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1. E91 Kurt Grant - Construction Methodology - RE – Applicant [pdf, 9.5 MB]

   ...Auckland Council and section 274 parties, and provide an update to the Court in relation to further stakeholder input as follows: a) Further stakeholder feedback and Community Liaison Group (CLG) meetings; b) Changes to the draft Construction Environmental Management Plan; c) Update on the draft Erosion and Sediment Control Plan and draft Groundwater Monitoring and Contingency Plan; d) Changes to the draft Monitoring Plan for the Dredging and Placing of Mudcrete; and e) Comment...

2. Presentation NZPI Breakfast Club [pdf, 988 KB]

   W I T H F O C U S O N T H E E N V I R O N M E N T C O U R T O F N E W Z E A L A N D P R I N C I P A L E N V I R O N M E N T J U D G E L A U R E N C E N E W H O O K ( N Z ) Environmental Justice - The New Zealand Model Main Topics (a) The New Zealand model of environmental jurisdiction, and relevant procedural aspects (b) Statistics about the cases processed in the Court (c) Competencies of the Court (matters, actions and standing) (d) Leading cases (e) Positive and neg...

3. Notice of Advisors meeting 25.1.17 [pdf, 285 KB]

   ...process. No legal advice will be given on the merits on the application or party status. The Court has appointed Matt Conway and David McMahon as advisors. Matt Conway is a partner at Simpson Grierson, he has particular experience in advising on environmental matters arising under the Resource Management Act 1991. David McMahon is the director at Resource and Environmental Management Consultants, Wellington, he has 30 years experience in Urban and Environmental Planning, representing b...

4. [2019] Press Release Three New Environment Commissioners [pdf, 662 KB]

   ...developments, school networks, energy infrastructure developments, and urban structure planning. Mark Mabin holds a PhD in physical geography from the University of Canterbury, among other degrees, and since 2002 has been practising in Christchurch as an environmental consultant and RMA practitioner, advising clients throughout New Zealand, and in Australia . He has particular expertise in natural sciences covering the hydrological and earth sciences applied in RMA contexts, stakeho...

5. Soil & Health Association of New Zealand 119 [pdf, 308 KB]

   ...Respondent has jurisdiction to consider land uses involving GMOs in its District Plan. See Federated Farmers of New Zealand v Northland District Council [2016] NZHC 2036. The Respondent has exercised jurisdiction and done so appropriately. (c) The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has no jurisdiction pursuant to the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 (HSNO) to address the issues set out under section 31 of the RMA. Correspondingly the Respondent has a duty under...

6. [2023] NZEnvC 260 Summerset Villages (Waikanae) Ltd v Wellington Regional Council [pdf, 225 KB]

   ...(water measuring device) that measures all water authorised under this consent and meets the following requirements: • Sealed and tamper proof • Installed within 20 metres of the point of take unless an exception is granted by the Manager, Environmental Regulation, Wellington Regional Council, under section 10 of the Resource Management (Measurement and Reporting of Water Takes) Regulations 2010 • Measures cumulative water abstraction in m3 • Can measure the volume of water...

7. 2021-02-12 Willowridge Affidavit Alison Devlin Exhibit A [pdf, 20 MB]

   ...plans and all information submitted with the application, detailed below, and all referenced by the Consent Authority as application number RM20.383: a) Consent Application dated 11 November 2020, lodged by Willowridge Developments Limited; and b) Environmental Management Plan (Revision C) dated 25 November 2020, prepared by The Property Group. If there are any inconsistencies between the above information and the conditions of this consent, the conditions of this consent will prevail....

8. Willowridge Developments Ltd - Alison Devlin - EIC - 25 February 2022 [pdf, 329 KB]

   ...25 February 2022 1 Introduction [1] My full name is Alison Devlin. I am the general manager – planning and development of Willowridge Developments Limited (Willowridge), a role I have been in since 2012. I have a BA(HONS) in Environmental Planning from the University of Strathclyde (Scotland) and an MSc in Environmental Management from the University of Paisley (Scotland). I am also a member of the Royal Town Planning Institute. Prior to taking up my current...

9. 2020-09-09 Media Minute [pdf, 118 KB]

   ...SEPTEMBER 2020 BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT CHRISTCHURCH I MUA I TE KŌTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA KI ŌTAUTAHI IN THE MATTER of the Resource Management Act 1991 AND of an application for declarations under s 310 of the Act BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE SOCIETY INCORPORATED (ENV-2020-CHC-099) Applicant AND NEW ZEALAND ALUMINIUM SMELTERS LIMITED Respondent JUDGE’S MINUTE ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE SOCIETY’S PROCEEDI...

10. 20240614-Waste-Minimisation-Waste-Disposal-Levy-Amendment-Bill.pdf [pdf, 80 KB]

    ...disposal levy to raise revenue for waste minimisation and to increase the cost of waste disposal. The Bill amends the principal Act to broaden the scope of activities funded by the levy while maintaining a strategic link between the levy and waste and environmental priorities. It: a. enables the central government allocation of the levy to be spent on a broader range of environmental outcomes b. increases levy rates over three years (2025/26 to 2027/28) c. makes related amendme...