[2020] NZEnvC 004 Southland Regional Council v Hardegger Trustees Limited [pdf, 326 KB]
...the respondent discharged dairy effluent to land at a property at Glover Road, Oreti, Southland, owned by the respondent, in circumstances where it was able to pond, runoff and enter water, which was a contravention of the applicable discharge permit conditions. The discharge was therefore not expressly allowed by the discharge permit. There was no regional rule or national environmental standard that expressly allowed the discharge. As a result, the discharge contravened s 15(1 )(b...