[2022] NZEnvC 033 Director-General of Conservation v Whangarei District Council [pdf, 3.4 MB]
...EARTH- 02 and the policy in EARTH- P3 relating to kauri dieback disease. Factual background There is no dispute between the parties or by this Court that the preservation of kauri is a matter of national importance. It is reflected both in s 5 and s 6 of the Act in a number of ways, not only as significant indigenous biodiversity but also in respect of cultural and other relationships. For Northland, the kauri is an iconic species, reflected not only in Whakataukī but in the...