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1. [2019] NZEnvC 102 Hawkes Bay Fish Game Council v Hawkes Bay Regional Council [pdf, 9 MB]

   ...by the stakeholder reference group. The predominant view of Maori In Hawke's Bay Is that water Is the essential ingredient of life: a priceless treasure left by ancestors for their descendants' life-sustaining use. This Plan sets out iwi environmental management principles (see Chapter 1.6), matters of significance to iwi/hapii (see Chapter 3.14) and commentary about the Maori dimension to resource management (see Schedule 1). POLICIES POL LW1A Problem solving approach - Wetl...

2. [2024] NZEnvC 167 Director-General of Conservation v Northland Regional Council [pdf, 6.6 MB]

   ...reached by Ngāi Takoto Iwi and Te Aupōuri Iwi through Treaty settlement korero that their contemporary rohe boundary on Te Oneroa-a-Tōhe (Ninety Mile Beach) is at Hukatere. In aid of this submission, Te Make points to Te Iwi O Ngāi Takoto Environmental Plan (NEP) provisions said to record the Deed of 11 Memorandum of counsel on behalf of Te Make, dated 8 May 2024, at [2.1] and [4.1(b)]. 12 Memorandum of counsel on behalf of Te Make, dated 8 May 2024, at [3.3] ff. 12 Sett...

3. Stephen Brown (dated 6 June 2017) [pdf, 15 MB]

   ...turbines can be both – within different surroundings – and that individuals’ responses to them will largely be dictated by factors that include: • personal aesthetic taste and responses to the form and scale of turbines; • the actual design of the individual turbine(s); • their layout and proximity to key receiving environments; • the nature of the existing landscape setting: the incursion of a turbine or turbines into a landscape that is valued, even cherished, by t...

4. Directory of Official Information J-L [pdf, 765 KB]

   ...industrial, community, or other amenities, infrastructure, facilities, services, or works • Provides a leadership or co-ordination role in relation to urban development by supporting innovation, capability and scale, and leading and promoting good urban design • Understands, supports and enables the aspirations of Māori and other communities in relation to urban development. Structure The Kāinga Ora–Homes and Communities Act 2019 established the Crown Entity and the Responsi...

5. OWRUG & Grape Vision Ltd - EiC - J Dicey - Horticulture (4 Feb 2021) [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...season) and reproductive growth (being the bunches of grapes used to make wine). 52. In addition to using highly effective and efficient techniques to deliver the water vineyards in the Central Otago winegrowing region additionally deploy other environmentally beneficial practices to effectively and efficiently grow grapes. These include: a. Composting – the pressings from the wine making process are added to straw, cow manure, waste apples and cherries and are composted at the conc...

6. [2023] NZEnvC 159 Beachen v Auckland Council [pdf, 637 KB]

   ...Having found that the unit was a vehicle, the Court then discussed whether it was immovable: [43] Clearly, the Unit is capable of being moved. However, as stated, the term “immovable” must not be interpreted so narrowly and factors such as the design, functional characteristics and purpose/use of the unit must be considered. I agree with the appellant’s submission that use is not a consideration when determining if the Unit is a vehicle but is relevant to consideration of whether...

7. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - government report back 5th report [pdf, 242 KB]

   ...over-representation of Māori in the criminal justice system: (a) bias in the criminal justice system, such that any suspected or actual offending by Māori has harsher consequences for those Māori, and (b) a range of adverse early-life social and environmental factors resulting in Māori being at greater risk of offending as adults. 7. The report concluded that, although there were indications of a degree of over- representation that related solely to ethnicity, the disproportion...

8. Environment Court annual report 2014 [pdf, 282 KB]

   ...the business of the Court. E.49 6 | P a g e 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 proceed...

9. 10.4 Appendix D: Environment Court In-Court Media Coverage Guidelines 2011

   ...notes on hearing venue courtesy in Schedule 5. Method of communication Any written application or response under these guidelines may be delivered, posted, faxed or emailed. Schedule 1 Application for In-Court Media Application To the Hearing Manager Environmental Court, We request permission to: film take still photographs during record The following proceedings: Case name Number Scheduled start date Expected dates of coverage [In the case of television or radio] Name of programme or program...

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10. 2022-02-11 Statement of Evidence of Dean Whaanga dated 11 February 2022 [pdf, 183 KB]

    ...Waihōpai Rūnaka, Te Rūnanga Ōraka Aparima and Te Rūnanga o Awarua. See also my evidence on the primary sector provisions of PC8 dated 17 September 2021. 4 Te Tangi a Tauira – the Cry of the People: Ngāi Tahu ki Murihiku Natural Resources and Environmental Management Plan 2008. 5 environment in as good or even better condition than it was when we inherited it from those who came before us. 19 Ngāi Tahu ki Murihiku have been working with the fundamental concept of Te Man...