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Fast-track Approvals Bill

Fast-track approval approvals process for eligible projects - Decisions about referral of projects and process of referral - Application process

16: Consultation requirements for applicants for approvals referral applications

You could also call this:

“Talking to important groups before asking for a fast approval”

Before you submit an application for a fast-track approval, you need to talk to several groups of people. You must speak with the local Māori tribes (iwi) and sub-tribes (hapū) who have authority in the area. This includes groups that have special agreements with the government about how to manage the land and sea.

You also need to talk to the local Māori people if your project affects areas where they have special fishing rights. These areas are called taiāpure-local fisheries or mātaitai reserves.

If your project is in or near the sea, you need to consult with groups who have applied for customary marine title. This means they’ve asked the government to recognise their traditional rights to that part of the coast.

If your project is in or near the area of Ngāti Porou (a Māori tribe), you must talk to their sub-tribes.

You also need to speak with the local councils in the area where your project will happen. Finally, you must consult with the government agencies that are in charge of the laws that affect your project.

All of these conversations must happen before you can submit your application.

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Topics:
Environment and resources > Town planning
Government and voting > Local councils
Māori affairs > Māori land
Māori affairs > Treaty of Waitangi
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Part 2 Fast-track approval approvals process for eligible projects
Decisions about referral of projects and process of referral: Application process

16Consultation requirements for applicants for approvals referral applications

  1. Before lodging a referral application, the applicant must consult—

  2. any relevant iwi authorities, hapū, and Treaty settlement entities, including—
    1. iwi authorities and groups that represent hapū that are parties to relevant Mana Whakahono ā Rohe or joint management agreements; and
      1. the tangata whenua of any area within the project area that is a taiāpure-local fishery, a mātaitai reserve, or an area that is subject to bylaws made under Part 9 of the Fisheries Act 1996; and
      2. any relevant applicant groups with applications for customary marine title under the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana Act) 2011 ; and
        1. ngā hapū o Ngāti Porou, if the project area is within or adjacent to, or the project would directly affect, ngā rohe moana o ngā hapū o Ngāti Porou; and
          1. the relevant local authorities ; and
            1. the relevant administering agencies.