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Hi Keith, Bob being a bit too simplistic. However, it is true that the Government need to either be 'minded to approve' or 'not minded to approve' whatever proposal Bob and his team come forward with before we can move forwards on this matter. The Government has to deal with the DHB and their revised proposal directly under the terms of the 1991 Ports Act because the DHB is the independent statutory body responsible for the port, however, they also have to take into consideration the views, plans, and any alternative proposals of all of the port's stakeholders. Under the 1991 Act, MTP 2 and other associated legislation and policy DHB should be doing that, but they are not, so the government is doing so instead.
In summary, the DHB are not the only body who can/have put forward a proposal that has/is/will be considered by government, but they are the body who the government have to deal with/dispose of first.
