AUCKLAND CONSERVATION BOARD
Te Runanga Papa Atawhai o Tāmaki Makaurau
DOC-6083959
1st October 2019
John Luke
Email: [FYI request #11179 email]
Dear John
Thank you for your Official Information Act request to the Department of
Conservation, dated 9 September 2019. On 13 September 2019 under section 14 of
the Official Information Act 1982 the Department transferred your request to the
Auckland Conservation Board. You requested the following:
1. How many resource consent meetings, pre-hearing meetings and
resource consent hearings that Auckland Conservation Board members
has been present in the past 3 years.
2. In the past 3 years, apart from the Auckland Conservation Board
meetings and field trips, what are the other advisory activities, public
meetings or any similar meetings that the Board has physically
participated in (rather than provided a paper submission).
3. In the past 3 years has the Board taken any inspection visits.
By way of additional context for my responses below, I have only listed meetings at
which the Board was represented by members formally acting as representatives of
the Board. Board members also attend various meetings when undertaking their
employed, contracted or volunteer roles, and may report on these at Board meetings.
Such meetings are not however included in the following responses as the Board
members were not attending those meetings as formal representatives of the Board.
The Board has a process for the declaration of any conflicts of interest, so any such
conflicts between roles can be managed.
Your questions and our responses are listed below:
1. How many resource consent meetings, pre-hearing meetings and resource
consent hearings that Auckland Conservation Board members has been present
in the past 3 years.
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Auckland Conservation Board members have attended the following meetings
and hearings during the period October 2016 to September 2019. Note that not all
Board members attended these hearings or meetings, and in all cases the Board
was represented only by one or a few members.
1 November 2018
Pre-hearing meeting with representatives of Coastal
Resources Ltd. concerning a consent application to
dump marine dredgings.
19 November 2018
Expert witness conference concerning a consent
application lodged by Coastal Resources Ltd. to dump
marine dredgings.
30 November 2018
Hearing concerning a consent application lodged by
Coastal Resources Ltd. to dump marine dredgings.
27 August 2019
Meeting with representatives of Watercare Services
concerning a consent application to replace the Huia
Water Treatment Plant.
30 April 2019
Pre-application meeting with representatives of the
New Zealand Transport Agency to discuss the
proposed Warkworth to Wellsford motorway
extension.
29 July 2019
Pre-application meeting with representatives of the
New Zealand Transport Agency to discuss the
proposed Warkworth to Wellsford motorway
extension.
2. In the past 3 years, apart from the Auckland Conservation Board meetings and
field trips, what are the other advisory activities, public meetings or any similar
meetings that the Board has physically participated in (rather than provided a
paper submission).
Auckland Conservation Board members have attended the following meetings
during the period October 2016 to September 2019. Note that not all Board
members attended these meetings, and in all cases the Board was represented
only by one or a few members.
October 2016 to August Various meetings with Ngāti Manuhiri and the
2017
Department of Conservation concerning the
preparation and approval of the Hauturu/Little Barrier
Conservation Management Plan.
16 January 2017
Meeting with Councillor Mike Lee concerning the
wreck of the RMS “Niagara”.
24 October 2017
Meeting about a funding bid to undertake some initial
work towards a Pest Free Aotea/Great Barrier with the
Aotea Conservation Park Advisory Committee and
Great Barrier Local Board.
11 February 2019
Workshop with the Aotea Conservation Park Advisory
Committee.
3 July 2019
Meeting with Councillor Penny Hulse, Okura Great
Park Society and Auckland Council staff concerning
sediment in the Okura River estuary and the Long
Bay–Okura Marine Reserve.
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3. In the past 3 years has the Board taken any inspection visits.
Auckland Conservation Board members have undertaken inspection visits to the
following locations during the period October 2016 to September 2019. Note that
not all Board members attended all of these inspection visits, and in some cases
the Board was represented only by one or a few members.
The Board will often combine its regular meetings with a short field visit to a
location, which assist members to better understand the nature of the
conservation issues at those places. These combined events are asterisked in the
list below.
16 November 2016
Pūkorokoro/Miranda wildlife refuge*
15 February 2017
Te Wao Nui precinct Auckland Zoo*
11 April 2017
Great Barrier Island in association with Aotea
Conservation Park Advisory Committee*
31 May 2017
Kawau Island Historic Reserve*
16 August 2017
Long Bay Marine Reserve*
15 November 2017
South Kaipara Head*
29 January 2018
Okura Estuary Scenic Reserve
14 February 2018
Motutapu Island*
16 May 2018
Captive breeding facilities Auckland Zoo*
25 June 2018
Albany Scenic Reserve, Weiti development, Shakespear
Regional Park in association with the New Zealand
Conservation Authority
8 August 2018
Auckland University’s Marine Discovery Centre and
laboratory at Leigh*
14 November 2018
Stony Batter Historic Reserve (located on Waiheke
Island)*
12 February 2019
Great Barrier Island*
15 May 2019
Threatened plants section of Auckland Botanic
Gardens*
14 August 2019
Captive breeding facilities Auckland Zoo*
The Board has an upcoming field visit to Tiritiri Matangi Island on 23 October
2019.
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If you wish to discuss anything in this response with the Conservation Board, please
contact me through the Board’s Support Officer by emailing [email address].
Yours sincerely
Lyn Mayes
Chair
Auckland Conservation Board
