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Hearings for the Proposed Waikato Regional Coastal Plan were held from 17 February to 30 April 2025, at the Distinction Hotel in Te Rapa, Hamilton.
You can read and listen to files, speaker logs and audio from the hearings proceedings, below.
Week 1 - 17 to 18 February 2025
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Day 01 Item 01 WRC Opening statement - Bruce McAuliffe
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Day 01 Item 02 WRC Opening Legal Submissions - Matt Conway
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Day 01 Item 03 WRC 01. General and Definitions - Claudia Richardson
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Day 01 Item 04 WRC 02. & 3,4,5 - Part 1 Introduction - David Phizaklea
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Day 01 Item 05 WRC 06. Integrated Management - Mariarna Te Tai
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Day 01 Item 06 WRC 07. Discharges to air - Angelina Yang
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Day 01 Item 07 WRC 08. Aquaculture - David Phizaklea
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Day 01 Item 08 WRC 09. Biosecurity - Hannah Palmer
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Day 01 Item 09 WRC 10. Disturbances and deposition - David Phizaklea
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Day 01 Item 10 WRC 11. Ecosystems and Indigenous biodiversity - Hannah Palmer
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Day 01 Item 11 WRC 12. Energy and infrastructure - Angelina Yang
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Day 01 Item 12 WRC 13. Historic Heritage - Mariarna Te Tai
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Day 01 Item 13 WRC 14. Moorings - David Phizaklea
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Day 01 Item 14 WRC 17. Natural Hazards - Susan Brennan
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Day 01 Item 15 WRC 18. Noise and vibration - Angelina Yang
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Day 01 Item 16 WRC 19. Public Access and Recreation - Angelina Yang
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Day 01 Item 17 WRC 20. Sites and Areas of Significance - Mariarna Te Tai
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Day 01 Item 18 WRC 21. Surf Breaks - Angelina Yang
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Day 01 Item 19 WRC 22. Structures and Occupation of Space - David Phizaklea
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Day 01 Item 20 WRC 23. Water Quality - Susan Brennan
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Day 01 Item 21 WRC 24. Discharges to Water - Susan Brennan
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Day 01 Item 22 WRC 25. Water Takes - Susan Brennan
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Day 01 Item 01 WRC Opening statement - Bruce McAuliffe
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Day 02 Item 01 WRC 15. & 16 - Natural Character and Natural Features and Landscapes
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Day 02 Item 02 Te Nehenehenui Tabled Statement
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Day 02 Item 02a Te Nehenehenui Tabled Statement - Appendix 1
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Day 02 Item 03 EDS Bottom contact fishing slides
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Day 02 Item 04 Phil Clow extracts from videos
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Day 02 Item 05 NZTA Maps hearing presentation
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Day 02 Item 01 WRC 15. & 16 - Natural Character and Natural Features and Landscapes
Week 2 - 25 February
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Day 03 Item 01 Pūkorokoro Miranda Naturalists Trust Statement of Evidence - David Lawrie
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Day 03 Item 02 Taharoa Ironsands - Legal submissions in relation to Week 1 and 2
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Day 03 Item 03 Taharoa Ironsands - Ian Goodacre supplementary
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Day 03 Item 04 Fish and Game - submitter statement
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Day 03 Item 05 AQNZ and CMFA - Legal Submissions on Biosecurity and Landscape and NC
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Day 03 Item 06 AQNZ and CMFA Biosecurity presentation 2025 - David Taylor
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Day 03 Item 07 AQNZ and CMFA - A Wilkinson Summary
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Day 03 Item 08 Tabled NZDF Letter to Hearings Panel
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Day 03 Item 01 Pūkorokoro Miranda Naturalists Trust Statement of Evidence - David Lawrie
Week 3 - 4 to 5 March 2025
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Day 04 Item 01 - Ian Holyoake
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Day 04 Item 01a - Ian Holyoake - Draft Whangamata Catchment Plan
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Day 04 Item 02 - Ian Holyoake - water quality presentation
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Day 04 Item 03 - Environmental Law Initiative
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Day 04 Item 04 - Waikato District Council’s Support for Thames-Coromandel District Council’s Evidence
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Day 04 Item 05 - Taharoa Ironsands tabled case law in response
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Day 04 Item 01 - Ian Holyoake
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Day 05 Item 01 - Transpower NZ Ltd - Legal submissions
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Day 05 Item 01a - Environmental Defence Society Inc v The New Zealand King Salmon Company Ltd
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Day 05 Item 01b - Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga v West Coast Regional Council
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Day 05 Item 01c - Owen v Ministry of Transport HC Napier
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Day 05 Item 01d - Port Otago Limited v Environmental Defence Society Incorporated
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Day 05 Item 01e - Poutama Kaitiaki Charitable Trust v Taranaki Regional Council
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Day 05 Item 01f - Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Inc v New Zealand Transport Agency
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Day 05 Item 01g - Tauranga Environmental Protection Society Incorporated v Tauranga City Council
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Day 05 Item 01h - Trans-Tasman Resources Limited v Taranaki-Whanganui Conversation Board
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Day 05 Item 02 - Transpower - Tyler Byers - Summary statement of evidence
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Day 05 Item 03 - Transpower - Pauline Whitney
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Day 05 Item 04 - Transpower diagram tabled - Rebecca Eng
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Day 05 Item 05 - Taharoa Ironsands Memorandum dated 4 March 2025
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Waitomo District Council Letter to the Panel on the PWRCP - West Coast SIBA-A proposal
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Day 05 Item 01 - Transpower NZ Ltd - Legal submissions
Week 4 - 18 March 2025
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Day 06 Item 01 Tabled Post hearing response Pauline Mary Whitney for Transpower NZ Ltd
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Day 06 Item 02 Tabled Environmental Law Initiative response of Submission points
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Day 06 Item 03 Tabled Pare Hauraki Kaimoana Memorandum - 14 March 2025
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Day 06 Item 04 Waikato Regional Council - Supplementary legal submissions on scope - West Coast North Island Marine Mammal Sanctuary 14 March 2025
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Day 06 Item 05 WRC Presentation - Ecosystems and Indigenous biodiversity - Hannah Palmer
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Day 06 Item 06 WRC Supplementary Statement - West Coast North Island Marine Mammal Sanctuary Hannah Palmer
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Day 06 Item 07 Te Nehenehenui Cathy OCallaghan Statement of Evidence
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Day 06 Item 08 EDS legal submissions in response to Hearing Panel direction 8
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Day 06 Item 09 Taharoa Ironsands Legal submissions in relation scope
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Day 06 Item 10 Otorohanga District Council - Legal submissions on scope
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Day 06 Item 11 Otorohanga District Council - Tony Quickfall Evidence further submission
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Day 06 Item 12 Waitomo District Council - Alex Bell - Evidence
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Day 06 Item 13 STET - J Lee
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Day 06 Item 14 Whangamata Harbour Care - Ken Allen Coastal Plan Presentation
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Day 06 Item 15 Whangamata Ratepayers Association Inc Presentation
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Day 06 Item 15a Whangamata Ratepayers Association Inc Appearing statement
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Day 06 Item 15b Whangamata Ratepayers Association Inc Appearing Statement Attachment
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Day 06 Item 16 NZTA- Amy Robinson ECO hearing evidence NZTA
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Day 06 Item 17 AQNZ and CMFA Legal Submissions for Ecosystems and Indigenous Biodiversity Topic
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Day 06 Item 18 Forest & Bird Legal submissions for PWRCP hearing 18 March 2025
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Day 06 Item 19 Forest & Bird speaking notes PWRCP ECO hearing 18 March 2025
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Day 06 Item 20 Mussel Reef Restoration Katina Conomos hand out
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Day 06 Item 21 Allan Bartrom- North Western Mussels Limited WRCP Hearing
