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1. CCRC Establishment Advisory Group biographies [pdf, 191 KB]

   ...a police officer in South Auckland at the age of 22. His experiences working on the front lines pushed him towards the more inquiring, investigative side of policing. Mr McKinnel has a particular interest in criminal justice, human rights and environmental investigations. After leaving the police force he did contract investigative work in London for three years and in 2008 set up a North Island branch of Zavest, a private investigation company. Mr McKinnel holds a Masters degree...

2. [2018] NZEnvC 025 Minister of Corrections v Otorohanga District Council [pdf, 16 MB]

   ...2018; all of which are attached to and form part of this decision . B: Costs are reserved. REASONS Introduction [1] On 21 December 2017 an Interim Decision was released concerning the Minister of Correction's alteration to an existing designation.' [2] We were unable to make a final decision as the parties had not addressed whether changes to conditions affecting the height of buildings were within the scope of the designation. [3] That aside, the court sought furt...

3. [2015] NZEnvC 191 Tram Lease v Auckland Transport and Auckland Council [pdf, 2.9 MB]

   ...are allowed in part subject to amended conditions set out in Annexure A to this determination. B. The appeals are otherwise dismissed. REASONS FOR DECISION Introduction [1] In 2014 SIX appeals were filed against Notices of Requirement for Designation issued by Auckland Transport for an underground passenger railway line in central Auckland known as the City Rail Link ("CRL"). The Tram Lease Appeal [2] The appeal by Tram Lease Limited ("Tram Lease") was agai...

4. Fish & Game - Summary - J W Hayes - Ecological Flow (18 March 2021) [pdf, 365 KB]

   ...Baker-Galloway | Roisin Giles Anderson Lloyd Level 2, 13 Camp Street, Queenstown 9300 PO Box 201, Queenstown 9348 p + 64 3 450 0700 maree.baker-galloway@al.nz | roisin.giles@al.nz 2101895 | 5853430v2 page 1 Flow variability and environmental flows 1 Variability is a feature of most river flow regimes, with flows varying in magnitude and over different time scales. Assessments of the effects of flow alteration on fish and other aquatic life need to be framed with...

5. [2020] NZEnvC 004 Southland Regional Council v Hardegger Trustees Limited [pdf, 326 KB]

   ...circumstances where it was able to pond, runoff and enter water, which was a contravention of the applicable discharge permit conditions. The discharge was therefore not expressly allowed by the discharge permit. There was no regional rule or national environmental standard that expressly allowed the discharge. As a result, the discharge contravened s 15(1 )(b) of the Act. [2] The contract milker received an infringement notice to the amount of $750, which he paid. The respondent an...

6. 18.-Evidence-of-Dr-Alex-James-Freshwater-Ecology.PDF [PDF, 633 KB]

   ...Alexander Bryan Wilfried James. 2. I am a Senior Freshwater Ecologist at EOS Ecology, where I have worked for 14 years. 3. I prepared Technical Assessment K: Freshwater Ecology (Technical Assessment K) as part of Volume IV of the Assessment of Environmental Effects (AEE), which accompanied the application for resource consents and notices of requirement for designations (NoRs) lodged with Manawatū- Whanganui Regional Council (Horizons), Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWR...

7. Appendix-5_Jonathan-Williamson_s87F-Report_Hydrogeology-and-Groundwater_28-April-2023.pdf [pdf, 607 KB]

   ...9. I have 27 years’ specialist technical expertise in hydrogeology, hydrology and irrigation engineering covering a wide spectrum of services including field investigations and testing; data collection and analysis; modelling; engineering design; construction contract management; technical report writing; community and stakeholder consultation; resource consent hearings; and technical working panels. 10. I have provided independent advice across a wide spectrum of client types...

8. E60 Bob Hawkins - Nautical - EIC - Sealink [pdf, 2.3 MB]

   ...the planning aspects of the Application. 2. QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE 2.1 I hold a Masters of Social Science (Hons) from the University of Waikato majoring in Geography. My Masters of Social Science degree also involved resources and environmental planning as an interdisciplinary subject. 2.2 I am currently employed by the Auckland Council as a Team Leader in the North West Resource Consenting Unit and have held this position since July 2016. Prior to this, my planning...

9. 2023-09-27-SOE_Mark-St-Clair_Planning-+-Attachments.pdf [pdf, 2.4 MB]

   ...the lack of detail design in the current plans. [44] Noting the draft condition RSW1(g) in the Waka Kotahi conditions,21 Mr Farrant’s opinion is that provision of the plans to the Regional Councils for information only, could result in adverse environmental outcomes due to poor detailed design. Mr Farrant considers that condition RSW1(g) should be replaced with a condition requiring certification of the design of the stormwater treatment devices prior to construction. [45] Si...

10. [2017] NZEnvC 116 The Architectural Centre v Wellington City Council [pdf, 1.2 MB]

    ...the Crown and managed by Housing New Zealand Corporation and its predecessor organisations until the site was purchased by the University in 2014. Mr Gordon Wilson, the then Government Architect, and under whose management the building had been designed, died shortly before construction was complete and the building was named in memory of him. [8] What prompted the sale to the University, and the debate about the building since, is that in 2011 engineering assessments identified s...