[2018] NZEnvC 084 Director General of Conservation and Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of NZ v Invercargill City Council [pdf, 6.2 MB]
...obviously they might apply to anthropocentric values (like landscape) it is less obvious that they should apply to biodiversity values. Indigenous ecosystems may be life supporting primarily for indigenous biodiversity but ultimately they support all humans including those who may own the land. 2. The concerns .and the competing evidence 2.1 The concerns of the parties [22] The evidence was remarkably wide-ranging for a dispute about a definition. [23] For Forest and Bird Dr Walk...