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1. [2018] NZEnvC 088 Clearwater Mussels Limited v Marlborough District Council [pdf, 21 MB]

   ...Edmonds Environment Commissioner J A Hodges Hearing: at Christchurch on 4-7 December 2017 Appearances: Q Davies and A Hills for the appellant M Radich and S Wadworth for the respondent J Ironside for Friends of Nelson Haven and Tasman Bay and Environmental Defence Society C Marchant in person M Marchant for the Marchant Family and others Date of Decision : 8 June 2018 Date of Issue: 8 June 2018 INTERIM DECISION OF THE ENVIRONMENT COURT A: The appeal is declined and the decisi...

2. 14.-Evidence-of-Dr-Jack-McConchie-Hydrology-Flooding-Groundwater-and-Water-Abstraction.PDF [PDF, 5 MB]

   ...Allen McConchie. 2. I am the Technical Director (Hydrology & Geomorphology) at SLR Consulting (NZ). 3. I prepared Technical Assessment G: Hydrogeology and Groundwater (Technical Assessment G) as part of Volume IV of the Assessment of Environmental Effects (AEE), which accompanied the application for resource consents and notices of requirement for designations (NoRs) lodged with Manawatū–Whanganui Regional Council (Horizons), Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC),...

3. ENV-2016-CHC-000047 Blueskin Energy Limited v Dunedin City Council - Application - Appendix B3 [pdf, 484 KB]

   ...(R14) 2.4 Public Awareness “The key issue is probably getting people to understand how this could really be an important thing, I think you have got two facets you’ve got the local and you’ve got the bigger picture and this is a very environmentally minded community much more so than a lot so you have got a lot of awareness here about potential environmental problems in the bigger scale of things like sea rise level and that sort of thing and I think that if there was a more...

4. Reducing residential burglary: what can police do? [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...dealers 11 Market reduction approach (MRA) 12 Additional property-focused practices 12 Good practice in location-focused interventions 14 Directed patrolling (DP) 14 International good practice in location-focused interventions 15 Crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) 16 Volunteer patrols 16 Good practice in emergency response and investigation 17 Good practice in emergency response (ER) 17 Burglary investigation 18 Good practice in initial investigation 18 Good practice in fo...

5. ENV-2016-CHC-000047 Blueskin Energy Limited v Dunedin City Council - Evidence - Stephen Chiles [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   ...I am a Chartered Professional Engineer, Fellow of the UK Institute of Acoustics, and Member of the Resource Management Law Association. I have been employed in acoustics since 1996, as a research officer at the University of Bath, a principal environmental specialist for the NZ Transport Agency, and as a consultant for the international firms Arup, WSP, and URS, and for the specialist firms Marshall Day Acoustics and Fleming & Barron. 3. My experience includes acoustics asses...

6. 1. JWS 1 - Primary Sector Part B - Animal Waste Storage 8-9 June 2021 [pdf, 405 KB]

   ...table above. FB was not fully engaged in the development of the table due to issues with the quality of the remote AVL audio on 8 June ’21 when the discussion occurred. The reasons for her disagreement and DL’s support are: a. The National Environmental Standard for Freshwater 2020 (NESF) manages feedlots and “other stock-holding areas” (which is defined as including feed pads, winter pads, stand-off pads and loafing pads). FB considers that would include, and therefore m...

7. 2021-07-23 ORC - Legal submissions regarding scope for relief sought by WISE Response.pdf [pdf, 215 KB]

   ...submissions received are "about" PC8. 9 Section 149E(1) of the RMA provides that, when a matter is called in under section 142(2) and publicly notified under section 149C, any person may make a submission "about" the matter to the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA). 10 Submissions on PC8 must be in the prescribed form.4 The form requires a submitter to give details of the specific provisions of PC8 that the submission relates to, and to give precise de...

8. [2024] NZEnvC 209 Bettley-Stamef Partnership v Waikato District Council [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...Provisions Section 32 assessments must determine whether the proposed provisions are the most appropriate way to achieve the proposed objectives. This must include the identification of alternatives, and cost benefit analysis of the economic, social, environmental and cultural effects of the provisions including whether opportunities for economic growth and employment are reduced or increased. The risk of acting or not acting where uncertain information exists must also be considered. T...

9. ENV-2016-CHC-000071 Affidavit of Ms Lisa Jenkins [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT CHRISTCHURCH ENV-2016-CHC-71 UNDER the Resource Management Act 1991 IN THE MATTER of an application for declarations under Part 12 of the Act BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE SOCIETY INCORPORATED Applicant AND MACKENZIE DISTRICT COUNCIL Respondent AFFIDAVIT OF LISA JENKINS (NEE KISSELL) 9 December 2016 VVYNN WILLIAMS LAWYERS CHRISTCHURCH Solicitor: L F de Latour (lucy.delatour@wynnwilliams.co.nz) Canterbury Regional Council's...

10. Hamilton City Council.pdf [pdf, 252 KB]

    ...sets the trajectory to achieve that long-term objective and to implement Objective k of Te Ture Whaimana. It is unnecessary, therefore, for the purposes of achieving this objective, to require people who operate point source discharges to provide environmental gains beyond those required by PC1. It is also inequitable and inappropriate to do so. - 4 - Provision Relief sought by Appellant HCC’s position Reasons the same Freshwater Management Unit or a Freshwater Management Un...