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1. ENVC paper Wuhan University China study tour 2015 [pdf, 587 KB]

   1 PRESENTATION TO STUDY TOUR DELEGATION FROM WUHAN UNIVERSITY, CHINA Principal Environment Judge L J Newhook, Environment Court of New Zealand. 19 August 2015. Causes of action in environmental cases, and procedural rules (Mr Cai’s Main Questions 1 and 2). Introduction: The place of the Environment Court in the New Zealand Court system. [1] The Court is a standalone specialist Court which has all the powers inherent in a Court of Record. The Court is no...

2. The Greater East Tamaki Business Association Incorporated 217 [pdf, 269 KB]

   ...Management Act 1991 The Business Association is interested in all of the proceedings, but particularly that: (a) the Ambient Air Quality Standards ("AAAQS") impose greater restrictions on activities than what is provided for in the National Environmental Standard for Air Quality; (b) the imposition of those higher standards does not promote the purpose of the RMA; (c) there is no justification for the inclusion of the AAAQS in terms of section 32 of the RMA; and (d) ther...

3. Email of Breaker Bay and Moa Point Progressive Association 3 March 2017 [pdf, 57 KB]

   ...vulnerable people in the area. We constantly have clean-up days throughout the year which is picking up of rubbish, clearing the beaches of any washed up refuse and removing noxious weeds and invasive alien vegetation. Most of our projects are environmental in one form or another. As a community and as an association both Moa Point and Breaker Bay will be significantly affected by the airport extension. The Progressive Association, therefore, as a greater interest in the airport extens...

4. BORA Taxation (Base Maintenance and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill [pdf, 86 KB]

   ...offshore investments out of New Zealand; • exempt from tax non-resident companies with drilling rigs and seismic ships involved in exploration of offshore oil or gas fields; • address concerns raised about tax deductions available for business environmental expenditure; • revise the generic rules about tax treatment of transfers of assets following a taxpayer’s death; • enable disclosure of pertinent information for purposes of Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act...

5. 2021-02-19 Nga Runanga notice cross-examiniation [pdf, 248 KB]

   ...Planning Minister for the Environment  Keita Koehere  Tim Ensor Planning policy Planning Otago Fish & Game Council and Central South Island Fish & Game Council  Nigel Paragreen  John Hayes Environmental management Ecological flow Director-General of Conservation  Nicholas Dunn  Murray Brass Freshwater ecology Planning

6. Fish & Game - EiC - I B Cole (5 Feb 2021) [pdf, 175 KB]

   ...been done. In Central Otago the seasonal variation in river and stream flows is worsened by the very high levels of water allocated for irrigation and the lack of minimum and residual flows to protect rivers during summer creating a range of environmental problems including very low flows and complete loss of flow resulting in a dry river bed; excessive weed growth, ‘flatlining’ (depressed flows for long periods) and loss of natural flow variability. 17. Placement of bunds an...

7. The Crown [pdf, 229 KB]

   ...maintained for the community and future events; (d) ensuring Mana Whenua are provided opportunities for ongoing engagement throughout the process; (e) enabling the delivery of a world class event; and (f) avoiding, remedying and mitigating environmental effects. Relief sought 6. The Crown supports the Application and seeks that it be granted, subject to appropriate conditions. 7. In relation to paragraph 5(c) above, the Crown seeks conditions in relation to the legacy use o...

8. BORA Crown Minerals (Permitting and Crown Land) Bill [pdf, 190 KB]

   ...amends the Crown Minerals Act 1991 with the aims of encouraging the development of Crown-owned minerals, streamlining and simplifying the regime and ensuring that better coordination of regulatory agencies can contribute to stringent health, safety and environmental standards in exploration and production activities. 3. We have identified some clauses in the Bill that may engage section 21 of the Bill of Rights Act (the right of everyone to be secure against unreasonable search and...

9. Fulton Hogan Limited 222 [pdf, 273 KB]

   ...entirety of the proceedings and supports the Appellant's appeal for the following reasons: (a) the Ambient Air Quality Amenity Standards ("AAAQS") impose greater restrictions on activities than what is provided for in the National Environmental Standard for Air Quality; (b) the imposition of those higher standards does not promote the purpose of the RMA; (c) there is no justification for the inclusion of the AAAQS in terms of section 32 of the RMA; and (d) there is n...

10. Fulton Hogan Limited 223 [pdf, 273 KB]

    ...entirety of the proceedings and supports the Appellant's appeal for the following reasons: (a) the Ambient Air Quality Amenity Standards ("AAAQS") impose greater restrictions on activities than what is provided for in the National Environmental Standard for Air Quality; (b) the imposition of those higher standards does not promote the purpose of the RMA; (c) there is no justification for the inclusion of the AAAQS in terms of section 32 of the RMA; and (d) there is n...