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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. [2022] NZEnvC 91 Otago Regional Council - Chapter 7 (Landfills) [pdf, 600 KB]

   ...Regional Plan: Waste for Otago (‘the Waste Plan’) was made operative in 1997 and has not been amended or reviewed under s79 of the Resource Management Act 1991 (‘the Act’) since that time. It is now out of date with current expectations for environmental management. The entirety of the Waste Plan is intended to be reviewed alongside the operative Regional Plan: Water for Otago in the preparation of a new Land and Water Regional Plan (‘Land and Water Regional Plan’)....

7. [2022] NZEnvC 091 Otago Regional Council [pdf, 528 KB]

   ...Regional Plan: Waste for Otago (‘the Waste Plan’) was made operative in 1997 and has not been amended or reviewed under s79 of the Resource Management Act 1991 (‘the Act’) since that time. It is now out of date with current expectations for environmental management. The entirety of the Waste Plan is intended to be reviewed alongside the operative Regional Plan: Water for Otago in the preparation of a new Land and Water Regional Plan (‘Land and Water Regional Plan’)....

8. Trustpower S Styles Supplementary evidence on pRPS 21 July 2021 [pdf, 176 KB]

   ...Energy section6. Objective 2 is the primary objective relating to renewable energy generation and it requires: The generation capacity of renewable electricity generation activities in Otago: (1) is maintained and, if practicable maximised, within environmental limits, and (2) contributes to meeting New Zealand’s national target for renewable electricity generation.7 3.3 This quite directive objective clearly anticipates that existing renewable electricity generation activiti...

9. E47 Matt Byrne - Earthworks - EIC - Council [pdf, 737 KB]

   ...the coastal marine area and on land, associated with the America’s Cup (the Application). My evidence relates to the regional earthworks aspects of the Application. 2. QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE 2.1 My qualifications are a Bachelor of Environmental Studies from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. 2.2 I am a director of Babington & Associates (2004) Limited, an environmental consultancy that specialises in environmental management, including erosion and sed...

10. 2020 NZEnvC 143 Envrionmental Defence Society Incorporated v New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Limited [pdf, 7.2 MB]

    ...ENVIRONMENT COURT AT CHRISTCHURCH I MUA I TE KOTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA Kl OTAUTAHI IN THE MATTER AND BETWEEN AND Decision No. [2020] NZEnvC 143 of the Resource Management Act 1991 of an application for declarations under s 310 of the Act ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE SOCIETY INCORPORATED (ENV-2020-CHC-99) Applicant NEW ZEALAND ALUMINIUM SMELTERS LIMITED Respondent Court: Environment Judge J E Borthwick Hearing : Sitting alone in Chambers pursuant to s 279 of the Act Dat...