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Wccb-Minutes-30-Nov-2012 CONFIRMED WEST COAST TAI POUTINI CONSERVATION BOARD MINUTES 130th MEETING, 30 NOVEMBER 2012 Present: Dr Clare Backes (Chairperson) Stewart Robertson Doug Baker Kori Hutana Terry Scott Kim Thomas Dr Mike Legge Paula Sheridan In Attendance: Chris Hickford (Community Support Manager), 9.15am onwards Mary-Anne Thorpe (Board Support Officer) *Wayne Costello (Area Office) *Marie Long (Manager, Planning and Permissions, National Office) *Denotes partial attendance 9.15am – 12.30pm) C Backes welcomed Board members and co-opted member Paula Sheridan to her first Board meeting, which opened at 8.30am. Kim Thomas said a Karakia. The meeting was adjourned at 10.40am for morning tea and reconvened at 10.50am. Lunch was taken between 12.30pm and 1.15pm. The Board continued into the afternoon with the meeting concluding at 3.00pm. 1.0 Apologies Apologies were received from J Jones, M Slater, and C Auchinvole. ‘Moved that apologies be sustained.’ K Thomas/S Robertson Carried unanimously 2.0 Agenda Confirmation, Timetable and Declarations of Conflict of Interest Chairperson advised Ngai Tahu Tourism would be addressing the Board at 11.45am. D Neale was unable to attend this meeting to report on local/national marine perspectives. BSO to invite D Neale to next meeting. ACTION: BSO Docdm-1122090 Minutes 30 Nov. 2012 1 CONFIRMED 3.0 Confirmation of Minutes from 21 September 2012 meeting Confirmation of the unconfirmed minutes. Resolution: ‘That the minutes of the meeting of 21 September 2012, having been previously circulated to the full Board, be confirmed as a true and accurate record of the meeting, subject to any corrections.’ C Backes/M Legge Carried unanimously Note: The confirmed minutes sent and posted on the Board’s webpage. 4.0 Matters Arising Follow up on actions from previous meeting 4.1.2 Proposed Waitaha Hydro Scheme - Westpower advised the Board of their decision to proceed with Option B where the water intake is located at the top of the Morgan Gorge. Westpower have indicated they will inform the Board of future progress. The Board will be interested to see the outcome for protection of the bats. 4.1.3 Board replied to the NZCA requesting them to initiate a Section 8 process under the National Parks Act to include Mokihinui River and its catchment area into the Kahurangi National Park. The Board’s letter expressed their concern that the Department had been asked to investigate the mineral content in the area. 4.1.4 The Board requested the NZCA to direct the Department to investigate the placing of the Denniston Plateau into an ecological area as defined by the Conservation Act under Part 4. Both Nelson Marlborough, and Canterbury Aoraki Conservation Boards’ have expressed their support for a greater level of protection for this area. Presently at court and S Robertson suggested Board may be a party to appeal at the hearing. C Backes and S Robertson had met with J Stratford and I Gruner from DOC to discuss possible protection of Denniston plateau. The Board used the information in their letter to the NZCA. Resolution: ‘Moved that letters to Minister of Conservation re co-opted member, Westpower re proposed hydro electric scheme, and both letters to NZCA regarding Mokihinui protection and request for investigation into placing Denniston Plateau into an ecological area be ratified. C Backes/S Robertson Carried unanimously 5.0 Correspondence Correspondence Schedule Board members asked for the NZCA Minutes to be included in future Board papers. ACTION: BSO Docdm-1122090 Minutes 30 Nov. 2012 2 CONFIRMED Resolution: “That the inwards correspondence be received and the outwards approved. C Backes/K Thomas Carried unanimously 6.0 Statutory Planning 6.1 M Legge spoke to his letter to Minister of Primary Industries (MPI) on New Zealand’s vote at the recent IUCN Meeting. The Minister for Primary Industries replied that the IUCN conference was not accurately reported on by some media. He said that the public had misunderstood their rationale. MPI suggested Board make a submission on Maui Dolphin Threat Management Plan. 6.2 M Legge on behalf of the Board, made a submission on the Maui Dolphin Threat Management Plan. It was along the same principles for Hector’s dolphin. Maui needs more protection so it does not become extinct. 