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1. 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...

2. [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...

3. 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...

4. [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...

5. 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...

6. 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...

7. ORC & Kai Tahu Ki Otago - EIC - Edward Ellison - 17 September 2021 [pdf, 554 KB]

   ...Water 4 Regional Plan Governance Group. I am a former Manager Iwi Liaison at ORC and former Deputy Kaiwhakahaere for Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu. 3 I have many years of experience in engaging with local authorities and Crown agencies on environmental management matters on behalf of Te Rūnanga o Ōtākou and other Otago Rūnaka. 4 I have been asked to give this evidence on behalf of Te Rūnanga o Moeraki, Kāti Huirapa Rūnaka ki Puketeraki, Te Rūnanga o Ōtākou and Ho...

8. E92 Joe Phillips - Traffic and Transportation - RE – Applicant [pdf, 14 MB]

   ...permanently stopped a Traffic Management Plan (TMP) shall be prepared by the consent holder and submitted to the Team Leader Compliance Monitoring – Central for certification in Section 5.3.1 1 Unio Environmental, 4 September 2018. America’s Cup Wynyard Hobson – Applicant’s Revised Conditions. 2787 Wynyard Edge Alliance | Construction Traffic Management Plan Rev D | September 2018 Page | 2 Condition Number Cond...

9. [2013] NZEmpC 97 Transpacific Industries v Harris and Green [pdf, 238 KB]

   ...AUCKLAND [2013] NZEmpC 97 ARC 96/11 IN THE MATTER OF an application for penalties and damages BETWEEN TRANSPACIFIC INDUSTRIES GROUP (NZ) LIMITED Plaintiff AND KAINE HARRIS First Defendant AND SMART ENVIRONMENTAL LIMITED Second Defendant ARC 37/12 IN THE MATTER OF an application for declarations, penalties and damages BETWEEN TRANSPACIFIC INDUSTRIES GROUP (NZ) LIMITED Plaintiff AND STEPHEN GREEN...

10. 2021-07-05 Transcript (up until1.30pm of day 39).pdf [pdf, 1.9 MB]

    ...the Court is considering water-users in this process and in the 15 formation of the plan change 7, it’s most necessary. In my view, it behoves the Otago Regional Council in its application of water management processes to consider not just the environmental implications but the implications on its region and people in its region, in the Otago Region. 20 Southern Lakes Holdings itself has invested significantly into the use of water resources. We have four small irrigation pro...