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Hi Matthew,

Under clause 8AA of the First Schedule, there have been no meetings held by the local authority with submitters prior to a proposed policy statement or plan during the last three years. There have therefore been no instances where mediation has occurred or where an independent mediator has been used.

Council does not hold consolidated records of s99A mediations, but I cannot recall any over the last three years. We have held pre-hearing meetings (s99), but again we do not hold consolidated records of those and so it would be difficult to determine numbers.

Kind regards,

Reuben Fraser | Consents Manager | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
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-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Hawkins [mailto:[FOI #4642 email]]
Sent: Thursday, 22 September 2016 8:58 a.m.
To: Web Info Requests
Subject: Official Information request - The use of mediation in planning and consent process

Dear Bay of Plenty Regional Council,

I am a Law student at the University of Auckland and for my honours dissertation I am investigating the alternative dispute resolution mechanism within the Resource Management Act.

I would like to know:
With regard to RMA Schedule 1 cl 8AA: How many RMA Schedule 1 clause 8AA meetings have been held during the last three years, and of those how many instances of where mediation (sub clause (3)) has been used. Where mediation has been used, was the mediator appointed by the council, or agreed upon by the parties? Was the mediator an independent mediator?

With regard to RMA s 99A: How many RMA s 99A mediation meetings have been held during the last three years? Of these, how many parties were in attendance (e.g. 10 mediations had 2 parties; 5 mediations had 3 parties; 12 mediations had 4 parties; etc). Where mediation has been used, was the mediator appointed by the council, or agreed upon by the parties? Was the mediator an independent mediator? How many mediations were held were the mediator is an Environmental Commissioner?

Yours faithfully,

Matthew Hawkins
[email address]
021 2788852

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My apologies Matthew, I've just been informed that there was in fact one 8AA meeting on reference files in relation to plan change 10 - no mediator involved.

Kind regards,

Reuben Fraser | Consents Manager | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
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-----Original Message-----
From: Reuben Fraser
Sent: Thursday, 29 September 2016 2:41 p.m.
To: 'Matthew Hawkins'
Subject: RE: Official Information request - The use of mediation in planning and consent process

Hi Matthew,

Under clause 8AA of the First Schedule, there have been no meetings held by the local authority with submitters prior to a proposed policy statement or plan during the last three years. There have therefore been no instances where mediation has occurred or where an independent mediator has been used.

Council does not hold consolidated records of s99A mediations, but I cannot recall any over the last three years. We have held pre-hearing meetings (s99), but again we do not hold consolidated records of those and so it would be difficult to determine numbers.

Kind regards,

Reuben Fraser | Consents Manager | Bay of Plenty Regional Council Please consider the environment before printing this email

-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Hawkins [mailto:[FOI #4642 email]]
Sent: Thursday, 22 September 2016 8:58 a.m.
To: Web Info Requests
Subject: Official Information request - The use of mediation in planning and consent process

Dear Bay of Plenty Regional Council,

I am a Law student at the University of Auckland and for my honours dissertation I am investigating the alternative dispute resolution mechanism within the Resource Management Act.

I would like to know:
With regard to RMA Schedule 1 cl 8AA: How many RMA Schedule 1 clause 8AA meetings have been held during the last three years, and of those how many instances of where mediation (sub clause (3)) has been used. Where mediation has been used, was the mediator appointed by the council, or agreed upon by the parties? Was the mediator an independent mediator?

With regard to RMA s 99A: How many RMA s 99A mediation meetings have been held during the last three years? Of these, how many parties were in attendance (e.g. 10 mediations had 2 parties; 5 mediations had 3 parties; 12 mediations had 4 parties; etc). Where mediation has been used, was the mediator appointed by the council, or agreed upon by the parties? Was the mediator an independent mediator? How many mediations were held were the mediator is an Environmental Commissioner?

Yours faithfully,

Matthew Hawkins
[email address]
021 2788852

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