Far North District Council - Whatuwhiwhi WWTP

The following application for a resource consent has been received by the Northland Regional Council and is publicly notified pursuant to Section 95A of the Resource Management Act 1991.

Applicant

Far North District Council

Address for service

Losaline Finekifolau | Email: Losaline.Finekifolau@fndc.govt.nz

Application number

APP.007203.02.03

Location

Inland Road, Karikari Peninsula

Activity description

Renewal of the resource consents for the continued operation of the Whatuwhiwhi WWTP.

The following consents are required:

  • To discharge treated wastewater to water from the outlet of the treatment system.
  • To discharge contaminants to land via seepage from the base of the treatment system. 
  • Discharge contaminants to air (primarily odour).

The application includes an assessment of environmental effects.  The application documents may be viewed below; and during office hours at the Northland Regional Council’s office at Kaitaia Office located at 192 Commerce Street, Kaitaia 0410.

Any person may make a written or electronic submission on this application.  The submission must be in the prescribed form (Form 13) (DOCX 322 KB).  Electronic copies of this form are available under 'Documents' below.

Please note that if a hearing is required, the applicant has requested that independent commissioners are appointed to the hearing panel.  This means that you are not required to complete Section 8 of the Northland Regional Council’s submission form regarding “Hearing by Commissioners who are not members of the council”.

If you wish to make a submission on the above application, you must do so by serving it on the Northland Regional Council on or before Thursday 12 March 2026.  There are two ways in which you may serve your submission (Note: the date that you complete either of these actions is the date that you are deemed to have ‘served’ your submission and this must be done on or before Thursday 12 March 2026:

  1. You may post your submission to Private Bag 9021, Te Mai, Whangārei 0143; or
  2. You may e-mail your submission to info@nrc.govt.nz

You must serve a copy of your submission on the applicant (at either the applicant’s address for service or email address stated above) as soon as reasonably practicable after serving your submission on the Northland Regional Council.

If you require further explanation of this application or further information before deciding whether to make a submission, please do not hesitate to contact Ben Tait at Ben.Tait@beca.com