Ngā mihi / Regards,
Kok Hong Wan (Hong) | he/him
Senior Policy Analyst (Land) - Kaitātari Matua Kaupapahere (whenua) | Natural Resources Policy
Ministry for Primary Industries - Manatū Ahu Matua | Charles Fergusson Tower
38-42 Bowen Street | PO Box 2526 | Wellington 6140 | New Zealand
DDI: 9(2)(a)
| www.mpi.govt.nz
From: Ben Linstone (Ben) <[email address]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2024 12:10 PM
To: Kay Brown <[email address]>
Cc: Kok Hong Wan (Hong) <[email address]>
Subject: RE: MPI fast track consenting listed project panel - Provisional decision log - 21 February
2024
Kia ora Kay
Additional info around origin of requests below
Request origin
Project
Decision
Out of scope
T
e Uru Rākau
Category A – Noting wording
should be kept high level
Tairawhiti Bioplant
around MPI funding, doesn’t
need to include ITP
Out of scope
under the Official Information Act 1982
Released
These were the only 7 porjects assessed today and they all meet requirements for either
category A or B (in one case dependant on further info) no projects review this morning failed to
meet the provisional criteria
Ngā Mihi
Ben Linstone (He/Him) | Policy Analyst, Land Policy
Natural Resources Directorate | Policy & Trade
Ministry for Primary Industries – Manatū Ahu Matua
Charles Fergusson Building, 38-42 Bowen Street | PO Box 2526 | Wellington 6140 | New Zealand
Telephone: 9(2)(a)
| Web: www.mpi.govt.nz
1982
Out of scope
Act
From: Kay Brown <[email address]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2024 11:48 AM
To: Ben Linstone (Ben) <[email address]>
Cc: Kok Hong Wan (Hong) <[email address]>
Subject: FW: MPI fast track consenting listed project panel - Provisional decision log - 21
February 2024
Importance: High
Information
Thanks Ben
Hong and I are trying to do another set of talking points for Julie at speed this morning! Please
can you let us know how many additional projects the Panel assessed this morning and which
areas of the business they came from? Were they all aquaculture + one from forestry!
Official
Were all of the projects successfully categorised as A/B or were any of them rejected?
the
Thanks heaps, Kay
From: Ben Linstone (Ben) <[email address]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2024 11:40 AM
under
To: Alastair Cameron <[email address]>; Charlotte Denny
<[email address]>; Steve Penno <[email address]>; Bridget Giesen
<[email address]>; Nicola Hattersley-Marshall <Nicola.Hattersley-
[email address]>; Sarah Cumming <[email address]>; Mathirimangalam
Srinivasan (MS) <[email address]>; Khyati Prajapati <[email address]>;
Chris Baylis <[email address]>; Andrea Stocchero <[email address]>
Cc: Kay Brown <[email address]>; Thomas Corser (Tom) <[email address]>
Subject: MPI fast track consenting listed project panel - Provisional decision log - 21 February
Released
2024
Kia ora koutou
Please see below for decision list from the panels on the latest round of projects considered for
fast-track consenting scheme.
Project
Decision
Out of scope
Category A – Noting wording should be kept
Tairawhiti Bioplant
high level around MPI funding, doesn’t need
to include ITP
Out of scope
1982
Act
Will finalise the minutes and circulate soon.
Ngā Mihi
Ben Linstone (He/Him) | Policy Analyst, Land Policy
Information
Natural Resources Directorate | Policy & Trade
Ministry for Primary Industries – Manatū Ahu Matua
Charles Fergusson Building, 38-42 Bowen Street | PO Box 2526 | Wellington 6140 | New Zealand
Telephone: 9(2)(a)
| Web: www.mpi.govt.nz
Official
Out of scope
the
under
Released
1982
Act
Information
Official
the
under
Released
1982
Act
Information
Official
the
under
Released
Out of scope
1982
Act
Information
Official
the
under
Released
Out of scope
1982
Act
Information
Official
the
under
Tairawhiti Bioplant
Forestry
Generation of up to 5wh/h per hour and 26,000l of
RMA.
Ready to lodge upon
Y/N
biodiesel daily from approx. 80,000t of forestry slash
enactment.
per annum.
Released
Out of scope
1982
Act
Information
Official
the
under
Released
1982
Act
Information
Official
the
under
Released
Out of scope
1982
Act
Information
Official
the
under
Released
From:
Thomas Corser (Tom)
To:
Kay Brown; Robyn Washbourne
Subject:
FINAL list of MPI projects
Date:
Friday, 23 February 2024 12:38:08 AM
Attachments:
Out of scope
Kia ora Robyn,
Final list of MPI projects attached. This includes one further project to the table Kay provided earlier this afternoon. I’ve added it
to the attached table and pasted below. 9(2)(g)(i)
Project
Potential
Potential
Potential
Distribution
Potential
Consent
Other remarks
build costs economic
beneficiaries network
impediments application
and year
returns
requirements
within 6
of
Estimates
months
1982
estimation reflective
of market
signals and
Act
commodity
price at
that time.
Tairawhiti 9(2)
Generation
Regional
Offtake
This is a
Yes – within The project
Bioplant
(b)(ii)
of up to
community
agreements
precedent
1 month.
received ITP co-
5wh/h per
from
for electricity
setting
funding to
hour and
Tokomaru-
and diesel
consent.
support the pre-
26,000l of
Hikuaui north have been
consent activity
biodiesel
from power
negotiated
including:
daily from
generation,
with Unison
Geo-
approx.
iwi-based
technical
80,000t of
part owners,
studies
Information
forestry
and local
Health
slash per
sheep and
report
annum,
beef farmers
Emission
employing
from biochar
report
approx. 30
dispersed
Cultural
people.
into the soil.
impact
assessment
Official
are all
complete.
Please let Kay or I know if you need any more information (or need any contact details for project SMEs).
Kind regards,
the
Tom and Kay
Tom Corser | Land Policy | Ministry for Primary Industries - Manatū Ahu Matua
9(2)(a)
From: Kay Brown
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2024 1:41 PM
To: Robyn Washbourne
under
Cc: Thomas Corser (Tom)
Subject: Updated list of water storage projects
Hi Robyn,
Here’s the updated list (and description) of the water storage projects which Out of scope
which we
mentioned at the beginning of this week
Thanks, Kay
Kay Brown (she/her)
Principal Advisor | Land Policy
Natural Resources Policy | Policy & Trade
Ministry for Primary Industries - Manatū Ahu Matua | Charles Fergusson Building, 38-42 Bowen Street | PO Box 2526 |
Released
Wellington 6140 | New Zealand
9(2)(a)
| Web: http://www.mpi.govt.nz
Estimates of economic costs and benefits for water storage projects
The below estimates of economic costs and benefits have been compiled from a variety of sources including publicly available data. The project owners have not been consulted on these numbers. These estimates are
a guide only and need to be updated and reviewed. IrrigationNZ advises that government investments are needed to update the feasibility, and economic and environmental assessment reports for a number of the
projects.
Out of scope
1982
Act
Information
Official
the
under
Released
Out of scope
1982
Act
Tairawhiti
9(2)(b)(ii)
Generation of up to 5wh/h per hour and
Regional community from
Offtake agreements for
This is a precedent
Yes – within 1
The project received ITP co-funding to
Bioplant
26,000l of biodiesel daily from approx.
Tokomaru-Hikuaui north
electricity and diesel have
setting consent.
month.
support the pre-consent activity
80,000t of forestry slash per annum,
from power generation, iwi-
been negotiated with
including:
employing approx. 30 people.
based part owners, and local Unison
• Geo-technical studies
sheep and beef farmers from
• Health report
Information
biochar dispersed into the
• Emission report
soil.
• Cultural impact assessment are
all complete.
Out of scope
Official
the
under
Released
From:
Thomas Corser (Tom)
To:
Robyn Washbourne; RMReform
Cc:
Arron Cox (MfE); Kay Brown; Sarah Cumming; Nicola Hattersley-Marshall (Pending Delete) (Deleted); Steve
Penno; Alastair Cameron; Charlotte Denny; Bridget Giesen; Kok Hong Wan (Hong); Ben Linstone;
Mathirimangalam Srinivasan (MS); Alexandra Wilson (Alex) (Pending Delete) (Deleted); Khyati Prajapati
(Pending Delete) (Deleted); Chris Baylis
Subject:
MPI FTC projects listed in order of priority
Date:
Friday, 23 February 2024 9:53:33 AM
Attachments:
image001.jpg
Out of scope
Agriculture and Forestry. FTC project summaries (23 February 2024).docx
Mōrena
1982
MPI projects listed in order of priority
As requested, we have listed our FTC nominations in order of priority and have approval from
our Ministers’ offices to pass this on. We have split this into portfolios (i.e. Out of scope
Act
Summaries of all projects are attached again for convenience.
Oceans and Fisheries
Out of scope
Information
1. Tairawhiti Bioplant
Agriculture (with reasoning for positions included)
Official
Out of scope
the
under
Tom
Tom Corser (he/him)| Manager | Land Policy | Natural Resources Directorate
Ministry for Primary Industries - Manatū Ahu Matua | Charles Fergusson Tower
Released
38-42 Bowen Street | PO Box 2526 | Wellington 6140 | New Zealand
9(2)(a)
Email [email address]
Estimates of economic costs and benefits for forestry and water storage projects
The below estimates of economic costs and benefits have been compiled from a variety of sources including publicly available data. The project owners have not been consulted on these numbers. These estimates are
a guide only and need to be updated and reviewed. IrrigationNZ advises that government investments are needed to update the feasibility, and economic and environmental assessment reports for a number of the
projects.
Forestry
1982
Storage project
Potential build Potential economic returns
Potential beneficiaries
Distribution network
Potential
Consent
Other remarks
costs and year Estimates reflective of market signals
requirements
impediments
application
of estimation
and commodity price at that time.
within 6
Act
months
(1) Tairawhiti 9(2)(b)(ii)
Generation of up to 5wh/h per hour and
Regional community from
Offtake agreements for
This is a precedent
Yes – within 1
The project received ITP co-funding to
Bioplant
26,000l of biodiesel daily from approx.
Tokomaru-Hikuaui north
electricity and diesel have
setting consent.
month.
support the pre-consent activity
80,000t of forestry slash per annum,
from power generation, iwi-
been negotiated with
including:
employing approx. 30 people.
based part owners, and local Unison
• Geo-technical studies
sheep and beef farmers from
• Health report
biochar dispersed into the
• Emission report
soil.
• Cultural impact assessment are
all complete.
Information
Water Storage
Official
Storage project
Potential build Potential economic returns
Potential beneficiaries
Distribution network
Potential
Consent
Other remarks
costs and year Estimates reflective of market signals
requirements
impediments
application
of estimation
and commodity price at that time.
within 6
the
months
Out of scope
under
Released
Out of scope
1982
Act
Information
Official
the
under
Released
Out of scope
1982
Act
Information
Official
the
under
Released
