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1. DairyNZ Limited [pdf, 427 KB]

   ...differentiates based on, and seeks to manage, diffuse nitrogen discharges; but the primary risk to the Waikato and Waipā rivers (and Any change to the policy or associated Schedules, should retain the requirement for every property to assess its current environmental footprint, in a way that can be aggregated and compared across different land uses when PC1 is reviewed. 6 associated water bodies) is the other contaminants, at least as much (and often more so) than nitrogen....

2. [2023] NZEnvC 100 Director-General of Conservation v Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency [pdf, 336 KB]

   ...Plymouth. REASONS Introduction The proceedings relate to appeals regarding a council-level decision to grant Waka Kotahi – New Zealand Transport Agency (Waka Kotahi) resource consents, and to confirm an alteration to the existing Waka Kotahi designation in respect of the Mt Messenger section of State Highway 3 (SH3). Appeals were lodged by: Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Tama (TRoNT); Poutama Kaitiaki Charitable Trust (Poutama) and Mr and Mrs Pascoe (the Pascoes); Te Korowai Ti...

3. [2019] NZEnvC 094 Saville v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 3.2 MB]

   ...airport is a technical matter to be determined having regard to the distance from the airport that the noise from the aircraft is no longer associated with the use of land (ie the airport).11 [11] If the District Plan's noise contours for its designated airports are noise emission controls pursuant to s 9(5) and secondly, if those noise contours extend above 500 ft ( or, as the case may be 1000 ft), then Mr Gardner-Hopkins asks what precludes the District Council from assessing...

4. Te Manutukutuku issue 75 [pdf, 7.6 MB]

   ...commitments to Māori health, and created primary health organisations, or PHOs, to coordinate delivery of primary health care services. Māori saw PHOs as an opportunity to exercise tino rangati- ratanga guaranteed under the Treaty, by controlling the design and deliv- ery of primary health care for their communities. However, the Tribunal concluded that despite the reforms, the Crown has failed to do enough in the area of primary care to make sure the promises of the reforms were...

5. Rebecca Liv Stirnemann - Evidence in Chief [pdf, 699 KB]

   ...Roger Grace observed numerous small workups of trevally close in to the islands, but nothing like the several acres of boiling fish 765 seen in the late 1960's (Grace pers com). No-take areas need to be much larger to enable the supportive environmental attributes of ecological function for avifauna. 41. I acknowledge that not all seabird species are likely to be impacted by the MN EMA beyond avoidance of individual bird deaths, due to the vast dispersal of bird behaviow (f...

6. [2024] NZEnvC 198 Middleton Family Trust v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 984 KB]

   ...in evidence and legal submissions, the Middletons progressively modified that initial relief. [16] Initially, that was by seeking WBRAZ ‘Lifestyle Precinct’ (‘Precinct’) rezoning, subject to some bespoke modifications. [17] Under the design of the Wakatipu Basin variation, ‘Precinct’ is a sub-zone of the WBRAZ. It is intended to be applied to specific areas of land “that have capacity to absorb rural living development”.6 This sub-zoning applies to a ribbon of ru...

7. [2023] NZEnvC 073 Napier City Council v McMillan [pdf, 396 KB]

   ...City Council’s (council) stormwater system from sediment erosion and discharge, prevent future landslips and/or slope instability on the property, and protect the land surrounding the property from erosion and/or regression; and iii. Providing a design solution to address the observed instability in the long-term. (long-term stabilisation plan) c. Submit the long-term stabilisation plan required by order 1 c. [sic] above and the survey and the stability analysis required by order...

8. 5. Transcript (weeks 9 & 10 Dunedin) [pdf, 3 MB]

   ...the Court is considering water-users in this process and in the 15 formation of the plan change 7, it’s most necessary. In my view, it behoves the Otago Regional Council in its application of water management processes to consider not just the environmental implications but the implications on its region and people in its region, in the Otago Region. 20 Southern Lakes Holdings itself has invested significantly into the use of water resources. We have four small irrigation pro...

9. 5. Transcript (weeks 9 & 10 Dunedin) [pdf, 3.2 MB]

   ...the Court is considering water-users in this process and in the 15 formation of the plan change 7, it’s most necessary. In my view, it behoves the Otago Regional Council in its application of water management processes to consider not just the environmental implications but the implications on its region and people in its region, in the Otago Region. 20 Southern Lakes Holdings itself has invested significantly into the use of water resources. We have four small irrigation pro...

10. NZ BORA Advice: Civil Aviation Bill [pdf, 368 KB]

    ...only be searched at a screening point immediately before entering a landside security area, a sterile area or a security enhanced area, or if they are present in one of those areas. 38. A landside or airside security area is an area of a security designated aerodrome or security designated navigation installation that has been designated as such by the Director of Civil Aviation and is identified by a sign or signs affixed to the area’s perimeter (cl 122). A security enhanced area is a...