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1. [2020] NZEnvC 217 Trojan Holdings Limited v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 472 KB]

   ...their properties (the first being in the 1995 review when the provisions were removed following mediation). QLDC submissions [12] QLDC says it has consistently acted objectively and in the public interest to its consideration of the important environmental values that it sought to maintain through this proceeding.16 QLDC notes that the decision to add Links 5 and 6 was in response to submissions seeking relief and on the recommendation of the hearing commissioners that adding Link...

2. Grigorovich v Stapleton (Strike-Out Application) [2018] NZHRRT 44 [pdf, 234 KB]

   ...termination of his employment. Another issue is whether the Tribunal has jurisdiction in respect of a number of additional complaints Mr Grigorovich wishes to bring against Babbage. Background [4] Mr Grigorovich was employed by Babbage as a Senior Environmental Scientist from 10 June 2014 to 30 August 2014. In November 2015, Mr Grigorovich filed an application for leave to raise a personal grievance out of time with the ERA. This was necessary as it was after the expiry of the 90...

3. [2024] NZEnvC 122 Grafton Downs Limited v Auckland Council [pdf, 2.5 MB]

   ...sports grounds and envisaged for commercial and community use and parkland. [3] The master plan for Paerata Rise was to provide an accessible, multi-modal, walkable residential community, with access to the rail network, that would achieve quality environmental outcomes. Once fully completed, the development could accommodate 4,500 – 5,000 new homes and a community of 12 – 15,000 residents with its own neighbourhood reserves, schools, a retail precinct with shops, cafes, rest...

4. [2019] NZEnvC 148 Guthrie v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 2 MB]

   ...degree of effect on them. Claims of property value effects should be put to one side as not relevant considerations under the RMA. 17 Claims as to landscape matters do not make applicants any different from the interest of a public pressure or environmental lobby group in such matters, which the Affidavit of G Tremain, dated 15 July 2019; affidavit of J Tremain, dated 15 July 2019. Affidavit of I Henderson, dated 15 July 2019; affidavit of P Henderson, dated 15 July 2019. Notice of...

5. [2022] NZEnvC 232 Taranaki Energy Watch Incorporated v Taranaki Regional Council [pdf, 547 KB]

   ...1 Current examples include:  Part 6 Well Operations provisions of the Health and Safety in Employment (Petroleum Exploration and Extraction) Regulations 2013 whereby there is considerable overlap between Health and Safety in Employment and environmental considerations.  Maritime Transport Act 1994 and associated Marine Protection Rules  Resource Management (Marine Pollution) Regulations 1998. 2 Current examples include:  Well examiners verification of the well exami...

6. [2017] NZEnvC 178 Lau v Auckland Council [pdf, 4.4 MB]

   ...[25] 5 Counsel submits that an application for security for costs should generally be Being awards of $8,700 in Auckland Council v Lau [2017] NZEnvC 151 and $127,500 in Auckland Council v Chen Hong Co Ltd, Mao and Lau [2017] NZEnvC 152. Wakatipu Environmental Society Inc v Queenstown Lakes DC (1997) 3 ELRNZ 1 and JR Hughes & ors v BJ Cooper & ors (unreported: HC Auckland, CP62/95, 5 July 1996, Salmon J) Gilliespie v Manawatu-Wanganui RC [2013] NZEnvC 263; Te Whare 0 Te Kaitiak...

7. McLeod - Mangatawa 2B 2A Block (Tamapahore Marae) (2020) 201 Waikato Maniapoto MB 145 (201 WMN 145) [pdf, 246 KB]

   ...and more recently in relation to the Rangapu o Mana Whenua o Tauranga Moana forum. Mr Carlton Bidios spoke of an eight-year relationship with Whitiora McLeod as the chairperson of the Manaaki Te Awanui Trust, a charitable trust which delivers environmental research programmes in relation to Tauranga Harbour. Piatarihi Bennet spoke of a fifteen-year relationship with Mr McLeod, particularly during the time she worked for the Ngāi Te Rangi Iwi Trust. All the witnesses spoke to Mr...

8. [2019] NZEnvC 142 Darby Planning Limited Partnership v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 1.5 MB]

   ...ENV-2018-CHC-101 ENV-2018-CHC-106 ENV-2018-CHC-119 ENV-2018-CHC-124 ENV-2018-CHC-126 ENV-2018-CHC-127 ENV-2018-CHC-131 ENV-2018-CHC-134 ENV-2018-CHC-137 ENV-2018-CHC-138 ENV-2018-CHC-146 4 SCHEDULE List of Appellants Upper Clutha Environmental Society Incorporated Kawarau Jet Services Holdings Limited FIi Holdings Limited Trojan Helmet Limited Queenstown Airport Corporation Ltd Friends of the Wakatipu Gardens and Reserves and Associated Residents Universal Development...

9. [2022] NZEnvC 106 Guardians of the Bays Inc v Wellington International Airport Ltd [pdf, 2.2 MB]

   ...Precincts the direct or indirect illumination of outdoor areas associated with non- aviation activity shall be managed so that it is in accordance with the requirements of AS/NZS 4282:2109 ‘Control of the obtrusive effects of outdoor lighting’, for Environmental Zone A4. For the avoidance of doubt any lighting controlled by Civil Aviation rules shall not be controlled by this condition. At the completion of all work undertaken to illuminate outdoor areas (not controlled by Civil Av...

10. 2023-09-26-Evidence-of-Sean-Mallon.PDF [PDF, 1.2 MB]

    ...preparing this evidence I have reviewed the following: (a) Stage 5: Additional MCA Processes and Outcomes 2021 document. (b) The NoR for the Ō2NL Project as lodged with the Council, including Volume II Supporting Information and Assessment of Environmental Effects (“AEE”). (c) The Transport Technical Assessment by Philip Jeremy Peet attached as Technical Assessment A to the AEE. (d) The s198D Report of David Dunlop (Transportation) for the Council. (e) The s198D Report of...