scientific terms, and a bibliography, are presented at the end of
the report.
1.1.3 The Resource Management Act 1991 and monitoring
The RMA primarily addresses environmental ‘effects’ which are defined as positive or adverse, temporary or
permanent, past, present or future, or cumulative. Effects may arise in relation to:
a. the neighbourhood or the wider community around an activity, and may include cultural and social-
economic effects;
b. physical effects on the locality, including
in the groundwater in the under liner drain,
and monitoring plan requirements are still in effect with works required to be undertaken by 31 January
2024. There appear to be some legacy issues that are affecting the water quality in the receiving
environment. These have resulted in some consent non-compliances, however, they have not resulted in any
non-compliant results in the surface waters or had significant adverse effects on the receiving waters during
the year under review. Monitoring
with abatements and infringements being issued
on multiple occasions. The 2022-2023 monitoring period was an improvement on previous years with no
abatement or infringements being issued but three non-compliant consent conditions. A new abatement
requiring the installation of piezometers has been issued in the 2023-2024 year.
This report includes recommendations for the 2023-2024 year.
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applicable resource consents. There is no evidence of any issues with any injection well
currently in use or the ability of the receiving formation to accept injected fluids. The results of groundwater
quality monitoring undertaken show no adverse effects of the activity on local groundwater resources.
Inspections undertaken during the monitoring year found sites being operated in a professional manner
and there were no unauthorised incidents reported in relation to the Company’s DWI consents.
section 48(1) of the Local Government Official Information and
Meetings Act 1987, resolves that the public is excluded from the following part of the
proceedings of the Consents and Regulatory Committee meeting on Tuesday 27 April
2021 for the following reasons:
Item 7 – Confirmation of Public Excluded Minutes – 16 March 2021
THAT the public conduct of the whole or the relevant part of the proceedings of the meeting
would be likely to result in the disclosure of information where the
that align with
relevant legislation, Council polices and our values.
Develop yourself and others – Proactively seek out opportunities for your own professional
development and work alongside others to develop them, including actively taking part in
Our TRC.
Be culturally aware – Show appreciation and understanding of Māori culture and values and
put these into practice in your work.
Be an agent for change – Always be on the lookout for ways to do things better, faster or
Meetings Act 1987, resolves that the public is excluded from the following part of the
proceedings of the Consents and Regulatory Committee meeting on Tuesday 16 March
2021 for the following reasons:
Item 9 – Confirmation of Public Excluded Minutes – 2 February 2021
THAT the public conduct of the whole or the relevant part of the proceedings of the meeting
would be likely to result in the disclosure of information where the withholding of the
information is necessary to protect information
own professional
development and work alongside others to develop them, including actively taking part in
Our TRC.
Be culturally aware – Show appreciation and understanding of Māori culture and values and
put these into practice in your work.
Be an agent for change – Always be on the lookout for ways to do things better, faster or
smarter and be an active participant in the continuous improvement culture.
Be digitally savvy – Understand and be competent in the use of digital
environmentally significant areas to
protect and areas at risk from natural hazards. It
could also provide a powerful tool for supporting
climate change action. A spatial plan can identify
the areas most suitable for renewable electricity
generation or sequestration activities. It can also
indicate where future infrastructure will be
needed to combat worsening flood risk and sea-
level rise.
The region has all the tools it needs to progress
a regional spatial plan under the Resource
Management
KiwiRail and New Zealand
Police to be advisory members to the RTC.
c) determined that this decision be recognised as not significant in terms of section
76 of the Local Government Act 2002
d) determined that it has complied with the decision-making provisions of the Local
Government Act 2002 to the extent necessary in relation to this decision; and in
accordance with section 79 of the Act, determined that it does not require further
information, further assessment of options or further