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1. 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...

2. Marine and Coastal Area - part-2 Interests in land and structures [pdf, 191 KB]

   ...warranted officer within the area of New Zealand to which their appointments relate. This material is not legal advice   10 Central and local government both have decision-making roles regarding reclaimed land. Regional councils consider the environmental effects and whether to grant a resource consent as per their standard RMA functions. Central government, on behalf of the Crown as owner of reclaimed land (refer next section below), decides whether to vest a legal interest...

3. [2018] NZEnvC 089 Auckland Council v Braines [pdf, 8.2 MB]

   ...investigated in August 2014 and found to contain items and residues associated with the manufacture of methamphetamine. There is no explanation of why the advice was given nearly three years after the investigation occurred. In any event, on 9 May 2017 an environmental health specialist at the Council wrote to Mr Braines advising him of the Police advice and directing him to seek professional advice, comprehensively test the property, supply the results of that testing and vacate the...

4. E69 Philip Brown - Planning - EIC - Sanford Ltd [pdf, 848 KB]

   ...necessary to determine the application (s104(1)(c). POTENTIAL EFFECTS ARISING FROM THE PROPOSAL 22. The AC36 event, and the associated works and arrangements that are required to facilitate it, has the potential to generate a number of adverse environmental effects. These have been summarised in the joint planning evidence of Mr Lala and Mr Cook for Panuku, and include effects relating to construction, ecology, visual and landscape matters, urban design, public access, navigation...

5. 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...

6. Appendix 7 - Worked examples - other examples [pdf, 2.1 MB]

   ...whether these were filled or not, and what exceedances are present and how these were dealt with. 14. The abstraction records for each scenario were provided by the ORC. Landpro has access to the ORC’s Hilltop Database where water meter and other environmental data is currently stored, and the records provided by the ORC were evaluated for consistency with the raw record viewed in Hilltop. 15. The data analysis results contained in Appendix B were processed using excel software. Fo...

7. Te Manutukutuku issue 75 [pdf, 7.6 MB]

   ...Tribunal’s inquiry programme. Parts 3 and 4 of the Te Rohe Pōtae Tribunal’s district inquiry report address a broad range of mainly twentieth- century historical issues, including land alienation, public works takings, local government and environmental management. Three reports concern contemporary kaupapa issues affect- ing Māori nationally, on the primary health sector, on freshwater policy and management and, under urgency, on the removal of Māori prisoners’ voting right...

8. Rebecca Liv Stirnemann - Evidence in Chief [pdf, 699 KB]

   ...Roger Grace observed numerous small workups of trevally close in to the islands, but nothing like the several acres of boiling fish 765 seen in the late 1960's (Grace pers com). No-take areas need to be much larger to enable the supportive environmental attributes of ecological function for avifauna. 41. I acknowledge that not all seabird species are likely to be impacted by the MN EMA beyond avoidance of individual bird deaths, due to the vast dispersal of bird behaviow (f...

9. [2022] NZACC 55 – Griffith v ACC ( 5 April 2022) [pdf, 233 KB]

   ...independence and an ability to work at least 30 hours per week in either of the two work types identified by the Corporation. 10 [34] On 14 November 2017, a Notice of Appeal was lodged. [35] On 24 January 2019, Dr David Black, Occupational and Environmental Medicine Physician, having examined Mr Griffith on 17 December 2018 and reviewed his medical history, reported: … it is clearly not realistic to conclude that Joel Griffith is able to manage his pain in such a way as to...

10. [2022] NZEnvC 229 Wilson v Waikato Regional Council [pdf, 1.2 MB]

    ...purposes, the court cannot impose a condition that is not agreed with OAL unless the condition is "directly connected" to:23 (a) an adverse effect of the activity on the environment; or (b) an applicable district or regional rule (or a national environmental standard). The interface between the RMA and the Biosecm·ity Act 1993 [22] The RMA and the Biosecurity Act 1993 ('BA') overlap to some extent in the regulation of marine pests and diseases. However, the short p...