[2019] NZEnvC 049 Haines House Haulage Northland v Whangarei District Council [pdf, 3.5 MB]
...Plan was being undertaken. By the time of the Commissioner hearing in April 2018 the plan decisions of the Council had been issued and appeals filed. 3 were the subject of direct management by the Environment Court. Matters had progressed through mediations towards settlement of nearly all aspects by the time the appeal was heard by this Court on 10 December 2018. In particular, in the weeks leading to the hearing memoranda had been filed concerning settlement of the various Rura...