Whakatāne Commercial Boat Harbour
This project has been referred to an expert consenting panel for fast-track consenting under the Covid-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting Act 2020).
Project ID
2020-022
Applicant
- Whakatāne District Council
- Te Rāhui Lands Trust
- Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa
- Ngāti Awa Group Holdings Limited
- Te Rāhui Herenga Waka Whakatāne Limited
- Provincial Growth Fund Limited
Project summary
To construct and operate a commercial boat harbour, associated facilities and an access channel to the Whakatāne River, downstream of the State Highway 30 bridge at Whakatāne.
Location
Left bank of the Whakatāne River, east of Keepa Road, Coastlands, Whakatāne
Referred projects order
Schedule 20 to the COVID-19 (Fast-track Consenting) Referred Projects Order 2020 [New Zealand Legislation website]
The project:
- will help to achieve the purpose of the Act
- will generate employment by providing—
- up to 30 direct full-time equivalent (FTE) jobs during the engineering works
- approximately 30 indirect FTE jobs in marine servicing
- will generate longer-term new employment, including—
- approximately 229 indirect jobs from the on-water development
- approximately 373 boat building jobs
- approximately 230 new tourism-centred jobs
- new jobs in harvesting and processing mussels
- will provide infrastructure to improve economic outcomes for the marine farming, boat building, and tourism industries, which have been affected by COVID-19
- will provide infrastructure by converting the site, which is currently in agricultural use of marginal economic benefit, into a commercial and community asset
- will have positive effects on social well-being by providing employment, economic benefits, and fit-for-purpose facilities for commercial and recreational users, and provide opportunities to retrain at the proposed training facility
- will progress faster under the Act than would otherwise be the case under the Resource Management Act 1991 standard processes
Any adverse effects that arise from the application, and mitigation measures, can be tested by an expert consenting panel against Part 2 of the Resource Management Act 1991 and the purpose of the Act.