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1. Notes from Crown Maori Relations hui in Hokianga on 13 April 2018 [pdf, 406 KB]

   ...system. • Importance of the Environment: A few speakers noted that a big shift to know the government has a focus on the environment. This is important in the Hokianga – Māori need to be trained and educated for the benefit of Hokianga. Environmental impacts on the Hokianga Harbour and Lake Omapere were recurring issues raised. • Poverty, poor housing and poor health outcomes need to substantially improve: Many speakers indicated that there was a need for government to...

2. Notes from Crown Maori Relations hui Hokianga 13 April 2018 [pdf, 415 KB]

   ...system. • Importance of the Environment: A few speakers noted that a big shift to know the government has a focus on the environment. This is important in the Hokianga – Māori need to be trained and educated for the benefit of Hokianga. Environmental impacts on the Hokianga Harbour and Lake Omapere were recurring issues raised. • Poverty, poor housing and poor health outcomes need to substantially improve: Many speakers indicated that there was a need for government to...

3. E80 Karen Wilson - EIC - Te Ākitai Waiohua [pdf, 921 KB]

   ...The suffix “tanga” added to the noun means guardianship, sheltering, preservation, conservation, fostering and protecting. Kaitiakitanga is the role played by kaitiaki.1 29. As kaitiaki, Te Ākitai Waiohua are natural scientists who use environmental indicators as guides to the wai ora of an eco-system. This knowledge guides and 1 Marsden, Rev M and Henare, Te A “Kaitiakitanga, A Definitive Introduction to the Holistic World Vi...

4. Joint Witness Statement - Traffic and Transport 26 July 2018 [pdf, 639 KB]

   ...2.1.1. America's Cup, Traffic and Transport Technical Report for Resource Consent Application, Wynyard Hobson, Beca, 12 April 2018, Application Document 21 2.1.2. America's Cup Wynyard Hobson, Application for Resource Consent: Assessment of Environmental Effects, UNIO Environmental Ltd (UNIO), 13 April 2018, Application Document 4 2.1.3. America's Cup, Physical Infrastructure Technical Report for Resource Consent Application, Wynyard Hobson, Beca, 12 April 2018, Applicati...

5. Hauraki-District-Council.pdf [pdf, 117 KB]

   ...(e) Policy 19 is unclear and should, therefore, be deleted. (f) It is appropriate for the Waikato Regional Council to consult with the owners of regionally significant infrastructure, such as wastewater treatment plants, regarding the location of environmental monitoring sites that will be used to monitor the discharges from regionally significant infrastructure. (g) It is technically appropriate to analyse monitoring data on a five yearly rolling basis. (h) Referring to a pH8 a...

6. Contact Energy Limited.pdf [pdf, 237 KB]

   ...Statement8; and d. align with the principles underpinning good biodiversity offsetting as set out in with the Guidance on Good Practice Biodiversity Offsetting in New Zealand (August 2014); and e. avoid, remedy and mitigate potential adverse environmental effects and promote the sustainable management of natural and physical resources under section 5 of the RMA. "High water quality" and "high level of contaminant reduction" (Policy 13) 21. The Appellant s...

7. [2019] NZEnvC 009 Double R Developments Ltd v Western Bay of Plenty District Council [pdf, 3.3 MB]

   ...appeal may be summarised as follows: (a) the disputed transport condition was ultra vires; (b) the appellant did not propose the route sought; (c) the appellant had made an application under s 128 RMA to vary the disputed condition; and (d) environmental effects caused by the transport could not be considered significant. [10] The respondent submits that these grounds were all flawed, for the reasons set out in the Court's substantive decision. [11] In relation to techn...

8. Joint Memorandum of Counsel re Mana Whenua Matters 7 September 2018 [pdf, 840 KB]

   ...and Sediment Control Plan (ESCP); Remediation Action Plan (RAP); Groundwater Monitoring and Contingency Plan (GWMCP); Construction Noise and Vibration Management Plan (CNVMP); Biosecurity Management Plan (BMP); Inner Viaduct Harbour Environmental Management Plan (IVHEMP); Industrial and Trade Activities Hazardous Substances and Environmental Management Plans (ITA HSEMPs); Industrial and Trade Activities Emergency Spill Response Plans (ITA ESRPs); and Event Managem...

9. [2019] NZEnvC 063 Ohau Protection Society Incorporated v Waitaki District Council [pdf, 3.1 MB]

   ...Linda Simmons, dated 8 February 2019, at [16]. Reply by Ohau Protection Society Inc, dated 6 March 2019, at [9]. Reply by Ohau Protection Society Inc, dated 6 March 2019, at [2]. Reply by Ohau Protection Society Inc, dated 6 March 2019, at [3]. Environmental Defence Society Inc v The New Zealand King Salmon Company Limited [2014] NZSC 167 at [12] and [18]. 4 Otherwise the risk of costs could impede access to justice and the representation of the public interest; (d) OPS prese...

10. FFNZ - EiC - L Hume - Agricultural Science (5 Feb 2021) [pdf, 135 KB]

    ...In my view, there is no particular need to set daily or monthly volume limits. Rate of take limits on the other hand should be designed to protect the environment, in conjunction with flow and allocation regimes designed to safeguard identified environmental values, including such things as minimum flows, allocation blocks and flow sharing rules. Rates of take limits cannot credibly be set (or re-set) in situations where environmental flow and allocation regimes have not been esta...