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1. [2022] NZEnvC 212 Kristin School Charitable Trust v Auckland Council [pdf, 7.3 MB]

   ...waterways, existing riparian margins and identified existing mature trees within the open space network. (12) The ecological values of existing streams and habitats are recognised and protected, and where practicable, enhanced. (13) The natural and environmental values of the precinct are maintained and, where practicable, enhanced. Infrastructure (14) Subdivision and development are integrated with the capacity of the transport network to ensure travel demand is supported by suitab...

2. Wai 2180 Taihape inquiry newsletter 3 June 2016 [pdf, 1 MB]

   ...Wānanga: Hearing Programme During the first Ngā Kōrero Tuku Iho hearing week, a wānanga was held on 30 March at Winiata Marae. The wānanga was an opportunity for claimants and counsel to speak informally with Tribunal staff about the design of the hearing programme for the inquiry. At the conclusion of that first wānanga, attendees made it known to Tribunal staff that they would welcome another opportunity to wānanga about the programme. Claimants and counsel also took the...

3. E32 Dr Kala Sivaguru - Ecology - EIC - Council [pdf, 728 KB]

   ...documents and reports: (a) The documents listed at paragraph 1.2 of my Report; (b) The statement of evidence of Paul Kennedy, attaching a draft Biosecurity Management Plan as Attachment A (contents page only) and a draft Inner Viaduct Harbour Environmental Management Plan as Attachment B (dated 3 August 2018)3; and (c) The planning evidence of Karl Cook and Vijay Lala, attaching a revised set of proposed conditions as Attachment A (Proposed Conditions) dated 7 August 20184....

4. Wai 2180 Taihape inquiry newsletter June 2016 [pdf, 1006 KB]

   ...Wānanga: Hearing Programme During the first Ngā Kōrero Tuku Iho hearing week, a wānanga was held on 30 March at Winiata Marae. The wānanga was an opportunity for claimants and counsel to speak informally with Tribunal staff about the design of the hearing programme for the inquiry. At the conclusion of that first wānanga, attendees made it known to Tribunal staff that they would welcome another opportunity to wānanga about the programme. Claimants and counsel also took the...

5. [2023] NZEnvC 271 One Tasman Development Limited Partnership [pdf, 412 KB]

   ...of the Act. [13] As set out below, the report concludes that the Application is unable to meet the s 104D threshold test and as such, consent may not lawfully be granted: [395] As discussed earlier the proposal is generally consistent with the design objectives and policies across both plans but is inconsistent or contrary to the policies which seek/relate to ensure public safety (wind), preserve the high/low city urban form (ODP) and respect the neighbouring heritage values. [396...

6. [2019] NZEnvC 084 Kilmarnock Farm Limited v Canterbury Regional Council [pdf, 8.7 MB]

   ...ensure that there is unimpeded fish passage to and from the waterway and to avoid the entrapment of fish at the point of abstraction, and to minimise the risk of fish being damaged by contact with the screen face. c. The fish screen shall be designed and installed to ensure that: a. i. the majority of the screen surface is oriented parallel to the direction of water flow; ii. where practicable, the screen is positioned in the water column a minimum of 300 millimetres above the...

7. [2023] NZEnvC 037 Currie v Palmerston North City Council [pdf, 992 KB]

   ...non-habitable, the proposal would comply witl1 the permitted activity standards of Rule 22.6.1.1. 6 [16] Earthworks required to form the building footprint and hardstand areas represent a change in land use under regulation 8(4) of the National Environmental Standard for Assessing and Managing Contaminants in Soil (NESCS) and the volume of the earthworks would exceed the permitted standards under regulation 8(3) of the NESCS. Based on the results of a preliminary site investigat...

8. OWRUG - EiC - S H McKeague - Agriculture (4 Feb 2021) [pdf, 1022 KB]

   ...process. 3. Preparing for deemed permit replacement is an involved and complex process. 4. The applications that are lodged are comprehensive, address all aspects of the current plan, Plan change 7 and the RMA. 5. The farmers can not deliver the environmental gains they need to make for the rivers on 6 year permits. 6. Farmers can also not afford the costs or stress of doing this process again. 2 PP-1035600-2-216-V3 Introduction 7. My full name is Susa...

9. [2018] NZEnvC 087 Okura Holdings Limited & Others v Auckland Council [pdf, 11 MB]

   ...Hauraki Gulf. A detailed description of the Okura environment was provided in two Reports presented as part of the case for OHL. These were: • A Boffa Miskell Ltd Okura RUB Report, 20 November 2015 (the BML Report); • An Okura Structure Plan Design Report by Studio Pacific, also November 2015 (the SP Report). The landscape expert witnesses who appeared before us agreed at witness conferencing on 31 May 2017 that the two Reports were useful reference documents for landscape...

10. [2024] NZEnvC 267 Zant v Central Hawke's Bay District Council [pdf, 625 KB]

    ...being confined to removal of ONF-7 from the Zants’ land. Further, it is for note that the Zants purported to file a new appeal dated 18 June 2024 extending the challenge to decisions on the PDP relating to ONF-7, SNA-241, HNC 1, CE, NH and all new environmental designations identified on private property in the PDP. The Court determined that the new appeal was beyond the scope of the appellants’ submissions and the application for waiver to file the new appeal was disallowed. See Z...