Kupara Road and Miro Road -
Penstocks and the
Motukawa Power
Station
Trustpower
Limited
Subdivision 1-6 Section 14 Block VII
Huiroa Survey District
TN116/143
4. The full name and address of each owner or occupier (other than the applicant) of the
site to which the application relates are as follows:
New Plymouth District Council;
Kenneth Watchorn;
Donald Hugh McIntyre, Linda Christina McIntyre;
Barbara Alison Hann, VBW Trustees 2013
page
Trustpower – Activities and Conditions of the Motukawa HEPS 1
PROPOSED CONSENT CONDITIONS FOR THE MOTUKAWA HEPS
All resource consents for the Motukawa HEPS will be subject to the following general conditions:
GENERAL CONDITIONS
1. The conditions of these resource consents shall prevail except where:
a. The operation of any part of the Motukawa HEPS has been compromised as a result
of a fault in any generator, associated control equipment or the
the resource consent held by the
Company in relation to these activities or provisions in regional plans, during the period under review.
For reference, in the 2021-2022 year, consent holders were found to achieve a high level of environmental
performance and compliance for 88% of the consents monitored through the Taranaki tailored monitoring
programmes, while for another 10% of the consents, a good level of environmental performance and
compliance was achieved
This report includes
the Manganui River flow must be
passed over the weir or pass continuously through Lake Ratapiko.
There is a settling pond (Silt Pond) located on the Motukawa Race, approximately 280 m from the
Manganui River intake. The Silt Pond was constructed prior to 1950 (based on historic aerial
imagery), to reduce the amount of fine-grained sediment entering Motukawa Race and ultimately
Lake Ratapiko. The Silt Pond has a surface area of approximately 0.01 km2 with an average depth of
2.5 m, and an
the likelihood of comprehensive
passage for fish.
There were no adverse effects on the environment resulting from the exercise of the air discharge consents.
The ambient air quality monitoring at the production station showed that levels of carbon monoxide,
combustible gases, PM10 particulates, and nitrogen oxides were all below levels of concern at the time of
sampling. No offensive or objectionable odours were detected beyond the boundary during inspections.
For reference, in the
without Trustpower’s consent) stocked with trout by
Taranaki Fish & Game, but access to the pond is at the courtesy of Trustpower, and the continuation
of the provision of access by the neighbouring landowner is not encouraged. There is no formed
legal access to the pond or to the race (Figure 2). While the New Plymouth District Council owns
land located near the Manganui weir (not subject to the Reserves Act 1977), there are no
developments for recreation, or formed public access. Several
the 2022-2023 monitoring year.
A glossary of common abbreviations and 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
onto land Discharge Permit
353 Upper Newall Road
Okato Teikaparua (Warea)
25-02177-4.0 R2/2177-4.0 Carley Trust 11-Feb-25 Replacement for expiring consent To discharge farm dairy effluent onto land Discharge Permit 65 Albion Road, Pitone Katikara
25-07500-2.0 R2/7500-2.0 Cape Egmont Boat Club 12-Feb-25 Replacement for expiring consent
To occupy the coastal marine area with a boat ramp
structure and associated disturbance of the foreshore
and seabed from maintenance works Coastal Permit
assess the existing environment as if those structures
authorised by the consents being renewed did not exist.
15. The relevant passage from the High Court’s decision says:9
I am reinforced in my conclusion by two reasons. First, the learned authors of
Environmental and Resource Management Law note a principle has emerged
in which it should not be assumed that existing consents with finite terms will
be renewed or renewed on the same conditions. The text says:
Accordingly, the
the discharges were not causing any adverse effects on the Ngaere Stream at
the time of monitoring.
There were no adverse effects on the environment resulting from the exercise of the air discharge consent.
Ambient air quality monitoring at the site showed that levels of carbon monoxide, combustible gases, PM10
particulates, and nitrogen oxides were all below levels of concern at the time of sampling. No offensive or
objectionable odours were detected beyond the boundary during inspections