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1. [2020] NZEnvC 191 Aratiatia Livestock Limited v Southland Regional Council [pdf, 413 KB]

   ...character values of wetlands, rivers and lakes and their margins, including channel and bed form, rapids, seasonably variable flows and natural habitats, and protect them from inappropriate use and development. Objective 1813 All persons implement environmental practices that optimise efficient resource use, safeguard the life supporting capacity of the region's land and soils, and maintain or improve the quality and quantity of the region's water resources....

2. 2021-02-22 Minute - PC8 - Willowridge Developments Ltd - s 281 application [pdf, 223 KB]

   ...broadly: it includes, for example, resource consents, notices of requirement, and plan changes.5 12. Prior to being called in, a matter may have been the subject of submissions to the local authority.6 Once the Minister calls in a matter, the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) carries out various administrative tasks. Those tasks include: a. giving public notice of the Minister’s direction, which must (inter alia) state the due date for submissions;7 b. receiving submi...

3. [2023] NZEnvC 091 Barnhill Corporate Trustee Ltd v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 2 MB]

   ...Amenity Zone rules in Table 24.1. 24.3.2.6 All activities, including any listed permitted activities are subject to the rules and standards contained in Tables 24.1 and 24.2. 24.3.2.7 For Plantation Forestry the Resource Management (National Environmental Standard for Plantation Forestry) Regulation 2017 prevails. 24.3.2.8 Rules 24.5.1.1 to 24.5.1.5 do not apply to residential units, including residential flats, located within a building platform approved by resource consent, and re...

4. Waitangi Tribunal - Te Paparahi o Te Raki inquiry timetable [pdf, 285 KB]

   ...technical evidence summary and answers to Tribunal Statement of Issues (TSOI) Counsel/witness 21 Sept 2015 Detailed week 16 plan (draft) Counsel/claimants Request for week 16 site visit Counsel/claimants Report on selected issues concerning environmental management and control in the Hokianga Harbour from 1991 to the present (LIRP #1.10) Tribunal 25 Sept 2015 Week 16 questions of clarification Lead claimant and Crown counsel 28 Sept 2015 Post-week 15 written questions for...

5. DU v QN [2023] NZDT 434 (4 September 2023) [pdf, 220 KB]

   ...present at the time of sale? 14. It was a condition of sale, that DJ was to be checked by a vet before DU accepted him. Both parties agreed that no issues with DJ were identified at this time. 15. CHD is largely a genetic, inherited condition. Environmental factors will worsen a genetically predisposed individual. A dog without the genes for CHD is very unlikely to develop CHD. 16. QN suggested that perhaps something had occurred which gave rise to the CHD in the time that DU...

6. [2019] NZEnvC 056 Mackenzie District Council [pdf, 7.3 MB]

   ...J M Hassan Environment Commissioner R M Dunlop Hearing: at Christchurch on 4 and 14 February 2019 Appearances: D G Caldwell and A C Limmer for the applicant P A Steven QC and K G Reid for Simons Pass Station Limited R Enright and M Wright for Environmental Defence Society Incorporated Date of Decision: 1 April 2019 Date of Issue: 1 April 2019 DECISION OF THE ENVIRONMENT COURT A: Pursuant to s 312 of the Resource Management Act 1991, the Environment Court: (i) declines to make...

7. [2024] NZEnvC 042 Nelson City Council v Senk [pdf, 191 KB]

   ...affirmed 27 October 2023 in support of this application; iii) List of names and addresses of persons to be served with a copy of this application. Supporting affidavits Affidavit of Naomi Olive Alderson [3] The affidavit of Naomi Olive Alderson, environmental officer, advises that a duty planner requested an investigation of a building in the back yard of 252 St Vincent Street that may have been in use as a residential address. [4] A Council sewer pipe runs under the section f...

8. [2022] NZEnvC 121 Cullinan v Kaipara District Council [pdf, 425 KB]

   ...activities on site shall be carried out in accordance with the plans and all information submitted with the application formally received by the Kaipara District Council (“Council”) on 17 September 2018: • Application form, and assessment of environmental effects prepared by Pacific Coast Surveys, dated March 2019. Plan title and reference Author Rev Dated Site survey reference 2490 Pacific Surveys Coast 3 March 2021 Site survey proposed car park layout reference 2...

9. ORC PC7 Hearing Schedule - 11.5.2021 (Updated 12.5.2021) [pdf, 225 KB]

   ...Cross-Examination Fish & Game Maree Baker-Galloway Administrative & Introductions Opening Court (15min) Fish & Game Morgan Trotter Ecological Flow Evidence Summary (10min) ORC (30min) OWRUG (30min) Court (45min) Fish & Game Nigel Parageen Environmental Management Evidence Summary (10min) ORC (30min) Nga Rūnanga (30min) OWRUG (30min) Court (45min) Extended morning tea (11.30am) Fish & Game Ian Cole Recreational Angling Evidence Summary (10min) OWRUG (30min)...

10. E55 Heather Kirkham - EIC - the Crown [pdf, 827 KB]

    ...the Crown supports the reduced extent of incursion into the Waitematā Harbour required to accommodate the America's Cup syndicate bases, which will reduce the costs of loss of amenity, as compared to alternative options. While not all environmental costs can or should be valued in dollar terms, the dollar value properly attributable to the substantially lessened intrusion is tens of millions of dollars in this instance; (b) will have positive effects for Auckland and New...