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1. 2022-02-11 Statement of Evidence of Melanie Heather dated 11 February 2022 [pdf, 4.8 MB]

   ...Central Otago team at the Otago Regional Council (ORC or Council). My substantive role is Senior Environmental Officer. I am based at the Council’s Wanaka Depot. 3 I have a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science (Honours) from the University of Limerick, Ireland (2002) and a Certificate in Regulatory Compliance (Core Knowledge) from the Government Regulatory Practice Initiative (2021). I am a warranted Enforcement Officer under ss22, 332 and 333 of the Resource Managem...

2. [2014] NZEmpC 213 Hixon v Campbell and Ors substantive [pdf, 264 KB]

   ...merely the statutory context although that is an essential part of it. Authority for this proposition is the judgment of the New Zealand Court of Appeal in Police v Thompson, 13 which followed the earlier Supreme (now High) Court judgment in Auckland City Corporation v Guardian Trust and Executors Co of New Zealand Ltd, 14 where the Court concluded that the statutory definition of the word “owner” could not be interpreted as the statute apparently required because of the in...

3. Stewart v Manu Ariki Marae Reservation Trust - Manu Ariki Maori Reservation (2021) 436 Aotea MB 209 (436 AOT 209) [pdf, 501 KB]

   ...Reservation Trust P Jefferies for Te Kotahitanga Society Incorporated Whakataunga: Judgment date 1 September 2021 TE WHAKATAUNGA Ā KAIWHAKAWĀ M J DOOGAN Judgment of Judge M J Doogan Copies to: M Malcom, DX DP92558, Auckland P Jefferies, PO Box 981, Hamilton 436 Aotea MB 210 Hei timatanga korero Introduction [1] Various issues associated with the Manu Ariki Māori Reservation and Marae have been before the court for a number of years. Th...

4. [2022] NZEnvC 170 Director-General of Conservation v Northland Regional Council [pdf, 11 MB]

   Aupōuri Aquifer: Director-General of Conservation v Northland Regional Council IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT AUCKLAND I TE KŌTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA KI TĀMAKI MAKAURAU Decision [2022] NZEnvC 170 IN THE MATTER OF the Resource Management Act 1991 AND IN THE MATTER OF an application for Water Take consents for the Te Aupōuri Aquifer BETWEEN DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF CONSERVATION (ENV-2021-AKL-129) Appellant AND NORTHLAND REGIONAL COUNCIL Respondent AND AUPŌURI AQUIFER WAT...

5. [2019] NZEnvC 071 Eyre Community Environmental Safety Society Incorporated v Christchurch Regional Council [pdf, 16 MB]

   ...these issues were in contention for this hearing. The further hearing [14] Expert evidence on seismic assessment was presented by Dr R Van Dissen, an Earthquake Geologist from GNS called by the Applicant and by Ms J Campbell, a retired Senior University Lecturer with expertise in structural geology and related disciplines, retained by ECESS. Rebuttal evidence was also received from Dr G McVerry (called by the Applicant), an Expert Engineering Seismologist, but he was unavailable...

6. Wai-3300-A001-Report-Three-Research-Reports-Concerning-Constitutional-Issues.pdf [pdf, 2.7 MB]

   ...Trust, July 1997, (Wai 1200, #A54) ............................................................................................................... 48 Stokes, Evelyn, ‘The Legacy of Ngatoroirangi: Maori Customary Use of Geothermal Resources’, University of Waikato, October 2000, (Wai 1200, #A56) ............................................................ 48 Hutton, John L., ‘“A Ready and Quick Method”: The Alienation of Maori Land by Sales to the Crown and Private Individual...

7. [2023] NZEnvC 068 Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Incorporated v West Coast Regional Council [pdf, 827 KB]

   ...Conservation; (h) Mr Chinn, a technical advisor at the Department of Conservation; (i) Dr Smith, a principal ecologist with Wildland Consultants, appearing for Forest and Bird; (j) Dr Craig, a retired professor of environment management at Auckland University. Ecological context [90] To provide a meaningful description of a site, it is useful to place it within its broader ecological context, particularly its status within the ecological district.20 The Te Kuha mine site is...

8. 04-Appendix-Four-DCR_Part1.pdf [pdf, 23 MB]

   ...minimises accumulated contaminants spreading into the receiving environment. Stormwater treatment for the Ō2NL Project follows NZ best practice design guidelines as described in Waka Kotahi Stormwater Treatment Standard for State Highways17 and in Auckland Council GD0118. By following the guidance, including providing a treatment train series of strategies, over 75% capture of total suspended solids (TSS) and similar capture rates of soluble metals, hydrocarbons, plastics, litter and c...

9. [2024] NZEnvC 155 Save the Maitai Inc v Nelson City Council [pdf, 888 KB]

   ...legal principles in a relatively brief way. [14] The court has comprehensively summarised the principles applicable to plan changes in a number of cases including Colonial Vineyard Ltd v Marlborough District Council,9 Cabra Rural Developments Ltd v Auckland Council,10 and more recently Edens v Thames Coromandel District Council.11 The applicable general 9 Colonial Vineyard Ltd v Marlborough District Council [2014] NZEnvC 55 at [17]. 10 Cabra Rural Developments Ltd v Auckland Co...

10. [2015] NZEmpC 171 Nisha v LSG Sky Chefs New Zealand Ltd [pdf, 488 KB]

    SHABEENA SHAREEN NISHA (NISHA ALIM) v LSG SKY CHEFS NEW ZEALAND LIMITED NZEmpC AUCKLAND [2015] NZEmpC 171 [30 September 2015] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT AUCKLAND [2015] NZEmpC 171 ARC 22/14 IN THE MATTER OF a challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority BETWEEN SHABEENA SHAREEN NISHA (NISHA ALIM) Plaintiff AND LSG SKY CHEFS NEW ZEALAND LIMITED Defendant Hearing: Evidence of plaintiff witness given 7 Augu...