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1. Directory of Official Information G-I [pdf, 834 KB]

   ...last updated on 28 June 2022 Te Pū Ao Governing statutes Crown Research Institutes Act 1992; Companies Act 1993. Functions and responsibilities GNS Science, Te Pū Ao, is a Crown-owned science company that focuses on geological resources, environmental and industrial isotopes, and geological hazards. It applies this knowledge and understanding to deliver a cleaner, safer, and more prosperous New Zealand. GNS Science focuses on natural processes occurring in the earth’s crus...

2. ENVC Hearing 6Oct14 AT evidence chief Aut Karndacharuk [pdf, 2.5 MB]

   ...University of Auckland in 2004. I am a Chartered Professional Engineer and a Professional Member and Practice Area Assessor for the Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand. 5 I have been enrolled as a PhD candidate with the Civil and Environmental Engineering department at the University of Auckland since 2010. I am a holder of the Auckland Transport Doctoral Scholarship. In May 2014, I submitted my doctoral thesis, titled “The development of multi-faceted evaluation fra...

3. Briefing for incoming Minister 2017 - Vote Treaty Negotiations [pdf, 929 KB]

   ...affecting local government, in particular on arrangements for involving iwi in the management of natural resources where management is delegated to local authorities. The Ministry for the Environment Advises on resource management and environmental issues. The Ministry for the Environment is one of the key agencies involved in developing new arrangements for involving iwi in natural resource management, as part of settlements. Land Information New Zealand Advises o...

4. Freemans Bay Residents Association Inc 187 [pdf, 527 KB]

   ...intensity zoned properties across the road in England Street or Spring Street. 5.4 The lower intensity zoned properties in EngJand Street and Spring Street have a special character that makes a significant contribution to amenity values and environmental quality in Freemans Bay, and justifies aenteVll'tg- !rome proporti"OnaHty between housing intensification and protecting special character - Council's decision does not achieve this balance. Otherwise, this bala...

5. E103 Andrew Brown - RE - Mana Whenua in support [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...with a focus on significant issues and opportunities affecting people in Tāmaki Makaurau. Scope 10. Within scope: a) Identification of significant issues and opportunities as Kaitiaki (Mana Whenua) that affect the cultural, social, environmental and economic wellbeing of people in the Council area and the provision of guidance on how to address these issues b) Working directly and through working groups with Auckland Council group and Government agencies and representati...

6. E70 Richard Finley - Noise and Acoustics - EIC - The Point [pdf, 5.2 MB]

   ...Because of this an appropriate dBA criterion can be used to adequately describe the impact of the concert noise and manage its effects on residents without requiring specific low frequency controls. 29. The non-binding UK “Code of Practice on Environmental Noise Control at 4 Fitzgerald EIC 7.6. 2192 9 Concerts” from 1995 recommends the following: 30. The appropriate dBA level for outdoor concerts should reflect t...

7. Solomon v Solomon - Manukau Lands Trust (2020) 66 TeWaipounamu MB 207 (66 TWP 207) [pdf, 248 KB]

   ...an aspiration that has been endorsed by the beneficiaries over many years. The Trust has worked successfully with Ngā Whenua Rāhui in relation to its requirements under the kawenata. I was also provided with statements in support from several environmental experts who have visited Manukau and observed the progress there since 2012 and who endorse the replanting project. [41] The objective of the 1BT agreement is to replant native forest and from my reading of the agreement the m...

8. Federated-Farmers-of-New-Zealand.pdf [pdf, 395 KB]

   ...wellbeing of the Waikato and Waipā Rivers. However, Federated Farmers considers that the regulatory and non-regulatory methods proposed in PC1 do not appropriately give effect to the relevant higher order documents, have not appropriately balanced environmental, economic, social and cultural considerations, and are not the most efficient and effective means of achieving the objective of the plan change. 4. Federated Farmers is interested in all the issues raised by the Appell...

9. Federated Farmers of New Zealand.pdf [pdf, 395 KB]

   ...wellbeing of the Waikato and Waipā Rivers. However, Federated Farmers considers that the regulatory and non-regulatory methods proposed in PC1 do not appropriately give effect to the relevant higher order documents, have not appropriately balanced environmental, economic, social and cultural considerations, and are not the most efficient and effective means of achieving the objective of the plan change. 4. Federated Farmers is interested in all the issues raised by the Appell...

10. 2021-04-20 McArthur Ridge - ORC PC7 - Opening Submissions [pdf, 251 KB]

    ...consideration under the Plan Change framework ; (c) The Plan Change does not recognise or provide for different types of water users and their efficiency of water use; (d) The methodologies in PC7 will result in a reduction in actual allocations, with no environmental basis for this approach; (e) The Plan Change takes a blanket approach to all of the expiring water permits, rather than applying a catchment specific approach; (f) The work done to date by water user groups to collec...