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1. [2023] NZEnvC 280 Titirangi Protection Group Incorporated v Auckland Council [pdf, 3 MB]

   ...of Independent Hearing Commissioners acting under delegated authority from Auckland Council issued a decision granting regional resource consents under the Auckland Unitary Plan Operative in Part (AUP) and a land use consent under the National Environmental Standard for Assessing and Managing Contaminants in Soil to Protect Human Health (NES Soil) to Watercare Services Limited. [2] The regional resource consents and land use consent relate to the earthworks, vegetation removal an...

2. [2020] NZEnvC130 Lindis Catchment Group Incorporated v Otago Regional Council [pdf, 6.5 MB]

   ...race at take point 7b. This raises issues as to fish screens which we will discuss in part 2 below. [9] The Cluden Stream and Coal Creek takes are related and are marked generically as "7a.b" on Figure 6 in the LCG's Assessment of Environmental Effects9 ("AEE"). As signalled in Table 5.1, we will call the actual take points 7c and 7d and will discuss them below. We will call the Cluden Stream take, take point "7a" and the (nominal) Coal Creek retake...

3. [2019] NZEnvC 090 Saville v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 4.9 MB]

   ...limited. The rule has the force and effect of a regulation to the extent that any such rule is inconsistent with any such regulation, then the regulation shall prevail. 20 An 'aerodrome' means 'any defined area of land or water intended or designed to be used whether wholly or partly for the landing, departure, movement or servicing of aircraft' . 8 this plan. They say while the relevant rule refers to 'airport' and not 'airport aerodrome', the...

4. [2017] NZEnvC 207 Auckland Council [pdf, 734 KB]

   ...following details of the application for consent from the affidavit of Katja Huls, the Healthy Waters Resource Management Team Manager at Auckland Council, filed in support of the application for waiver and the executive summary of the assessment of environmental effects of the application for consent. The application for the ASNDC relates to the public stormwater network of the Auckland region. This includes not only the network in urban areas but also in the rural and coastal sett...

5. Cabinet paper Responding to the Waitangi Tribunal [pdf, 2.1 MB]

   ...under the Treaty of Waitangi. 6 I am seeking agreement to targeted engagement with Māori to inform our next steps on a long-term approach to funding claimants in kaupapa and contemporary inquiries. This engagement would consider the scope of any design work that is required to develop a long-term funding system, taking account of the policy work undertaken to date, what was heard from Māori during the inquiry, and the Tribunal’s findings. The engagement would also discuss a design...

6. Environment Court annual report 2015 [pdf, 475 KB]

   ...ensuring the orderly and expeditious discharge of the business of the Court. 1.4 The Court's Jurisdiction The Environment Court is established by section 247 of the RMA as a Court of record. It is a specialist court that has jurisdiction over environmental and resource management matters. It can be characterised as follows: • a Judge usually presides at sittings to hear and determine proceedings • it is required by law to act judicially • it hears contesting parties to the...

7. [2021] NZEnvC 065 Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Incorporated v Northland Regional Council [pdf, 576 KB]

   ...at Marsden Point. This area was listed as part of a Significant Ecological Area (SEA) when the Northland Regional Plan was notified. In the Decisions Version of the plan, part of the SEA area became a Marsden Point Port Zone (MPPZ) and the SEA designation over that part was removed. [3] For est & Bird filed an appeal seeking the reinstatement of the SEA in the area. The effect being to make reclamation in the area a non-complying activity. [4] Northport Limited (Northport) are a...

8. [2022] NZEnvC 236 Ngāti Tūpoho v Manawatū-Whanganui Regional Council [pdf, 1.4 MB]

   ...- APP-2013016147.00 INTERPRETATION/GLOSSARY The conditions use the following abbreviations and acronyms TERM MEANS AEE DGV DRP DZ GV-high ha kg km L/s m mm m/s MWRC NNN NRP RMA SSMLP SMP TP TN WPTWEG Assessment of Environmental Effects Default Guideline Value Dissolved Reactive Phosphorus Dissolved Zinc Additional Upper Guideline Value Hectares Kilograms Kilometres Litres per second Metres millimetres Metres per second Manawatū-Whanganui Regional...

9. [2020] NZEnvC 102 Public and Population Health Unit of the Northland District Health Board v Northland Regional Council [pdf, 425 KB]

   ...brief however, methyl bromide is a colourless, odourless gas which is fatal if received in large quantities for humans and animals. Special safety procedures have been authorised by HSNO and the EPA for their use and the issue is a subject of an Environmental Risk Management Authority Decision (ERMA) amended in 2011 for use of Methyl Bromide. [12] What is also clear is that the way in which the Northport log fumigation occurs is not exactly the same as that which occurred at the Por...

10. [2020] NZEnvC 165 Taranaki Energy Watch Incorporated v South Taranaki District Council.pdf [pdf, 7.8 MB]

    ...Policies 2. 8. 5 - 2. 8. 11 as below, except for the amendment to Policy 2. 8. 9 as previously agreed at expert conferencing and add a new sub-heading: Significant Hazardous Facilities Policy 2.8.5 Ensure significant hazardous facilities are located, designed, constructed and managed to minimise risk to the extent practicable and avoid Unacceptable Risk to the environment and human health. Policy 2.8.6 Ensure appropriate facilities and systems are provided to avoid accidental or unint...