Friday, 5 February 2021, 4:20 pm
Joint Media Release - Bay of Plenty Regional
Council and Tauranga City Council
Resource
consents for the development of a new jet fuel storage
facility in Mount Maunganui have been declined.
The
decision under the Resource Management Act in relation to
the Timaru Oil Services Limited application was released
yesterday. (subs February 4)
It confirmed that
resource consent was declined for several reasons, including
the determination that the amenity and cultural effects
associated with the proposed tanks were not
acceptable.
Bay of Plenty Regional Council Consents
Manager, Reuben Fraser says this decision demonstrates the
importance of the local community around Whareroa Marae
Press Release – Joint Press Release Joint Media Release – Bay of Plenty Regional Council and Tauranga City Council Resource consents for the development of a new jet fuel storage facility in Mount Maunganui have been declined. The decision under the Resource Management Act in relation to …
Joint Media Release – Bay of Plenty Regional Council and Tauranga City Council
Resource consents for the development of a new jet fuel storage facility in Mount Maunganui have been declined.
The decision under the Resource Management Act in relation to the Timaru Oil Services Limited application was released yesterday. (subs February 4)
It confirmed that resource consent was declined for several reasons, including the determination that the amenity and cultural effects associated with the proposed tanks were not acceptable.
Consent denied for jet fuel tank farm near Whareroa Marae
5 Feb, 2021 03:00 AM
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Joel Ngātuere, marae environment spokesman and Emma Jones of Clear the Air Mount Maunganui stroll the harbour edge by Whareroa Marae. Photo
/ George Novak
An independent commissioner has turned down an oil company s application to build a jet fuel tank farm near a 150-year-old marae in Mount Maunganui. Emotions were running high today among supporters of the Whareroa Marae, and the residents who live and work around it, as news of the decision filtered through.
The marae, of Ngāi Te Rangi hapū Ngāti Kuku and Ngāi Tukairangi, opposed resource consent applications by Timaru Oil Services Ltd to build and operate four 20m-high tanks to store A-1 jet fuel and diesel at 216 Totara St.
Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Kuia chair Waihaere Mason said the law change gave an opportunity to have an iwi voice at the table. “It will also help us to become collectively stronger in our partnership where we work together to make decisions for the good of all . This is a great change and [it s] long overdue.” Three of New Zealand’s 78 councils had Māori wards; Wairoa District Council, Bay of Plenty Regional Council and Waikato Regional Council. Nine councils were attempting to run Māori wards in next year s elections, with this week s law change meaning the public could not overturn the council s decision. Previously, if more than 5 per cent of votes signed a petition then the decision went to the public, with the outcome being binding.