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1. [2025] NZLVT 11 - Schnauer v Thames Coromandel District Council (19 March 2025) [pdf, 195 KB]

   ...onus of proof on the objection lay on Mr Gilbert as the objector. The initial revaluation signed by a registered valuer in the name of the Valuer- General was presumptively correct. Mr Gilbert – both before the Tribunal, and before this Court on appeal – had the affirmative burden. It was not enough for Mr Gilbert – through Mr Robinson – to show that the scales were even at the end of the hearing. He had to show that the Valuer-General was wrong. In this case, the parties ha...

2. [2025] NZLVT 031 - Mursell v Wellington City Council (2 July 2025) [pdf, 194 KB]

   ...The onus of proof on the objection lay on Mr Gilbert as the objector. The initial revaluation signed by a registered valuer in the name of the Valuer- General was presumptively correct. Mr Gilbert - both before the Tribunal, and before this Court on appeal - had the affirmative burden. It was not enough for Mr Gilbert - through Mr Robinson - to show that the scales were even at the end of the hearing. He had to show that the Valuer-General was wrong. [8] In this case, the parties have...

3. [2025] NZEmpC 155 Manuka Health New Zealand Ltd v Kalic [pdf, 140 KB]

   ...was granted to Manuka Health New Zealand Ltd.1 The company challenged a determination of the Employment Relations Authority where Mr Kalic succeeded in his claim for an unjustified disadvantage.2 The stay was sought to preserve the company’s appeal rights while it pursued an application to reopen the investigation in the Authority. 1 Manuka Health New Zealand Ltd v Kalic [2024] NZEmpC 78. 2 Kalic v Health New Zealand Ltd [2024] NZERA 107. [2] The challenge was confi...

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5. ENV-2020-AKL-000084

   Appeal ENV-2020-AKL-000084 Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited v Waikato Regional Council s274 interested parties Auckland/Waikato Fish and Game Council Beef+Lamb New Zealand Limited CNI Iwi Land Management Limited Dairy NZ Limited Director-General of Conservation Federated Farmers of New Zealand G Pinnell Graeme Gleeson Hamilton City Council Hancock Forest Management (NZ) Limited Horticulture New Zealand Lochiel Farmlands Limited Matamata-Piako District Council Mercury NZ Limited Miraka Limited...

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6. ENV-2020-AKL-000096

   Appeal ENV-2020-AKL-000096 Director-General of Conservation v Waikato Regional Council s274 interested parties Bathurst and BT Beef+Lamb New Zealand Limited Contact Energy Limited Dairy NZ Limited Federated Farmers of New Zealand Genesis Energy Limited Genetic Technologies Limited G Pinnell Graeme Gleeson Hamilton City Council Hancock Forest Management (NZ) Limited Horticulture New Zealand King Country Energy Limited - Interest withdrawn 22/01/2021 Lochiel Farmlands Limited Matamata-Piako D...

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8. [2016] NZEnvC 248 Northcote Point Heritage Preservation Society Incorporated v Auckland Council [pdf, 5.9 MB]

   ...end, and Northcote Point at the northern. The consents were granted by independent hearing commissioners (whose decision we have had full regard to pursuant to s 290A RMA, although many facets of it have been overtaken since it issued). [2] Three appeals were lodged seeking refusal of consent; two were withdrawn before our hearing; the appeal by Northcote Point Heritage Preservation Society Incorporated (NPHPSI) remained. [3] The hearing was approached by the appellant in a slightly...

9. [2021] NZEnvC 124 Upper Clutha Environmental Society Incorporated v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 1.7 MB]

   QTN PLAN APPEALS – TOPIC 2 – INTERIM DECISION 2.9 IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT CHRISTCHURCH I TE KŌTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA KI ŌTAUTAHI Decision No. [2021] NZEnvC 124 IN THE MATTER of the Resource Management Act 1991 AND of appeals pursuant to clause 14 of the First Schedule of the Act BETWEEN UPPER CLUTHA ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIETY INCORPORATED (ENV-2018-CHC-056) and all other appellants concerning Topic 2 of Stage 1 of the Proposed Queenstown Lakes District Plan (listed on...

10. [2024] NZEnvC 238 Coast Road Resilience Group Inc v West Coast Regional Council [pdf, 3.9 MB]

    CRRG v WCRC & GDC – CONSENT ORDER IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT CHRISTCHURCH I TE KŌTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA KI ŌTAUTAHI Decision No. [2024] NZEnvC 238 IN THE MATTER of the Resource Management Act 1991 AND an appeal under s120 of the Act BETWEEN COAST ROAD RESILIENCE GROUP INCORPORATED (ENV-2024-CHC-41) Appellant AND WEST COAST REGIONAL COUNCIL First Respondent AND GREY DISTRICT COUNCIL Second Respondent Environment Judge P A Steven – sitting alone under s279...