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1. 2021-04-19 FFNZ - PW Hunt - SoE.pdf [pdf, 98 KB]

   ...made the decision to exit our farming businesses. Part of the reason for this decision was the uncertainty that farmers are having to endure as we move from a production focus that was the push from central governments since the eighties to an environmental focus that we are being asked for today. Not since the times of Rogernomics has rural New Zealand faced such an upheaval and change of focus and direction. Like the times of the early eighties we are seeing banks tighten credit bec...

2. Resource Management (Regional Responsibility for Certain Agricultural Matters) Amendment Bill [pdf, 107 KB]

   ...of synthetic nitrogen fertiliser to pastoral land, or sediment control measures. 4. The Bill also revokes: a. the Resource Management (Stock Exclusion) Regulations 2020; and b. subparts 3 and 4 of Part 2 of the Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Freshwater) Regulations 2020. 5. We have concluded that the Bill appears to be consistent with the rights and freedoms affirmed in the Bill of Rights Act. Jeff Orr Chief Legal Counsel Office o...

3. [2023] NZEnvC 182 Bowkett v Whangarei District Council [pdf, 204 KB]

   ...In relation to the boat ramp, Mr Bowkett maintains that the boat ramp is a permitted activity. Therefore, a stay is requested to determine the lawfulness of the activity before compliance with the abatement notice is required. In respect of environmental considerations, Mr Bowkett submits there is no discharge, no material obstruction, the boat ramp is not out of character with the surrounding environment, and alleged effects relating to character and amenity are reversible if the...

4. Mercury NZ Limited 96.pdf [pdf, 204 KB]

   ...Mercury is interested in those issues that may affect its ability to operate, maintain, upgrade and develop its renewable electricity generation assets (in particular the Waikato Hydro System), including those parts of the proceedings related to: 4.1 Environmental offsetting/compensation; and 4.2 Amendments to Table 3.11-1 and related Methods 3.11.3.3 and 3.11.3.4 as they relate to attribute states. Relief opposed by Mercury 5 While Mercury supports DOC’s request for clarity o...

5. Companies (Directors Duties) Amendment Bill [pdf, 166 KB]

   ...Act 1993. Section 131 sets out the duty of a director of a company, when exercising powers or performing duties, to act in good faith and in what the director believes to be the best interests of the company. 3. New subsection 5 inserts several environmental, social and governance factors that a director may, when determining the best interests of the company, take into account. 4. We have concluded that the Bill appears to be consistent with the rights and freedoms affirmed in the Bi...

6. 6 November 2017 Clearwater Mussels Limited v Marlborough District Council [pdf, 300 KB]

   ...Mussels Limited v Marlborough District Council Initiator Clearwater Mussels Limited Quentin Davies, Gascoigne Wicks, P O Box 2, Blenheim Respondent Marlborough District Council Miriam Radich, Radich Law, PO Box 842, Blenheim Interested Party S274 Environmental Defence Society Incorporated Madeleine Wright, Environmental Defence Society, PO Box 91736, Victoria Street West, Auckland 1142 Interested Party S274 Friends of Nelson Haven & Tasman Bay (Inc) Julian Ironside, 6...

7. 2021-03-09 Tom de Pelsemaeker - Summary of Evidence (dated 8 March 2021) [pdf, 144 KB]

   ...entry conditions of the controlled activity rule, can apply for a short term consent as a restricted discretionary activity.) 4 PC7 further enables the transition to long-term sustainable management of freshwater by reducing the risk of further environmental degradation through: (a) Avoiding the re-allocation of paper allocation; (b) Limiting the quantity of water allocated in resource consents for the replacement of existing water permits to the quantity of water that has been...

8. OWRUG - EiC - A M Gillespie (3 Feb 2021) [pdf, 3.9 MB]

   ...Fax: (03) 477 5564 Email: bridget.irving@gallawaycookallan.co.nz Email: phil.page@gallawaycookallan.co.nz 1 PP-1035600-2-188-V6 BRIEF OF EVIDENCE OF ANNA MICHELLE GILLESPIE SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS 1. Our vision is to have an environmentally and financially sustainable farm, shared with our tamariki. 2. Highly efficient irrigation methods create significant production and environment management gains. At Two Farmers Farming we use a wide range of technologies...

9. 2023-05-23-Form-33-Stephen-Main.pdf [pdf, 57 KB]

   ...proceedings. I a111 not a trade competitor for the purposes of s_ection 308C of the Resource Management Act 1991. I am interested part of the proceedings. The part of the proceedings I am interested in are those that impact the invasion of my environmental footprint at 28 Mountain View Drive, Manakau 5583. I a1n interested in the issues as per my original submission. Please see attached. I oppose the relief sought because no relief was provided. I agree to participate in mediation...

10. Exemption order Nelson Enterprise Loan Trust [pdf, 28 KB]

    ...from the public to enable it to perform social lending by providing safe credit to low income people for a range of small businesses. (ii) Nelson Enterprise Loan Trust limits its lending to individuals and businesses it considers both socially and environmentally responsible. (iii) Nelson Enterprise Loan Trust offers defined and limited services to specific customers with robust internal processes that confirm the identity of the applicants and the purpose for which loans provided will...