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1. [2021] NZEnvC 162 Public and Population Health Unit of the Northland District Health Board v Northland Regional Council [pdf, 379 KB]

   ...appropriately and accurately, and are confined to target application areas; ii) take all practicable steps to ensure that no adverse effects occur beyond the application area; and iii) ensure that relevant tolerable exposure limits (TELs) and environmental exposure limits (EELs) are not exceeded. … [as per consent document] 2) for ground-based spraying and aerial application: (a) the activity is undertaken in accordance with the following sections of the New Zealand Standa...

2. 9.1 Appendix 1 to JWS 9 - Recommended Amendments to PC7 [pdf, 423 KB]

   ...authorised by deemed permits or water permits for takes and uses of freshwater expiring prior to 31 December 2025 to continue operating: (a) at their existing scale and consistent with historical use, and (b) where the risk of additional adverse environmental effects resulting from any proposed increase in the scale or duration of the take and use of freshwater is low. Version B 10A.1.2 Enable activities authorised by deemed permits or water permits for takes and use...

3. Whaanga - Anewa (2012) 22 Tairawhiti MB 167 (22 TRW 167) [pdf, 238 KB]

   ...is New Zealand’s Indigenous Centre of Research Excellence, to look at concepts of indigenous [agroecology]. It is basically an opportunity for mātauranga Māori to inform and generate innovation in the farm systems, which are insensitive to environmental and social concerns. So pretty much along the lines of what Mum has been talking about today. Our funding has been granted for Taiporutu, as we put in our earlier application to the Court, we were going to look at research tha...

4. IPT Annual Report 2012 [pdf, 648 KB]

   ...productivity. W K Hastings District Court Judge Chair, Immigration and Protection Tribunal 20 Statement of Intent for the 2012/2013 Financial Year Our vision, the environmental statement and the strategic plan set out in last year’s annual report remain the same and provide the framework in which we operate. The last six- monthly report set out the steps the Tribunal intended to take to address the...

5. ENVC Hearing 6Oct14 WML evidence chief John Leman [pdf, 4.3 MB]

   ...attenuators are not considered a viable solution with wave periods significantly above 4 seconds. 81. A panel breakwater or rock breakwater therefore needs to be considered. Either of these solutions, if acceptable from a planning, aesthetic and environmental perspective, are satisfactory in terms of being able to achieve the necessary marina wind/wave climate. C(v) Breakwater Protection Solutions 82. As discussed above and within the Cardno report, the main exposure fo...

6. [2021] NZACC 29 - Van Essen v ACC (9 February 2021) [pdf, 196 KB]

   ...preferred by the majority of occupational physicians. In my opinion any contribution from work to the development of Mrs Van Essen’s lumbar spinal disease is likely to have been modest in comparison to the effects of genetics and early life environmental factors. Her work in a number of occupations may have rendered the changes symptomatic or even hastened them to some degree, but if so, I would consider inborn and pre-work influences still to be the major and predominant (i.e....

7. [2021] NZEnvC 142 Waimakariri District Council [pdf, 314 KB]

   ...development which is not controlled 14 Re Thames-Coromandel District Council [2013] NZEnvC 292, [2015] NZRMA 315 at [10]. 15 With reference to: re Thames-Coromandel District Council [2013] NZEnvC 292; re Palmerston North City Council [2015] NZEnvC 27; Environmental Defence Society Inc v Mackenzie District Council [2016] NZEnvC 253; re Dunedin City Council [2015] NZEnvC 165. 16 Status of this activity is not noted. 8 or permitted (respectively), is non-complying.17 [19] The Co...

8. 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...

9. Hunia v New Zealand Police [2021] NZHRRT 12 [pdf, 164 KB]

   ...motor vehicle accidents. [19.3] That blood test result revealed the presence of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the active ingredient in cannabis and a Class C controlled drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975. Police were advised by the Institute of Environmental Science and Research Ltd (ESR), who undertook the analysis of the plaintiff’s blood sample, that there are no legal drugs currently available in New Zealand that contain THC, no drugs which could result in a false positive read...

10. Abyaneh v Auckland City Council [pdf, 175 KB]

    ...not do so due to a change of circumstances, (in respect of 48A Sanft Avenue there was a dispute with a co-developer who refused to allow Mr Abyaneh to move into the property and due to Mr Abyaneh’s ill health which he believed was caused by environmental issues Page 16 surrounding the property at 72A Grand Drive, that property was also sold). [48] Mr Abyaneh also acknowledged that his original intention was to build two separate units on the 25 Maui Street site, the...