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1. [2021] NZEnvC 186 Wallace v Waikato District Council [pdf, 193 KB]

   ...remedy, or mitigate any adverse effect on the environment arising from an activity carried on by or on behalf of the person, whether or not the activity is carried on in accordance with— (a) any of sections 10, 10A, 10B, and 20A; or (b) a national environmental standard, a rule, a resource consent, or a designation. … Section 17 of the Act imposes a duty on every person that carries out an activity to avoid, remedy or mitigate any adverse effect on the environment. The Counci...

2. [2021] NZEnvC 094 Te Runanga o Ngati Awa v Bay of Plenty Regional Council [pdf, 224 KB]

   ...-166) Appellants / Applicant BAY OF PLENTY REGIONAL COUNCIL WHAKATANE DISTRICT COUNCIL Respondents CRESWELL NZ LIMITED Applicant for consents NGATI TUWHARETOA (BOP) SETTLEMENT TRUST TE RUNANGA O NGAI TE RANGI IWITRUST NGATI PIKIAO ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIETY TUWHAKAIRIORA O'BRIEN and NGAITAMAWERAHAP-0 KIWIRAIL LIMITED RIHIVERCOE s27 4 Parties Otakiri appeals - decision on procedural matters pending further appeals Court: Hearing: 2 Chief Environment Co...

3. [2021] NZEnvC 145 Klass Waslander v Southland Regional Council [pdf, 197 KB]

   ...5282, Lot 1 DP 10248 and Pt Sec 49 Blk XIX Invercargill Hundred; that Klass Waslander must: (1) Ensure that the work specified in the attached Areas of Risk Schedule of the Effluent System Assessment Report dated 7 April 2017 prepared by Rural Environmental Solutions (the Schedule) is carried out. All work must be carried out by 31 July 2017 or the dates specified in that Schedule whichever are later. (2) Carry out the activities noted in the Schedule as “ongoing” as and whe...

4. [2022] NZEnvC 243 Summerset Villages Waikanae Limited v Wellington Regional Council [pdf, 162 KB]

   ...application and only challenges the duration condition (Summerset asks for a duration of 35 years as opposed to the 10 years granted by the Council). • Early commencement would not prejudice any other parties' interests or generate any adverse environmental effects but Summerset submits that if early commencement is not granted that will significantly impact Summerset's ability to continue with construction of the retirement village and comply with the consent conditio...

5. [2023] NZEnvC 080 Canterbury Regional Council [pdf, 201 KB]

   ...application for declaration dated 15 February 2023 as well as the applications for additional and/or alternative declarations filed by New Zealand Federation of Freshwater Anglers Incorporated and by North Canterbury Fish and Game Council and the Environmental Defence Society Incorporated jointly, both dated 15 March 2023. 5 As was raised in the court’s Minute dated 17 April 2023 at [17] and recorded as accepted by parties in CRC’s memorandum dated 20 April 2023. 3 [4] Manawa...

6. 2021-06-28 Notice of PHC - PC8 [pdf, 166 KB]

   ...definition: Animal waste system New definition: Dairy Effluent Storage Calculator New definition: Suitably Qualified Person Deleted definitions Agricultural waste Part C Good Farming Practices New Policy 7.D.9 Reduce adverse environmental effects of farming activities New definition: Critical Source Area Deleted definitions: Feed Pad/ Stand off pad Deleted definition: Sacrifice Paddock Part D Intensive Grazing New rule 14.6.1.1 Permitted activ...

7. CCRC-Position-Profile [docx, 45 KB]

   ...Commissioners. · Career experience at a senior level that reflects good judgement, integrity and impartiality. · Experience in an executive decision-making role and/or in working within a statutory framework. · The ability to work as part of a team. Environmental awareness · The judgement and discretion required to maintain the autonomy and independence essential to the Commission. · The ability to maintain confidentiality and deal appropriately with sensitive information. · Ability to i...

8. [2024] NZEnvC 210 Ratcliffe Family Trust v Hamilton City Council [pdf, 149 KB]

   ...contended that: (a) The Appellant is a person as defined under the RMA, being a body of persons whether corporate or unincorporated, and that the Council has jurisdiction under the RMA having been charged with enforcing the observance of national environmental standards (see s 44A(8)); (b) It responded to an adverse event requiring immediate preventive and remedial measures to be undertaken; (c) The follow-on provision contained in s 330A does not apply. The Appellant was preven...

9. [2021] NZEnvC 047 Netherlea Hobsonville Limited v Hamilton City Council [pdf, 1.7 MB]

   ...centres in the city, given its scale and location. Objective 2.2.4 Establish and maintain a hierarcf?y of viable and vibrant b11siness centres that provide a fams far retail commercial a11d enteJtainme11t activities and serve the social ctdt11ral environmental and economic needs of the comm1111ify. The current proposal would not interfere with establishing and maintaining those business centres. Policy 2.2.4(a) B11si11ess activity and development shall locate in the most appropria...

10. Blueskin Amenity and Landscape Society (BALS) (dated 1 June 2017) [pdf, 850 KB]

    ...demonstrate their opposition to the appeal now before the Court. BALS exists: (a) to display the strength of community resistance to the BEL proposal with regard to the Fourth Schedule to RMA 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”; (b) to present these community concerns to the Court; (c) to ra...