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Kaituna River Re-diversion and Te Awa o Ngatoroirangi / Maket Estuary Enhancement Project 2 May 2018 Update Meeting agenda 1. Background to project 2. What has been done? 3. Introducing J Swap Contractors 4. What work is planned? 5. How

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Kaituna River Re-diversion and Te Awa o Ngatoroirangi / Maketū Estuary Enhancement Project

2 May 2018 Update

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Meeting agenda

  • 1. Background to project
  • 2. What has been done?
  • 3. Introducing J Swap Contractors
  • 4. What work is planned?
  • 5. How will that affect you?
  • 6. How will we communicate?
  • 7. He patai / questions
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Background

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2011 Aerials

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The flood tide delta – lower estuary full of sand

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Gracilaria algae and anoxic mud

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Lingbya and Ulva flexuosa algae at Papahikahawai

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Meeting agenda

  • 1. Background to project
  • 2. What has been done?
  • 3. Introducing J Swap Contractors
  • 4. What work is planned?
  • 5. How will that affect you?
  • 6. How will we communicate?
  • 7. He patai / questions
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Progress to date

  • 45ha land acquisition
  • Investigations, modelling
  • Consenting and appeals
  • Causeway removal
  • Papahikahawai Bridge
  • Chenier creation
  • 20,000 plants so far
  • Power and water lines
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Meeting agenda

  • 1. Background to project
  • 2. What has been done?
  • 3. Introducing J Swap Contractors
  • 4. What work is planned?
  • 5. How will that affect you?
  • 6. How will we communicate?
  • 7. He patai / questions
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  • Company

established 1937 in Matamata

  • 3rd generation of

Swap family

  • 500 employees
  • Key personnel for

this project are: Mike Swap Shanan Mowatt Paul Baker Dudley Clements Sean Paterson 027 642 0935

sean.paterson@jswap.co.nz

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Meeting agenda

  • 1. Background to project
  • 2. What has been done?
  • 3. Introducing J Swap Contractors
  • 4. What work is planned?
  • 5. How will that affect you?
  • 6. How will we communicate?
  • 7. He patai / questions
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What work is planned?

  • Final pre-start monitoring
  • Pre-start blessing
  • J Swap will set up on site next to ‘Uncle

Boys’ / Tukotahi Marae on Ford Rd late June

  • Pre-start ceremony and release of Kaituna

River Document early July

  • Haul roads and stopbank from August
  • New inlet channel excavation
  • 4 culverts to be replaced with 12 larger ones
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What work is planned?

  • Widening of Ford’s Cut
  • Creation of salinity block and boat berths
  • Wetland creation on Te Paika
  • Removal of Papahikahawai causeways
  • Planting on Te Paika and Papahikahawai
  • Construction will take two years
  • Commissioning planned in June 2020
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Meeting agenda

  • 1. Background to project
  • 2. What has been done?
  • 3. Introducing J Swap Contractors
  • 4. What work is planned?
  • 5. How will that affect you?
  • 6. How will we communicate?
  • 7. He patai / questions
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How will you be affected?

  • Ford Rd will be closed from 1 August until 20

December 2018 at the pump station

  • Alternative white baiting access will be

available on south side of Ford’s Cut

  • The boat ramp on Ford Rd will be closed

from 1 August 2018 for construction

  • Alternative boat ramps at Bell Rd and

Maketū

  • In the long run, a healthier estuary
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Meeting agenda

  • 1. Background to project
  • 2. What has been done?
  • 3. Introducing J Swap Contractors
  • 4. What work is planned?
  • 5. How will that affect you?
  • 6. How will we communicate?
  • 7. He patai / questions
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Communication

  • Project webpage at:

www.boprc.govt.nz/kaitunamaketurediversion

  • Register there for email updates
  • Regular community and stakeholder meetings
  • Updates in MaiMaketu and Te Puke Times
  • BOP Regional Council Facebook
  • How would you like us to communicate?
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Meeting agenda

  • 1. Background to project
  • 2. What has been done?
  • 3. Introducing J Swap Contractors
  • 4. What work is planned?
  • 5. How will that affect you?
  • 6. How will we communicate?
  • 7. He patai / questions
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He patai, any questions?

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Papahikahawai bridge construction and grand opening

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Creation of 1km of southern shoreline as a chenier

(allowing a more natural interface with the estuary)

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Removal of pampas covered bund. Creation of new chenier and planting.

June 2017 October 2017

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Native planting progress

June 2017 October 2017

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Clearing out of algae build up following causeway removal

March 2017 Now

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The removal of the first causeway saw rapid improvements

6 June 2017 Now

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Maketu Whanau Planting 2017