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1. ENVC speech Arbitrators Mediators Institute 2013 [pdf, 189 KB]

   ...permit, a water permit, a discharge permit, or a combination of these. The Court is made up of Environment Judges and Environment Commissioners. Commissioners have knowledge and experience in areas such as local government, resource management, environmental science and the Treaty of Waitangi. An Environment Court sitting usually consists of one Environment Judge and generally two Environment Commissioners. Part of the fun of the job if you like, is the huge variety of work and the...

2. [2018] NZEnvC 137 Haydan Investments Ltd v Auckland Council [pdf, 5.4 MB]

   ...The proposed development shall be carried out in accordance with the plans and all information submitted with the application , detailed below, and all referenced by the council as consent number LUC60302978. • Application form and Assessment of Environmental Effects (AEE) titled: 22 Kuaka Road, Oneroa, Waiheke Island, Application for Resource Consent and Assessment of Environmental Effects - Planorama Consulting Ltd, dated June 2017 • Specialist reports, drawings and additional in...

3. 2021-02-05 Central Otago Winegrowers Association Evidence of James Dicey [pdf, 106 KB]

   ...season) and reproductive growth (being the bunches of grapes used to make wine). 45. In addition to using highly effective and efficient techniques to deliver the water vineyards in the Central Otago winegrowing region additionally deploy other environmentally beneficial practices to effectively and efficiently grow grapes. These include: a. Composting – the pressings from the wine making process are added to straw, cow manure, waste apples and cherries and are composted at th...

4. [2022] NZEnvC 047 Auckland Council v Bank [pdf, 345 KB]

   ...work required under the interim enforcement order), submit to Council for certification an updated restoration plan that reflects the current state of the site (Restoration Plan). The Restoration Plan shall: 5.1 be prepared by a Suitably Qualified Environmental Practitioner, and 5.2 set out the works required to return the site to as near as possible to its previous condition, including: 5.2.1 that all silt fences which are blocking stream(s) on site and on the boundary of the Sceni...

5. Annexure 4 - Water Quality [pdf, 244 KB]

   ...following terms:6 …. the NOF in NPS-FM 2020 defines categorical numeric attribute states in four (or five) attribute bands designated A to D (or A to E, in the case of the E. coli attribute). These bands represent a graduated range of support for environmental values from high (A band) to low (D or E band). For most attributes, the D band represents a condition that is unacceptable (with the threshold between the C and the D band being referred to as ‘bottom line’) in any wa...

6. [2022] NZACC 110 – Hunter v ACC (9 June 2022) [pdf, 199 KB]

   ...refer the question of whether Mr Hunter should have cover for an elbow injury to its Clinical Advisory Panel (CAP) for investigation. On 4 November 2021, the CAP (comprising four Orthopaedic Surgeons, a Physiotherapist, and an Occupational and Environmental Medicine Specialist) provided its report. Based on a review of the medical records on Mr Hunter’s file, the CAP determined that it was likely that Mr Hunter had jarred his left elbow and that this resulted in a haematoma and...

7. [2022] NZACC 71 – Porter v ACC (3 May 2022) [pdf, 191 KB]

   ...[29] On 11 August 2021, the Corporation’s Clinical Advisory Panel (“CAP”) provided further advice for the appeal. The CAP was comprised of four Orthopaedic Surgeons, a Physiotherapist, a Sports Medicine Specialist, an Occupational and Environmental Medicine Specialist, and a General Surgeon. The CAP accepted that the 2005 fall was noteworthy and that it was possible that Mr Porter suffered a minor injury to his right transverse process. However, the CAP found that there was...

8. [2022] NZEnvC 005 Northlake Investments Limited v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 231 KB]

   ...is the potential conflict of interest, or appearance of that, in the fact that QLDC is, at the same time as administering the consent at issue, subject to abatement notice proceedings issued by Otago Regional Council for alleged RMA breach and environmental damage (erosion in a DoC reserve) associated with discharges of stormwater, including from the Site. [10] I signalled that, if the parties would seek to take up the opportunity of facilitated ADR, Commissioner Mabin (who has pre-...

9. 2023-05-22-Form-33-Prouse-Trust-K-S-Prouse.pdf [pdf, 429 KB]

   ...subject of the appeal that- • (a) adversely affects the environment; and • (b) does not relate to trade competition or the effects of trade competition. We are interested in those parts of the Notice of Requirement proceeding that introduce environmental effects on or in the immediate vicinity of our land at Queen Street East, Levin being Lot 2 DP 86925. We are interested in the particular issues set out in our submission which is attached to this notice as Appendix A We oppose...

10. Final Env-Reg-Report-2020-21 [pdf, 274 KB]

    ...responsible for ensuring the orderly and expeditious discharge of the business of the Court. 1.4 The Court’s jurisdiction The Environment Court is a specialist court of record established under section 247 of the RMA. It’s the primary environmental adjudicative body in New Zealand. It has jurisdiction over environmental and resource management matters. It can be characterised as follows: • a presiding Judge and two Environment Court Commissioners sit together to hear and...