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1. ORC - Joint Supplementary Statement of Evidence - Felicity Boyd & Kerstin Strauss - 8 November 2021 [pdf, 233 KB]

   ...relevant new LWRP provisions may be achieved. Given the ‘interim’ nature of the PC8 provisions, a precautionary approach would generally be applied when determining the duration of these consents. 26 However, in the absence of any significant environmental risk, such as vicinity of sensitive receivers, and compliance with good management practices, longer durations (i.e. greater than 15 years) may be appropriate in some situations. 27 In addition, I note that when assessing...

2. Beef + Lamb NZ - EiC - J M Chrystal - Agricultural Science (5 Feb 2021) [pdf, 777 KB]

   ...nutrient losses to water, including Overseer analysis comparing nutrient losses from different irrigation types; and 13.3 Farm management practices that can mitigate the loss of nutrients from irrigated land. 13.4 I contacted a local farm and environmental consultant and read the evidence of sheep and beef farmers Anna and Ben Gillespie. These farmers are using the management practices that I outline in my evidence, in particular the science of soil monitoring and soil water...

3. [2021] NZEnvC 083 Director-General of Conservation v Thames- Coromandel District Council [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...required of it. This was prepared by its senior policy planner Mr BR Baker. Requirements of the RMA [16) Relevant requirements of the Act are recorded below (non-exclusively). [17) Section 7 4(1) filv1A requires that a proposed plan should be designed to accord with and assist the territorial authority to carry out its functions so as to achieve the purpose of the Act. [18] Section 75(1) RMA requires a district plan to state the objectives, the policies to implement the objectiv...

4. [2018] NZEnvC 083 Willowridge Developments Ltd v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 11 MB]

   ...December 2017 (site inspection 6 December 2017) Final submissions received 19 January 2018 Appearances: G M Todd and B B Gresson for Willowridge Developments Ltd A Balme and K C Hockly for Queenstown Lakes District Council J Haworth for Upper Clutha Environmental Society Incorporated (section 274 party) Date of Decision: 31 May 2018 Date of Issue: 31 May 2018 INTERIM DECISION A: Subject to B, under section 290 Resource Management Act 1991 ("RMA") the Environment Cou...

5. Environment Court annual review 2014 [pdf, 3 MB]

   ...gain a better understanding of the vexed issue of the needs of relatively complex cases, rather than lumping all cases (simple and complex) together and reporting a potentially meaningless statistical result. The PEJ and the Registrar contemplate designing a survey for regular court users to gain a better idea than is currently available, with attitudes to current court practices including timeliness, and suggestions for improvement in process. This is in addition to input that the...

6. [2018] NZEnvC 090 Cabra Rural Developments Limited v Auckland Council [pdf, 31 MB]

   ...on which all appeals, including further appeals relating to that part of the proposed plan are determined if appeals are made under that section [NOTE: ss 3 contains similar provisions in respect of the Coastal Marine Area (ss (4) in relation to designations or heritage orders) as does ss (5).] [29] There can be no doubt, therefore, that the Unitary Plan, still referred to here as the proposed Plan (the PAUP) was deemed to be created by the decisions of the Council. [30] Section 153...

7. Recommendations recap - issue 3 [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...illness. Clozapine allowed the deceased to be managed in the community and to move to less supervised accommodation. Toxicology results showed Clozapine was detected in his blood at a concentration of eight milligrams per litre. in the inquiry environmental science and Research (esR) referred to seven cases of sudden death where Clozapine was the only drug detected. Levels were between 1.3 milligrams per litre and 13.5 milligrams per litre. This is consistent with the literatur...

8. 2021-10-27 ORC - PC8 - Common Bundle - Volume 2 [pdf, 13 MB]

   ...Change 1 to the Regional Plan: Water for Otago (9 October 2020) CB162 3A Appendix A: Minister for the Environment’s direction to refer Plan Change 8 and Plan Change 1 to the Environment Court (8 April 2020) CB232 3B Appendix B: Letter from Environmental Protection Authority commissioning Skelton report (15 September 2020) CB234 3C Appendix C: Minister’s letter in response to Skelton report CB236 3D Appendix D: Professor Skelton – Investigation of Freshwater Management...

9. Andrew Hill - Evidence in Chief [pdf, 4.3 MB]

   ...Industries (Minister) and lvIPI are responsible for admioisteriag the Fisheries Act 1996 (Fisheries Act). I have been authorised by MPI to provide this brief of evidence. . Qualifications and expertise 2. I have a Master of Scien':e degree in Environmental and Marine Science from the University of Auckland and Bachelors of Science and Engineering from the University of Canterbury. 3. In my ·current role I am responsible for a broad review of the .fisheries management syste...

10. [2018] NZEnvC 155 Tasman District Council v G Baigent [pdf, 1.1 MB]

    ...Rangihaeata Head, a prominent coastal headland. I was told that the area where the wetlands are situated is in the Rural Residential Zone of the Tasman Resource Management Plan (the District Plan) and that the northern wetland is located in the Coastal Environmental Area of the District Plan. [7] Mr Baigent deposed that prior to his great grandfather's purchase of the Property in 1910, it had been subject to gold mining and quarrying activities. The flat areas of the Property w...