LINZ access agreement

[RKC]

LINZ (Land Information New Zealand) access agreement

LINZ ( www.linz.govt.nz ) recently made the process of applying for an access agreement to a river bed dredging claim (Mining Permit) more involved to now include environmental and other aspects. And, following are the new requirements of LINZ:

In considering applications for access to Crown Land the Minister for Land Information NZ takes into account a number of aspects including the following:

• The mining activity to be undertaken on the land access is applied for; and
  
  
• The proposed programme of work, including the type and duration of work to be carried out on the Crown Land and the likely impact/adverse effect on the land or the owner or occupier of the land; and
  
  
• The compensation and safeguards against any likely adverse effects proposed; and
  
  
• The payment of a bond if any to ensure reinstatement of any damage to the land arising out of the Access Arrangement.
  
  
• The maintenance of public access to Crown Land. The applicant will be responsible for ensuring any activity does not create unnecessary dangers to the public using the land or that if it does, suitable warnings are provided.
  

I'm presently in the process of writting an access agreement application for a dredge miner so he can have legal access to his granted river dredging claim (Mining Permit) and I'm unsure of the extent of information required by LINZ these days. Is there anyone who has recently done an access agreement application to LINZ who could advise me of what amount of detail is required so the access agreement is readily granted. And can anyone give me any tips to avoid complications that would delay the granting of the agreement. You can contact me by email if preferred ... rkcinnz (at) Gmail.com .

Regards,
Rob (RKC)

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Hi Rob,
Another layer of ****** bureaucratic theft.
I just got one thru , didnt need to supply much info most times they dont even know they "own" the ground you have to employ a consultant to tell them. Another $400 and that was 3 years ago. There only two agreements in Otago for all the permits for mining and gravel extraction (official information request). They are just cottoning on to another way to rort us,illeagle mining is looking better all the time . And to top it off they want $1500
a year thats $600 more than I pay to MED for annual "rent" sorry annual fee (to stop us having any land rights despite the permit being registered on title deeds). Oh happy days eh

[RKC]

G'day Homesouth,

Could not disagree with that ... however it still has to be done.

The major problem is that all these government departments, that we have to answer to, lump eductor dredging in with all other mining methods. There is a case for exempting eductor dredging from many of the requirements that well financed mining company's have to conform to. Eductor dredging is much the same no matter which river it is carried out in and it would help eductor dredge operators considerably if there could be more of a standardization of requirements.

Regards,
Rob (RKC)

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Hi Rob
Trouble is we are dealing with idiots, they have absolutely no knowledge of mining. If you tell them you want to dredge they immediately think of bucket dredging and for you guys on the coast that means Grey river LOL.
We dont know how many new employees of the regional councils, Doc ,Linz Nzhpt etc we have to reteach every time they get to climb the bureaucratic ladder. Had one expert from .....
that told he knew all about gold mining and when questioned further told me he had visited an alluvial operation the week before, that was it!!!!!. One day I'll write a happy post here ;D. You just have to wonder why we keep going. For those with the benefit of Sky TV there has been a doco on about the NZ fishing industry where there has been a systematic decimation of local fishermen to the advantage of JV with foreign fishing companies
If you get a chance to see it, late night usually, you get will get the frighteners up because the parallels with our addiction is startling.

[dgr]

Hey

I recently applied for the access agreement for the Buller licence we have, Once you have a granted mining licence and the necessary resource consents then its a relatively straight forward process. The whole thing is just a little expensive though $ 1800 a year for the privalage + you need public liability insurance... You add up all the annual fees, Resource consents, mining permit fees, access arangements and insurances, you need 3 or 4 K a year just for the privalage of getting bitten by the most vicious sandflies in new zealand.

I may take up golf..

Cheers

Vaughan

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Hi Vaughan,
I think we have to question every cost they place on us. I got a 2k reduction in consent fees from the regional council and only paid after they set the jackals on me after 3 years. I had sent the chairman and 2 councillors a letter that wasnt answered, well I got one from their lawyers ;D. I suppose thats how they respond with difficult questions. With Linz I asked why they were trying to charge me $1500 when Doc want $400 for the same thing. Was yours $1800 even? it seems a bit "convenient" to have a dollar figure with no cents. Linz told me they had a valuation done but refused me a copy after stating they would send me one. I will request one under the official info act. If we dont hold them to account I can see increases in the future.

[dgr]

Well i felt $1800 dollars was a little on the nose considering after the first contact they informed me that the area of land in question was not under their portfolio and i had to pay $400 for a land status report form an individual consultant to prove to them otherwise. Once they become aware that they owned the land suddenly an annual rent is due. I wonder if all the commercial operators, jet boaters, rafters, who use the river pay a rent as well. Think i just should of just played dumb me thinks.

Cheers

Vaughan

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Yep the crown is the crown. They triple dip on rents for the same land !!!! Doc, Med, Linz, Wish I could buy some land with that earning potential. Notice now they call it annual fees not rent like they used to. Does any body know when it changed especially with Crown minerals. I am doing a bit of stirring re land tenure reviews in that if we pay rent we are the same as leasee/farmer and should have our permits subject to the same rights. I would be quite happy giving up some of the so so ground in exchange for some freehold land on my claim.