[2018] NZEnvC 180 McKay [pdf, 752 KB]
...may sit with the Court but is not a member of it. [16] I gave the existing parties, Mr McKay and NZIS, an opportunity to comment on these possibilities. Having heard them, I appointed Dr K A Palmer, latterly an Associate-Professor of Law at the University of Auckland and an acknowledged authority on resource management law, to act as amicus curiae. I also made directions for the filing and exchange of legal submissions in advance and for the opportunity to file and serve further...