[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...