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1. The Crown Minerals (Decommssioning and other Matters) Bill [pdf, 175 KB]

   ...explains that New Zealand’s petroleum sector is maturing, and an increasing number of petroleum fields are nearing the end of their economic lives and will soon require decommissioning. The costs of decommissioning are described as substantial and the environmental effects and health and safety risks of failing to decommission can be significant. 6. There is currently no explicit statutory obligation to decommission under the Act, which means that there is a lack of clarity about permi...

2. ENV-2017-AKL-000096 Straits Protection Society Incorporated v Auckland Council [pdf, 166 KB]

   ...evidence supports the Rural Urban Boundary method being located in the regional policy statement. A contestable Rural Urban Boundary with a robust foundation against which to assess proposals to move it best avoids the adverse social, economic and environmental effects that the evidence indicates have been and are being caused by the operative Metropolitan Urban Limit. Locating the Rural Urban Boundary method in the district plan will best promote the purpose of the Resource Managemen...

3. Affidavit of S Rotmann in support of Guardians of the Bay and Hue te Haka to Strike Out (16 November 18) [pdf, 505 KB]

   ...AFFIDAVIT OF SEA ROTMANN IN SUPPORT OF NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO STRIKE OUT Counsel instructed: JGH BARRISTER J D K Gardner-Hopkins Phone: 04 889 2776 james@jghbarrister.com PO Box 25-160 WELLINGTON 15 NOVEMBER 2018 1 I, DR SEA ROTMANN, Environmental Scientist and business owner, 43 Moa Point Road, 6022 Wellington, affirm: Introduction and experience I position 1. I am a Moa Point resident, having lived here since 2004. I bought my house at 43 Moa Point Rd in 2005 and ha...

4. [2022] NZEnvC 063 Wayfare Group Ltd v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 861 KB]

   ...Basin Rural Amenity Zone (excluding the Precinct), Rural Lifestyle Zone and Gibbston Character Zone where any cut or fill does not exceed 1 metre in height or any earthworks does not exceed 1 metre in width. Earthworks where the following National Environmental Standards have regulations that prevail over the District Plan: (i) Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Electricity Transmission Activities) Regulations 2009. (ii) Resource Management (National Enviro...

5. 2021-12-17 John Cocks - Memo - re Chapter 7 (Landfills) [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...I state that I am relying on what I have been told by another person. I have not omitted to consider material facts known to me that might alter or detract from the opinions that I express. 6. I have over 40 years’ experience in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Over the past 30 years I have specialised in the field of solid waste management. The scope of my work includes:  Preparing statutory solid waste management and minimisation plans for territorial authorities th...

6. Federated Farmers of New Zealand.pdf [pdf, 315 KB]

   ...wellbeing of the Waikato and Waipā Rivers. However, Federated Farmers considers that the regulatory and non-regulatory methods proposed in PC1 do not appropriately give effect to the relevant higher order documents, have not appropriately balanced environmental, economic, social and cultural considerations, and are not the most efficient and effective means of achieving the objective of the plan change. 4. Federated Farmers is interested in all the issues raised by the Appell...

7. [2022] NZEnvC 203 Hadley v Waterfall Park Developments Limited [pdf, 203 KB]

   ...Under s285 RMA, the court may order any party to proceedings before it to pay to any other party the costs and expenses incurred by the other party that the court considers reasonable. This confers a broad discretion.6 However, the High Court in Environmental Protection Authority v BW Offshore Singapore Pte Ltd (‘BW Offshore’) highlighted the importance of not being inconsistent, when exercising the discretion, with well-established principles.7 In particular, as part of a wide...

8. (10) South Waikato District Council [pdf, 260 KB]

   ...that end, SWDC seeks that Policy 12 provides for offsets or compensation also to be staged over the duration of a consent. 15. SWDC considers that the WWTPs in the Waikato River catchment are a network of systems and therefore the associated environmental effects should be treated as such. While there will be localised environmental effects from the individual WWTPs, SWDC seeks to leverage from the proportionally larger decrease in contaminants from the Tokoroa WWTP to offset th...

9. [2023] NZEnvC 002 Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Incorporated v Northland Regional Council [pdf, 236 KB]

   ...reference to social and cultural wellbeing, the amendments better align with the Council’s economic development philosophy which seeks to strengthen, diversify and grow Te Tai Tokerau Northland’s economy to help support strong communities and environmental stability. Policy D.2.1 Rules for managing natural and physical resources [11] Policy D.2.1 provides for the inclusion of rules to manage the use, development and protection of natural and physical resources. 3 Previou...

10. Notes from Crown Maori Relations hui Gisborne 21 April 2018 [pdf, 433 KB]

    ...framework. • Minerals – a couple of participants congratulated the Government on restricting oil and gas permits but noted iwi are keen to work with the Government on the management of existing permits and there is still more to be done to reduce environmental impact in the region. • Environment – Some speakers identified that experiences with MPI and DOC on managing and engaging on environmental crisis and issues such as myrtle rust have not been good. Agencies need to c...