Minutes and procedural matters
An updated list of commissioners’ conflicts and interests relating to the Proposed District Plan will be made available shortly
Panel minutes
Review the minutes issued by the hearing panel
- Minute 1: Hearing procedures
- Minute 2: Decision on late submissions
- Minute 3: Confirmation of hearing schedule
- Minute 4: Engineering standards
- Minute 5: Waitangi Limited
- Minute 6: Revised hearing schedule
- Minute 7: Request for information - urban environment
- Minute 8: Revised hearing schedule
- Minute 9: Delays in responding to minute 7
- Minute 10: Procedure on late submission
- Minute 11: Expert conferencing for hearing 1 - contaminated land chapter
- Minute 12: Request to defer hearing 9 and 15A
- Minute 13: Infrastructure pre-hearing meetings
- Draft Minute 14: Rezoning criteria and process (please note this is superseded by Final Minute 14 issued 2 Dec 2024)
- Final Minute 14: Rezoning criteria and process
- Minute 15: Update to hearing 9 - Rural, Horticulture & Horticulture Processing
- Minute 16: Decision on late submission
- Minute 17: Update to hearing 8 - Mineral Extraction
- Minute 18: Response to the memorandum of counsel for Cavalli Properties Limited
- Minute 19: Response to memorandum on the Carrington Estate Zone and updated hearing schedule
- Minute 20: Procedural matters for plan variation 1
- Minute 21: Update to hearing 8 - Mineral Extraction - questions to council planner
- Minute 22: Soil expert conferencing on the Horticulture Precinct
- Minute 24: Sensitive Information Hearing 12
- Minute 25: Provision of evidence
- Minute 26: Request to delay hearings
- Minute 27: Māori Purpose Zone topic
- Minute 28: Request to defer Hearing 15A
- Minute 29: Provision of evidence
- Minute 31: Amendment to the exchange timetable for reporting on Hearing 15D
- Minute 32: Response to Memorandum of counsel for Paradise Found Developments Limited
- Minute 33: Waitangi WEZ expert conferencing
- Minute 34: FNHL Opua expert conferencing
- Minute 35: Request to be heard at Hearing 17 and for information/evidence
- Minute 36: Request on behalf of Oromahoe Landowners
- Minute 37: Kiwi Fresh Orange Company Ltd Memorandum relating to Hearing 15D
- Minute 38: Tapuaetahi submission next steps and timeframe
- Minute 39: Response to KFO request for expert conferencing
Panel interim guidance
- Minute 23: Interim Guidance of the Independent Hearings Panel - Horticulture Zone
- Minute 30: Interim Guidance of the Independent Hearings Panel - Heritage Area Overlays
Submitter memoranda
Review memos issued by submitters
- Memorandum of Counsel for Kiwi Fresh Orange Company Limited - 19 November 2025
- Memorandum of Counsel for Kiwi Fresh Orange Company Limited - 22 October 2025
- Memorandum of counsel for Lucklaw to Panel - Request to Be Heard - Sweep up Hearing 9 October 2025
- Memorandum of counsel for Kiwi Fresh Orange Company Limited 30 September 2025
- Memorandum of counsel for Paradise Found Developments Ltd 3 September 2025
- Memorandum of counsel for Kiwi Fresh Orange Company Limited 29 August 2025
- Memorandum of counsel on behalf of Carrington Resort Jade LP and Carrington Farms Jade LP
- Memorandum of Counsel for Haititaimarangai Marae Kaitiaki Trust 17 July 2025
- Memorandum of Counsel for Kiwi Fresh Orange Company Limited - 16 May 2025
- Bay of Islands Planning Spatial Plan Adoption and Rezoning Hearings
- Turnstone Proposed Amendment to Evidence Exchange Timetable
- Memorandum requesting amendments to hearing schedule from Kauri Cliffs Submitter
- Memorandum of counsel for Waitangi Limited
- Memorandum of counsel for Kiwi Fresh Orange Company Limited relating to minute 7 29 July 2024
- Memorandum of counsel for Kiwi Fresh Orange Company Limited relating to minute 7 23 September 2024
- Ara Poutama Aotearoa the Department of Corrections application for waiver
- Ara Poutama Aotearoa the Department of Corrections re-lodged further submission
- Memorandum of counsel for Audrey Campbell-Frear
- Email of counsel for Audrey Campbell-Frear
- Memorandum of counsel for Waiaua Bay Farm Limited
- Memorandum of counsel for Cavalli Properties Limited
- Joint Memorandum of counsel for Haititaimarangai Marae Kaitiaki Trust and Carrington Estate Jade LP and Carrington Farm Jade LP
Joint witness statements
Submitter responses to Panel Minute 14
- Audrey Campbell-Frear
- Bay of Islands Planning
- Doug Schmuck
- Fred Terry
- Jeff Kemp
- Kiwi Fresh Orange Company Limited
- Micah Donaldson
- Rob Sintes
Council memoranda
Review memos issued by the Council
- Reporting officer's response to panel minute 21
- Council memorandum Infrastructure pre-hearing meetings summary
- Council memorandum procedural matters for plan variation 1
- Section 42A report on late submissions
- Housing and business development capacity assessment (HBA).
- Minute 7: Interim response of council 20 August 2024
- Minute 7: Interim response of council 11 September 2024
In addition to the above, the Clause 10A Timeframe Extension public notice and supporting information is available here.