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1. Waitangi Tribunal - issue 52 of Te Manutukutuku [pdf, 348 KB]

   ...recommendations. The First 10 Years In the first 10 years of the Tribunal’s existence it was legally only able to address contemporary issues and the number of claims registered were small. The first group of claims dealt pre- dominantly with environmental issues. However the positive outcomes for the environment were not restricted to these cases. For example, the cleanup of Wel- lington City’s sewerage was inspired by the Te Atiawa claim. Additionally, the Motunui-Waitara Se...

2. Trends in conviction and sentencing in New Zealand 2011 [pdf, 577 KB]

   ...offences 19,940 22,280 24,048 21,995 18,450 -7.5 -23.3 Illicit drug offences 18,600 20,266 23,627 23,914 19,607 5.4 -17.0 Prohibited and regulated weapons and explosives offences 6,232 6,122 6,608 5,757 4,954 -20.5 -25.0 Property damage and environmental pollution 13,288 14,041 14,202 13,114 11,502 -13.4 -19.0 Public order offences 29,919 31,683 33,779 28,024 18,005 -39.8 -46.7 Traffic and vehicle regulatory offences 58,766 61,704 62,225 57,028 54,182 -7.8 -12.9 Offences...

3. Kereopa v Gray – Aramiro Trust (2016) 113 Waikato Maniapoto MB 245 (113 WMN 245) [pdf, 233 KB]

   ...standards and these levels are considered manageable by one experienced sheep and beef farm manager. 113 Waikato Maniapoto MB 255 Governance and management (e) The farm lacks both a transparent strategic plan and an annual farm plan. An environmental plan to cover nutrients, water ways, and sustainable land use is also required; (f) The governance and management of the farm is spread across several people, including 4-5 trustees, an accountant, a farm manager, a farm...

4. ENV-2016-AKL-000186 Viaduct Harbour Holdings Limited v Auckland Council [pdf, 8.6 MB]

   ...New Zealand Standard for Off-Street Parking - Parking Facilities Part 1: Off- Street Car Parking (AS/NZS 2890.1 2004) may assist applicants in designing parking areas. Travel plan: (2) a travel plan may be required as part of an assessment of environmental (a) effects where a proposal exceeds the trip generation threshold, provides more parking than the maximums specified or fewer than the minimums specified. A travel plan will not be required where the infringement of the parking sta...

5. Environment court annual report 2013 [pdf, 213 KB]

   ...ensuring the orderly and expeditious discharge of the business of the Court. 1.4 The Court’s Jurisdiction The Environment Court is established by section 247 of the RMA as a Court of Record. It is a specialist court that has jurisdiction over environmental and resource management matters. It can be characterised as follows: a Judge usually presides at sittings to hear and determine proceedings it is required by law to act judicially it hears contesting parties to the p...

6. ORC PC7 Hearing Schedule - 6.4.2021 [pdf, 283 KB]

   ...Representative Subject (if provided) Position Evidence / Representation Questioning / Cross-Examination Fish & Game Morgan Trotter Ecological Flow Evidence Summary (10min) ORC (30min) OWRUG (30min) Court (45min) Fish & Game Nigel Parageen Environmental Management Evidence Summary (10min) ORC (30min) Nga Rūnanga (30min) OWRUG (30min) Court (45min) Lunch (12.45pm) Fish & Game Ian Cole Recreational Angling Evidence Summary (10min) OWRUG (30min) Court (45min) Adjourn...

7. [2024] NZEnvC 140 The Trustees of the Spruce Grove Trust v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 282 KB]

   ...Trustees of Spruce Grove Trust v Queenstown Lakes District Council [2023] NZEnvC 279. 2 Trustees of the Spruce Grove Trust v Queenstown Lakes District Council [2024] NZEnvC 99. 3 Tairua Marine Ltd v Waikato Regional Council [2006] NZRMA 485 (HC); Environmental Protection Authority v BW Offshore Singapore Pte Ltd [2021] NZHC 2577 at [19]. 4 Foodstuffs (Otago Southland) Properties Limited v Dunedin City Council (1996) 2 ELRNZ 138. 5 Environment Court of New Zealand Practice Note 2023, c...

8. ENVC Matiatia party corresp WMLFeb15 affidavit M Dunn [pdf, 17 MB]

   ...130 vehicles (70 original and 60 proposed), As noted earlier Mr Mitchell has indicated that approximately 138 vehicles could be accommodated with sealing and marking out, The small difference in expected number of formed parking spaces is of no environmental effects significance, Neither would be the change in carpark surfaCing and any consequential alterations to the stormwater system, As such, I would expect any WML Section 127 application to meet the RMA 'tests' for...

9. ENVC Hearing 6Oct14 AC evidence chief legal submissions [pdf, 436 KB]

   ...Page 10 31557164:629148 dredging will be expensive and will have to exceed two metres in depth for large parts. The dredged material is estimated to amount to 142,000 cubic metres. The disposal of those dredged tailings creates an immediate environmental issue. … [35] This situation is very different from that in Body Corporate 97010. It can be readily seen in that case how issues as to complying parking had no effect on the size, shape and location of the building and on...

10. [2020] NZEnvC 212 Dunedin City Council v Ross [pdf, 15 MB]

    ...feature attracted strong submissions from counsel for the respondents about the weight the Court could place on it ("low"). [16] Evidence was called form Mr S C Ross, one of the respondents, and consultant ecologist Dr M J Thorsen. 1 Environmental Defence Society v Maunganui County Council [1989] 3NZLR 257 ; Western Bay of Plenty District Council v Whaiti Decision No. A128/05. 2 Terry v West Coast Regional Council Decision No. C147/01 . 4 [17] Mr Ewans was not granted...