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1. [2021] NZEnvC 168 Director-General of Conservation v Thames-Coromandel District Council [pdf, 454 KB]

   ...assessing the efficiency and effectiveness of the provisions in achieving the objectives; and (iii) summarising the reasons for deciding on the provisions; and (c) contain a level of detail that corresponds to the scale and significance of the environmental, economic, social, and cultural effects that are anticipated from the implementation of the proposal. (2) An assessment under subsection (1)(b)(ii) must— (a) identify and assess the benefits and costs of the environmental, econ...

2. ORC - Joint Supplementary Statement of Evidence - Felicity Boyd & Kerstin Strauss - 8 November 2021 [pdf, 233 KB]

   ...relevant new LWRP provisions may be achieved. Given the ‘interim’ nature of the PC8 provisions, a precautionary approach would generally be applied when determining the duration of these consents. 26 However, in the absence of any significant environmental risk, such as vicinity of sensitive receivers, and compliance with good management practices, longer durations (i.e. greater than 15 years) may be appropriate in some situations. 27 In addition, I note that when assessing...

3. Beef + Lamb NZ - EiC - J M Chrystal - Agricultural Science (5 Feb 2021) [pdf, 777 KB]

   ...nutrient losses to water, including Overseer analysis comparing nutrient losses from different irrigation types; and 13.3 Farm management practices that can mitigate the loss of nutrients from irrigated land. 13.4 I contacted a local farm and environmental consultant and read the evidence of sheep and beef farmers Anna and Ben Gillespie. These farmers are using the management practices that I outline in my evidence, in particular the science of soil monitoring and soil water...

4. 2021-07-05 OWRUG - Closing Submissions [pdf, 277 KB]

   ...NPS FM are proposed and available for immediate acceptance. In short, there is nothing at all in either Prof Skelton’s report or the Minister’s 7 PP-1035600-2-537-V1 recommendation that requires the Council to turn its back on environmental gains for 6 years. 26. The consequence of rejecting PC7 is that applications for replacement permits fall to be considered under the RPW, the new proposed RPS, and the NPS FM20209. That is problematic. The obvious and reason...

5. 2020-AKL-083 OJI Fibre Solutions (NZ) Limited v Waikato Regional Council [pdf, 187 KB]

   ...phosphorus, sediment and microbial pathogens diffuse discharges at a property scale. e. Consulting with the owners and operators of regionally significant infrastructure that have point source discharge consents, in relation to the location of the environmental monitoring sites that will be used for the collection of data for monitoring and assessing progress toward achieving the Table 3.11-1 water quality attribute states. This consultation will include ensuring that the environmenta...

6. [2018] NZEnvC 097 Handley v South Taranaki District Council [pdf, 5.2 MB]

   ...traffic disruption within her farm that is beyond her control' [11] The appellant further prefaces her submissions on jurisdiction by pointing out that the dog-leg is, on analysis of the Notice of Requirement and associated Assessment of Environmental Effects (,NOR', 'AEE'), properly to be treated as part of the Project. She refers to related and consistent observations made in evidence for the Requiring Authority to the Council commissioner's hearing . She s...

7. 5. Transcript (weeks 9 & 10 Dunedin) [pdf, 3 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...

8. [2021] NZEnvC 083 Director-General of Conservation v Thames- Coromandel District Council [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...assessing the efficiency and effectiveness of the provisions in achieving the objectives; and (iii) summarising the reasons for deciding on the provisions; and (c) contain a level of detail that corresponds to the scale and significance of the environmental, economic, social, and cultural effects that are anticipated from the implementation of the proposal. (2) An assessment under subsection (l)(b)(ii) must- (a) identify and assess the benefits and costs of the environmental, economi...

9. E90 Graeme McIndoe - Urban Design - RE – Applicant [pdf, 967 KB]

   ...Graeme Robert McIndoe. I have prepared a primary statement of evidence dated 7 August 20181, and confirm my qualifications and experience as set out in paragraphs 1.1-1.3 of that evidence. 1.2 Responding to an aspect of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) raised in paragraph 7 of the 27 August 2018 Minute of the Court (the Court’s Minute), I confirm I have the following experience in CPTED: a) principal co-author of the Guidelines for Design Against Crime, a n...

10. [2024] NZEnvC 102 Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Inc v West Coast Regional Council [pdf, 273 KB]

    ...the same in a costs award should be followed; (e) in any event, the parties have not supplied sufficient detailed evidence of the costs actually incurred; (f) any award in favour of F&B ought to account for the funding received from the Environmental Legal Assistance Fund (ELA); (g) the hearing was a test case on the chapter 7 RPS provisions, which counts against any award of costs been made; and (h) if an award is made, costs of various of the witnesses ought to be exclud...