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Submission Form Draft Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park Submission Form Draft Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park Management Plan Once you have completed this form Send by post to: Aoraki/Mount Cook NPMP Submissions, Department of Conservation, Private Bag 4715, Christchurch Mail Centre, Christchurch 8140 or email to: [email protected] Submissions must be received no later than 4.00 pm, Friday 9 November 2018 Anyone may make a submission, either as an individual or on behalf of an organisation. Please ensure all sections of this form are completed. You may either use this form or prepare your own but if preparing your own please use the same headings as used in this form. A Word version of this form is available on the Department’s website: www.doc.govt.nz/aoraki-mt-cook-plan-review Submitter details: Jutta Schroder Name of submitter or contact person: Organisation name: (if on behalf of an organisation) Postal address: Kamo Telephone number: (the best number to contact you on) Email: I wish to be heard in support of my submission (this means you can speak at a hearing) I do not wish to be heard in support of my submission (tick one box) Your submission is submitted as part of a public process and once received by the Department it is subject to the provisions of the Privacy Act 1993 and the Official Information Act 1981. The Department may post your submission on its website and also make it available to departmental staff, any consultant used, the relevant Conservation Board and the New Zealand Conservation Authority. Your submission may be made available to any member of the public following a request made under the Official Information Act 1981. Submission:1 Section: Submission: Decision sought: Identify the section, Explain the nature of your submission State clearly the decision sought or objective, outcome, stating whether you support or oppose changes you would like to see. Please policy, milestone, the approach in the draft Plan. Please be as precise as possible. For example: table or map that provide brief reasons. - if supporting: ‘retain Policy X’ your submission - if opposing: ‘delete Policy X’ relates to. - if seeking changes ‘reword Policy X to read (give suggested wording) Oppose the idea of park and ride Overseas visitor numbers should be system for visitors capped on a daily basis and for them Access to Mt a park and ride system should be Cook introduced but as a New Zealander you should be able to have access to the National Park at any time with your own vehicle, it is our Country and our National Park and as a New Zealander it shouldn’t be restricted at all, if overseas tourists overrun the area, limit them but don’t regulate the lives of us Kiwis. 1 Further information can be appended to your submission. If you are sending this submission electronically we accept the following formats – Microsoft Word, Text, PDF and JPG. The file must not be more than 30 MB – please send large attachments separately or contact [email protected] to arrange for delivery of large electronic files. Submission Form Draf t Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park Management Plan Once you have completed this form Send by post to: Aoraki/Mount Cook NPMP Submissions, Department of Conservation, Private Bag 4715, Christchurch Mail Centre, Christchurch 8140 or email to: [email protected] Submissions must be received no later than 4.00 pm, Friday 9 November 2018 Anyone may make a submission, either as an individual or on behalf of an organisation. Please ensure all sections of this form are completed. You may either use this form or prepare your own but if preparing your own please use the same headings as used in this form. A Word version of this form is available on the Department’s website: www.doc.govt.nz/aoraki-mt-cook-plan-review Submitter details: Warren Furner Name of submitter or contact person: Organisation name: (if on behalf of an organisation) Postal address: National Park Village Telephone number: (the best number to contact you on) Email: I wish to be heard in support of my submission (this means you can speak at a hearing) I do not wish to be heard in support of my submission (tick one box) Your submission is submitted as part of a public process and once received by the Department it is subject to the provisions of the Privacy Act 1993 and the Official Information Act 1981. The Department may post your submission on its website and also make it available to departmental staff, any consultant used, the relevant Conservation Board and the New Zealand Conservation Authority. Your submission may be made available to any member of the public following a request made under the Official Information Act 1981. Submission:1 Section: Submission: Decision sought: Identify the section, Explain the nature of your submission State clearly the decision sought or objective, outcome, stating whether you support or oppose changes you would like to see. Please policy, milestone, the approach in the draft Plan. Please be as precise as possible. For example: table or map that provide brief reasons. - if supporting: ‘retain Policy X’ your submission - if opposing: ‘delete Policy X’ relates to. - if seeking changes ‘reword Policy X to read (give suggested wording) General This submission is generally in 1. The plan be modified to Management support of the plan; however, this strengthen and instruct Visitors and review is significant given its timing alignment with General Policy Recreation and its alignment with the Coalition and must lead change from Policy settings and the future fir the emerging policy policy across National Parks in New environment within the Zealand.. coalition government. In particular the climate change 1. This review should provide a and carbon agendas. platform (template) from which pending protected area 2. The generic recreation and policy reviews are undertaken visitor sections of this plan be in New Zealand. written in such a manner as to lead direction informing revision of future National 2. It is important that this review Park Management Plans test community support for such as Tongariro National Government Policy on Park given the closeness of sustainable management of the policy environment at resources, in particular place. Climate Change and the 3. Language throughout the Carbon Agenda. plan uses soft signals such as “work with”, “seek to” “encourage” “should” “may”. The plan must be less ambiguous in this regard and clearly state how the objectives of the plan will be achieved. 1 Further information can be appended to your submission. If you are sending this submission electronically we accept the following formats – Microsoft Word, Text, PDF and JPG. The file must not be more than 30 MB – please send large attachments separately or contact [email protected] to arrange for delivery of large electronic files. Once you have completed this form Send by post to: Aoraki/Mount Cook NPMP Submissions, Department of Conservation, Private Bag 4715, Christchurch Mail Centre, Christchurch 8140 or email to: [email protected] Submissions must be received no later than 4.00 pm, Friday 9 November 2018 Anyone may make a submission, either as an individual or on behalf of an organisation. Please ensure all sections of this form are completed. You may either use this form or prepare your own but if preparing your own please use the same headings as used in this form. A Word version of this form is available on the Department's website: www.doc.govt.nz/aoraki-mt-cook-plan-review Submitter details: Nick Wilkie Name of submitter or contact person: Organisation name: (if on behalf of an organisation) Postal address: Christchurch Telephone number: (the best number to contact you on) Email: D I wish to be heard in support of my submission (this means you can speak at a hearing) �I do not wish to be heard in support of my submission (tick one box) Signature: Your submission is submitted as part of a public process and once received by the Department it is subject to the provisions of the Privacy Act 1993 and the OfficialInformation Act 1981. The Department may post your submission on its website and also make it available to departmental staff, any consultant used, the relevant Conservation Board and the New Zealand Conservation Authority. Your submission may be made available to any member of the public following a request made under the Official Information Act 1981. New Zealand Government Department of Conservation Te Pana Atawhai Submission Form Draft Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park Management Plan Once you have completed this form Send by post to: Aoraki/Mount Cook NPMP Submissions, Department of Conservation, Private Bag 4715, Christchurch Mail Centre, Christchurch 8140 or email to: [email protected] Submissions must be received no later than 4.00 pm, Friday 9 November 2018 Anyone may make a submission, either as an individual or on behalf of an organisation. Please ensure all sections of this form are completed. You may either use this form or prepare your own but if preparing your own please use the same headings as used in this form. A Word version of this form is available on the Department’s website: www.doc.govt.nz/aoraki-mt-cook-plan-review Submitter details: Brett Ladbrook Name of submitter or contact person: Organisation name: NZ Spinal Trust (if on behalf of an organisation) Postal address: Private Bag 4708 Christchurch 8140 Telephone number: (the best number to contact you on) Email: I wish to be heard in support of my submission (this means you can speak at a hearing) I do not wish to be heard in support of my submission (tick one box) Signature: Your submission is submitted as part of a public process and once received by the Department it is subject to the provisions of the Privacy Act 1993 and the Official Information Act 1981.
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