Result so far for this submission process.
Dear Submitter,
Thank you for providing your updated submission / confirming your interest in being heard.
You have requested the opportunity to be heard in support of your submission on the application to restrict access to Fiordland National Park at Deepwater Basin in Milford Sound (45654-OTH).
The hearing date is set for the 11th of March 2025, both in person at the Kingsgate Hotel in Te Anau and online via TEAMS.
Please note that this will be an open hearing, so members of the public, mana whenua and journalists may also attend. They will not be given the opportunity to speak.
The agenda for the hearing is attached to this email. The TEAMS invite can be found below.
All submitters will be given 15 minutes, 10 minutes to speak and 5 minutes to answer questions from the hearing panel.
Prior to the hearing both the application, and all submissions will be available via our website, on the same page as the notification was published.
Please contact me if you have any questions about this email, the attached agenda, or the Hearing process.
Ngā mihi,
Ellanor Babbage
Permissions Advisor | Kai Tūtohu
Dunedin | Ōtepoti
DOC allowed a late submission of information by FLC. this was their reply when questioned why it was not opened back up for public submission
On 13/02/2025 16:17 NZDT DNSubmissions <dnsubmissions@doc.govt.nz> wrote:
Kia ora Dave,
We do not consider that the additional information alters the proposal by Fiordland Lobster Company so significantly that it requires a further submission period. The main points of the proposal have not altered, and this further information provides only detail on the points contained in the proposal at the time it was publicly notified.
We consider that it is fair to allow submitters who have met the submissions deadline the opportunity to consider the additional information prior to any hearing process and alter their submission in relation to this further detail.
I understand the frustration for those who missed the deadline, but we are not reopening submissions to the general public.
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Department of Conservation | Te Papa Atawhai
Have your say on the potential restriction of access to the working port area of Deepwater Basin in Milford Sound/Piopiotahi. Submissions close midnight 3 February 2025.Tēnā koe
Summary of proposal: The restriction of access to the commercial port to manage an established health and safety risk via the installation of a fence across the hardstand between the petrol tanks/boat ramp, and the Fiordland Lobster Company building and ‘Whitehouse’. The purpose of this fence is to manage access to the working port area of Deepwater Basin to prevent accidents occurring due to the commercial activities occurring from this area.
Click to access map-area-fiordland-lobster-company.pdf
What was suggested in 2018
nzfiordrectrust.com 