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Day 06 Item 01 Tabled Post hearing response Pauline Mary Whitney for Transpower NZ Ltd
Week 5 - 1 to 2 April 2025
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Day 07 Item 01 WRC Detailed Presentation - Disturbances and deposition - Proposed Waikato Regional Coastal Plan hearings 1 April 2025
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Day 07 Item 02 Tabled Chorus New Zealand Limited and Spark New Zealand Trading Limited Support for s42A recommendations on DD and STR Topics
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Day 07 Item 03 Tabled Powerco Support for s42A recommendations on DD and STR Topics (1)
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Day 07 Item 04 Tabled NZDF Letter to Hearings Panel
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Day 07 Item 05 Ian Holyoake Deposition Submission vF (249968DOC)
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Day 07 Item 05b Coastal Plan submission Ian Holyoake attachment (249330DOC)
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Day 07 Item 05c Ian Holyoake comments s42a depositionvF (249967DOC)
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Day 07 Item 05d Ian Holyoake presentation 2
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Day 07 Item 06 P Taylor legal submissions for DD Hearing
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Day 07 Item 07 Karlos Aarson Regionally Significant Surf Breaks & Maintenance dredging effects
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Day 07 Item 08 Surf Break Paul Shanks
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Day 07 Item 08a Surf Break Paul Shanks Attachments
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Day 07 Item 08b Surf Break Paul Shanks replacement pages
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Day 07 Item 09 Hauraki District Council Change to - Recommended Changes - Proposed WRC Coastal Plan Maps v2
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Day 07 Item 01 WRC Detailed Presentation - Disturbances and deposition - Proposed Waikato Regional Coastal Plan hearings 1 April 2025
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Day 08 Item 01 WRC Presentation - Structures and Occupation of Space - Proposed Waikato Regional Coastal Plan hearings 2 April 2025
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Day 08 Item 02 Tairua Whangamata and Whitianga Marinas Legal Submissions
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Day 08 Item 03 Tairua Environment Society Verbal Submission to WRCP
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Day 08 Item 04a Guardians of Paku Bay Verbal submission WRCP
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Day 08 Item 04b Guardians of Paku Bay Sand buildup
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Day 08 Item 01 WRC Presentation - Structures and Occupation of Space - Proposed Waikato Regional Coastal Plan hearings 2 April 2025
Week 6 - 8 to 10 April 2025
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Day 09 Item 01 Statement - David Phizacklea - Aquaculture section 42A overview 8 April 2025
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Day 09 Item 02 Te Ohu Kaimoana WRCPCP Hearing Notes
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Day 09 Item 03 Sanford Ltd Oral Submisison 31 03 2025 PDF
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Day 09 Item 03a Sanford Ltd Attachment 1 PC Memo Kennedy Bay Li 304 and 531 240421
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Day 09 Item 03b Sanford Ltd Attachment 2 PC Memo Waikato farms - Li 362 and 402 - 240425
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Day 09 Item 03c Sanford Mussel Farming Harvesting and Processing Biosecurity Operational Plan - DEC 2024
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Day 09 Item 04 Angeline Greensill Submission on Waikato Proposed Coastal Plan final.
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Day 09 Item 05 Stormhaven-AQA exec summary & comments
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Day 09 Item 01 Statement - David Phizacklea - Aquaculture section 42A overview 8 April 2025
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Day 10 Item 01 MPI Summary of evidence Michael Nielsen
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Day 10 Item 02 MPI Summary of evidence Ben Moginie
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Day 10 Item 03 EDS Speaking Notes - Aquaculture hearing 9 April 20250409
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Day 10 Item 04 Westpac Mussels Nicole Zeier Speaking notes
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Day 10 Item 05 Pare Hauraki Kaimoana Paul Majurey Evidence - 7 April 25
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Day 10 Item 01 MPI Summary of evidence Michael Nielsen
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Day 11 Item 01 Tabled Sanford submitter 47 - Waikato coastal plan
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Day 11 Item 02 AQNZ and CMFA Legal Submissions Aquaculture Topic April 2025 FINAL
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Day 11 Item 02a Speaking note legal submissions Aquaculture Hearing
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Day 11 Item 02b Revised Appendix 3 AQA Legal Submissions - Markups to AQ.
