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1. [2022] NZEnvC 051 Perjuli Developments Limited v Waikato District Council [pdf, 14 MB]

   Perjuli Developments Limited v Waikato District Council IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT AUCKLAND I TE KŌTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA KI TĀMAKI MAKAURAU Decision [2022] NZEnvC 051 IN THE MATTER OF the Resource Management Act 1991 AND cancellation of the resource consent under s 132(4) subsection 3 of the Act BETWEEN PERJULI DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED (ENV-2021-AKL-25) Appellant/Consent Holder AND WAIKATO DISTRICT COUNCIL Respondent Court: Judge J A Smith Commissioner S Myers

2. [2024] NZEnvC 182 Beresford v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   ...Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi) (s8). 14 RMA, s76(3), as discussed in Bridesdale Farm Developments Ltd at [27]-[30]. 15 RMA, s72. 16 RJ Davidson Family Trust v Marlborough District Council [2018] 3 NZLR 283 (CA), at [73]- [75]; Environmental Defence Soc. Inc v The New Zealand King Salmon Co Ltd [2014] 1 NZLR 593 (SC) at [90]. 10 Higher order instruments [21] In all relevant respects, the PDP gives effect to relevant higher order RMA national and regional instru...

3. [2007] NZEmpC AC 51A/07 Maritime Union of NZ and ors v TLNZ Ltd and anor [pdf, 107 KB]

   ...defendants’ witnesses at trial. [11] In this regard, the defendants have briefed a number of witnesses who they say qualify as experts to give opinion evidence. These include Susan Nolan, the Client Development Manager of the Institute of Environmental Science and Research Ltd (“ESR”), Matthew Beattie, the Chief Executive of Instep Ltd, a behavioural healthcare company, and Warren Hamilton, a chartered chemist and forensic toxicologist. It is their intended evidence that i...

4. 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...

5. 2011 to 2014 Ministry of Justice statement of intent [pdf, 537 KB]

   ...Collection and enforcement of fines and civil debt services Treaty of Waitangi negotiations Court and tribunal services Policy advice Sector leadership Administration of legal services Public Defence Service Crime prevention and community safety Environmental factors Ministers’ priorities Strategic direction Ministry outputs Ministry impacts Ministry outcomes Recovery from a global economic recession Fiscal constraint Expectation of better, smarter public services Increased cos...

6. 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...

7. [2018] NZEnvC 061 Friends of Nelson Haven and Tasman Bay Inc & Treble Tree Holdings Ltd v Marlborough District Council [pdf, 5.2 MB]

   ...carried out in 1997 under contract between NIWA and Sponge Research Limited. Sponges were collected from Kaikoura by NIWA and transported to the site where they were cultured until late 1998. The trial stage was completed at the end of 1998 and the Environmental Impact Assessment produced 28 July 1998. No further sponge or seaweed culture has been carried out at the site because the pharmaceutical companies have changed their interests to other sources of anti-cancer compounds....

8. [2021] NZACC 23 - Muirhead v ACC (28 January 2021) [pdf, 214 KB]

   ...older injury, which now is hopefully cleared up. After I dealt with the residual tenderness in a ligament attachment of a similar nature to an enthesopathy. [28] A further report was obtained from Dr Walker, a specialist in occupational and environmental medicine and director of Workhouse Christchurch. [29] He was asked to provide comment on Dr Orr’s report and amongst other things, said: Firstly on the plausibility front, I am not convinced that Dr Orr’s levator sca...

9. 2021-05-21 Appendix 10 to 4-6 May JWS [pdf, 908 KB]

   ...using average hourly flow data as the standard base data set. 50. Average hourly rate of take data is the standard unit for rate of take set by Council when working with water meter data. This calculation is done automatically by the Council’s Environmental Monitoring Systems and is applied to all water meter measurements in the Council’s database. The data represents the average rate of taken over each hour, not an average between hours. 51. The suggestion that average hourly rate...

10. 10.1. Appendix 1 to JWS 10 - Draft Amendments to PC7 [pdf, 377 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...