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Taharoa Ironsands Limited – consent renewals

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This application was a limited notification.

Status of application

This application was notified to 57 affected parties. Submissions closed 23 August 2023. A hearing was held and a Decision made on 22nd November 2024.

Hearing information

The hearing was held at Te Awamutu Rugby Sports and Recreation Club, 420 Albert Park Drive, Te Awamutu and at Āruka Marae, Āruka Marae Road, Taharoa in February 2024.

  • 5-7 February 2024 - Te Awamutu Rugby Sports and Recreation Club
  • 8 February 2024 - Āruka Marae
  • 9 February 2024 - Te Awamutu Rugby Sports and Recreation Club

Hearing Decision

About the proposal

Taharoa Ironsands Limited has lodged an application with Waikato Regional Council to renew resource consents associated with mining operations.

Resource consent application

Consent application APP142035 was lodged with Waikato Regional Council on 13 July 2020.

This application is for replacement consents associated with the existing Taharoa Ironsand operations located at Taharoa on the West Coast of the North Island. The application relates to the Central and Southern blocks only and consists of a suite of consents associated with the taking of ironsand and associated land disturbance, water take, discharges, ship loading activities and use of existing infrastructure within the Taharoa Ironsand mine site and the adjacent Coastal Marine Area. The suite of activities sought are:

Resource consent number Activity description
AUTH142035.01.01 Undertake iron sand mining operations and associated land disturbance activities including construction of dredge ponds, access roads, iron sand stockpiles and ancillary buildings
AUTH142035.02.01 Dam and divert the Wainui Stream for the purpose of creating a water supply reservoir for iron sand mining operations
AUTH142035.03.01 Occupy the bed of the Wainui Stream via a rock weir and the associated diversion of water through a fish pass channel located adjacent to the Wainui Stream
AUTH142035.04.01 Take and use up to 27,200m3 of water per day as a 28 day rolling average from a water supply reservoir created by the damming of the Wainui Stream, for the purpose of iron sand mining operations
AUTH142035.05.01 Take and use up to 75,000m3 of water per day from a water supply reservoir created by the damming of the Wainui Stream, for the purpose of loading iron sand onto ships
AUTH142035.06.01 Discharge up to 2,100m3 of settled stormwater & washdown water per day into the Wainui Stream from the area containing the administration building, stores compound and workshops
AUTH142035.07.01
 Discharge process water into the ground as a result of iron sand mining operations
AUTH142035.08.01
 Discharge mine overburden onto land for the purpose of rehabilitating mined areas
AUTH142035.09.01
 Operate, use, maintain and replace an existing pipeline (pipeline No. 1) within the Coastal Marine Area at Taharoa for the purpose of ship loading including associated occupation, disturbance and vehicle use
AUTH142035.10.01
 Operate, use, maintain and replace an existing pipeline (pipeline No 2) within the Coastal Marine Area at Taharoa, including associated occupation, disturbance and vehicle use
AUTH142035.11.01
 To place and use a mooring buoy and associated structures within the Coastal Marine Area at Taharoa, including future reconstruction/replacement and associated occupation and disturbance
AUTH142035.12.01
 To discharge up to 75,000 m3 per day of ship loading water, including freshwater and fine sediment to water into the Coastal Marine Area at Taharoa during ship loading operations
AUTH142035.13.01
 To discharge up to 32,600 m3 per day of stormwater and process wastewater to water into the Coastal Marine Area at Taharoa

Application information

Application information is available here for you to download and read. You can also obtain copies of this information by contacting us on our Resource Use Freephone 0800 800 401.

If you have further questions or would like more information about this application, please contact Sheryl Roa at Waikato Regional Council (0800 800 401).

Resource consent application and assessment of environmental effects (AEE)

The consent application lodged with Waikato Regional Council is: