This hearing relates to KiwiRail's notice of requirement to designate land for constructing and operating a new intermodal regional freight hub near Palmerston North.
This hearing finished on 15 October 2021. The commissioners’ recommendation has now been received and KiwiRail has until 5pm on Monday 11 April 2022 to advise Council whether or not it accepts or rejects the recommendation in whole or in part.
The Council must then serve the notice of the decision from KiwiRail on everyone who made a submission and landowners subject to the Notice of Requirement within 15 days.
From here any appeals on the decision need to be made to the Environment Court within 15 working days.
You can find the original notification documents, submissions, technical evidence and other reports received before the hearing on the KiwiRail freight hub page.
24 September
Memorandum David Murphy(PDF, 420KB)
Decision On Appeals Against The Joint Boundary Committee Decision(PDF, 3MB)
Joint Boundary Committee Decision(PDF, 24MB)
Summary Statement Stormwater David Arseneau And Reiko Baugham(PDF, 93KB)
Evidence Addendum Rail Design Construction Operation Michael Than(PDF, 99KB)
Summary Statement Economics Shane Vuletich(PDF, 90KB)
Supplementary Evidence Note Infrastructure Robert Van Bentum(PDF, 95KB)
Summary Statement Lighting Glen Wright(PDF, 92KB)
29 September
Nick Jessen: Legal Counsel(PDF, 543KB)
Addendum Deborah Ryan: Air quality(PDF, 127KB)
Summary Statement Justine Quinn: Ecology(PDF, 76KB)
30 September
Evidence summary Amelia Linzey: Social impact(PDF, 426KB)
Summary Landscape and Visual Effects statement: Chantal Whitby(PDF, 97KB)
Landscape evidence: Chantel Whitby slide show(PDF, 3MB)
Summary Noise statement: Nigel Lloyd(PDF, 343KB)
Evidence addendum Transport: Harriet Fraser(PDF, 221KB)
Summary Planning Statement: Anita Copplestone(PDF, 175KB)
Reporting officers end of hearing condition set 30 Sep 2021(PDF, 571KB)
Reporting officers end of hearing documents
Commissioner Comments On Conditions And Amendments 30 Sept Hearing Session 7 October 2021(PDF, 42KB)
Reporting Officers Amendments To End Of Hearing Conditions 7 October 21(PDF, 651KB)
15 October
Appendix A: Kiwirail proposed conditions(PDF, 226KB)
Appendix B: Table of KiwiRail's and PNCC's conditions with commentary(PDF, 591KB)
Reply Submissions On Behalf Of Kiwirail Holdings Limited(PDF, 351KB)
Bundle of reply authorities for Kiwirail Holdings Limited reply submissions dated 14 October 2021 part1(PDF, 18MB)
Bundle of reply authorities for Kiwirail Holdings Limited reply submissions dated 14 October 2021 part2(PDF, 18MB)
Bundle of reply authorities for Kiwirail Holdings Limited reply submissions dated 14 October 2021 part3(PDF, 15MB)
Audio Recordings
9 August
9 August Am Part 1 Kiwirail Legal Submissions
9 August Am Part 2 Kiwirail Legal Submissions
9 August Am Part 3 Kiwirail Legal Submissions
9 August Am Part 4 Kiwirail Legal Submissions
9 August Pm Part 1 Questions From The Panel
9 August Pm Part 2 Questions From The Panel
9 August Pm Part 3 Questions From The Panel
9 August Pm Part 4 Questions From The Panel
9 August Pm Part 5 Questions From The Panel
10 August
10 August am session part 1: economics
10 August am session part 2: economics and geotechnical
10 August am session part 3: design construction and operation
10 August am session part 4: design construction and operation continued
10 August am session part 5: design construction and operation continued
10 August am session part 6: design construction and operation continued
10 August pm session part 1: transport
10 August pm session part 2: transport
10 August pm session part 3: stormwater and flooding
10 August pm session part 4: stormwater and flooding continued
10 August pm session part 4: stormwater and flooding continued1
11 August
11 August am session part 1: social impact
11 August am session part 2: social impact and ecology
11 August am session part 3: ecology continued
11 August am session part 4: ecology and contaminated land and air quality
11 August am session part 5: lighting and noise and vibration
11 August pm session part 1: noise and vibration
11 August pm session part 2: noise and vibration
11 August pm session part 3: noise and vibration
12 August
12 August am session part 1: Glen and Carol Woodfield
12 August am session part 2: landscape and visual
12 August am session part 3: landscape and visual
12 August am session part 4: landscape and visual
13 August
13 August am session part 1: planning
13 August am session part 2: planning
13 August am session part 3: planning
13 August am session part 4: planning
16 August
16 August am session part 1: CEDA Central NZ Distribution Hub Stakeholders
16 August am session part 2: Tutaki 2019 Ltd
16 August am session part 4: Kaitiaki O Ngati Raukawa and PMB Landco Ltd Brian Green Properties and Commbuild Property Ltd
16 August am session part 3: Aorangi Papakainga and Nga Kaitiaki O Ngati Kauwhata
16 August am session part 5: PMB Landco Ltd Brian Green Properties and Commbuild Property Ltd and Zaneta Park
16 August pm session 1: submissions 18 51 27 40 10 7 And 57
17 August
17 August am session part 1: submission 72
17 August am session part 2: submission 72 and 81
17 August am session part 3: submission 97
17 August am session part 4: submission 97
17 August am session part 5: submission 97
17 August am session part 6: submissions 97 and 58
17 August pm session part 1: submission 65
17 August pm session part 2: submission 48
17 August pm session part 3: submission 98
17 August pm session part 4: submission 98 and 2
17 August pm session part 5: submission 61
17 August pm session part 6: submission 61
17 August pm session part 7: submission 61
17 August pm session part 8: submission 69
14 September
Robyn Curtis
Meriti Taipana
Gordon Malcolm
Horizons Regional Council
Accelerate 25 Manawatu Whanganui
Nicola Schreurs & Thomas Good
Martin Jones
John Bent
Counsel For Fox & Whittle Part A
Counsel For Fox & Whittle Part B
Counsel For Fox & Whittle Part C
Counsel For Fox & Whittle Part D
17 September
Fox & Whittle Kiwirail Hearing 17Sep21, Part A
Fox & Whittle Kiwirail Hearing 17Sep21, Part B
Fox & Whittle Kiwirail Hearing 17Sep21, Part C
Fox & Whittle Kiwirail Hearing 17Sep21, Part D
24 September
David Murphy part a
David Murphy part b
Michael Than: rail design construction
Reiko Baugham and David Arseneau: stormwater
Robert van Bentum: infrastructure
Shane Vuletich: economics
29 September
Nicholas Jessen: Legal Counsel part a
Nicholas Jessen: Legal Counsel part b
Nicholas Jessen: Legal Counsel part c
Deborah Ryan: Air quality
Justine Quinn: Ecology
30 September
Amelia Linzey: Social Impact
Chantal Whitby: Landscape and visual effects
Nigel Lloyd: Acoustics part a
Nigel Lloyd: Acoustics part b
Harriet Fraser: Transport
Anita Copplestone: Planning part a
Anita Copplestone: Planning part b
15 October
KiwiRail right of reply: part a
KiwiRail right of reply: part b
KiwiRail right of reply: part c
KiwiRail right of reply: part d
KiwiRail right of reply: part e