6.3 S Robertson explained the reasoning in his letter to Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) enquiring about their responsibilities in the glacier region. In CAA reply, they advised the Board that commercial aircraft operators conducting flights in Westland National Park are subject to CAA certification and on-going monitoring. The monitoring conducted by the CAA utilises risk based tools to ensure CAA resources are appropriately targeted at safety risk. In answer to the regulatory question, CAA advised the low level of airspace around the Westland National Park is class G uncontrolled airspace with a Mandatory Broadcast Zone (MBZ). The uncontrolled airspace means that aircraft operators are not subject to positive air traffic control in this area. The MBZ requirements mean that operators must broadcast their intentions on the established radio frequency and keep a listening watch for other traffic to avoid traffic conflict. The CAA believes that the current MBZ is appropriate, but will continue to monitor the situation. S Robertson said his questions had been answered. West Coast Air Users Group have flight plans in the Park. The Department monitor flight paths from concessionaires, companies etc. The Air Users Group appears to be struggling to get members to meetings. 6.3 Westland National Park Management Plan Partial Review update S Robertson told Board members that due to the retreat and advance of the glacier and constraints on current roading, a partial review of the Westland National Park Management Plan (WNPMP) was necessary. However the proposed formed route has potential to adversely affect valley walkers and the plan needs to be more flexible to allow for a variety of access options to be considered. The proposed formed route would be more for the benefit of a concessionaire rather than public use. There could be resistance to a formed route and extra flights, with lower landings. S Robertson thought that the landing sites should be higher up the glaciers so that the aircraft did not have to descend so rapidly or as close to the terminal face. Docdm-1122090 Minutes 30 Nov. 2012 3 CONFIRMED On 25 July 2012 the Board Planning Committee visited the Franz Josef and Fox Glaciers and walked to both terminal faces. C Backes and S Robertson met with I Wightwick (DOC) and suggested there was not much support for the road. S Robertson provided a short video presentation of the Board Planning Committee’s flight over the glaciers which gave other Board members a better insight to what is happening at the glaciers. The draft review calling for submissions will be notified on 5 December 2012 and will close on 20 February 2013. The big issues have not yet been addressed with regard to walkers/vehicles/helicopters all within the National Park. D Baker said the question needs to be asked - were these valleys going to be developed or should they stay as they are. Buses would cause a massive problem with noise, dust etc. T Scott said the first unnatural disturbance to the glaciers was the introduction of helicopters which had completely changed the experience. He was stunned at how much the valley had changed over the years. C Backes said that we couldn’t begin to know what would happen in the future with the glacier. The current track was well formed for visitors to walk to the glacier. M Legge noticed a huge mix of people visiting the glacier. The West Coast is not within a lot of visitors possibilities or timeframes. The question asked is how do we get people to stay in the area longer. We need to look ahead in the next 5- 10 years. The Plan won’t be rewritten just reviewed. M Long (DOC Planning and Permissions Manager, National Office) said that tourism is changing, the plans are to future proof tourism opportunities and access for the future. C Hickford said we are catering for the future of a likely sustained retreat of the glaciers. Walking distances will increase, walking times will be longer and access will likely be more difficult. How do we maintain access for the future? The challenge is for the Plan to be flexible enough to manage for these changes. W Costello said that a formed route closer to the glacier is a feasible way of providing alternative access in the glacier valley. You can describe and understand the activity and manage the impacts. To date there have been no other feasible options put forward and it is not possible to provide a planning framework in the management plan process when you can’t describe what those options are. M Long said the next engagement phase is very important and that is desirable to achieve the best possible public participation in the process as possible. Of the small number of submissions received on the public announcement of a WNP partial review, a majority wanted to stay with the status quo. S Robertson said a change in wording of the plan so future options are catered for was necessary. It was too late to alter wording in draft. Docdm-1122090 Minutes 30 Nov. 2012 4 CONFIRMED C Backes said to extend the walk to bedrock would not make the walk much longer than present (only maybe guided walk). Safety issues have a higher consideration than in the past. The reason the Partial Review of the WNPMP has come about is because a concessionaire asked to put a route/road in.
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