2022-03-18 ORC - Opening Submissions [pdf, 373 KB]
...discharge component of earthworks activities under the RPW’s ineffective discharge rules will not prioritise the health and well-being of water bodies and freshwater ecosystems as required by the objective of the NPSFM.33 63 As her evidence carefully explains, Te Mana o te Wai is a fundamental concept of the NPSFM that recognises that protecting the health of freshwater protects the mauri of the wai and the health and well-being of 31 Re Otago Regional Council [2022] NZ EnvC...