Hearing Stream #6 - Infrastructure

Hearing Stream#6

Hearing Details

Name

Infrastructure

Hearing Dates

Tuesday, 22 September 2026 - Wednesday, 23 September 2026

Topics Covered

  • Strategic Direction – Infrastructure
  • Infrastructure
  • Protection of Infrastructure
  • Renewable Energy Generation
  • Three Waters
  • Transport

Commissioners

  • David McMahon, chair
  • Juliane Chetham
  • Jason Jones
  • Matthew Muspratt

Key Upcoming Dates              

s42A Report – now available. See below under "Council Reporting Officers Material"

Timetable

Hearing Schedule - Stream #6 - Infrastructure updated 18 September 2026 (PDF 93 kb)

Submission NumberSubmitterSought to be heard
Adrian Palmer Family Trust315No
BP Oil New Zealand Ltd, Mobil Oil New Zealand Ltd and Z Energy Ltd (the Fuel Companies)471 & F32No
Bunnings Ltd173No
Bunny Willing247No
Christene Loweth267No
Clarus474No, Tabled Statement
Connexa, Chorus, FortySouth and Spark311Yes
Director-General of Conservation405No
Doreen Marilyn Brown257No, Tabled Statement
Elizabeth Cole260No
Enviro NZ323Yes
Fire and Emergency New Zealand374Yes
Foodstuffs North IslandF17No
Friends of Waiwhetū Stream302No
Go Architecture Ltd331No
Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora (Health NZ)518 & F37No
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga248No
Horokiwi Quarries Ltd246No
Hutt Cycle Network251No
Ian Roderick Brown, Doreen Marilyn Brown258No, Tabled Statement
John Sheehan1No
Kāinga Ora - Homes and Communities386 & F26No
KiwiRail Holdings442Yes
Laura Skilton314No
Manor Park and Haywards Residents Community Incorporated SocietyF10No
McDonald's Restaurants (NZ) Limited174 & F11No
Michael & Sandra Fackney262No
Ministry of Education399No
New Zealand Defence Force404No, Tabled Statement
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi385 & F20No, Tabled Statement
oOh Media Limited517No
Powerco Limited414Yes
Ray Connon243No
Ron Beernink and Glenda McCallum303No
Rowan Swain & Kim Weber-Swain 317No
Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Inc.424 & F23Yes
Russel Hudson and Linda Hudson270No
Sensible Solutions for Eastbourne383No
Survey and Spatial New Zealand466Yes
Susan Locke61No
Te Kārearea Ltd and Rosco Ice Cream Ltd447Yes
Te Rūnanganui O Te Āti Awa503No
The Fuel Companies471No
Transpower New Zealand Limited504Yes
Victoria and Martin Jaenecke249No
Waste Management NZ Limited461 &F39Yes
Wellington   Regional Council452 & F38No, Tabling Statement
Wellington Electricity415No, Tabling Statement
Wellington Water Limited (Tiaki Wai)422Yes
Winstone Aggregates444No
Z Energy Limited468No

Officers' Reports

s42A Reports

Infrastructure

Section 42A Report – Infrastructure - without Appendices 24 August 2024 (PDF 1.1 MB)

Section 42A Report – Infrastructure - Appendix 1 24 August 2024 (PDF 89 kb)

Section 42A Report – Infrastructure - Appendix 2 24 August 2024 (PDF 1.2 MB)

Section 42A Report – Infrastructure - Appendix 3 24 August 2024 (PDF  613 kb)

Section 42A Report – Infrastructure - Appendix 4 24 August 2024 (PDF  137 kb)

Section 42A report - Infrastructure FINAL Including Appendices (PDF 3.57 MB)

Renewable Electricity Generation (REG)

Section 42A Report - Renewable Electricity Generation - without Appendices 24 August 2024 (PDF  394 kb)

Section 42A Report - Renewable Electricity Generation- Appendix 1 24 August 2024 (PDF  550 kb)

Section 42A Report - Renewable Electricity Generation - Appendix 2 24 August 2024 (PDF  352 kb)

Section 42A Report - Renewable Electricity Generation - Including Appendices 24 August 2024 (PDF 1.21 MB)

Three Waters

Section 42A Report - Three Waters - without Appendices 24 August 2026 (PDF 374kb)

Section 42A Report - Three Waters - Appendix 1 24 August 2026 (PDF 620kb)

Section 42A Report - Three Waters - Appendix 2 24 August 2026 (PDF 101kb)

Section 42A Report - Three Waters - Including Appendices 24 August 2024 (PDF 974kb)

Transport

Section 42A Report - Transport - without Appendices 24 August 2024 (PDF 555kb)

Section 42A Report - Transport - Appendices 1-3 24 August 2024 (PDF 1.08 MB)

Section 42A Report - Transport - Including Appendices 24 August 2024 (PDF 1.84 MB)

Rebuttal Evidence

Reporting officer Rebuttal Evidence - Peter McDonald - Infrastructure 15 September 2026 (PDF 378kb)

Reporting officer Rebuttal Evidence - Peter McDonald - Transport 15 September 2026 (PDF 151kb)

Reporting officer Rebuttal Evidence - Cristal Bennett- Three Waters - Updated 17 September 2026 (PDF 786kb)

Officers Opening Statement

Reporting Officer's Opening Statement - Cristal Bennett - Three Waters and REG (PDF 91.5 kb)

Reporting Officer's Opening Statement - Peter McDonald - Infrastructure and Transport (PDF 267kb)

Conferencing

Joint Witness Statement of Peter McDonald, Cristal Bennett, Catherine Heppelthwaite and Timothy Blackman on the subject of maintenance and repair in response to items 22 to 24 of minute #18 (PDF 427 kb)

Joint witness statement of Peter McDonald and Timothy Blackman -provision for three waters networks response to items 25 and 26 of minute #18 9 October 2026 (PDF 465 kb)

BP Oil New Zealand Ltd, Mobil Oil New Zealand Ltd and Z Energy Ltd (the Fuel Companies) (PDP/471 & F32)

Clarus (PDP/474)

Connexa, Chorus, FortySouth and Spark (TELCO Companies) (PDP/311)

Speaking Statements/ Notes

Enviro NZ (PDP/323)

Fire and Emergency New Zealand (PDP/374)

Response to Minute #18

Ian Brown & Doreen Bown (PDP/258, PDP/257 & F13)

KiwiRail Holdings Limited (PDP/442)

Speaking Statement/ Notes

New Zealand Defence Force (PDP/404)

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (PDP/385 & F20)

Powerco Limited (PDP/414)

Response to RFI

Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Inc. (PDP/423 & F23)

Speaking Statements/ Notes

Survey and Spatial New Zealand (PDP/466)

Speaking Statements/ Notes

Te Kārearea Ltd and Rosco Ice Cream Ltd (PDP/447)

Speaking Statements/ Notes

Transpower New Zealand Limited (PDP/504)

Speaking Statements/ Notes

Waste Management NZ Ltd (PDP461 & F39)

Response to Minute #18

Wellington Electricity (PDP/415)

Wellington Regional Council (PDP/452 & F38)

Wellington Water/ Tiaki Wai (PDP/422)

Speaking Statements/ Notes

Response to Minute #18

Response to Minute #19

Winstone Aggregates (PDP/444)