Resource consent application for flood mitigation works – Wairoa

Applicant’s details

Applicant: Hawke’s Bay Regional Council
HBRC resource consent application number: APP-131470
WDC resource consent application number: RM260001
Find out more on the Crown's Wairoa Flood Mitigation project website.

Details of resource consent proposed activities

• To undertake flood protection works under the Severe Weather Emergency Recovery (Hawke’s Bay Flood Protection Works) Order 2024, with associated diversion of flood waters
• To construct a floodway formed by two stop banks or floodwalls in North Clyde
• To construct a stopbank or floodwall on the town side of the true right of the Wairoa River
• Vegetation clearance and soil disturbance
• Discharge of dust associated with construction works
• Discharge of drainage water (during construction and ongoing)
• The take and use of surface water or groundwater (relating to the ‘take’ of drainage water and the taking and use of water from the Wairoa River for construction and dust suppression purposes)
• Discharge of sediment laden water to land or water
• Discharge of solid contaminants within 20 m of a surface waterbody
• Diversion of the Wairoa River during times of flood arising from the stopbanks/floodway
• Riverbed and lake disturbances (disturbance of the northern and southern permanent streams, installation of culverts, stormwater outlets and scour protection solutions)
• Flood mitigation activities associated with both earthworks and construction works within the Rural, Residential and Conservation and Reserves Zones.
• Disturbance of soil under the National Environmental Standards for Assessing and Managing Contaminants in Soil to Protect Human Health (NES-CS).
• Disturbance works in the proximity of A139 and A140 (Schedule 1 Wairoa District Plan).
• Clearance or disturbance of areas of significant indigenous vegetation and/or significant habitats of indigenous fauna.
• Clearance or disturbance of any naturally occurring wetland.
• Works associated with the construction of new or reinstated utilities.

The area covered by the OIC is a Controlled activity. Consent documents can be found below.

Activity Location 

The area of works alongside the Wairoa River, and between Ruataniwha Road and Waihirere Road, and along Mitchell Road and Marine Parade as shown in Figure 1.

 Figure 1: Location of Proposed Works

Supporting Documents

• 0. OIC RC Application
• 5. Archaeological Scoping Assessment
• 6. Ecological Scoping Assessment
• 7. Landscape Scoping Assessment
• 8. Preliminary Site Investigation and Limited Detailed Site Investigation
• 9. Concept Design Report and Plans part 1
• 9. Concept Design Report and Plans part 2
• 9. Concept Design Report and Plans part 3
• 10. Proposed Conditions
• 11. Affected Land Parcels Footprint & Adjoining Footprint
• 13. Consequential Flooding Assessment
• 14. Consequential Flooding Assessment Review Letter - November 2025
• 15. Consequential Flooding Assessment Review Letter - September 2025
• HBRC Application Form A

Comments on Application

Comments closed at 5pm on Wednesday 28 January 2026.

Note: As this application is made pursuant to the Order In Council 2024 (OIC) no submissions, objections or appeals may be made on this type of application.

The summary of comments and response to those comments is included in the s42A Report below.

• HBRC s.42A Report.pdf
• WDC s42A Report

The decision for the application was made on 23 February 2026

• Hearings Commissioner Decision