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1. [2024] NZEnvC 161 Eden Epsom Residential Society Incorporated v Auckland Council [pdf, 7.2 MB]

   ...Auckland Council for a plan change under Clause 21 of the First Schedule of the Act. Clause 22 requires the change: (1) … shall explain the purpose of, and reasons for, the proposed plan or change to a policy statement or plan … (2) Where environmental effects are anticipated, the request shall describe those effects, … in such detail as corresponds with the scale and significance of the actual or potential environmental effects anticipated from the implementation of the chang...

2. BORA Parihaka Reconciliation Bill [pdf, 4.3 MB]

   C ' Te 'fitri Turco le Karauna rown Law 1 August 2017 Attorney-General Parihaka Reconciliation Bill v2.10- Consistency with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 Our Ref: ATT395/273 Please find attached advice on whether the Parihaka Reconciliation Bill is consistent with the rights and freedoms set out in the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990. The advice concludes that the Bill is not inconsistent with the Bill of Rights Act. Please indicate whether you accept

3. Directory of Official Information G-I [pdf, 903 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...

4. 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...

5. Environment Court annual report 2014 [pdf, 282 KB]

   ...the business of the Court. E.49 6 | P a g e 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 proceed...

6. ENVC Hearing 6Oct14 DM expert Robert Greenway attachment [pdf, 5.2 MB]

   ...suitable for users of average fitness and mobility. Route – marked only by signposts and basic route markers. May be cross country. Requires a reasonable level of fitness. Lookout points Playground BBQ Parking Toilets Transport Environmental care code Please protect our plants, wildlife and natural heritage: • remove your rubbish • keep streams and the sea clean • keep to the track and respect private property • keep dogs on a leash and remove droppings (g...

7. [2016] NZEnvC 018 Waiheke Marinas Ltd [pdf, 607 KB]

   ...[15] In Canterbury Cricket, the Court brought into this account some further factors, including thatlO in proceedings where any right of appeal is limited to points of law, it was imperative that the application, together with the assessment of environmental effects and the evidence to be called in support, be thoroughly prepared. The Court also noted 11 differences in scope and conduct of the first instance hearing by the Environment Court compared with an appeal, concluding that t...

8. Waitangi Tribunal - issue 56 of Te Manutukutuku [pdf, 357 KB]

   ...forfeiture of land to the Crown, the advent of the Native Land Court and its replace- ment of customary tenure, Mäori at- tempts to manage their remaining lands themselves through the Rees- Pere trusts, through to the East Coast Commission, and environmental and public works issues. The Gisborne Tribunal are Chief Judge Joe Williams (presiding), Dame Margaret Bazley, Professor Whare- huia Milroy, and Dr Ann Parsonson. Gisborne Tribunal underway with writing report T e M a n u t...

9. Waitangi Tribunal - issue 58 of Te Manutukutuku [pdf, 675 KB]

   ...alienation of the geothermal resource from Mäori ownership and control, and seri- ous damage done to the resource, � the Crown’s negotiation of unfair and inappropriate agreements about ownership of lakes, fish- eries, and rivers, and serious environmental damage done to waterways, � the Crown’s mismanagement of development schemes, its fores- try leases, and other twentieth- century land issues, resulting in loss of Mäori land, or prevention of Mäori from using their...

10. Faulkner v Hoete - Motiti North C No 1 [2018] Māori Appellate Court MB 17 (2018 APPEAL 17) [pdf, 291 KB]

    ...decision is sought. The decision of the Māori Land Court [8] Judge Clark considered the rights of co-owners to possession of the land, and the principles concerning trespass by ouster. He assessed the views of the owners, the Motiti Island Environmental Management Plan (“the District Plan”), the involvement of the Department of Internal Affairs on behalf of the Minister, the history of the use of the land, and the location of the house. On the latter, Judge Clark drew “th...