ENV-2016-AKL-000xxx Zakara Investments Limited v Auckland Council [pdf, 23 MB]
...appealed are likely to significantly reduce the protection and restoration of indigenous biodiversity in the Auckland region. (c) The Council has failed to undertake an adequate assessment of the provisions, including the benefits and costs of the environmental, economic, social and cultural effects that are anticipated from the implementation of the provisions, as required by sections 32 and 32AA of the RMA. (d) The Panel recommended that the transferable rural site subdivision ru...