[2024] NZEnvC 125 Minister of Conservation v Marlborough District Council [pdf, 401 KB]
...Freshwater Management establish principles for the use of biodiversity offsetting or biodiversity compensation in terrestrial and freshwater environments respectively, and other NPSs may do so in the future. The provisions of these national policy statements set out the circumstances in which the principles are to be applied and how they are to be applied. This policy ensures that there is a visibility of the requirements of national policy statements when an applicant for resource co...