Canterbury Water Hurunui-Waiau Zone Committee Meeting
The Hurunui-Waiau Zone Committee will have its monthly public meeting in Amberley, at 2pm, on 21 May.
The committee will begin the meeting with an update from the Regional Committee, which is currently finalising its Regional Implementation Programme (RIP).
Following this, the committee will receive an overview on Environment Canterbury‘s evidence to the Huruni-Waiau Regional Plan (HWRP) hearing, and discuss the role of the zone committee.
The proposed HWRP was notified last October when the moratoria on consents for the two North Canterbury rivers ended. The Hearing is scheduled for early July.
The zone committee will then go on to receive updates on the Hurunui Water Project, the Amuri Integrated Water Project, and on the progress of implementing the Land Use and Water Quality (LUWQ) programme in the zone.
The zone committee will discuss the priorities for Environment Canterbury’s LUWQ implementation work programme in the zone, identify the priority activities for zone committee members, and discuss its approach to load limits in the Waiau catchment.
Next the committee will discuss its requirements for water monitoring and investigations in the zone with Environment Canterbury, before finishing the meeting with an update on the proposed LWRP.
Public submissions on Environment Canterbury’s working draft of the LWRP closed on 7 May. The draft plan recognises the need to acknowledge specific local circumstances so the structure is a combination of region-wide objectives, policies and rules, and provision for catchment-specific solutions.
Once finalised, the Plan will provide a key context for the delivery of the Canterbury Water Management Strategy. Formal consultation on the plan is expected to occur in August.
The Hurunui-Waiau Zone Committee was formed in mid-2010 to develop a programme of water management recommendations for the district. Since then the committee has attended countless meetings, engaged with numerous stakeholders and community groups, and listened to presentations from experts.
The culmination of the committee’s first 18 months of work was the presentation of the committee’s Zone Implementation Programme (ZIP) to Environment Canterbury and Hurunui District Council in August 2011. The proposed Hurunui Waiau Regional Plan gives effect to many of the recommendations in the ZIP.
The Hurunui-Waiau Zone Committee includes seven community members, two Rūnanga representatives, and one each from Hurunui District Council and Environment Canterbury.
The zone extends from north of the Ashley River to north of the Conway River and takes in Hanmer Springs, Waiau, Cheviot, Culverden, Hawarden, Waikari, Waipara and Amberley.
Agendas and minutes for each zone committee meeting can be found at http://ecan.govt.nz/canterburywater .
Committee meetings are open to the public.
Meeting information
Hurunui-Waiau Zone Committee meeting
2pm, Monday, 21 May
Hurunui District Council Chambers, 66 Carters Road, Amberley