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1. Final Env-Reg-Report-2019-20 [pdf, 347 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: E.49 6 | P a g e • a presiding Judge and two Environment Court Commission...

2. ENV-2016-CHC-000047 Blueskin Energy Limited v Dunedin City Council - Evidence- John Craig [pdf, 133 KB]

   ...Otago University and a PhD in ecology from Massey University. I have 46 years’ experience working in New Zealand environments, both as a researcher and as an expert witness relating to terrestrial ecology, especially birds. I was Professor of Environmental Management at the University of Auckland until my retirement in December 2009. 2. My specialist areas of research and teaching within environmental management are biodiversity conservation, restoration ecology, animal be...

3. [2022] NZEnvC 060 Eden-Epsom Residential Protection Society Inc v Auckland Council [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...RMA could conclude that one policy prevails over another.6 In addition, where there is invalidity, incompleteness or uncertainty in relation to the statutory planning instrument being applied, recourse to Part 2 RMA will be appropriate.7 3 Environmental Defence Society Inc v New Zealand King Salmon [2014] NZSC 38, [2014] NZLR 593. 4 At paragraph [127]. 5 At paragraph [129]. 6 At paragraph [130]. 7 At paragraphs [85] and [88]. [35] [36] [37] [38] 9 Counsel for the...

4. 2023-09-26-SOE_Mark-St-Clair_Planning.pdf [pdf, 337 KB]

   ...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...

5. 2022-02-11 Statement of Evidence of Kerstin Strauss dated 11 February 2022 [pdf, 281 KB]

   ................................................................................................... 26 2 INTRODUCTION 1 My full name is Kerstin Strauss. 2 I am Team Leader Consents at the Otago Regional Council (ORC or Council). 3 I have a Master of Resource and Environmental Planning from Massey University, a Master of Arts - Geography from Otago University, a Postgraduate Diploma for Arts-Social Anthropology from Otago University and a Certificate for Graduates (Maor...

6. Tauranga-Moana-Courthouse-Cabinet-paper_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 5.9 MB]

   ...single building (Option 4 Wellbeing First in the indicative business case). 11. Since endorsement of the indicative business case, the Ministry has acquired a new site in the Tauranga central business district, cleared the site, engaged a design team, and completed concept and preliminary design for the new courthouse. This has enabled the Ministry to undertake more detailed scoping to inform costs as set out in the attached detailed business case. 12. Unfortunately, the in...

7. [2024] NZEnvC 162 Te Kauri Marae Trust v Waikato District Council [pdf, 2.2 MB]

   ...in managed fill operations under the resource consent (including by way of cultural liaison via a Community Liaison Group, ongoing monitoring and the provision for cultural inputs into various fill management documents via the Maatauranga Maaori Environmental Management Plan (MMEMP)). [7] The key elements of the agreement reached between the parties are as follows: (a) Waikato District Council consent conditions: (i) Conditions 5 and 6 (Cultural liaison and monitoring) – These c...

8. ENVC Matiatia expert witness traffic and transport addnl 2014 [pdf, 2.2 MB]

   ...vulnerability results in an estimate of 150-200vph. Additionally, the paper refers to Roads and Traffic Authority (now Roads and Maritimes Services)'s Guide to Traffic Generating Development, which sets out a desirable maximum peak volume (the environmental goal) of 200vph and an absolute maximum of 300vph.3 User defined capacity based on the simulated survey In accordance with NZTA research report 489, congestion can be defined by user perception when "speeds fall below a...

9. Notes from Crown Maori Relations hui Invercargill 12 May 2018 [pdf, 441 KB]

   ...that the government needs to address mental health issues as they intersect with other issues like homelessness, suicide, criminal action and the well-being of the environment. One speaker noted “the correlation has been made world-wide between environmental quality degradation resulting in mental health degradation”. One speaker noted that Māori health and mortality rates are to an extent being addressed by investment in information (i.e. pamphlet distribution) and subsidised di...

10. [2024] NZEnvC 228 Ministry of Housing and Urban Development v Auckland Council [pdf, 1.3 MB]

    ...(Private): Wairaka Precinct. Section 32AA analysis [13] Ms Laird is a policy planner at Auckland Council. Her key responsibilities in her role as a policy planner include processing and reporting on plan changes and notices of requirement for designations/alterations to designations. Ms Laird is familiar with Wairaka Precinct and its planning contexts, and has over 5 years of experience in Planning Policy teams focussing on the Auckland isthmus area. [14] Ms Laird assesses the tex...