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1. Waitangi Tribunal - Te Paparahi o Te Raki - statement of issues for stage 2 [pdf, 595 KB]

   ...8. PUBLIC WORKS AND OTHER TAKINGS ...................................................................................................... 24  9. LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND RATING ......................................................................................................... 27  10. OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL, WATER AND OTHER NON‐LAND RESOURCES ... 29  11. TAKUTAI MOANA/FORESHORE AND SEABED .....................................................

2. [2021] NZEnvC 106 Rangitane o Tamaki Nui a Rua Incorporated v Manawatu-Wanganui Regional Council [pdf, 861 KB]

   ...the wetland treatment system is separate from the Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade. Descriptive Specification G1. The activity authorised by these consents shall be undertaken in general accordance with the application and Assessment of Environmental Effects received on 1 April 2015 and supplementary documents received: a. On 11 December 2015, being a response to the s92 further information request of June 2015; b. On 12 April 2017, being a response to the s92 further infor...

3. 2021-05-24 NPSREG Implementation Guide [pdf, 455 KB]

   ...demand for electricity and achieve the Government’s target of 90% renewable energy. Second, renewable electricity generation (REG) is being unduly impeded by variable provisions in local authority policies and plans and changing attitudes to the environmental effects of development associated with REG activities.5 In response, the NPS REG seeks to ensure that: • the relevant benefits of REG and the national significance of associated activities are more explicitly recognised i...

4. Ngati Pahauwera Affidavit on behalf of Trustees Exhibits J to NN [pdf, 15 MB]

   ...ill see 100 kilometres of M r Waaka said, waterways fenced off and riparian land along “We would oppose any dairy ing in th the waterways planted in natives to filte r lower half of the Mohaka River, nitrates and phosphates from groundwater “Environmental issues and human need before i t enters the waterways. come first. A supervisor w ill manage the. fencing “Throughout the Hawke’s Bay at certai contracts, s ta rting th is month, and i t is times i t ’s unsafe to swim in th...

5. Waitangi Tribunal Vol 3 Kāhui Maunga Report [pdf, 13 MB]

   ...for ngā iwi o te kāhui maunga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 856 (a) Living with an alien landscape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 856 (b) Protection of the maunga from environmental damage . . . . . . . . 859 (c) Protection of tapu areas on the maunga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .860 (d) exercise of customary rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

6. [2021] NZEnvC 052 Rangitane O Tamaki v Manawatu-Wanganui Regional Council [pdf, 3.2 MB]

   ...to grant resource consents sought by TDC to discharge treated wastewater into the Makakahi River from the Eketahuna Wastewater Treatment Plant (EWWTP). The issues involved are complex, requiring consideration of wide-ranging social, cultural, environmental and economic issues. Aspects of the regional planning framework are directive and we are required to have regard to the requirements of the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management 2020 (NPSFM), which came into effect...

7. [2017] NZEnvC 204 City Rail Link Limited Successor to Auckland Transport v Auckland Council [pdf, 5.7 MB]

   ...activities on adjoining land, the devaluation would reflect the effects of that activity on the environment. The correct approach is to consider those effects directly rather than market responses because the latter can be an imperfect measure of environmental effects. 30 We were not persuaded that the s274 parties' witnesses paid sufficient regard to the likely positive economic effects that would result from CRLL's proposed investment in the Mt Eden Station and its envir...

8. [2024] NZEnvC 100 Merveber Limited v Auckland Council [pdf, 3.2 MB]

   ...sensitive activities (such as countryside living) being introduced into areas containing mineral resources for future extraction. (3) Encourage improved land management practices in rural production areas to progressively reduce and contain adverse environmental effects. … B9.4. Rural subdivision B9.4.1. Objectives (1) [deleted] (2) Subdivision does not undermine the productive potential of land containing elite soils. (3) Subdivision of rural land avoids, remedies or miti...

9. [2022] NZEnvC 117 High Quality v Auckland Council [pdf, 885 KB]

   ...and amenity. Putting aside rural character and amenity, the question is whether or not a discretionary activity can effectively be prohibited by the wording within policies or rules. Certainly that is not our understanding of the decision of Environmental Defence Society Inc v New Zealand King Salmon Company Ltd4 although this was quoted to us by the Council. Albert Road Investments v Auckland Council5 is quoted by the applicant relating to a two-lot subdivision containing one ho...

10. Review of the Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004 Analysis of Replacement Regimes [pdf, 465 KB]

    ...New Zealanders in the foreshore and seabed (including customary interests). These two options appear to promote access to justice, ownership benefits, certainty of outcomes; and optimal use of foreshore and seabed resources (including social and environmental benefit). 5 This conclusion comes with the caveat that it is given on a preliminary basis. The analysis of new information, particularly information gathered in the public consultation process, and the calibrating of features of t...