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1. [2023] NZEnvC 013 Port Marlborough New Zealand Ltd v Marlborough District Council [pdf, 918 KB]

   ...Limited, ENV-2020-CHC-56 New Zealand Transport Agency, ENV-2020-CHC-58 Federated Farmers of New Zealand, ENV-2020-CHC-63 Apex Marine Farm Limited, ENV--2020-CHC-64 The Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Incorporated, ENV-2020-CHC-67 Environmental Defence Society, ENV-2020-CHC-68 Transpower New Zealand Limited, ENV-2020-CHC-74 Marine Farming Association Incorporated. 3 agreement includes a number of amendments to provisions in Volume 1 Chapters 4, 13, and 19, Vo...

2. [2024] NZEnvC 024 Environmental Defence Society Inc v Minister for Environment [pdf, 373 KB]

   ...DECISION IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT CHRISTCHURCH I TE KŌTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA KI ŌTAUTAHI Decision No. [2024] NZEnvC 24 IN THE MATTER of the Resource Management Act 1991 AND an application for declarations under s310 of the Act BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE SOCIETY INCORPORATED (ENV-2023-CHC-002) Applicant AND MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND MINISTER OF FORESTRY Respondents Court: Environment Judge P A Steven Sitting alone under s309 of the Act Hearing: at Ch...

3. 2023-09-15-Evidence-of-Anna-Carter-for-Prouse-Trust.pdf [pdf, 2.6 MB]

   ................................................................................. 10 Section C – Site Description ................................................................................... 11 Section D - Planning Issues and Review of Potential Environmental Effects ........... 13 Overview ......................................................................................................................... 13 A. The Appropriate Mitigation of Visual and Landscape Ef...

4. E16 Paul Kennedy - Coastal Environment - EIC - Applicant [pdf, 3.6 MB]

   BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT COURT I MUA I TE KOOTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA ENV-2018-AKL-000078 IN THE MATTER of the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) AND IN THE MATTER of the direct referral of applications for resource consents for the necessary infrastructure and related activities associated with holding the America's Cup in Auckland BETWEEN PANUKU DEVELOPMENT AUCKLAND Applicant AND AUCKLAND COUNCIL Regulatory Authority EVIDENCE OF PAUL CAMERON KE

5. [2022] NZEnvC 238 Blueskin Bay Holdings Limited v Dunedin City Council [pdf, 568 KB]

   ...Instability Hazard)’ - (see Figure 17.Y.ZZA). iii. Activities that contravene clause ii of this performance standard are prohibited activities. 17.Y.ZZ.2 Subdivision performance standards a. Access i. Subdivision activities must provide a suitably designed and formed public walking access through the structure plan mapped area, in general alignment with the route marked in blue on Figure 17.Y.ZZA. ii. Legal access to fulfil clause i above must be created, and accessways must...

6. ENVC paper New Horizons Environ Court AAMINZ 2015 [pdf, 157 KB]

   1 New Horizons in the EC – Innovations in Dispute Resolution – address to AMINZ conference NEW HORIZONS IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT: Innovations in Dispute Resolution in Environmental Disputes By Laurie Newhook, Principal Environment Judge, Environment Court of New Zealand Introduction – The nature of environmental disputes in NZ During the last decade, alternative dispute resolution processes have become embedded in the work of the Environment Court, to the...

7. [2024] NZEnvC 105 Capil Grove Limited v Southland Regional Council [pdf, 2.4 MB]

   ...increase in contaminant loads and concentrations in the catchment when compared to the baseline scenario; and (b) accordingly, it considered the Application did not meet the requirements of Regulation 24 of the Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Freshwater) Regulations 2020 (NES-FM) or the proposed Southland Water and Land Plan (pSWLP). 4 Appeal [6] CGL appealed the decision to refuse the Application on 15 September 2023. The reasons for the appeal...

8. Oslo speech for IUCNAEL Colloquium June 2016 [pdf, 290 KB]

   EFFECTIVENESS AND LEGITIMACY OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN THE NEW ZEALAND ENVIRONMENT COURT PROPOSALS FOR POLICY CHANGE, SCOPE FOR IMPROVEMENT, AND POTENTIAL OBSTACLES A PRESENTATION TO THE 14 th Annual Colloquium of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law, Oslo, June 2016 BY PRINCIPAL ENVIRONMENT JUDGE LAURIE NEWHOOK (NZ) Role of the New Zealand Environment Court [1] The New Zealand Environment Court is currently established under the Resource Management Act 1991 (“RMA”...

9. 2023-09-14-Evidence-of-Amelia-Frances-Geary-for-Forest-and-Bird.pdf [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...Bird). My region covers the jurisdictional boundaries of both the Greater Wellington and Manawatū-Whanganui Regional Councils. I have held this position since 2015. 2. My role includes: a. Support of nine Forest & Bird branches to carry out environmental advocacy and conservation projects such as reserve management, restoration planting and events. b. Environmental advocacy through Resource Management Act processes such as submissions on regional and district plans, regio...

10. Final-Technical-Assessment-B-Noise-and-Vibration.pdf [pdf, 29 MB]

    ...OF OPERATIONAL NOISE EXPOSURE PRIOR TO SPECIFIC MITIGATION .......................................................................................................... 70 MEASURES TO MITIGATE NOISE AND VIBRATION EFFECTS ........................ 70 Design process ................................................................................................... 70 Assessment areas .............................................................................................. 71  ...