Change 1 - Dryland Farming

Plan Change 1 to the Hurunui and Waiau River Regional Plan (PDF File, 5.93MB) is operative and aims to ensure that dryland farming in the Hurunui Waiau zone is not unreasonably constrained by the rule framework managing the cumulative effects on water quality from land use. It is the result of a collaborative process led by the Hurunui Waiau Zone Committee.

Current stage

7. Plan Operative~~

Decisions on submissions (PDF File, 242.8KB)
Minor Corrections Memorandum including Schedule of Changes for PC1 to the HWRRP - 31 August 2020 (PDF File, 140.86KB)
Plan Change 1 was approved at a Council meeting on 27 August 2020 and was made operative on 14 September 2020. Hurunui and Waiau River Regional Plan (PDF File, 5.93MB).

Previous stages

1. Review

In 2014 the Hurunui community identified a problem with the suite of plan provisions known as the “10% rule”. In 2017, the Hurunui Waiau Zone Committee embarked on a collaborative process to identify a solution to that problem. Proposed Plan Change 1 is a result of that collaborative process.

2. Public notifications

Proposed plan and section 32 report~~

Supporting documents

Social

Hurunui Waiau Healthy Rivers, Productive Land: Social Community Profile Assessment (PDF File, 1.07MB)

Economics

Document	Author/Date
Capacity for the Canterbury Regional Council and industry to efficiently process consents that would be required from dryland farmers under the 10% rule	Lisa Jenkins, December 2017
Hurunui zone limit setting process: Economic assessment of the current state	Simon Harris, August 2017
Overview of the Sheep and Beef Farming Sector within the Hurunui Region	Lauren Philips, Beef+Lamb NZ. March 2018
Overview of the sheep and beef farming sector in Hurunui	Beef+Lamb New Zealand: Economic service. 7 March 2018

Water quality – current state

Document	Author/Date
What we know about water quality in the Hurunui catchment: Results from current monitoring and investigations	Kimberley Dynes, Hamish Graham, Ned Norton, 20 March 2017
What do we currently know?... about surface water quality & land use in the Hurunui catchment: Gathering current knowledge with the Science Stakeholder Group: 8 March 2017, Waipara	Kimberley Dynes, Adrian Meredith, Hamish Graham, Ned Norton, Ognjen Mojsilovic, 8 March 2017
Hurunui catchment groundwater quality	Hamish Graham, 15 February 2017
What we know about water quality in the Hurunui and Waiau River catchments: Results from current monitoring and investigations	Ned Norton, Kimberley Dynes, Hamish Graham, 19 June 2017
What do we currently know?... about surface water quality & land use in the Waiau River catchment: Gathering current knowledge with the Science Stakeholder Group: 16 November 2016, Amberley	Kimberley Dynes, Adrian Meredith, Maureen Whalen, Hamish Graham, Ned Norton, Ognjen Mojsilovic, 16 November 2016

Water Quality - general

Document	Author/Date
Hurunui River recreational water quality summary 2016/17	Kimberley Dynes & Jarred Arthur, 18 September 2017.
Hurunui River at State Highway 7: faecal source tracking 2017/18	Jarred Arthur, 8 August 2018
The rise of toxic benthic Phormidium proliferations: A review of their taxonomy, distribution, toxin content and factors regulating prevalence and increased severity	Tara G. McAllister, Susanna A. Wood, Ian Hawes. 2016
Phormidium accrual cycles in Canterbury rivers: relative effects of flow and nutrients	Tara McAllister, 15 Febriary 2017
Periphyton in relation to nutrients and flows in the Hurunui River January to May 2015	Cathy Kilroy and Janine Wech, 1 February 2017
Spatial and temporal patterns in nutrient concentrations and periphyton in the Hurunui River January to May 2015	Cathy Kilroy and Janine Wech, September 2015
Assessment of effects of the proposed approach to fix the 10% rule on water quality in the Jed River	Norton, N. March 2019.
AICs Environmental Collective: How, What, Where and When	Amuri Irrigation Co. 24 April 2017
Winter Forage area in the Jed catchment	Brown, J. September 2018

Water Quality – Waiau limits

Document	Author/Date
Presentation Predicted environmental effects of nutrient increases Waiau	Kimberley Dynes, 7 February 2018
What are the predicted environmental effects of a percent increase in nitrogen and phosphorus for the Waiau River catchment?	Kimberley Dynes and Ned Norton, 2 February 2018
Waiau WQ limits March 2018	Lisa Jenkins, March 2018
What do we know about future nutrient losses from irrigated and dryland	Ned Norton, January 2018

Phosphorus

Document	Author/Date
Technical progress update: 1) Dryland farming related information, including estimating potential for forage cropping; 2) Outstanding questions on deferral of water takes issue	Ned Norton, 20 November 2017
Technical progress update presentation 1) dryland farming 2) Flow deferral (20 November 2017)	Ned Norton, 20 November 2017
Sources of manageable phosphorus losses in the Hurunui and Waiau catchments	Adrian Meredith, 8 November 2017
Amuri Irrigation nutrient loads and management	Peter Brown, 1 November 2017

Environmental flows & allocations

Document	Author/Date
Environmental consequences of continuing delay to implementing HWRRP minimum flows	Graeme Clark, Jeanine Toplen, Ned Norton, Suzanne Gabites, Hamish Graham, 16 October 2017
Implications of further HWRRP minimum flow deferral on ecological values	Graeme Clark, Jeanine Toplen, Ned Norton, Kimberley Dynes, Suzanne Gabites, Hamish Graham, 16 October 2017
Hydrological change from implementing HWRRP minimum flows	Peter Brown, 25 September 2017
How might climate change impact on Hurunui flow assessment?	Suzanne Gabites and Jeanine Toplen, 20 November 2017
Irrigation reliability	Mark Everest, 4 December 2017
On-farm impact of irrigation restrictions	Peter Brown, 4 December 2017
Actions to improve water quality and biodiversity	Amuri Irrigation Company, 20 November 2017

Resource consent (nutrient allocation) decisions

Document	Author/Date
Amuri Irrigation Landuse consent decision	Canterbury Regional Council, August 2015
Report and decision of hearing commissioners in relation to Hurunui Water Project scheme consents	Canterbury Regional Council, August 2013
Report and decision of hearing commissioners in relation to Ngai Tahu Forest Estates Balmoral consents	Canterbury Regional Council, July 2014

Development of approach to identify N load required to offset dryland farming “10% rule” fix

Document	Author/Date
Nitrogen Concentrations and loads in the Hurunui River at SH1	Aqualinc, March 2016
Summary of process to estimate the nitrogen load increase that would need to be offset in the Hurunui catchment as part of fixing the dryland farming 10% rule issue	N. Norton; 12 April 2018
Estimating the plausible worst case increase in nitrogen load from a new way of permitting normal dryland farming, that would need to be offset by decreases elsewhere in order to stay within the Hurunui Waiau River Regional Plan (HWRRP) nitrogen load limit	N. Norton; 16 March 2018
What is the risk of increase to the area of winter grazing of forage crops if normal dryland farming is permitted?	N. Norton (7 March 2018)
Modelling changes in Hurunui and Waiau catchment root zone nitrogen losses from hypothetical scenarios of permitted winter forage development	O. Mojsilovic (25 Jan 2018)
What do we know about future nutrient losses in the Waiau catchment from both irrigated and dryland development, and under different assumed amounts of permitted winter grazing of forage crops?	N. Norton (29 Jan 2018)
Likely trends of dryland farming as a permitted activity in the Hurunui and Waiau Zone (In the context of water quality discussions).	J. Brown (Feb 2018)
Technical progress update: 1) Dryland farming related information, including estimating potential for forage cropping; 2) Outstanding questions on deferral of water takes issue	N. Norton (20 Nov 2017)
Estimates of area for winter forage crops in Hurunui and Waiau catchments	O. Mojsilovic (6 Nov 2017)
Hurunui and Waiau catchment nutrient calculators	P. Brown (6 Nov 2017)
Amuri Irrigation nutrient loads and management	P. Brown (1 Nov 2017)
Hurunui River nutrient modelling: impact of dryland intensification	P. Brown (15 March 2015)
AIC approach to N accounting	P. Brown (7 November 2017)
A survey of dairy cow wintering practices in Canterbury, New Zealand	J. P. Edwards, K. Mashlan, D. E. Dalley and J. B. Pinxterhuis. 2016
Nitrogen allocation in the Hurunui catchment and its relevance for dryland farming and a draft plan change to fix the 10% rule	N. Norton (28 November 2018)

HWRRP

Document	Author/Date
An Assessment of the Efficiency and Effectiveness of the Hurunui and Waiau River Regional Plan	Liz White, February 2018
Advice Note: Dryland farming and triggering the land use change rules in the Hurunui and Waiau River Regional Plan (HWRRP)	Environment Canterbury, July 2015
Commissioners recommendation report on the HWRRP	Canterbury Regional Council, April 2013

Consultation material

Document	Author/Date
Consultation Booklet - Farm Plans and catchment accounting, June 2018	Canterbury Regional Council, June 2018
Fixing the 10% Rule: issues and options	Canterbury Regional Council, October 2017
Schedule 1 feedback summary	Canterbury Regional Council, 2018

Zone Committee planning papers (other than those listed under other topic headings)

Document	Author/Date
Targeted planning approach, March 2017	Lisa Jenkins, March 2017
Optionsfor making dryland farming a permitted activity August 2017	Lisa Jenkins, August 2017
Plan options for making dryland a permitted activity January 2018	Lisa Jenkins, January 2018
Dryland farming and offsets recommendations March 2018	Lisa Jenkins, March 2018
Collectives and catchment accounting March 2018	Lisa Jenkins, March 2018
Accounting and collectives and update on offsetting April 2018	Lisa Jenkins, April 2018
Accounting and collectives May 2018	Lisa Jenkins, May 2018
Collectives and accounting recommendations July 2018	Lisa Jenkins, June 2018

Science Stakeholder Group meeting notes

Document
TOR Hurunui Science Stakeholder Group - agreed 18 October 2016
Hurunui SSG meeting notes 20 Oct 16
Hurunui SSG meeting notes 16 Nov 16
Hurunui SSG meeting notes 30 Nov 16
Hurunui SSG meeting notes 01 Feb 17
Hurunui SSG meeting notes 15 Feb 17
Hurunui SSG meeting notes (Waipara) 08 Mar 16
Hurunui SSG meeting notes 19 Apr 17
Hurunui SSG meeting notes 08 Nov 17
Hurunui SSG meeting notes 07 Feb 18
Hurunui SSG meeting notes 07 Mar 18

3. Submissions

Original submissions

Document	Submitter ID
Amuri Irrigation Company	9
Aotearoa New Zealand Fine Wine Estates	17
Beef and Lamb New Zealand	24
Emu Plains Irrigation Incorporated	27
Fonterra Co-operative	25
Forest and Bird	15
Hurunui District Council	3
Hurunui District Landcare Group	26
North Canterbury Fish and Game	23
North Canterbury Province, Federated Farmers	16
Planetary Healing Foundation	20
Ravensdown Ltd	11
Rural Advocacy Network	7
Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu	14

Further submissions

Document	Submitter ID
Amuri Irrigation Limited	109
Aotearoa New Zealand Fine Wine Estates	117
Beef and Lanb New Zealand	124
North Canterbury Province, Federated Farmers	116
Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu	114

4. Hearings

Council documents

Independent Hearing Commissioner documents

Indicative Hearing Schedule

Time	21/10/2019 - Waipara Hills Winery	22/10/2019 - Cheviot Trust Hotel
10.30am	Council	Hurunui Landcare Group Rural Advocacy Network
12.30 pm	Lunch	Lunch
1.30pm	Federated Farmers Amuri Irrigation Ltd Beef + Lamb Planetary Healing Foundation	Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu

Submitter Documents

Hearing audios

5. Decisions

6. Appeals

No appeals were lodged on the plan change and it is now beyond challenge.

Breadcrumbs

Change 1 - Dryland Farming

Current stage

Previous stages

Indicative Hearing Schedule