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1. D-G of Conservation - Murray Brass - EIC - 25 February 2022 [pdf, 234 KB]

   ...processes: Plan Change 2 to the RPW (Regionally Significant Wetlands) and Plan Change 6A to the RPW (Water Quality). (e) Providing input from a local government perspective to the Ministry for the Environment in the development of the National Environmental Standards for Plantation Forestry 2018, the National Policy Statement for Renewable Electricity Generation 2011, and the National M Brass Evidence on Proposed Plan Change 8 to the Regional Plan: Water for Otago [D...

2. 2021-04-11 - Opening Representation - Landpro and others 12 April 2021 [pdf, 189 KB]

   ...needs, including preparing applications to replace deemed permits for water take, use and storage, as well as applications for new permits. 3. We have been working with our clients for many years drafting their applications and assessment of environmental effects and coordinating science investigations of hydrological flows and instream ecological values to support these applications. 4. Many of these replacement applications have already been lodged with ORC (to balance the ti...

3. [2021] NZEnvC 115 Te Whanau a Kai Trust v Gisborne District Council [pdf, 9.4 MB]

   ...the planning, management and monitoring of freshwater resources; catchment plans, integrated management plans and research and monitoring (section 3.4); • Principal reasons for the RPS objectives, policies and methods (Section 3.5); and • Environmental results anticipated (Section 3.6). [7] The regional plan provisions are in Section 4-7 of the Freshwater Plan and relate to: • Water quantity and allocation (Section 4); • Water quality and discharges to water and land (Se...

4. [2011] NZEmpC 6 Green v Transpacific Industries Group NZ Ltd [pdf, 107 KB]

   ...either of the parties, and other discretionary factors which may disqualify the defendant from the relief it obtained in the Authority. [8] Transpacific is a large company operating throughout Australia and New Zealand in the field of waste and environmental services. Its New Zealand solid waste entity is known as Transpacific Waste Management (TWM) which accounts for a significant share of Transpacific’s revenue and profit. Transpacific is a major (perhaps the major) operator...

5. Environment Court annual report 2009 [pdf, 146 KB]

   ...Tracey Chapman Wellington 1.5 The Court’s Jurisdiction The Environment Court is established by section 247 of the Resource Management Act 1991 (the Act), as a Court of Record. It is a specialist court that has jurisdiction over environmental and resource management matters. It can be characterised as follows: a Judge usually presides at sittings to hear and determine proceedings it is required by law to act judicially it hears contesting parties to the proceedin...

6. [2023] NZEnvC 035 Aokautere Land Holdings Limited v Palmerston North City Council [pdf, 367 KB]

   ...8(a)(i) and (ii). Aokautere did not pursue reason 8(6) in this hearing. 3 Background [4] The following relevant information is to be found in Part B of the Abby Road Notice of Requirement document: PART B: PLANNING REPORT AND ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS 1.1 INTRODUCTION This Notice of Requirement (NoR) seeks to designate an area of land for roading purposes. The land is currently zoned Residential. The road would extend the existing formation of Abby Road and provi...

7. Appendix-9_Stuart-Farrant_s87F-Report_Operational-Stormwater-Management_28-April-2023.pdf [pdf, 238 KB]

   ...Project) Prepared by Stuart Farrant – Operational Stormwater Management 4 B. QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE 6. My full name is Stuart James Edgar Farrant. I am a Principal Ecological Engineer and Southern Regional Manager at Morphum Environmental Ltd and hold a Bachelor of Engineering (Natural Resources) from University of Canterbury. 7. I have over 16 years’ experience working in multiple aspects of freshwater management and ecological engineering. I have worked f...

8. [2018] NZEnvC 238 Fitzgerald v Kaikoura District Council [pdf, 1.8 MB]

   ..._£~URTO~ \ 4 The permitted baseline [12] Section 104(2) further provides that when forming an opinion for the purposes of subsection (1)(a), a consent authority may disregard an adverse effect of the activity on the environment if a national environmental standard or the plan permits an activity with that effect. [13] The permitted baseline is of considerable moment in this case, as it was applied by the Hearing Commissioners and by Mr Bonis, on appeal, to disregard nearly al...

9. Final Env-Reg-Report-2017-18 [pdf, 178 KB]

   ...ensuring the orderly and expeditious discharge of the business of the court. 1.4 The Court’s Jurisdiction The Environment Court is established by section 247 of the RMA as a Court of Record. It is a specialist court that has jurisdiction over environmental and resource management matters. It can be characterised as follows: • a Judge usually presides at sittings to hear and determine proceedings • it is required by law to act judicially • it hears contesting parties to...

10. Wai 2180 Taihape inquiry newsletter 2 December 2015 [pdf, 822 KB]

    ...what it means for you, is discussed in more depth on the opposite page. Claimants have also met with several CFRT and Tribunal researchers throughout the year, including Suzanne Woodley (land rating and landlocked blocks), David Alexander (environmental issues 1970-2010 and the Rangitīkei River historical report), Paul Meredith (Rangitīkei River cultural perspectives report), Paul Christoffel (healthcare, education and housing), and Philip Cleaver (economic development)....