nichol (PDF 1.2 MB) Aerial Top-dressing
36 Graham William Francis Warren (PDF 7.0 MB) Noise
37 Nigel Robert Lloyd (PDF 539 KB) Noise review and conditions
38 Michael George Colley (PDF 871 KB) Forestry management issues/risks
39 Dr David Russell Black (PDF 1.3 MB) EMF and health standard issues
40 James Mark Elwood (PDF 5.8 MB) EMF and human health issues (epidemiology)
41 Andrew William Wood (PDF 1.1 MB) EMF and human health (biophysics)
42 Eric Van Rongen (PDF 2.0 MB) EMP and human health issues
43 Kevin (Michael) Rooney (PDF 2.2 MB) Animal health issues
44 James (Kenneth) Allen (PDF 301 KB) Organic farming issues
45 Sylvia Jean Allan (2) (PDF 20 MB) Planning: Resource Management Act Analysis, Overhead Transmission Line, Brownhill Substation and Whakamaru and Whakamaru North Substation
46 Paula Margaret Hunter (PDF 3.0 MB) Planning: Notices of requirement for Otahuhu Substation and Otahuhu to Brownhill cable route
47 Annette Tyree McGovern (PDF 9.8 MB) Planning: Notices of Requirement for the Pakuranga Substation and Pakuranga to Brownhill Underground Cable Route and resource consents
48 Milind Vishnu Khot (PDF 3.2 MB) Line rating, conductor selection, EMF, insulations design, lightning performance, RFI/NZECP
49 Ms Sylvia Jean Allan (PDF 4MB) National policy statement on electricity transmission and the consented environment

For more information or a copy of the evidence on CD please phone 0800 876 447 or email tpcallin@mfe.govt.nz.

Supporting documents to Evidence from Transpower

Common bundle of exhibits 

Volume One (including items 1 - 6) (PDF 23.1MB)
1 Glossary of terms (PDF 121 KB)
2 Electricity Governance Rules 2003: Introduction, Part A and Part F Section III
3 Transpower's Generic ACRE Model
3a Transpower New Zealand Limited Consultation Guideline for Major Projects
3b Transpower New Zealand Limited Maori Relationship and Consultation Framework
4 Transpower Easement Terms in Memorandum under section 155 of Land Transfer Act 1952
5 Security of Supply into Auckland Assessment of Alternative Solutions, Transpower, October 2004
6 Security of Supply into the Upper North Island Comparison of High Voltage Direct Current and High Voltage Alternating Current Grid Upgrade Alternatives, Transpower, May 2005
Voume Two
7 Assessment of HVDC Transmission Options between Whakamaru and Auckland Transpower, May 2005 (PDF 5.9MB)
8 ELF Electromagnetic Fields and the Risk of Cancer – Report of an Advisory Group on Non-Ionising Radiation, National Radiological Protection Board, 2001 (PDF 20.8MB)
9 Environmental Health Criteria 238 – Extremely Low Frequency Fields, World Health Organisation, 2007, pages 1 – 20 (Summary and Recommendations for Further Study) (PDF 2.7MB) (the full report is at: http://www.who.int/peh-emf/publications/Complet_DEC_2007.pdf)
Volume Three
10 Guidelines for limiting exposure to time-varying electric, magnetic, and electromagnetic fields (up to 300 GHz), International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection, 1998 (PDF 6.2MB)
11 IEEE Standard for Safety Levels with Respect to Human Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields, 0-3 kHz, IEEE Standards Coordinating Committee 28, October 2002 (PDF 6.2MB)
12 Stakeholder Advisory Group on ELF EMFs (SAGE) – Precautionary approaches to ELF EMFs, R K Partnership Ltd, April 2007 and Supporting papers to the First Interim Assessment (PDF 22MB)

Other items of evidence available on CD

Common exhibits

  • MWH NZ Ltd, North Island 400kV Backbone Investigation Project, Area Report, September 2004 (Part 1 Report, Part 2 Maps)
  • MWH NZ Ltd, North Island 400kV Backbone Investigation Project, Corridor Study, September 2004 (Part 1 Report, Part 2 Maps)
  • MWH NZ Ltd, North Island 400kV Backbone Investigation Project, Route Study, October 2004 (Part 1 Report, Part 2 Maps)
  • MWH NZ Ltd, North Island 400kV Backbone Investigation Project, Summary Report, October 2004
  • MWH NZ Ltd, North Island 400kV Backbone Investigation Project, Hunua Options, February 2005
  • MWH NZ Ltd, North Island 400kV Backbone Investigation Project, Report on Interim Route Decision, May 2005 (Part 1 Report, Part 2 Working Papers Volumes 1 – 3)
  • MWH NZ Ltd, North Island 400kV Backbone Investigation Project, Final Route Decision Report, July 2005 (Part 1 Report, Part 2 Specialist Reports Volumes 1 to 4)
  • MWH NZ Ltd, North Island 400kV Backbone Investigation Project, Interim Report on Underground Cable Section, Transition Station and Substations, August 2005 (Volume 1 Report, Volume 2 Maps, Volume 3 Supporting Documents)
  • MWH NZ Ltd, North Island 400kV Backbone Investigation Project, Final Underground Cable Route, November 2005
  • MWH NZ Ltd, North Island 400kV Grid Upgrade Project, Review of Route Section 1, Alternatives, December 2005
  • MWH NZ Ltd and Transpower NZ Ltd, North Island 400kv Backbone Investigation Project, Easement Report, January 2006
  • MWH NZ Ltd, North Island Grid Upgrade Project Amended Proposal, Interim Report on Northern End Modifications, October 2006
  • MWH NZ Ltd, North Island Grid Upgrade Project, Amended Proposal, Final Report on Northern End Modifications, February 2007
  • MWH NZ Ltd, North Island Grid Upgrade Project Amended Proposal, Brownhill Substation, Dodd Property Option, July 2007
  • Truescape Visual Simulations and Video, Lake Karapiro Crossing – Monopoles,7 August 2007

Plan book series 1, 2, 3 4 & 5

Plan book series 6A

For more information or a copy of the Common Exhibits Reports or Plan Book Series 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6A on CD please phone 0800 876 447 or email tpcallin@mfe.govt.nz.

All evidence above is available for viewing at:

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