Reply Report Tracked Changes Version of the Plan October 2018 Purpose of this document This document is the Proposed Regional Plan for Northland with council officer recommended changes as a result of the hearings. Guide to recommended changes In this document, recommended additions are shown as underlined and recommended deletions as strikethrough. The original document is the notified verion. The yellow changes are the s42A recommended changes. The green changes are the officer recommended changes as a result of the hearings. Each recommended change is referenced with an endnote (yellow changes) or footnote (green changes) of one of the following: • A submitter that gives jurisdiction for the change e.g. “Department of Conservation”. There may be other submissions that may also provide the jurisdiction but only one has been referenced. • Consequential changes - under Schedule 1 clause 10(2)(b) of the RMA. • Clarifications - alterations and corrections of minor effect made under Schedule 1 clause 16(2) of the RMA and the general decision making powers of clause 10, Schdule 1, RMA. This document retains the numbering of the Proposed Regional Plan for Northland as notified. New provisions are numbered sequentially – for example a new policy appearing after Policy D.2.2 would be number D.2.2A Karakia He karakia ki nga Atua A prayer to Māori gods Ko Rangi There's Rangi Ko Papa There's Papa Ka puta The birth's Ko Rongo Of Rongo Ko Tane Mahuta Of Tane Mahuta Ko Tangaroa Of Tangaroa Ko Tumatauenga Of Tumatauenga Ko Haumietikitiki Of Haumietikiki Ko Tawhirimatea Of Tawhirimatea Ko Ruamoko1 Of Ruamoko Tokona Te Rangi ki runga Separate the Sky above Te Papa ki raro The Land below Ka puta Te Ira Tangata In a world of light the human element is ki Te Whai Ao born into Ki Te Ao Marama the physical world E rongo whakairia ake ki runga Let peace elevate back up above Tuturu whakamaua Kia Tina! Tina! Haumie Bind us together hui e! Let it be so! Taiki e! A karakia to the gods Whakatauaki Toitū te marae a Tane mahuta If the land is well Toitū te marae a Tangaroa If the sea is well Toitū te tangata The people will thrive 1 Clarification Mihi Ka hoki ki te tīmatanga, ko te pū, ko te weu, We return to the beginning, where life itself ko te more, ko te aka. began, and, like the development cycle of a plant, earth transformed itself into various E takoto mai ngā atua nei ko Ranginui ko stages of evolution. Papatūānuku, kei waenganui tonu ā rāua tamariki e noho ana, e Whakaora tonu ana. Papatuanuku and Ranginui lay together with Tēnei te hono hei tūhono i a tātou, kia their children,and today continue to dwell and tūhono, kia sustain all people. This relationship joins people and the land, it binds us and it joins us tūtaki, kia whiti te noho tahi e, Tihei mauri so that our co-existence will flourish. Long live ora! this life force! Ō tātou mate tuatini, i takoto mai ai i roto i Our many deceased who lie in the belly of the te kōpū o te whenua, e tika ana hei land, it is right that they be appropriately poroporoaki i a rātou. āpiti hono, tātai eulogised. Let the deceased then be united hono, te hunga mate ki te whenua; āpiti with the earth below. So, too, let us, the hono, tatai hono ko te whenua ki te hunga ora. living, be united with the land above. E ngā iwi, e ngā mana, ka huri ngā mihi ki a All peoples, all authorities, our koutou. acknowledgement goes out to you. Ko te mahere a-rohe mo Te Tai Tokerau (te The Proposed Regional Plan for Northland (the Mahere) i whakaputaina e te Kaunihera a Plan) was issued by Northland Regional rohe o Te Taitokerau i runga i te Ture Council in accordance with the Resource Whakahaere Rauemi 1991 (te RMA). He Management Act 1991 (the RMA). It is a pokapū a-rohe, he hau, he whenua, he wai, combined regional air, land, water and coastal he mahere takutai, me nga ture me nga plan, and only contains rules and policies to kaupapa here anake hei arahi i nga tukanga guide resource consent processes. whakaaetanga rauemi. This proverb supports the intent of the plan Ko tenei whakatauki e tautoko ana i te “Sustaining our environment, sustaining our hiahia o tenei mahere “Tiakina te taiao, people”. Tiakina te iwi e”. Through looking after the needs of the Te tiaki i ngā āhuatanga katoa o te tangata environment and people, the two will continue me te taiao kia āhei ai te tokorua te puāwai to flourish and sustain each other. tahi mo ake tonu atu. Greetings to you, greetings to us all. Tena koutou, tena koutou, tena tatou katoa. A Introduction | Tīmatanga Kōrero The Proposed Regional Plan for Northland (the Plan) was issued by Northland Regional Council in accordance with the Resource Management Act 1991 (the RMA). It is a combined regional air, land, water and coastal plan, and only contains rules and policies to guide resource consent processes(2). It contains very little optional content such as issues, explanations, methods (other than rules) and assessment criteria. It is important to note that the Plan does not include all matters that are relevant in the consideration of applications for resource consents. It contains policies that translate higher level provisions (for example, provisions in the Regional Policy Statement) with more specificity. It does not include policies that attempt to repeat or paraphrase higher level provisions. This means that the policies in the Plan must be read in conjunction with the Regional Policy Statement and national policy statements.