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1. [2020] NZEnvC 188 NZ Fairy Tern Charitable Trust v Auckland Council [pdf, 503 KB]

   ...there appears to have been a significant expenditure of money upstream of the dam on inanga spawning areas when the dam continued to bar such spawning. [21] Overall, I conclude this is a salutary lesson in the need for parties to focus on the environmental outcomes necessary rather than on litigation and blame. I strongly recommend that the Council consider trying to form some sort of multi interest approach to the issues at Te Arai, particularly as they relate to the fairy tern....

2. [2017] NZEnvC 082 PowerCo Limited v Thames-Coromandel District Council [pdf, 933 KB]

   ...natural character areas or outstanding natural features and landscapes, unless; .ill The infrastructure is subiect to a significant technical or operational constraint and the adverse effects are outweighed bv the overall economic, social and/or environmental benefits; and 121 The route/site selection process had identified no feasible alternative. Objective 2 Policv 2b: Subdivision, use and development shall be designed and located to avoid activities and vegetation close to network...

3. [2017] NZEnvC 082 PowerCo Limited v Thames Coromandel District Council [pdf, 933 KB]

   ...natural character areas or outstanding natural features and landscapes, unless; .ill The infrastructure is subiect to a significant technical or operational constraint and the adverse effects are outweighed bv the overall economic, social and/or environmental benefits; and 121 The route/site selection process had identified no feasible alternative. Objective 2 Policv 2b: Subdivision, use and development shall be designed and located to avoid activities and vegetation close to network...

4. [2018] NZEnvC 142 Gisborne District Council v O'Connell [pdf, 664 KB]

   ...Compliance Officer employed by the Council; • Gary Hill McKenzie, Team Leader - Monitoring and Compliance employed by the Council; • Reginald Frank Proffit, Consents Manager employed by the Council; • Kathryn Ann Sykes, Team Leader - Environmental Protection employed by the Council; • Carole Ann Rodgers-Carroll, a laboratory technician employed by RJ Hill Laboratories Ltd (Hill Laboratories) who provided information relating to analysis of samples taken by the Council...

5. FFNZ - EiC - M L Lord (5 Feb 2021) [pdf, 188 KB]

   ...financial concerns. New directives like PC7 are often just seen as another financial and time burden. It is not seen as something that will help production or provide extra income, or in many cases there is doubts it will actually lead to better environmental outcomes, given bankers are less likely to want to get aboard longer term projects. 31. Farm investment is a huge financial commitment, and investment in infrastructure requires confidence and certainty in you and your fa...

6. COES – EiC – P Murray (5 Feb 2021) [pdf, 530 KB]

   ...biking in its headwaters and tributaries and through my work in the high country. My submission is therefore focused on the Manuherikia Rohe. 8 I submit as an individual with the support of Central Otago Whitewater and in support of Central Otago Environmental Society (COES) of which I am a member. 9 I have made previous submissions to the ORC Regional Plan; Water, Plan Changes 7, 1 & 8 in August 2020. Submission of P H Murray to PC7, February 2021 page 2 10 A summary o...

7. Memorandum of counsel for Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency 30 April 2020 [pdf, 231 KB]

   ...Bent, who is an experienced lay litigant in Environment Court proceedings. (iv) Most of the submissions are very detailed, helpfully, indicating that they have been informed by expert advice. (e) During COVID-19 Alert Level 4, many lawyers and environmental consultancies were able to provide advice to their clients, albeit working from home, and during that period counsel and experts for the Transport Agency have been communicating without difficulty with counsel and experts for...

8. Te Manutukutuku Issue 15 [pdf, 3.1 MB]

   ...Waipoua valley - to meet the special educational needs of children in the Waipoua valley - to meet the special community health service needs of the people in the Waipoua valley - to reactivate the Waipoua archaeological project - to initiate an environmental training scheme for young tangata whenua to help them acquire skills in environmental and conservation management - to train and employ tangata whenua in fisheries pro­ tection work - to provide resources for the labour re...

9. E90 Graeme McIndoe - Urban Design - RE – Applicant [pdf, 967 KB]

   ...Graeme Robert McIndoe. I have prepared a primary statement of evidence dated 7 August 20181, and confirm my qualifications and experience as set out in paragraphs 1.1-1.3 of that evidence. 1.2 Responding to an aspect of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) raised in paragraph 7 of the 27 August 2018 Minute of the Court (the Court’s Minute), I confirm I have the following experience in CPTED: a) principal co-author of the Guidelines for Design Against Crime, a n...

10. Tom de Pelsemmaeker - Recommended changes to PC7 (tracked) (4 March 2021) [pdf, 338 KB]

    ...proposed amendments are footnoted with a reference to either a submission in general or the particular part of a submission that gives the scope for the proposal. The coding used is that contained in the Summary of Decisions table prepared for the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) and published on the EPA website. Some of these footnote references have been corrected since the filing of Evidence in Chief. Where “consequential amendment” is noted, the amendment is a nec...