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1. Constitutional Advisory Panel Full Report 2013 [pdf, 4.4 MB]

   ...Rights Act 1990 • sets up a process, with public consultation and participation, to explore in more detail the options for amending the Act to improve its effectiveness such as: › adding economic, social and cultural rights, property rights and environmental rights › improving compliance by the Executive and Parliament with the standards in the Act › giving the Judiciary powers to assess legislation for consistency with the Act › entrenching all or part of the Act Size of Parl...

2. Te Manutukutuku Issue 29 [pdf, 9 MB]

   ...produced with the help of a group of teachers and was trialed in the classroom with great success. Each kit contains 30 copies of the resource, plus teacher's notes and student's exercises. OTHER RESOURCE KITS AVAILABLE Set one: Kaituna environmental pollution claim, Rotorua Set two: Motunui-Waitara environmental pollution claim, Taranaki Set three: Te Roroa historical land loss claim, Northland ORDER FORM Name: ________________________________ __ Address: _________...

3. [2018] NZEnvC 027 Kumeu Property Limited v Auckland Council [pdf, 17 MB]

   ...merit, and acknowledged "the care invested in expressing a large-scale development in as much as the rural aesthetic as we consider possible." The commissioners also noted "We also consider the applicant demonstrated that many of the environmental effects arising from the proposal, and of concern to the submitters, such as on-site servicing and traffic could be managed appropriately through conditions" . [5] Two key conclusions appear to have guided the commissio...

4. Beef + Lamb NZ - EiC - J M Chrystal - Agricultural Science (5 Feb 2021) - Appendix 2 [pdf, 3.1 MB]

   ...current irrigation operations above 90%. Further, it will enable the expansion of irrigated areas by at least 2,000 ha. STIC is currently in the early stages of assessing the viability of the development and sought a high-level assessment of the key environmental issues relating to the scheme. The purpose of this report was to provide an initial assessment of the risks to surface water quality of the irrigation development under a variety of land management scenarios and soil types...

5. [2024] NZEnvC 110 Evans v Marlborough District Council [pdf, 463 KB]

   ...under cl 4(1)(b) of the NPD. [51] Our interim decision found that the Council’s consideration of erosion risk was unsatisfactory10 and that the risks to indigenous biodiversity were not considered. We further determined that consideration of environmental effects associated with a pest invasion does not exclude consideration of the effects of methods associated with removal of that pest. We accepted the applicant’s case that emerging indigenous vegetation on the land have valu...

6. Youth Court - The Youth Courts of New Zealand in 10 years time [pdf, 635 KB]

   ...Review of B Winick and D Wexler (eds) Judging in a Therapeutic Key: Therapeutic Jurisprudence and the Courts (2003) available <www.brucewinick.com>. account family context, social background, mental health, drug and alcohol issues and other environmental factors. 41 The principles of the CYPF Act allow scope for a therapeutic response by providing that any measures for dealing with a child or young person’s offending should, so far as it is practicable to do so, address t...

7. List of Appeals [pdf, 238 KB]

   ...Wakefield, Auckland Council, Private Bag 92300, Auckland 1142, mike.wakefield@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz Lodgement: ENV-2016-AKL-000209 No. 12 Lomond Limited v Auckland Council Initiator No. 12 Lomond Limited Mr Craig Malone, Berry Simons Environmental Law, PO Box 3144, Auckland, craig@berrysimons.co.nz Initiator No. 12 Lomond Limited Susan Simons, BerrySimons, PO Box 3144, Auckland 1140, sue@berrysimons.co.nz Respondent Auckland Council Christian Brown, Private Bag 92300,...

8. Waitangi Tribunal - issue 68 of Te Manutukutuku [pdf, 2.7 MB]

   ...wards, whāngai ; custody and access control ; coronial law and practices, burials ; genetic modification ; material culture : mokomokai, artefacts, heritage, museum collections, archives, monuments, films/audiovisual 7 Natural resources and environmental management Minerals (surface, underground, offshore) ; atmospheric resources ; foreshore and seabed ; water ; regulation of fishing, water quality, pollution ; marine reserves, customary fishing, whales, dolphins, impact of...

9. 2013 Justice Sector report [pdf, 12 MB]

   ...2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 20ll Year ending June (not all Police crime categories shown) THE MURDER RATE IS LOW. - Theft and related offences Unlawful entry with intent! burglary, break and enter - Property damage and environmental pollution - Public order offences - Acts intended to cause injury - Illicit drug offences Sexual assault and related offences - Homicide and related offences New Zealand 's murder rate is lower than that in Austr...

10. [2022] NZEnvC 086 Smith & Silk v Christchurch City Council [pdf, 6 MB]

    ...information relating to the activity, including an assessment of the activity's effects on the environment, as required by Schedule 4. This shall include an assessment against the matters set out in Part 2 and any relevant provisions of a national environmental standard, other regulations, a national policy statement, a New Zealand coastal policy statement, a regional policy statement or proposed regional policy statement and a plan or proposed plan (clause 2(1) (f) and (g))....