[2020] NZEnvC 200 Wilkins v Southland Regional Council [pdf, 381 KB]
...quality effects made under the pSWLP. The appeal raised difficult issues about how groundwater take and use should be managed in accordance with the pSWLP and the fundamental shift encapsulated within Te Mana o te Wai. As such, the Council gave careful thought to the conditions in light of the framework established by the pSWLP.21 The Council submits that this context further suggests that costs should lie where they fall. The Council's legal arguments [20] Wilkins submits th...