Update 26 September 2025Te Ara Tipuna Charitable Trust has requested that processing of its publicly notified resource consent application is suspended while it secures additional funding. The application is currently suspended under section 91A and 92 of the Resource Management Act 1991. This means the process is on hold and no further steps will take place until the Trust is ready to progress the application. We appreciate your continued interest and will provide further updates when the next steps are confirmed. Submitters will also be notified directly at that time. Note it is now intended that the hearing will proceed in 2026. The Trust recently provided updated consent application documentation in response to the section 92 request for further information. The updated application documentation has been uploaded to the website. Please note the application documents may change following a full review of the application and section 92 response once the suspension has been lifted by the Trust. IMPORTANT NOTE: Appendices B & C will be uploaded once they are received by Council. Update 11 April 2025The amended resource consent application for the Te Ara Tipuna trail was expected to be lodged by the applicant on 11 April 2025. Council has been advised that the applicant - Te Ara Tipuna Trust, is not yet in a position to provide the amended application or the full response to the Council’s further information request. The applicant has advised that additional time is required to finalize the amended application and associated material, and that lodgment may be delayed by at least four weeks or more. We appreciate your continued patience as we await the next steps in the process. Council intends to directly notify all submitters as soon as possible. Update 26 March 2025The Te Ara Tipuna Trust (the Trust) released a letter notifying submitters of the intention to amend its current notified resource consent application to shorten the proposed walking trail. This announcement provides the Council’s formal acknowledgement of the Trust’s correspondence. The Trust’s proposed amendment will have the effect of terminating the trail on the boundary between Gisborne District Council and Ōpōtiki District Council/Bay of Plenty Regional Council at the township of Potaka. A map of the reduced extent of the trail is appended to the Trust’s letter. The original application proposed a trail commencing in Gisborne and terminating at Ōpōtiki, passing through the rohe of Ngāti Porou, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Ngāi Tai ki Tōrere, and Te Whakatōhea.
The amended trail will be within the Ngāti Porou rohe only. As noted in the Trust’s letter, a formal amendment to the application and further information about the application is currently being prepared by the Trust and is expected to be lodged with Council by 11 April 2025, after which a hearing will be arranged under the direction of the appointed hearing commissioner panel. Once the amended application and further information is received, it will be published here. A copy of the Trust’s letter and Council’s follow-up correspondence can be viewed in the application documents section below. These include information about the proposed amendment and advice on how to withdraw your submission if you believe the changes mean you are no longer affected by the application. |
