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1. [2022] NZEnvC 085 Lee & Rochwalski v Buller District Council [pdf, 380 KB]

   ...summons:11 Feb 2015 Present at formal meeting relating to the matters of errors on Resource Consent RC06183 including: the location, unofficial naming of creek … lack of consultation with landowners but Graeme Smith was consulted. No assessment of environmental effects such as seasonal flow and quality and quantity of supply. Ms Clark is currently a senior consents officer at the West Coast Regional Council. The objectors’ memorandum provides as reasons for the summons:12 F...

2. 2021-06-15 ORC - MOC - Submissions in response to Amicus Curiae memorandum [pdf, 183 KB]

   ...submissions of counsel for the Otago Regional Council dated 8 March 2021. 11 permit holders8, particularly those located downstream who rely on a right of priority to take water during times of low flow; and (ii) recognising an incidental environmental benefit from the existence and exercise of priorities on flows and instream values. 40 Further, it is submitted that any conditions imposed under a rule would meet the requirements of section 108AA as it would be directly...

3. Annexure 2 - Scope Challenges [pdf, 281 KB]

   ...Hydro-Electric Power Schemes from the plan change policies on duration.50 All new and replacement consents associated with the schemes would also be assessed under the operative regional plan’s policy on duration (Policy 6.4.19) except that environmental effects for the first six years of the proposed activity would not be considered. Resource consent for replacement permits would be required under PC7 with permits exceeding six-year duration (but expiring 2038) to be assessed a...

4. [2022] NZACC 129 – McInnes v ACC (4 July 2022) [pdf, 305 KB]

   ...cardiovascular disease “breaking it down into subparts”, atherosclerotic coronary artery disease (progressive) hypertension, and a transient ischemic attack/cerebrovascular disease. He described hypertension as resulting from a complex interplay of environmental and genetic factors. He did not think it was possible to define any single specific cause of hypertension in the appellant’s case. He did not think that chronic fatigue syndrome caused the cardiovascular pathology d...

5. [2024] NZEnvC 052 Lakeside Developments 2017 Limited v Waikato District Council [pdf, 368 KB]

   ...benefit of this approach for plan users is the added clarity and guidance that policy PREC31-P1 provides with regard to growth, urban form, amenity and sense of place. The costs and benefits are set out in the table below: Benefits Costs 6 Environmental Avoids development in areas with geotechnical constraints. Increasing the housing density limits the need for sprawl which results in an efficient use of the land area. The natural environment is sought to be enhanced. En...

6. [2024] NZEnvC 214 Genesis Energy Limited v Waikato District Council [pdf, 1008 KB]

   ...of the physical structures and networks that support and provide essential services to the communities of the district. The efficient use and management of infrastructure as a physical resource is critical to the District’s economic productivity, environmental outcomes, and wellbeing of the community. The benefits of infrastructure to the functioning of the district are therefore substantial. Connected and reliable infrastructure is vital to the functioning of the District. The term �...

7. [2024] NZEnvC 271 Auckland Council v Sharma [pdf, 321 KB]

   ...3 [4] The respondents did not comply with the abatement notices and on 18 July 2022, the Council applied for enforcement orders under s314(1)(a)(i) RMA, against the respondents requiring the cessation of earthworks and the remediation of environmental damage that resulted from the unconsented earthworks at the Site. The court issued enforcement orders resolving this matter with the parties’ consent on 11 June 2024.3 [5] The Council now seeks an award of costs against the re...

8. Children and young people with charges finalised in any court December 2021 [xlsx, 350 KB]

   ...olds from 1 July 2019) 11: Prohibited and regulated weapons and explosives offences 276 237 198 177 207 213 180 144 216 192 2% 2% 2% 2% 2% 2% 2% 2% 3% 3% Total (including 10 - 16 year olds and 17 year olds from 1 July 2019) 12: Property damage and environmental pollution 1,560 1,314 1,050 909 951 930 573 648 714 552 13% 12% 11% 10% 10% 10% 7% 9% 9% 7% Total (including 10 - 16 year olds and 17 year olds from 1 July 2019) 13: Public order offences 819 735 726 654 687 594 444 342 450 348 7% 7%...

9. [2022] NZEnvC 077 Durham Property Investments Ltd v Napier City Council [pdf, 898 KB]

   ...PLANS The subdivision and development authorised by this consent shall be undertaken in general accordance with the approved plans and application materials submitted with this application, referenced as follows: • The original Assessment of Environmental Effects titled ‘Residential Subdivision and Development 16 and 38 Willowbank Avenue, Napier’ prepared for Durham Property Investments Limited by Mr Jason Kaye of Development Nous and dated 17 January 2019. • The addendu...

10. Children and young people with charges finalised in any court December 2023 [xlsx, 354 KB]

    ...olds from 1 July 2019) 11: Prohibited and regulated weapons and explosives offences 198 180 210 213 180 147 216 195 195 225 2% 2% 2% 2% 2% 2% 3% 3% 2% 2% Total (including 10 - 16 year olds and 17 year olds from 1 July 2019) 12: Property damage and environmental pollution 1,050 909 951 930 576 648 714 543 597 807 11% 10% 10% 10% 7% 9% 9% 7% 7% 7% Total (including 10 - 16 year olds and 17 year olds from 1 July 2019) 13: Public order offences 726 651 687 591 441 345 450 339 402 432 8% 8% 7% 6%...