[2019] NZEnvC 052 Tasman Distrct Council v Baigent [pdf, 628 KB]
...areas in question be "returned to wetland as they were before the works the subject of these proceedings". The Council opposes that on the basis that the plan of the ecologist may 5 result in an improved wetland area which is a sound environmental outcome. There are problems with both aspects of these proposals: • It is unclear how Mr Baigent's ecologist will determine with any precision the conditions of the wetland prior to the works being undertaken; and ...