Kerikeri-Waipapa River Working Group

21 March 2024

Kerikeri-Waipapa River Working Group Record of Actions

 

Meeting held in the NRC Waipapa

12 Klinac Lane, Waipapa

on Thursday 21 March 2024, commencing at 10.00am

 

 

Tuhinga/Present:

Chairperson, Councillor Joe Carr

FNDC Councillor, Steve McNally (alternate)

Lower Puketotara and Kerikeri Catchment, Fred Terry

Business Community Representative, Tony Corcoran

 

I Tae Mai/In Attendance:

Full Meeting

NRC Councillor, Marty Robinson

NRC Rivers and Natural Hazards Manager, Joseph Camuso

NRC Secretariat, Erica Wyatt

FNDC, Azman Reuben

FNDC, Sid Katyare (10.15am)

Pradeep Kumar

 

The meeting commenced at 10.04am.

Ngā Mahi Whakapai/Housekeeping (Item 1.0)

Ngā Whakapahā/Apologies (Item 2.0)

Moved: (Robinson / Terry)

Louisa Gritt (NRC Community Resilience GM), Jacqui Hori-Holt (NZTA), Kobus du Toit (alternate NZTA), Cr. Ann court (FNDC), John Dawn  (Baycare Rep)

Carried

Secretarial note: Welcome Tony Cocoran, Kerikeri Irrigation – as the new Business Community Representative.

 

Record of Actions – 31 August 2023 (Item 3.1)

Presented by: NRC Secretariat, Erica Wyatt

Moved: (Mckenzie / Carr)

Secretarial notes:  There is an amendment to the minutes dated 31 August 2023, FNDC mapping for the Waipapa commercial / industrial zone in the Notified Proposed District Plan (Item 3.6): 

There was a lengthy discussion around submitting to the FNDC proposed district plan.  It was decided at the meeting to put a submission through, alongside Fred Terry.  Unfortunately, the working group does not have delegated authority to do this, so a submission was put through from Councillor Joe Carr supporting Haigh Workman’s submission.

Carried

Agreed action points:

·            NRC has not submitted on the FNDC proposed district plan in relation to flooding.  Cr. Robinson will discuss this at the council meeting on 26 March.

 

Secretarial note:  Post meeting correction – NRC did submit on the FNDC proposed district plan – see attached NRC submission.

 

Receipt of Action Sheet (Item 3.2)

Presented by: NRC Secretariat, Erica Wyatt

Agreed action points:

·            K3A is to be kept as an agenda item.

·            Members of the working group will put individual submissions through to NRC LTP in relation to having to wait 3 years before funding comes available for this catchment. 

·            Pradeep to prepare shovel ready business case for regional development funding requirements. 

 

Consultant breakdown (Item 3.3)

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

Agreed action points:

·            Send breakdown spreadsheet to members with minutes.

 

Desktop Study - Waterfall detention dam (Item 3.4)

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

Agreed action points:

·            No actions

 

The RILEY Upper Kerikeri storage/detention dam (Item 3.5)

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

Secretarial notes: Sensitivity testing to be completed to investigate further options for a storage/detention dam i.e. going up 1 meter. 

In-depth discussion regarding options using the existing Kerikeri Irrigation Dams i.e., the Dams just need to be connected with pipelines from the existing storage dams.  There will be huge community benefits if we can get economic support. 

Flood Hazard maps will need to be updated with new LiDAR, currently no budget is allocated to this upgrade.

Agreed action points:

·            Further discussions with Pradeep and NRC Rivers and Natural Hazards Manager to discuss/incorporate concepts to evaluate Pradeep’s suggestions.  There is no current budget to complete modelling.

·            Pradeep and NRC Rivers and Natural Hazards Manager to incorporate NRC and Pradeep’s concepts into a presentation and present to NRC’s CE, Community Resilience GM, and Cr. Joe Carr.   

 

Detention opportunities between the Stone Store and SH10 (Item 3.6)

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

Agreed action points:

·            No actions

 

Other business (Item 3.7)

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

Agreed action points:

·            No actions

 

Whakamutunga (Conclusion)

The meeting concluded at 11.30am.