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Day 11 Item 03 AQNZ and CMFA Evidence of Gary Hooper re Proposed Waikato Regional Coastal Plan Council Hearing
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Day 11 Item 04 AQNZ Gary Hooper Aquaculture Overview - WRC Coastal Plan Hearing Panel 10 April 2025
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Day 11 Item 05 CMFA Evidence of Thomas Hollings Proposed Waikato Regional Coastal Plan Council Hearing FINAL
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Day 11 Item 06 AQNZ and CMFA Harry Mikaere Aquaculture submission March 2025
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Day 11 Item 06a AQNZ CMFA Mr Harry Mikaere Speaking Notes Aquaculture
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Day 11 Item 07 AQNZ and CMFA Evidence of Hohepa Rauputu - Proposed Waikato Regional Coastal Plan Council Hearing
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Day 11 Item 08 AQNZ and CMFA Evidence of Jake Bartrom Proposed Waikato Regional Coastal Plan Council Hearing
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Day 11 Item 09 AQNZ and CMFA Jake Bartrom presentation
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Day 11 Item 10 AQNZ and CMFA -Evidence of Brad Coombs IGL_5055_Waikato Seascape_Graphic Attachments_LR
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Day 11 Item 10a AQNZ CMFA Brad Coombs Speaking Notes Hearing
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Day 11 Item 11 Paddy Bull Limited, Sea Products 1998 Limited and Sea Products Mussels Limited Chloe Bull-Final
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Day 11 Item 12 Allan Bartrom- North Western Mussels Limited WRCP Hearing Evidence
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Day 11 Item 13 Moana New Zealand - Hohepa Raupatu Operational Statement
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Day 11 Item 14 AQNZ CMFA Speaking Summary Note David Taylor
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Day 11 Item 15 AQNZ CMFA Dr Pete Wilson Hearing Speaking Notes
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Day 11 Item 16 AQNZ CMFA Andrew Wilkinson Hearing Speaking Notes
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Day 11 Item 01 Tabled Sanford submitter 47 - Waikato coastal plan
Week 7 - 30 April 2025
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Day 12 Item 01 Tabled Taharoa map requested by panel 916-000-000-008-SH003 0
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Day 12 Item 02 Tabled Waikato Regional Coastal Plan - Closing legal submissions on behalf of the Council - 28 April 2025
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Day 12 Item 03 WRC Closing report of Waikato Regional Council - Proposed Waikato Regional Coastal Plan
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Day 12 Item 04 WRC Further recommended changes (Closing Report - strikethrough) - Proposed Waikato Regional Coastal Plan - 28 April 2025
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Day 12 Item 05 WRC Dr Michael Townsend - Statement of evidence - Fishing controls - Proposed Waikato Regional Coastal Plan 17 April 2025
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Day 12 Item 06 WRC Tabled Statement - Fishing Controls 30 April 2025
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Day 12 Item 06a WRC EDS no take maps
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Day 12 Item 07 Shaun Lee STET Limited
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Day 12 Item 08 EDS Final Supplementary legal submissions Fishing Controls 24 April 2025
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Day 12 Item 09 EDS Dr Shane Kelly supplementary evidence (Marine Ecology)20250417
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Day 12 Item 10 EDS Dave Serjeant Summary Statement of Evidence (Planning) final
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Day 12 Item 11 Seafood Industry Representatives Legal Submissions - speaking notes.
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Day 12 Item 12 Seafood Industry Representatives Legal Submissions Fishing Controls
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Day 12 Item 13 Seafood Industry Representatives Appendix One - Fisheries regulations established for biodiversity protection purposes
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Day 12 Item 14 Sanford submission - oral hearing 30 April 2025 lodged
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Day 12 Item 15 NZSFC 01 Statement of evidence - S Macindoe - 17.4.2025
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Day 12 Item 16 NZSFC Legal submissions Fishing Controls - 24.4.2025
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Day 12 Item 17 NZSFC 03 Statement of evidence - G McIvor - 17.4.2025
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Day 12 Item 18 NZSFC 04 Statement of evidence - K Hindmarsh - 17.4.2025
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Day 12 Item 19 NZSFC 02 Statement of evidence - D Neilson - 17.4.2025
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Day 12 Item 20 NZSFC 05 Statement of evidence - B Gutsell - 17.4.2025
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Day 12 Item 21 NZSFC 06 Hearing summary statement - S Curtis - 17.4.2025
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Day 12 Item 22 Mussel Reef Katina Conomos Verbal submission to WRC RCP Hearings Panel
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Day 12 Item 23 MPI - Jacob (Jake) Hore Evidence PWRCP 17 April 2025
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Day 12 Item 24 Corrected F&B Legal submissions for Council hearing (fishing controls)
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Day 12 Item 25 Pare Hauraki Kaimoana -Richard Turner Proposed Waikato Coastal Plan Evidence Final -30 April 2025
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Day 12 Item 26 Forest and Bird- Elvisa van der Leden
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Day 12 Item 01 Tabled Taharoa map requested by panel 916-000-000-008-SH003 0