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1. Houlbrooke (2009) The influence of soil drainage characteristics on contaminant leakage risk associated with the land application of farm dairy effluent [pdf, 1022 KB]

   ...impediments, or when applied to soils on rolling/sloping country (McLeod et al. 2008, Houlbrooke et al. 2006, Monaghan and Smith 2004). The effect of these conditions can be exacerbated by climate, where high rainfall can further contribute to the poor environmental performance of such land application systems. In comparison, well drained soils with fine to medium soil structure tend to exhibit matrix rather than preferential drainage flow; even under soil moisture conditions close to...

2. Environment Court of New Zealand Annual Review 2017 [pdf, 1.4 MB]

   ...Commissioners Annual Conference – Nelson ......................................... 20 International involvement................................................................................................................... 20 International Symposium on Environmental Adjudication in the 21st Century .............................. 20 Chinese Delegation ........................................................................................................................ 21 APPENDIX...

3. Trustpower - EiC - S Styles - Planning (5 Feb 2021) [pdf, 505 KB]

   ...intent of the RMA, the relevant NPS’s and the RPS. Statement of Evidence of Stephanie Styles 2 2.0 QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERTISE 2.1 My name is Stephanie Styles. I hold the position of Senior Resource Management Planner with the environmental consultancy firm Boffa Miskell Limited, based in the firm's Christchurch office. I have been employed by Boffa Miskell since 2004. 2.2 I hold a Bachelor of Planning (Hons) from Auckland University. I am also a full memb...

4. [2024] NZEnvC 242 Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Incorporated v Thames-Coromandel District Council [pdf, 16 MB]

   ...TĀMAKI MAKAURAU Decision [2024] NZEnvC 242 IN THE MATTER OF appeals under Clause 14 of the First Schedule to the Resource Management Act 1991 BETWEEN ROYAL FOREST AND BIRD PROTECTION SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND INCORPORATED (ENV-2016-AKL-143) ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE SOCIETY INCORPORATED (ENV-2016-AKL-147) KEITH VERNON (ENV-2016-AKL-084) WAIKATO REGIONAL COUNCIL (ENV-2016-AKL-146) Appellants AND THAMES-COROMANDEL DISTRICT COUNCIL Respondent Court: Chief Environ...

5. ORC & Lower Waitaki Irrigation Company Ltd - EIC - Keri Johnston - 17 September 2021 [pdf, 763 KB]

   ...18 2 Introduction 1 My full name is Keri Joy Johnston. 2 I am a director and principal of Irricon Resource Solutions Limited (Irricon), a role I have been in since 2007. Irricon is a resource management and environmental engineering consultancy, working extensively in the field of natural resources management. 3 Prior to this, I worked for RJ Hall Civil and Environmental Consulting Limited as an Environmental Engineering Consultant, Environment...

6. 2021-07-05 Fish and Game - Closing Submissions [pdf, 342 KB]

   ...arising from determining historical abstraction and priority arrangements. Fish and Game also does not object to where the issue of stranded assets is landing. 4 As noted in opening, it is a significant concession to give away the opportunity for environmental improvements to be required now, after such a long period of degradation. However the bigger picture and medium term gains arising from implementation of the NPS-FM are the priority – if by allowing the existing state to...

7. 2020-12-07 Statement of Evidence of Julie Everett-Hincks on behalf of the ORC [pdf, 236 KB]

   ...October 2019, at page 26. 4 21 The Science team has created a number of workstreams and focussed on building capacity in order to achieve a new LWRP by the Minister’s deadline. Work programmes in place for science team Identifying environmental limits for Freshwater Management Units 22 The science team has been carefully planning its approach to the new LWRP, compliant with the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management 2020 (NPS-FM). 23 In order to devel...

8. MfE - Supplementary - T A D Ensor - Planning (18 March 2021) [pdf, 476 KB]

   ...circumstances, 6 disincentivising the non-complying pathway for activities other than for hydro-electricity generation and drinking water. 17.2 Including hydro-electricity generation as an exemption has the potential to result in increased environmental costs. These may come about through adverse environmental effects occurring for a longer duration, and without the full benefit of controls that might be driven by a NPSFM compliant plan. However, I understand that non...

9. Alasdair Morrison (dated 2 June 2017) [pdf, 3.9 MB]

   ...risk. h) There has been no verifiable evidence presented that adjacent landowners would allow access to their properties to permit the heavy transport movements up the access road. g) The appellant has not presented any evidence about how the environmental consequences of modifying the access road could be mitigated. The statement in the evidence of Mr. Willis that there is ‘Easy Road Access’ to the site demonstrates a complete lack of understanding about the difficultie...

10. [2020] NZEnvC 175 Wilkins Farming Co Ltd v Southland Regional Council.pdf [pdf, 6.1 MB]

    ...are adequate to deal with any adverse effect on the environment which may arise from the exercise of the consent and which it is appropriate to deal with at a later stage; (c) ensuring the conditions of this consent are consistent with any National Environmental StandardsL Regulations, relevant plans and/or the Environment Southland Regional Policy Statement, which may include the adjustment of minimum flow cut-offs to resolve over­ allocation in the Mataura River under the provisions of...