New Zealand Historic Places Trust (NZHPT)
| Issue | Cultural Effects | |
|---|---|---|
| Neutral | ||
| Summary of Reason | Effects on Cultural heritage resources, which are matters of national significance. Sites that are of significance to Maori need to be identified, and any effects on their cultural heritage values are assessed. | |
| Ref# 0992 | ||
| Neutral | ||
Wishes to be Heard | Summary of Decision Sought | Uphold designations if recommended points are included as conditions or notes. |
Zone | General |
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| Mixed | ||
| Raukawa Trust Board | Summary of Reason | 1. RMA over arching aspects, 17 points raised. 2. Landowner liability for transmission corridor maintenance and outage. 3. (2) Economic effects from route, aspects of cost ignored in cost benefit analysis and issues related to Maori land tenure. 4. (3) Visual Impact, significant effects due to visual aspects of towers and lines, and amenity aspects of the visual effects to Iwi, hapu, whanau and landowners. 5. (4) Health effects from electro-magnetic radiation. 6. (5) Noise and the aspect of many rural locations where night time noise is well below other non-rural night time ambient levels. 7. (6) Reverse sensitivity, especially in matters such as normal land use activities that will become sensitive to Transpower. 8. (7) Climate Change is seen as an opportunity for many Maori landowners; this project may curtail or block these logics. 9. (8) Soil and Water effects due to inability to comply with various measures and requirements. 10. (9) Assessment of effects does not cover many items related to Iwi and the community. |
| Ref# 1177 | ||
| Oppose in part, Neutral in part | ||
Wishes to be Heard | Summary of Decision Sought | 1. None stated. 2. Formal easements with suitable conditions, options of land purchase in close proximity. 3 (2) more accurate cost benefit analysis, adequate compensation, or an alternate of equivalent annual rental. 4 (3) independent assessment of visuals, 220kv not 400kv, and shorter more compact towers. 5 (4) Cultural health and well being fully assessed and compensation or land purchase. 6 (5) Noise levels assessed on a site by site basis. 7 (6) grant a fixed term to any consents, require precautionary approach, purchase full titles not just easement. 8 (7) None stated. 9 (8) None stated. 10 (9) None stated. |
Zone | South Waikato District Council | Raukawa takiwa (tribal area) includes areas of Atiamuri, Mokai, Mangakino, Te Awamutu, Kihikihi, Maungatautari, Arapuni, Matamata, Cambridge, Putaruru, Tirau and Tokoroa. |
| Not stated (Mixed) | ||
| Waikato Raupatu Trustee Company Ltd | Summary of Reason | Desecration of koiwi, destruction of culturally significant land, closeness to urupa and Marae, health effects, limits on marae papakainga expansion, construction and operating disturbances especially during tangi, and Right of First Refusal issues from the Waikato Deed of Settlement and Outstanding Claim Issues for WRTCL |
| Ref# 1088 | ||
| Not Stated | ||
Has not stated if they wish to be Heard | Summary of Decision Sought | No decision stated, recommended conditions and condition topics listed. |
Zone | General | Legal and constitutional Iwi authority for Waikato-Tainui, Marae identified as affected or potentially affected are Mangatangi, Maurea, Horahora, Waiti, Te Hoe-o-Tainui, Rukumoana, Kai-a-te-mata, Tauwhare, Taniwha, Matahura, Okaerea and Tauhei. Marae in Raukawa are noted as well. |
| Oppose | ||
McCulloch GW
| Summary of Reason | Major disruption to farm, one pylon planned on edge of Maori pa site - visually bad. Health concerns. |
| Ref# 0160 | ||
| Oppose | ||
Do Not Wish to be Heard | Summary of Decision Sought | Decline |
Zone | Matamata-Piako District Council |
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| Pohara Marae Committee | Summary of Reason | Lack of appropriate consultation, potential health issues, visual pollution, economic impacts on aspirations, splitting urupa from the marae, lines across ancestral river, lines across multiple Maori owners, none compensated support of national good matters |
| Ref# 0898 | ||
| Oppose | ||
Wishes to be Heard | Summary of Decision Sought |
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Zone | General | One of two contemporary marae within the Ngati Koroki Kahukura rohe. |
Colliar JM | Summary of Reason | Visual, health effects, marginalizes land use Not consistent with RMA purpose Regional/District Plan issues Landscape values Marae impacts. Consultation inadequate |
| Ref# 1185 | ||
| Oppose | ||
| Wishes to be Heard | Summary of Decision Sought | Decline Investigation of alternatives |
| Zone | South Waikato District Council |
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Issue | Cultural Heritage | |
|---|---|---|
| Neutral | ||
| New Zealand Historic Places Trust | Summary of Reason | Effects on Archaeological Resources, pre-1900 evidence will be disturbed. |
| Ref# 0992 | ||
| Neutral | ||
Wishes to be Heard | Summary of Decision Sought | Uphold/grant but note Historic Places Act 1993 coverage and include notes on same. Also a consent (authority) is required from NZHPT to cover any work that will affect any site. |
Zone | General |
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| Oppose | ||
Everson R | Summary of Reason | Visual effects, environmental effects, heritage values |
| Ref# 0429 | ||
| Oppose | ||
| Heard Not stated | Summary of Decision Sought | Not stated |
| Zone | Franklin District Council |
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Table 2: Cultural section
March 2008
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