OIAD - 2137 & 2139
20 July 2022
Craig Innes
[FYI request #18389 email]
Tēnā koe Craig
Thank you for your Of icial Information Act requests to the Department of Conservation
(DOC), received on 21 June 2022 in which you asked for:
Please supply all information relating to any assessment that may or may not have
been undertaken for the purpose of the Stewardship Lands Review for the following
parcel:
Part Section 106 Wainuiomata District, 18,356 m2 WN20C/1390
Please also supply all information relating to the right of first refusal reference for this
title, including any correspondence or assessments related to this provision.
And,
Please supply all information relating to any assessment under the Stewardship
Lands Review for the following parcel:
Part Section 115 Harbour District and Section 2, 4 Survey Office Plan 427901,
435,578 m2 title: 531466
I regret that I am not able to provide you with the information you’ve requested.
In May 2021 the Government announced its plans to speed up the stewardship land
reclassification programme by establishing two national panels and undertaking legislative
amendments to ensure that the process for reclassifying stewardship land is fit-for-purpose.
The stewardship land reclassification programme began on the West Coast of the South
Island.
DOC carried out technical assessments of the stewardship land present on the West Coast,
producing conservation values reports to inform the recommendations on revised land
classifications made by the National and Mana Whenua Panels. These reports can be found
on the DOC website here:
Documents supporting stewardship land reclassification:
Stewardship land. The Western South Island National and Mana Whenua Panels have finished their immediate
assessments and have publicly notified their recommendations on revised land
classifications. This includes recommendation reports justifying each recommendation which
can be found on the DOC website here:
Documents supporting stewardship land
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reclassification: Stewardship land. The notification period for these recommendations closes
on
26 July 2022.
Given the current focus of this work is on the West Coast, no assessments have yet been
undertaken by DOC on the specific parcels you have referenced above. Similarly, no
research has yet be undertaken relating to the right of first refusal reference for these areas.
You are entitled to seek an investigation and review of my decision by writing to an
Ombudsman as provided by section 28(3) of the Of icial Information Act.
Please note that this letter (with your personal details removed) and enclosed documents
may be published on the Department’s website.
If you wish to discuss this with the Department, please contact Joseph Zonneveld – Senior
Stewardship Lands Advisor on 027 202 1264 or by email [email address].
Nāku noa, nā
Karl Beckert
Acting Director Operations Strategic Support
Department of Conservation
Te Papa Atawhai
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