(3) Of relevance to the region and this Plan are the higher-level provisions within national policy statements and the Regional Policy Statement. Under the RMA, this Plan is required to give effect to these higher order documents.2 The Council also undertakes and supports non-regulatory initiatives to maintain and enhance the quality of Northland’s natural environment. These actions complement rules and policies in this Plan. More information about the Plan and the Section 32 Report (which includes a full explanation of the approach taken with the Plan) is available at www.nrc.govt/newregionalplan(4) Note - the regional council has reserved its decision on including provisions in the Plan on regulating genetically modified organisms (GMOs). At the time of notification, there were still active appeals on the proposed GMO provisions in the Regional Policy Statement for Northland. The regional council want the legal and planning context to be clear before proceeding. The regional council will review whether it will proceed with a plan change to include provisions regulating GMOs once the appeals have concluded. (5) 2 Transpower, EIC Whitney, para 58 B Definitions | Whakamāramatanga Definitions have the same meaning in the singular and plural. Terms defined in the Resource Management Act 1991 are not repeated. The words in this Plan have the same meaning as in the Resource Management Act 1991, unless otherwise defined in this Plan or unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) Abrasive blasting The cleaning, smoothing, roughening, cutting or removing of part of the surface of any article by the use of an abrasive jet of sand, metal shot, or grit or other material propelled by a blast of compressed air or steam or by a wheel. Ablative paint A paint designed to create a hull coating which ablates (wears off) slowly, exposing a fresh layer of paint. Addition (in relation Mean An extension or increase in floor area, number of stories, or height of a to a Historic Heritage building or structure. It includes the construction of new floors, walls, ceilings, Site)(2) and roofs and It includes 'Seismic Upgrading'. It does not include Historic Heritage Site 'Repair' or 'Maintenance'. Aerial application The application of a substance taking place from any aircraft, including remotely controlled aircraft. Aids to navigation All marks and signs in aid of marine navigation, including navigation aids and ski access lane markers. A device, system or service, external to vessels, designed and operated to enhance safe and efficient navigation of individual vessels and/or vessel traffic.(3) Agrichemical Any substance, whether inorganic or organic, man-made or naturally occurring, modified or in its original state, that is used to eradicate, modify or control flora and fauna. This includes adjuvants (any substance designed to enhance the effectiveness, reduce drift or act as a synergist when added to any agrichemical application mixture) and animal remedies but excludes fertilisers. Any substance, whether inorganic or organic, man-made or naturally occurring, modified or in its original state, that is used to eradicate, modify or control flora or fauna living organisms. ,including agricultural compounds, adjutants and animal remedies, but excluding fertilisers, and vertebrate toxic agents and oral nutrition compounds.(4)3 Allocation limit See H.6 ‘Environmental flows and levels’4 A type of freshwater quantity limit. Allocation limits set in this plan are in Policy D.4.16 ‘Allocation limits for rivers’ and Policy D.4.17 ‘Allocation limits for aquifers’.(5) 3 Hort NZ, Wharfe, para 8.16 4 Clarification. Alteration (in relation Means any changes to the fabric or characteristics of a structure or building to a Historic Heritage involving (but not limited to) the removal and replacement of walls, windows, Site) ceilings, floors or roofs, either internally or externally and includes any sign attached to the structure or building and It includes Seismic Upgrading'. It does (6) not include Historic Heritage Site 'Repair' or 'Maintenance'. Ambient air quality The general quality of the surrounding air, reflecting the cumulative effect of all existing activities, both anthropogenic and natural.