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1. [2024] NZEnvC 075 McCallum Bros Limited v Auckland Council [pdf, 12 MB]

   ...Wikaira for herself L Sutherland and D V van Mierlo for the Director-General of Conservation (DOC) M Downing and P Anderson for Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Incorporated (Forest and Bird) L Muldowney and S Thomas for Environmental Defence Society Incorporated (EDS) K R M Littlejohn and S Hiew for Mangawhai Harbour Restoration Society Incorporated (MHRS) A Scharting and N Buxeda for Tara Iti Golf Club Limited, Te Ārai Links, Te Ārai North Limited, Te Ār...

2. [2021] NZEnvC 164 Otago Regional Council [pdf, 4 MB]

   ...Territorial Authorities 4. Water Quality 5. Water Quantity 6. Schedule 10A.4 7. Decisions on Submissions 8. Plan Change 7 Provisions Abbreviations used in the decision CA Rule Controlled activity rule DA Rule Discretionary activity rule EPA Environmental Protection Authority FMU Freshwater Management Unit Freshwater – NES Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Freshwater) Regulations 2020 HEG Hydro-electricity generation Kāi Tahu ki Otago Te Runanga...

3. [2021] NZEnvC 164 Otago Regional Council [pdf, 4 MB]

   ...Territorial Authorities 4. Water Quality 5. Water Quantity 6. Schedule 10A.4 7. Decisions on Submissions 8. Plan Change 7 Provisions Abbreviations used in the decision CA Rule Controlled activity rule DA Rule Discretionary activity rule EPA Environmental Protection Authority FMU Freshwater Management Unit Freshwater – NES Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Freshwater) Regulations 2020 HEG Hydro-electricity generation Kāi Tahu ki Otago Te Runanga...

4. 2021-03-17 ORC PC7 - Transcript (up to end of day 7) [pdf, 2.3 MB]

   ...express the aspirations of communities and tangata whenua for each FMU, or part FMU. This will provide the foundation for freshwater management in the new land and 15 water regional plan (LWRP) and set the basis for identifying values, setting environmental outcomes and environmental flows and levels required by the NPSFM. The Council has committed to notifying a new land and water regional plan by 20 31 December 2023. The Council science team has created a number of dedica...

5. ENV-2016-CHC-000071 Application for Declarations [pdf, 3.6 MB]

   BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT COURT ENV-2016- IN THE MATTER AND IN THE MATTER BETWEEN AND of the Resource Management Act 1991 of an application for declarations under Part 12 of the Act ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE SOCIETY INCORPORATED Applicant MACKENZIE DISTRICT COUNCIL Respondent APPLICATION FOR DECLARATIONS BY ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE SOCIETY INCORPORATED 17 November 2016 Counsel Acting: R B Enright / MCWright PO Box 91736 Victoria Street West Auckland 1142 E: madeleine@ed...

6. [2024] NZEnvC 044 Donaldson v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 5.7 MB]

   ...1: Malaghans Valley Potential landscape opportunities and benefits associated with additional development Riparian restoration potential. Potential integration of walkway/cycleway etc. Larger-scaled lots suggest potential for subdivision. Environmental characteristics and visual amenity values to be maintained and enhanced Sense of openness and spaciousness associated with predominantly pastoral landscape. Subservience of buildings within the overall unit. Dramatic views from M...

7. Final-Technical-Assessment-K-Freshwater-Ecology-v2.pdf [pdf, 2.6 MB]

   ...the 21 permanent streams where access was available, surveys involved assessments of stream function and habitat condition using the Stream Ecological Valuation (“SEV”) methodology, collection of macroinvertebrate samples, and collection of environmental DNA (“eDNA”) samples to determine which fish species were present. Ephemeral sites were documented via site notes and photography. Surveys and site visits were undertaken at the site of impact (where the proposed designati...

8. [2018] NZEnvC 239 Mawhinney v Auckland Council [pdf, 851 KB]

   ...It starts with section 11 RMA which states (relevantly): 11. Restrictions on subdivision of land (1) No person may subdivide land, within the meaning of section 218, unless the subdivision is- (a) both first, expressly allowed by a national environmental standard, a rule in a district plan as well as a rule in a proposed district plan for the same district (if there is one), or a resource consent and, second, shown on one of the following: (i) a "survey plan", as defi...

9. 2021-05-25 JWS - 4-6 May 2021 as amended 21 May 2021 [pdf, 474 KB]

   ...been used in the past; (2) Requiring minimum flow, residual flow or take cessation conditions on existing consents to be carried over as consent conditions on any consents that replace existing water permits; and (3) Reducing the risk of further environmental degradation and unforeseen economic hardship for water users, by discouraging further investment in irrigation expansion or land use intensification until a new NPS-FM 2020 compliance planning framework has bene introduced (tha...

10. ENV-2016-CHC-000047 Blueskin Energy Limited v Dunedin City Council - Evidence - Janet Stephenson [pdf, 2.1 MB]

    ...(2014) Correnso Underground Mine Social Impact Assessment – Final report. JRS-006 6 12. I have also been guided by the Fourth Schedule to the Resource Management Act, and in particular clause 7(1)(a) which states that an assessment of environmental effects should include “any effect on those in the neighbourhood and, where relevant, the wider community, including any social, economic, or cultural effects”. I also take into account the definition of ‘effect’ i...