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1. Fish & Game - Summary - J W Hayes - Ecological Flow (18 March 2021) [pdf, 365 KB]

   ...Baker-Galloway | Roisin Giles Anderson Lloyd Level 2, 13 Camp Street, Queenstown 9300 PO Box 201, Queenstown 9348 p + 64 3 450 0700 maree.baker-galloway@al.nz | roisin.giles@al.nz 2101895 | 5853430v2 page 1 Flow variability and environmental flows 1 Variability is a feature of most river flow regimes, with flows varying in magnitude and over different time scales. Assessments of the effects of flow alteration on fish and other aquatic life need to be framed with...

2. ENVC Matiatia party corresp WMLDec14 draft conditions of consent [pdf, 251 KB]

   ...shall provide information on the following matters: 3 (a) Construction quality assurance; (b) Construction works programing; (c) Site management; (d) Management of affected moorings; (e) Breakwater construction; (f) Earthworks design and sediment control; (g) Archaeological survey; (h) Marine Biosecurity; and (i) Pre-Construction Water Quality Monitoring. 8.3 Construction Quality Assurance This part of the CMP requires the establishment of management frame...

3. 2022-03-18 Remarkables Park - Legal submissions as to scope [pdf, 1.5 MB]

   ...stormwater systems often discharge a higher quantity of water during rain events. This can have adverse effects by flushing contaminants into waterways, changing the natural character or characteristics that support local ecosystems. Water sensitive design can be used to attenuate the peak discharge of water and settle out or filter contaminants associated with runoff during rain events. These practices are already in place in other jurisdictions in New Zealand, such as Auckland8. The...

4. [2018] NZEnvC 217 Dixon v Invercargill City Council [pdf, 702 KB]

   ...assessing the efficiency and effectiveness of the provisions in achieving the objectives; and (iii) summarising the reasons for deciding on the provisions; and (c) contain a level of detail that corresponds to the scale and significance of the environmental, economic, social, and cultural effects that are anticipated from the implementation of the proposal. (2) An assessment under subsection (1)(b)(ii) must – (a) identify and assess the benefits and costs of the environmental,...

5. [2023] NZEnvC 273 Meridian Energy Ltd v Mackenzie District Council [pdf, 437 KB]

   ...gains that would have occurred in the absence of the compensation, such as gains that are additional to any remediation, mitigation or offsetting undertaken in relation to the adverse effects of the activity. 5) Leakage: Biodiversity compensation design and implementation avoids displacing harm to indigenous biodiversity in other locations and existing indigenous biodiversity at the compensation site. 6) Landscape context: Biodiversity compensation actions are undertaken where th...

6. Darryl Sycamore [pdf, 457 KB]

   ...is zoned Rural in the operative Dunedin City District Plan. Part of the eastern margin of the site is within the North Coast Coastal Landscape Preservation Area (CLPA), although the turbine will not be sited within the CLPA. There are no other designations on the site or within the immediate area. The subject site and wider area is annotated in the hazards register of the District Plan as including a number of landslide movement features although the actual tower locations are situa...

7. ENVC paper Legal Aid Assistance Fund Conference 2015 [pdf, 214 KB]

   ...CBD, New Zealand PO Box 7147, Federal Street, Auckland 1010 Telephone: 09 9169091 Fax: 09 9169090 www.justice.govt.nz/courts/environment-court Environment Judge LJ Newhook Principal Environment Judge Paper for delivery to Environmental Legal Assistance Fund Annual Workshop Friday 17 July 2015 1. At the beginning of this year the Environment Court published its first ever Annual Review by Members of the Court (not to be confused with the Annua...

8. [2023] NZEnvC 280 Titirangi Protection Group Incorporated v Auckland Council [pdf, 3 MB]

   ...associated activities required to establish the Huia Replacement Water Treatment Plant (Huia WTP) and two new treated water storage reservoirs. All other aspects of the Huia WTP are addressed by the Outline Plan of Works process as the land is designated for ‘Water Supply purposes – water treatment plants and associated structures’. [3] The key aspects of the regional and land use consents can be summarised as follows: (a) Vegetation alteration and removal over approximatel...

9. Environment Court annual report 2008 [pdf, 44 KB]

   ...each. Helen Beaumont was appointed a Commissioner in August 2007. Ms Beaumont’s background is in water quality and she was the Assistant Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment since 2000. This role has given her a broad background in environmental matters and a thorough grounding in the environmental challenges facing New Zealand and the issues of the day. David Bunting – Civil Engineer. Mr Bunting was appointed a Commissioner in August 2007 and brings extensive experi...

10. Final Env-Reg-Report-2019-20 [pdf, 347 KB]

    ...responsible for ensuring the orderly and expeditious discharge of the business of the court. 1.4 The Court’s Jurisdiction The Environment Court is a specialist court of record established under section 247 of the RMA. It’s the primary environmental adjudicative body in New Zealand. It has jurisdiction over environmental and resource management matters. It can be characterised as follows: E.49 6 | P a g e • a presiding Judge and two Environment Court Commission...