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1. [2017] NZEnvC 037 Wellington Fish Game Council v Manawatu-Wanganui Regional Council [pdf, 3.7 MB]

   ...THE ENVIRONMENT COURT IN THE MATTER BETWEEN AND AND Decision [2017] NZEnvC 31- ENV-2016-WLG-000038 of an application for declarations under sections 310 and 311 of the Resource Management Act 1991 WELLINGTON FISH AND GAME COUNCIL ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE SOCIETY INC Applicants MANAWATU-WANGANUI REGIONAL COUNCIL Respondent Court: Environment Judge C J Thompson Environment Commissioner K A Edmonds Environment Commissioner J R Mills Hearing: at Wellington 13 - 14 Feb...

2. OWRUG & HortNZ - EiC - I McIndoe – Geography/Hydrology (5 Feb 2021) [pdf, 257 KB]

   ...outcome that ORC want as a result of implementing Schedule 10A.4 is to reduce the amount of water allocated for irrigation on pending consent renewals. Their justification for reducing water allocation includes reducing the risk of both further environmental degradation and unforeseen economic hardship for water users. • Schedule 10A.4 proposes to use five years of metered water use data for determining peak (instantaneous) take rates, daily volumes, monthly volumes and seasona...

3. OWRUG & HortNZ - EiC - I McIndoe - Hydrology (5 Feb 2021) [pdf, 257 KB]

   ...outcome that ORC want as a result of implementing Schedule 10A.4 is to reduce the amount of water allocated for irrigation on pending consent renewals. Their justification for reducing water allocation includes reducing the risk of both further environmental degradation and unforeseen economic hardship for water users. • Schedule 10A.4 proposes to use five years of metered water use data for determining peak (instantaneous) take rates, daily volumes, monthly volumes and seasona...

4. Minute of the Environment Court (dated 17 March 2017) [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...get the agreement of the parties to the terms of the order and state in the application the views of the parties. When preparing the application, it may wish to consider the recent Environment Court decision of Kiwis Against Seabed Mining Inc v Environmental Protection Authority [2016] NZEnvC 217. I was not fully conversant with the decision at the PHC and it may be of some moment. A copy of the decision is attached. [16] I note that the Society will call Mr Jock Brown, an engineer...

5. [2024] NZEnvC 094 Barraclough v Gisborne District Council [pdf, 245 KB]

   ...significant work prior to winter, will not be completed. 4 [12] The Council opposed the application for stay, raising Mr Barraclough’s history of non-compliance, his failure to implement appropriate erosion and sediment controls, and the environmental impacts of that non-compliance. [13] This decision is made on the basis of evidence filed in support of and opposing the application for stay. It has been necessary to make certain findings on the appropriateness of the r...

6. HortNZ - EiC - M K Sands - Industry (5 Feb 2021) [pdf, 313 KB]

   ...activities. 5. It is critical that policies designed to ring-fence the renewal of existing deemed permits and water permits under the controlled activity pathway, do not inadvertently prevent the granting of water permits that could result in lesser environmental effects and generate a valuable social and economic contribution. 4 INTRODUCTION Qualifications and experience 6. My name is Michelle Kathleen Sands. I am the Manager Natural Resources and Environment, with...

7. 2023-09-26-SOE_Julia-Williams_Landscape-visual-natural-character.pdf [pdf, 281 KB]

   ...Forest and Bird ............................................................................................... 8 F. CONDITIONS ...................................................................................................... 11 DTW5 Cultural and Environmental Design Framework ............................... 11 G. CONCLUSION ..................................................................................................... 13 P a g e | 1 STATEMENT OF EVIDENCE OF JULIA...

8. Tom De Pelsemaeker - Evidence in reply to supplementary evidence of TA's (21 May 2021) [pdf, 232 KB]

   ...Supplementary brief of evidence of Matthew William Twose dated 12 May 2021 at [14] to [16]. 2 Issues for Planning Witnesses Q13. When assessing an application by a territorial authority for a new or replacement permit to take and use water are the environmental effects of the end-use a relevant consideration under the provisions of the Regional Plan: Water? 6 The degree to which the environmental effects of the end-use are a relevant consideration under the provisions of t...

9. ORC & Federated Farmers - EIC - Anna Gillespie - 17 September 2021 [pdf, 220 KB]

   ...member of the ORC’s Manuherekia Reference Group. 12 From 2014 to 2016 we were case study farmers for a Sustainable Farming Fund project on sustainable dairy winter grazing in Central Otago. The purpose of this study was to identify the key environmental risks in winter dairy grazing in Central Otago, and identify management strategies to mitigate these risks. 13 In 2020, we won the Otago Ballance Farm Environment supreme award, as well as the Ballance Agri-nutrient soil mana...

10. Tom De Pelsemaeker - Evidence in reply to supplementary evidence of TA's (21 May 2021) [pdf, 232 KB]

    ...Supplementary brief of evidence of Matthew William Twose dated 12 May 2021 at [14] to [16]. 2 Issues for Planning Witnesses Q13. When assessing an application by a territorial authority for a new or replacement permit to take and use water are the environmental effects of the end-use a relevant consideration under the provisions of the Regional Plan: Water? 6 The degree to which the environmental effects of the end-use are a relevant consideration under the provisions of t...