Nukuhau Private Plan Change
Decision on Plan Change 37 to the Taupō District Plan
4 March 2022
The decision on Plan Change 37 has now been notified. You can find the public notice, decision and the new plan change text below. Alternatively you can view the plan change within the Eplan (sections 3a, 4a and Appendix 9 – additions underlined).
Any person who made a submission on Plan Change 36 – Nukuhau may appeal the Commissioners decision on their submission to the Environment Court. In accordance with Clause 14 of the First Schedule of the Resource Management Act 1991, appeals must be in the prescribed form and lodged with the Environment Court within 30 working days (deadline is 5pm Tuesday 19 April) of serving the notification of the decision.
- Public Notice (PDF, 396KB)
- Plan Change Decision (PDF, 541KB)
- Modified District Plan provisions (PDF, 1MB)
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Proposed Plan Change 37 to the Taupō District Plan
REQUEST TO REZONE RURAL LAND TO RESIDENTIAL AND MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AT NUKUHAU
What is a request for a private plan change?
The Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) allows anyone to apply for changes to district or regional plans through a request for a private plan change. Part II of the First Schedule of the RMA sets out procedural matters for local authorities to follow in dealing with requests for plan changes.
Taupō District Council has accepted a request from a group of co-operating landowners for Plan Change 37 which means that the plan change remains a private plan change with Council administering the process.
The Plan Change request seeks to:
Change the zoning of 77.78 hectares of Rural Environment zoned land to a mix of General Residential and Medium Density Residential. It also seeks to provide a Neighbourhood Shopping Centre (Shops) overlay over an area in the proposed General Residential Zone and areas of stormwater and recreation reserves. These proposed zone changes propose to enable the future development of approximately 780 dwellings in an area identified in the Taupō District 2050 - Growth Management Strategy (TD2050) as a northern growth area.
Enquiries about this plan change can be directed to Hilary Samuel, phone (07) 376 1591 or email hsamuel@taupo.govt.nz.
Map showing location affected by Plan Change 37

Hearing
The Hearing for Plan Change 37 was heard by Hearing Commissioners Mr David Hill (Chairperson), Dayle Hunia and Councillor Kevin Taylor on 8-9 November 2021.
View the hearing on our YouTube channel
Procedural minutes from the Hearings Panel can be found in the document below:
Additional information – December 2021
Council evidence - 9 November 2021
- Summary statement of Adam Gray.pdf (PDF, 84.9KB)
- Summary statement of C Meadowcroft.pdf (PDF, 116KB)
- Summary statement of David Smith.pdf (PDF, 150.1KB)
- Summary statement of Geoffrey Farquhar.pdf (PDF, 168KB)
- Summary statement of Lynda Walter.pdf (PDF, 80.7KB)
- Summary statement of M Bonis.pdf (PDF, 212.5KB)
- Summary statement of M Cordell.pdf (PDF, 105.3KB)
- Summary statement of Morne Hugo.pdf (PDF, 191.2KB)
- Summary statement of Rebecca Ryder.pdf (PDF, 123.8KB)
- Summary statement of T Swindells.pdf (PDF, 77.2KB)
- Summary statement of W Shaw.pdf (PDF, 192KB)
Additional information – November 2021
- Additional information from submitter Thomas Hendricks.pdf (PDF, 77.8KB)
- Garrick Workman submitter no 45 - tabled document.pdf (PDF, 43.7KB)
- Legal submission - Joint Statement of Evidence of Mr Alec Wilson (Chair Rangatira Trust) and Mr Alex Wilson Jnr (TreasurerSecretery Rangatira E Trust).pdf (PDF, 84.5KB)
- Legal Submission - Rangatira E.pdf (PDF, 571.2KB)
- Nukuhau Plan Change Additional Modelling - Emma Cui and Allan Liu.pdf (PDF, 399.4KB)
Applicant Evidence - 5 November 2021
- Opening legal submissions.pdf (PDF, 415.7KB)
- Reply statement - Cheryl Cleary (planning summary update and reply).pdf (PDF, 571.6KB)
- Reply statement - Hamish Crawford (summary and reply - consultation Contact Energy).pdf (PDF, 178.4KB)
- Reply statement - Kirsty Sykes.pdf (PDF, 1.4MB)
- Reply statement - Tim Heath Retail (distribution effects).pdf (PDF, 228.2KB)
- Reply statement - Warren Bird (Stormwater gully network).pdf (PDF, 462.3KB)
- Statement of evidence - Neil Hickman (landowner).pdf (PDF, 133.9KB)
- Summary statement - Robert Swears (transportation).pdf (PDF, 205.8KB)
Submitters Evidence - 29 October 2021
- Bike Taupo Planning Evidence PC37.pdf (PDF, 200.6KB)
- Contact Energy.pdf (PDF, 903.3KB)
- Heritage New Zealand.pdf (PDF, 501.8KB)
- Paul Henson.pdf (PDF, 656.4KB)
- Rangaira 8A17 and associated Trusts.pdf (PDF, 5.5MB)
- Rangatira E Planning evidence PC37.pdf (PDF, 1.7MB)
- Statement of Andrew Kusabs 5 November 2021.pdf (PDF, 135KB)
- Waikato Regional Council Evidence Hannah Craven.pdf (PDF, 884.5KB)
- Waikato Regional Council Evidence Jon Palmer.pdf (PDF, 2.7MB)
Applicant Evidence - 20 October 2021
- Statement of Evidence of Cheryl Cleary (Planning).pdf (PDF, 8.1MB)
- Statement of evidence of Hamish Crawford (Planner and project manager).pdf (PDF, 2.1MB)
- Statement of evidence of Ian Gray (Geotechnical).pdf (PDF, 177.8KB)
- Statement of evidence of James Gladwin (Site contamination).pdf (PDF, 175.8KB)
- Statement of evidence of John Turner (Ecology).pdf (PDF, 219.4KB)
- Statement of evidence of Kirsty Sykes (Archaeology).pdf (PDF, 201KB)
- Statement of evidence of Nick Aiken (Urban design).pdf (PDF, 217.2KB)
- Statement of evidence of Robert Swears (Transportation).pdf (PDF, 4.1MB)
- Statement of Evidence of Ruihan Cui (Traffic modelling).pdf (PDF, 2.2MB)
- Statement of evidence of Stefan Steyn (Landscape and visual).pdf (PDF, 211.1KB)
- Statement of evidence of Tim Heath (Residential land supply).pdf (PDF, 157.6KB)
- Statement of evidence of Warren Bird (3 Waters).pdf (PDF, 672.7KB)
Joint Witness Statements – 18 October 2021
Council Section 42A Report - 6 October 2021
- Section 42A Report.pdf (PDF, 2.1MB)
- Attachment D - PEL 2021.pdf (PDF, 344.4KB)
- Attachment E - 3 Waters.pdf (PDF, 379.2KB)
- Attachment F - Transport.pdf (PDF, 1.2MB)
- Attachment G - Archaeolgy.pdf (PDF, 1.2MB)
- Attachment H - Ecology.pdf (PDF, 469KB)
- Attachment I - Landscape.pdf (PDF, 1.3MB)
- Attachment J - Urban Design.pdf (PDF, 580KB)
- Attachment K - Contamination.pdf (PDF, 1.3MB)
- Attachment L - Geotechnical.pdf (PDF, 340.9KB)
Additional Information - September 2021
Additional Information - May 2021
- Additional information WSP Nukuhau Private Plan Change.pdf (PDF, 952.3KB)
- Response to TDC Request for further info.pdf (PDF, 3.5MB)
- Attachment 1 Nukuhau Land_Swap_V1-L003(A).pdf (PDF, 212.4KB)
- Attachment 2 Nukuhau Project V16-L001(O).pdf (PDF, 911.6KB)
- Attachment 3 Waikato Regional Council.pdf (PDF, 287.9KB)
- Attachment 4 HNZPT.PDF (PDF, 304.3KB)
- Attachment 5 Spark.pdf (PDF, 635.3KB)
- Attachment 6 Ministry of Education.pdf (PDF, 598.8KB)
Further Submissions
Submissions
You can view the summary of submissions, and full copies of submissions below: