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1. 2021-04-13 Transcript (up to end of day 15) [pdf, 1.5 MB]

   ...important, then what other methods are available to us to recognise the work being done by priorities as between abstractors, and should our interests be as between abstractors only, which is what we think priorities are about, or should it have an environmental focus, which is a particular interest in dock, Director General, Conservation. So we will be, again, 25 looking to our alternatives, if priorities don’t survive, but there’s a gap, how can the gap be bridged, how should...

2. Waitangi Tribunal - issue 69 of Te Manutukutuku [pdf, 2.5 MB]

   ...insufficient structure was causing wastage. I think I said at the time and I still feel now that there’s something wrong with a system where those who start the process don’t get to finish it – their children do. In response, Justice Williams designed the ‘New Approach’ to historical claims – detailed pleadings and a statement of issues to frame expedited hearings. The New Approach was rolled out first in the Turanga (Gisborne) district inquiry: To some extent it succe...

3. Waitangi Tribunal - 30 April 2015 Record of Inquiry index [pdf, 667 KB]

   ...The claimants allege that the Crown has breached it’s Treaty obligations in a variety of areas, including the compulsory acquisition of land for public works, the establishment and operation of the Native Courts Commission and the Native Land Court, environmental degradation and failure to recognise and allow Maori autonomous governance. Status: Consolidated 1.1.0155 Wai no: 1333, 1.1.1 Date of SOC: 14 Sep 05 Claimant: Erimana Taniora Representing: Ngāti Uru and Te Whanau Pani Concerning: V...

4. 2020-02-19 Ton Snelder Reply [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...in the field of water and land resources management. 3 I hold a bachelor of agricultural engineering degree from the University of Canterbury, a post graduate diploma in hydrology from the University of New South Wales (Australia) and a PhD in environmental management from Lincoln University. I have 31 years of experience in the field of water resource management including 14 years as a water resources scientist at the National Institute of Water and Atmosphere (NIWA), and prior p...

5. 2021-03-03 Antonius Snelder Relpy Water Quality Amended [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...in the field of water and land resources management. 3 I hold a bachelor of agricultural engineering degree from the University of Canterbury, a post graduate diploma in hydrology from the University of New South Wales (Australia) and a PhD in environmental management from Lincoln University. I have 31 years of experience in the field of water resource management including 14 years as a water resources scientist at the National Institute of Water and Atmosphere (NIWA), and prior p...

6. Regulatory Impact Statement: Second phase of reforms to the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism regime [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   ...Information sharing Create a new mechanism for ‘structured flexibility’ in information sharing. Suspicious activity reporting Include suspicious activity reporting in the AML/CFT regime. Reliance on third parties Amend the definition of designated business group and the circumstances for reliance (documents to be provided upon request without delay as opposed to within five days). Simplified CDD Expand simplified CDD requirements to New Zealand Owned Enterprises and major...

7. [2023] NZEnvC 152 Airbnb Australia Pty Limited v Christchurch City Council [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...the rules in the relevant District Plan as at 23 August 2008; b. education activities including preschools, but excluding flight training, trade training or other industry-related training facilities; c. visitor accommodation, except that which is designed, constructed and operated to a standard that mitigates the effects of noise on occupants; and d. health care facilities and any elderly person’s housing unit. R (…) Residential activity means the use of land and/or building...

8. [2019] NZEnvC 179 Lindis Catchment Group Incorporated v Otago Regional Council [pdf, 4 MB]

   ...("ORP:W"). The PC5A decision adds detail to the ORP:W for the Lindis catchment. In particular, it provides for: (a) a minimum flow rate of 550 I/s at the Ardgour flow recorder; and (b) a primary allocation of 1640 I/s. [4] The application before us is designed to meet those limits. The parties to this application are largely the same as in the PC5A decision. We adopt the description of the catchment and the Lind is River in Chapter 2 of that decision. 1.2. The historic m...

9. Transcript - PC8 - Primary Sector Provisions - 8 November 2021 [pdf, 575 KB]

   ...restricted discretionary activity rule? 20 A. So, there isn’t a specific policy that applies. Policy 7D7 will apply. Q. Yes. A. But that is focused more on the systems themselves rather than the discharge. 1000 25 Q. Yes, that’s the design of the storage facility isn’t it? A. Yeah, and then there’s policy D79 will apply, which is framed more generally in relation to farming activities and then there are some existing policies also, sorry, just flicking back such as...

10. Ministry of Justice Annual Report 2020-21 [pdf, 6.4 MB]

    ...This innovative and collaborative way of working can also be seen in other big pieces of work this year. Our work supporting the Electoral Commission in its delivery of the 2020 General Election and the two referendums in a COVID-19 context was designed to maximise the opportunity for New Zealanders to participate in the democratic process. I want to thank all of those people across the country that made this possible. It is through people working together in the spirit of kotahitanga...