Kerikeri-Waipapa River Working Group

31 August 2023

Kerikeri-Waipapa River Working Group Record of Actions

Meeting held in the NRC Waipapa office

Shop 9, 12 Klinac Lane

Waipapa

on Thursday 31 August 2023, commencing at 10.00am

Tuhinga/Present:

Chairperson, NRC Councillor Joe Carr

BayCare, John Dawn

Lower Puketotara and Kerikeri Catchment, Fred Terry

Upper Puketotara/Waiwhakarongaro Catchment, Murray Wright

I Tae Mai/In Attendance:

Full Meeting

NRC Councillor, Marty Robinson

NRC Rivers and Natural Hazards Manager, Joseph Camuso

NRC Rivers Project Manager, Meg Tyler

NRC Secretariat, Erica Wade

NRC Secretariat, Nyla Jackson

Part Meeting

FNDC Councillor, Steve McNally (10.09am)

The meeting commenced at 10.02am.

Ngā Mahi Whakapai/Housekeeping (Item 1.0)

Ngā Whakapahā/Apologies (Item 2.0)

Moved: (Carr / Robinson)

NRC Tāhūhū Rangapū - Chief Executive Officer, Jonathan Gibbard

NRC Group Manager - Community Resilience, Louisa Gritt

Carried

Record of Actions – 15 October 2021 (Item 3.1)

Presented by: NRC Rivers and Natural Hazards Manager, Joseph Camuso

Agreed action points:

· no action points from last meeting.

Matters Arising from record of actions (Item 3.2)

Presented by: NRC Rivers and Natural Hazards Manager, Joseph Camuso

Agreed action points:

· no matters arising from last meeting.

Budget update (Item 3.3)

Presented by: NRC Rivers and Natural Hazards Manager, Joseph Camuso

Agreed action points:

· $40k was spent on consultants in the 22/23 financial year, NRC will have a breakdown on where this was spent at the next meeting.

Whiriwhiritoa Stream upgrade - Waipapa industrial estate (Item 3.4)

Presented by: NRC Rivers and Natural Hazards Manager, Joseph Camuso

Agreed action points:

· NRC to complete a desktop study on the idea of building a detention dam downstream from the waterfall.

Detention Dam K3A (Item 3.5)

Presented by: NRC Rivers and Natural Hazards Manager, Joseph Camuso

Agreed action points:

· Working group would like the K3a dam to be taken back to the FNDC and NRC councils for consideration for it to be added to their long-term plans.  FNDC and NRC to action.

FNDC mapping for the Waipapa commercial / industrial zone in the Notified Proposed District Plan (Item 3.6)

Presented by: Lower Puketotara and Kerikeri Catchment Representative, Fred Terry

Discussion was had in regard to FNDC’s proposed district plan and how the group could make a submission in support of Fred Terry’s submission.  The group would like to caution FNDC in expanding the industrial zone (which is in a known flood area), without the protection or mitigation of the downstream catchment.

The following recommendation is to be tabled.

“FNDC and NRC include in their LTP’s for further investigation into the K3A detention dam to mitigate flooding of the Waipapa industrial estate and all downstream properties that may be affected (to reference Riley Consultants report: Proposed Kerikeri K3A Dam Concept Design and Costing).”

Any other business (Item 3.7)

Presented by: NRC Rivers and Natural Hazards Manager, Joseph Camuso

Agreed action points:

· No other business.

Kerikeri-Waipapa River Working Group would like to acknowledge the work Doug Foster has done for this catchment and wish him well in his retirement.

Whakamutunga (Conclusion)

The meeting concluded at 11.55am