Hearings

The Environment Court will be holding a hearing into the provisions of Plan Change 7 and matters raised in submissions and further submissions. Further information about the court's practice and procedures can be found on the General Information page.

On this page you can find:

Hearing Schedule - a timetable giving the date, time and location parties and their witnesses are to attend at a hearing;
Event Notices - general notices for all court events including mediation, expert conferencing and hearings;
Evidence;
Cross Examination Notices;
Joint Witness Statements;
Legal Submissions / Records of Amendments Sought;
Common Bundle
Exhibits - materials produced during hearings;
Hearing Transcripts - typed transcript of the hearing; and
Audio Recordings of Hearings;
Video Recordings of Hearings.

Hearing Schedule

The draft hearing schedule is below. Please note this is subject to change.

2021-03-01 PC7 - Hearing Schedule - draft [PDF, 816 KB]

If you have questions or queries about the hearing schedule, please contact Glen Cooper or Rebecca Jackson on:

PlanChange@orc.govt.nz; or
027 213 1652.

Event Notices

Notices for all court events including mediation, expert conferencing and hearings can be found on the Notice of Court Events page.

Evidence:

File name format: [Date Filed] - [Party Name] - [Evidence Type] - [Witness Name] - [Discipline] - [Date of Evidence]

Until evidence is produced in court by witness, the statement is not regarded as ‘evidence’. Note: There may also be minor changes (e.g. grammar) between the time of uploading onto the court’s website and the witness being sworn in (or affirmed) at the hearing.

Otago Regional Council's - Evidence in Reply

ORC - Reply - Tom de Pelsemaeker - Planning - Memorandum of Counsel - 5 March 2021 [PDF, 104 KB]

ORC - Reply - Antonius Snelder - Water Quality - Memorandum of Counsel - 3 March 2021 [PDF, 103 KB]

ORC - Reply - Tom de Pelsemaeker - Planning - 19 February 2021 [PDF, 605 KB]

ORC - Reply - Julie Everett-Hincks - Science Work Programme - 19 February 2021 [PDF, 163 KB] [PDF, 599 KB]

ORC - Reply - Richard Allibone - Freshwater Ecology - 19 February 2021 [PDF, 214 KB]

ORC - Reply - Sean Leslie - Water Use - 19 February 2021 [PDF, 599 KB]

ORC - Reply - Simon Wilson - Schedule 10A.4 - 19 February 2021 [PDF, 166 KB]

ORC - Reply - Ton Snelder - Water Quality - 19 February 2021 [PDF, 1.1 MB]

Parties' Evidence in Chief

Grouped by party - if you believe you have filed evidence and it is not listed (or is listed/linked incorrectly) please contact us immediately

Aotearoa New Zealand Fine Wine Estates Ltd Partnership (ANZFW)

Beef + Lamb New Zealand

Central Otago Environmental Society (COES)

Director-General of Conservation

Federated Farmers of New Zealand (FFNZ)

GlenAyr Ltd – EiC – H D Sangster – 1 Feb 2021 [PDF, 4.9 MB]

Glenshee Station Limited - EiC - M E Hore - 4 Feb 2021 [PDF, 4.4 MB]

Grape Vision Ltd - Horticulture – see OWRUG & Grape Vision Ltd - EiC - J Dicey

Hamilton Runs Ltd - EiC - filed 5 Feb 2021 [PDF, 3.3 MB]

Hill, D R & S A - see OWRUG, Lauder Water Users Group, Lauder Creek Ltd, DR & SA Hill - EiC - K Heckler - 5 Feb 2021

Horticulture New Zealand Limited (HortNZ)

HortNZ - EiC - S J Ford - Economics - 5 February 2021 [PDF, 235 KB]
HortNZ - Hydrology - see OWRUG & HortNZ - EiC - I McIndoe
HortNZ - EiC - M K Sands - Industry - 5 Feb 2021 [PDF, 313 KB]
HortNZ - EiC - V Hodgson - Planning - 5 Feb 2021 [PDF, 341 KB]

J R Webb & Sons Ltd - EiC - J S Webb - 5 February 2021 [PDF, 153 KB]

Landpro Limited

Lauder Water Users Group and Lauder Creek Ltd - see OWRUG, Lauder Water Users Group, Lauder Creek Ltd, DR & SA Hill - EiC - K Heckler - 5 Feb 2021

Leaning Rock Cherries Ltd - EiC - E Weaver- 5 February 2021 [PDF, 242 KB]

McArthur Ridge Vineyard Ltd, Mount Dunstan Estates Ltd, Strath Clyde Water Ltd (McArthur Ridge)

Maniototo Irrigation Companies (Maniototo ICs)

Martin, G N

Martin, G N - EiC - 5 Feb 2021 [PDF, 221 KB]

Martin, G N - EiC - water permits plan change public report - 5 Feb 2021 [PDF, 1.2 MB]

Minister for the Environment (MfE)

Ngā Rūnanga