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ABOUT CRU
 

CRU has established an enviable record in its fight on behalf of its members and Kapiti ratepayers in general.We have won every major battle we have fought and always against the odds. We were successful in:

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  • Defeating the absurd policy of managed retreat, where all services to coastal properties were under threat of being withdrawn;

  • Having KCDC set up the international panel of experts to review the Coastal Systems Ltd [Shand] Coastal Hazard Reports;

  • Having the Science Review Panel uphold our evidence and finding the CSL Report was not fit for purpose;

  • Having all the hazard lines withdrawn;

  • Persuading KCDC to undertake a review of the entire Proposed District Plan;

  • Having KCDC accept our terms of reference for the Review;

  • Convincing the PDP Review Panel [Allen/Fowler Report] to recommend the deletion of Chapter 4 of the PDP and related coastal hazard provisions;

  • Having KCDC remove those provisions;

  • CRU as Intervenor supporting Mike and Veronica Weir’s High Court challenge to the misinformation on Land Information Memoranda [LIM’s] and having that information removed from LIM’s;

  • Re–writing the LIM information;

  • Successfully contesting many of the s72 Building Act certificates being wrongly placed on titles.

 

These achievements are the results of thousands of hours of effort by many members. Is the battle over? No. In truth is it is only partly fought.

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One of the objectives of CRU is to preserve, as far as is practicable, the uniqueness and beauty of the coastal foreshore. It is the most important part of the heritage of this wonderful coast. It has been enjoyed as a place of stunning beaches for generations. We continue to rely on your support. This is a winning team!

Business Meeting

CRU Chair

SALIMA PADAMSEY

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In 2012, Salima was one of the founding members of CRU – committing to good science, good law and good planning. Her duties as CRU's first secretary was to ensure all CRU members were informed and well acquainted with Roger Shand's Coastal Hazard Report and remedies that were available to the community in relation to opposition to the Council’s proposed District Plan rules for coastal management.  She simultaneously held the Press Portfolio which ran a successful information awareness campaign not only in Kapiti, but extended to other communities throughout New Zealand that were similarly opposing managed retreat policies and rules.

 

She has always been committed to ensuring the process of coastal hazards identification and management undertaken by KCDC is held to a high standard of scientific rigour, transparency and accountability.  A task that has not always been easy.

 

For Salima, our members deserve to be kept informed allowing them to participate in the process which affects not only them, but by extension the entire district.

CRU Deputy Chair

QUENTIN G. POOLE

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Quentin's family has been associated with the Waikanae Beach since 1921 and he has been a permanent resident in Kapiti since 2004.  He is a founding member of CRU and has contributed to the formation of the Coastal Strategy 2006 which was ratified by KCDC. In addition, he wrote a 32 page response to the draft version of Roger Shand's Coastal Hazard Report. Quentin was also a submitter to the 2012 Proposed District Plan.

CRU Administrator

JOHN ANDREWS

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