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1. Tokomairiro Report Card [pdf, 310 KB]

   ...Why does ORC do SOE water testing? ORC is responsible for managing Otago’s natural and physical resources. State of Environment (SOE) monitoring and reporting informs ORC decision-making and policy development by showing us where environmental management has been effective. It also provides warnings about areas where there are environmental problems that need to be addressed. Contaminant limits have been set to measure the health of Otago’s lakes and rivers, and the...

2. Maungatua Report Card [pdf, 267 KB]

   ...Why does ORC do SOE water testing? ORC is responsible for managing Otago’s natural and physical resources. State of Environment (SOE) monitoring and reporting informs ORC decision-making and policy development by showing us where environmental management has been effective. It also provides warnings about areas where there are environmental problems that need to be addressed. Contaminant limits have been set to measure the health of Otago’s lakes and rivers, and the...

3. Farmers-For-Positive-Change-97.pdf [pdf, 191 KB]

   ...a) The proceedings seek relief that will impact on the natural and physical resources of the region. b) F4PC is a group of farmers from the sheep and beef, deer and dairy sectors (refer to Appendix One for current committee members) who are environmental award winners and profitable environmental champions within their communities. Its members want to develop positive solutions that work for their farms and communities. c) F4PC has a vision of ‘vibrant provincial communi...

4. Pomahaka Report Card [pdf, 337 KB]

   ...Why does ORC do SOE water testing? ORC is responsible for managing Otago’s natural and physical resources. State of Environment (SOE) monitoring and reporting informs ORC decision-making and policy development by showing us where environmental management has been effective. It also provides warnings about areas where there are environmental problems that need to be addressed. Contaminant limits have been set to measure the health of Otago’s lakes and rivers, and the...

5. Shag Report Card [pdf, 322 KB]

   ...Why does ORC do SOE water testing? ORC is responsible for managing Otago’s natural and physical resources. State of Environment (SOE) monitoring and reporting informs ORC decision-making and policy development by showing us where environmental management has been effective. It also provides warnings about areas where there are environmental problems that need to be addressed. Contaminant limits have been set to measure the health of Otago’s lakes and rivers, and the...

6. 2020-12-14 Tom de Pelsemaeker - recommended decisions on submissions [pdf, 106 KB]

   ...with the table summary of submissions and further submissions. At the pre-hearing conference held on 27 November 2020, the Court directed that I provide this table by 14 December 2020. 9 Stantec prepared a summary of submissions table for the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) which was publicly notified by the EPA for further submissions and provided to the Environment Court. The further submissions lodged have been incorporated into the table and a new 2 colum...

7. [2021] NZEnvC 067 Aokautere Land Holdings v Palmerston North City Council [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...acting appropriately and urgently in respect of what was considered, at the time, a potentially dangerous effect. After serving the abatement notice, the Council received information that Aokautere's activities would not cause the expected environmental effects. It received the 23 May 2020 letter, and inte1preted it as a request to cancel the abatement notice, but the Council says that before it could do so the appeal was filed. Jurisdiction to cancel the abatement notice then...

8. Minute of the Environment Court (dated 4 April 2017) [pdf, 117 KB]

   ...Blueskin Energy v DCC - Minute 4 April 2017 2 yet understand how this prejudice arises. I am not be persuaded by the third ground (the commercial value of the information gathered) for the reasons given in Kiwis Against Seabed Mining Inc v Environmental Protection Authority. 3 Also, this ground could be .applied to any brief of evidence that is based on field research e.g. avifauna. [5] The need for the applicant to provide evidence to prove the claimed benefit was raised by the...

9. Memorandum of New Zealand Air Line Pilots Association dated 1 March 2017 [pdf, 595 KB]

   ...need to reconsider whether a longer RESA or EMAS is required in terms of the safety issues within CAA's domain. (I note that this Court has a wider and, in my submission , overlapping jurisdiction in terms of avoiding, remedying or mitigating environmental risks (including to people) arising out of the runway extension). 3. The Court has set out in some detail, how the Director is to consider the matter and what he must consider. Contrary to his past approach, the Director has to...

10. Clutha Delta Report Card [pdf, 305 KB]

    ...Why does ORC do SOE water testing? ORC is responsible for managing Otago’s natural and physical resources. State of Environment (SOE) monitoring and reporting informs ORC decision-making and policy development by showing us where environmental management has been effective. It also provides warnings about areas where there are environmental problems that need to be addressed. Contaminant limits have been set to measure the health of Otago’s lakes and rivers, and the...