22 August 2025
Document: TRCID-326124541-1291
Adam
By email:
[FYI request #31744 email]
Tēnā koe Adam
IN/53081 - Official information request
I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your official information request for the following information:
1. The most recent joint witness statements (JWS) involving environmental scientists or technical experts
that discuss the setting or reviewing of freshwater targets, limits, criteria, or thresholds.
2. These statements should relate to your most recent regional plan change where such matters were
addressed.
3. If no JWS exist, please confirm whether any expert conferencing or similar collaborative evidence
processes took place, and provide the relevant outputs (e.g., conferencing reports, summary
statements, or meeting notes).
We received your request on 24 July 2025. Please refer to our responses below:
Request
Response
1. The most recent joint witness
We can confirm that Taranaki Regional Council's most recent plan
statements (JWS) involving
change is the Freshwater Plan for Taranaki 2001, which can be found
environmental scientists or technical on our website
: Freshwater Plan for Taranaki 2001 experts that discuss the setting or
However, we wish to inform you that no Joint Witness Statements
reviewing of freshwater targets,
(JWS) were prepared in relation to the Plan.
limits, criteria, or thresholds.
2. These statements should relate to
The most recent regional plan change is the Freshwater Plan for
your most recent regional plan
Taranaki 2001. While this Plan includes provisions related to
change where such matters were
freshwater quality and management, it did not involve Joint Witness
addressed.
Statements as part of its development.
3. If no JWS exist, please confirm
Declined under section 17 (f) of the Local Government Official
whether any expert conferencing or
Information and Meetings Act 1987:
similar collaborative evidence
“That the information requested cannot be made available
processes took place, and provide
without substantial collation or research”
the relevant outputs (e.g.,
conferencing reports, summary
statements, or meeting notes).

Please accept this letter as the official response to your LGOIMA request from Taranaki Regional Council.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision. Information
about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or Freephone 0800 802 602.
If you wish to discuss this response with us, please feel free to contact me on 06 765 7127 or by email:
[email address]
Ngā mihi
A D McLay
Director - Resource Management