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  1. Notes of Crown Maori Relations focus group with Constitutional and Legal experts 20 March 2018 [pdf, 540 KB]

    ...Commissioner (or other central body with a Treaty commission type function) to measure progress on the recommendations of the last 21 years and to provide independent advice to Parliament. o An institutional entity to do some of the heavy lifting in the environmental space (e.g., water rights). There was concern that the EPA model in NZ lacks effectiveness. o Legislative power for the judiciary to strike down legislation and other laws that are inconsistent with the terms of the T...

  2. E84 Dennis Kirkwood - EIC - Ngāti Tamaoho [pdf, 1 MB]

    ...kaitiaki and exercise our customary rights. Cumulative Effects 34. Te Waitematā and the surrounding areas have been significantly modified by past activities and activities that are currently permitted within the area. 35. We do not have an environmental bottom line or isolated assessment of the effect of particular activities. The mauri of Te Waitematā and the surrounding areas cannot be fragmentised or compartmentalised. The cumulative effect of past and present activit...

  3. 2021-05-17 GlenAyr Limited H D Sangster and D S Sangster Thoughts on farmer evidence and court questions 17 May 2021 [pdf, 95 KB]

    ...or specify the area to be irrigated. An unintended consequence of not letting farmers irrigate a greater area if they are more efficient will mean that they will intensify the production on that area and increase the inputs which may cause more environmental problems. Technology solutions and good management will help farmers make their water go further and help with the payback on infrastructure. Your Honor this is a very important point and I would ask you to try and not interfer...

  4. [2017] NZEnvC 142 Nelson City Council [pdf, 937 KB]

    ...Reserve to be managed and designed in the most efficient and effective way possible. This in turn will assist Council to achieve the vision for the Reserve, as set out in the Management Plan: 'The Brook Recreation Reserve serves as a centre for environmental education and conservation and as a destination for camping and outdoor recreation, including appropriately-scaled and complementary commercial recreation and tourism development". 25. Because the Reserve is intended...

  5. Combined Owners and Residents of Apartments in Sheds 19 20 22 23 [pdf, 3.6 MB]

    ...Coastal Plan, which forms part of the Auckland Unitary Plan (AUP), is approved by the Minister of Conservation the operative standa,'d in the CMA will be rule E25,6,27, 12 The approach sought by the Submitter is supported by the As!:;essment, of Environmental Effects as this recognises that given the regional coastal provisions which form part of the AUP have been through the AUP process and no appeals an~ outstandi,ng that significant weight should be given, to these provisions...

  6. 2021-02-22 Special Advisor (Ian Gordon) - submission on Willowridge s 281 application [pdf, 150 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...

  7. 2020-10-28 Minute PC 1&8 General Directions [pdf, 211 KB]

    ...confidentiality orders or orders prohibiting or restricting publication. 3 These are any relevant National Policy Statement and Regional Policy Statements. 7 (e) in line with s 44A RMA, review the plan changes against any applicable National Environmental Standards; (f) address any linkages between the plan change provisions and the provisions of the operative Regional Plans; and (g) consider any amendment proposed by the parties and, giving reasons, either: (i) support...

  8. Skudder - Tahorakuri A No 1 Sec 8B and Lot 1 Deposited Plan South Auckland 63822 (2017) 160 Waiariki MB 242 (160 WAR 242) [pdf, 219 KB]

    ...more holistically, without the sale of land, the condition of the land will continue to regress such that their viability will one day be beyond the capital investment required to lift them to productivity. The sale of land will also facilitate environmental outcomes, such as the restoration of a wetland, which would otherwise not occur. 160 Waiariki MB 247 The law [11] The relevant sections to apply are ss 135 and 136 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 (the Act), which stat...

  9. [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...