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1. Graeme James Lawrence - Evidence in Chief - Supplementary [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...INTRODUCTION 1. My name is Graeme James Lawrence. I hold a Bachelor of Social Sciences and I am a member of the New Zealand Planning Institute. I am a Director of Lawrence Cross Chapman & Co Ltd now based in Devonport and specialize in providing environmental planning and resource management services to public and private clients in the upper North Island. My qualifications and experience are outlined in my evidence in chief.1 2. For completeness, I repeat the confirmation given...

2. Final Env-Reg-Report-2020-21 [pdf, 274 KB]

   ...responsible for ensuring the orderly and expeditious discharge of the business of the Court. 1.4 The Court’s jurisdiction The Environment Court is a specialist court of record established under section 247 of the RMA. It’s the primary environmental adjudicative body in New Zealand. It has jurisdiction over environmental and resource management matters. It can be characterised as follows: • a presiding Judge and two Environment Court Commissioners sit together to hear and...

3. Waitangi Tribunal - issue 63 of Te Manutukutuku [pdf, 1.5 MB]

   ...will examine whether this changed after 1865 in later parts of its report. Raupatu is the next major issue in part one of the Te Urewera report. In 1866, the Crown confiscated a large district in the eastern Bay of Plenty. The confiscation was designed to punish other iwi whom the Crown deemed to be in rebellion, but it also included half of Tūhoe’s best land. Even though Tūhoe took no part in the events that were used to justify raupatu, their land was taken. No land was ever...

4. [2019] NZEnvC 194 Auckland-Council v Imperial Homes Norwest Limited [pdf, 577 KB]

   ...the application for interim orders on an ex parte basis. 1 [2] The application for interim orders concerned the sale of future Lots 2, 3, 9, 10 and 11 located at 47-49 Kopuru Road, Whenuapai (the site) owned by Imperial Homes. The lots had been designated as affordable lots within a Special Housing Area, but the general contention by the Council was that they were being or were likely to be offered for sale at a price greater than that which was specified in the conditions of consent....

5. Annexure 4 - Water Quality [pdf, 244 KB]

   Annexure 4: Water Quality Introduction [1] Dr A Snelder, Land Water People Ltd (‘LWP’), was engaged by ORC, to evaluate the most up to date available data on water quality in the region and to grade each site into relevant attribute bands as designated in Appendix 2A and 2B of the NPS-FM 2020.1 He said that this work had been undertaken for records up to June 2020 and reported on in a document entitled State of Lake and River Water Quality in the Otago Region which was provid...

6. Te Manutukutuku Issue 24-25 [pdf, 5.4 MB]

   ...urgent claims, will continue to be heard as before. Rangahaua Whanui research commissions will issue in standard form to provide an even methodology and approach. A Tribunal mentor unit will review the compre­ hensiveness of the commission terms, the design of the overall programme, monitor progress and prioritise additional tasks. It will comprise Tribunal members with historical, Maori cultural and legal skills. To avoid research duplication, to maintain liaison with interested grou...

7. [2021] NZEnvC 010 Cabra Rural Developments Limited v Auckland Council [pdf, 11 MB]

   ...table sets out the area of an existing qualifying feature from which either a transferable right of subdivision (TRSS) is created or an in-situ right. [10] The difference in threshold of protection generating the subdivision yield is purposefully designed to incentivise the transferring of subdivision out of the rural area where the lot is to be transferred to the Countryside Living zone. [11] An issue has arisen as to the area to qualify for the fourth and subsequent site. As we un...

8. 2020-10-09-ORC-PC7-s-149G3-Key-Issues-Report-Appendices.pdf [pdf, 6.2 MB]

   ...members to a board of inquiry difficult in a short timeframe whereas the Environment Court process would provide surety in terms of progressing a decision on the matter. Appendix A Page 2 of 2 In reaching my decision I considered: a) The Environmental Protection Authority recommendation that I refer the matter to the Environment Court; b) The views of the Otago Regional Council, being the applicant and the relevant local authority that would have processed and decided the matt...

9. [2022] NZEnvC 105 Meridian Energy Limited v Mackenzie District Council [pdf, 735 KB]

   ...clause 14 of the First Schedule of the Act BETWEEN MERIDIAN ENERGY LIMITED (ENV-2021-CHC-91) DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF CONSERVATION (ENV-2021-CHC-92) ROYAL FOREST AND BIRD PROTECTION SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND INCORPORATED (ENV-2021-CHC-93) ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE SOCIETY INCORPORATED (ENV-2021-CHC-94) Appellants AND MACKENZIE DISTRICT COUNCIL Respondent Court: Environment Judge JJM Hassan Environment Commissioner C J Wilkinson Hearing: In Chambers at Christchurch 2...

10. [2019] NZEnvC 042 Alliance Group Limited v Otago Regional Council [pdf, 451 KB]

    ...For the court: AYRBURN FARM DEVELOPMENT LIMITED AND BRIDESDALE FARM DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED (ENV-2016-CHC-108) CLUTHA DISTRICT COUNCIL (ENV-2016-CHC-105) DARBY PLANNING LP (ENV-2016-CHC-110) DUNEDIN CITY COUNCIL (ENV-2016-CHC-084 ) ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE SOCIETY INCORPORATED (ENV-2016-CHC-122) FEDERATED FARMERS OF NEW ZEALAND INCORPORATED (ENV-2016-CHC-120) HENLEY DOWNS LAND HOLDINGS LIMITED (ENV-2016-CHC-111) HORTICULTURE NEW ZEALAND (ENV-2016-CHC-114) OCEA...