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1. [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...

2. 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...

3. 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...

4. [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...

5. [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...

6. [2022] NZEnvC 178 Lomai Properties Limited v Auckland Council [pdf, 698 KB]

   ...discretionary activity; (d) Standard I447.6.7 which includes: (i) Standard I447.6.7(1) gives effect to policy I447.3(12), and will apply to all noise sensitive spaces located within 75 metres of SH22 and Jesmond Road and states that they must be designed, constructed and maintained to achieve noise levels not exceeding those set out in Table I447.6.8.1 for the particular indoor space; (ii) Standard I447.6.7(2) sets out ventilation requirements for habitable rooms; (iii) Standa...

7. 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...

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. [2024] NZEnvC 031 Friends of Conical Hill Inc v Hurunui District Council [pdf, 229 KB]

    ...They must not be used for voice calls within the venue. Electronic communication devices may, however, be used by members of recognised media organisations for silent electronic communication of information, subject to the restrictions set out in the Environmental Court’s In-Court Media Coverage Guidelines 2011. They must be used as unobtrusively as possible and in such a manner as to not interfere in any way with the running of the hearing. Conical HIll attach.pdf Foreword 1.0 Intr...