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1. Minute of the Environment Court (dated 17 March 2017) [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...get the agreement of the parties to the terms of the order and state in the application the views of the parties. When preparing the application, it may wish to consider the recent Environment Court decision of Kiwis Against Seabed Mining Inc v Environmental Protection Authority [2016] NZEnvC 217. I was not fully conversant with the decision at the PHC and it may be of some moment. A copy of the decision is attached. [16] I note that the Society will call Mr Jock Brown, an engineer...

2. [2019] NZEnvC 114 Pan Pac Forest Products Ltd [pdf, 2.3 MB]

   ...The Court was satisfied that the proposed discharge was the only practicable option in the foreseeable future (say five years) and reached the overall conclusion that there will be major social and economic benefits from granting the consents. Environmental effects will be neutral to positive, as will effects on mauri, for all practical purposes. As the granting of consents will also enable an illegal conspicuous discharge to be remedied, we concluded that the purpose of the Act is...

3. [2021] NZEnvC 015 BWO Offshore Singapore PTE LTD v The Environmental Protection Authority [pdf, 3.8 MB]

   ...COURT AT AUCKLAND I TE KOTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA KI TAMAKI MAKAURAU IN THE MATTER OF AND BETWEEN AND AND Court: Judge J A Smith Decision No. [2021] NZEnvC 015 an appeal under s129 of the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects) Act 2012 (EEZ) of Part 11 of the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) BW OFFSHORE SINGAPORE PTE LTD VIJA YENDRAN MAHINDRAN (ENV-2020-AKL-000025) Appellants THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AUTHORITY Respondent...

4. 2023-09-26-SOE_Julia-Williams_Landscape-visual-natural-character.pdf [pdf, 281 KB]

   ...Forest and Bird ............................................................................................... 8 F. CONDITIONS ...................................................................................................... 11 DTW5 Cultural and Environmental Design Framework ............................... 11 G. CONCLUSION ..................................................................................................... 13 P a g e | 1 STATEMENT OF EVIDENCE OF JULIA...

5. ENVC Hearing 6Oct14 TGKL lay attach 8 state of gulf [pdf, 7.9 MB]

   ...3.1 Natural setting 22 3.1.1 Geology 22 3.1.2 Rivers 24 3.1.3 Currents and circulation 24 3.1.4 Sediments 26 3.1.5 Reefs 28 3.1.6 The gulf ecosystem 29 3.1.7 Terrestrial ecology 33 3.2 Human impacts 34 3.3 Strategic considerations 41 4 Environmental Indicators 43 4.1 Fisheries 44 4.1.1 Fishing in the Hauraki Gulf 45 4.1.2 Indicators of fisheries sustainability 47 4.1.3 Snapper 50 4.1.4 Crayfish 53 4.1.5 Cockles 55 4.1.6 Ecosystem indicators 57 4.1.7 Benthic distu...

6. [2018] NZEnvC 013 CTE Holdings Limited v Christchurch City Council [pdf, 1.7 MB]

   ...COURT I MUA I TE KOOTI TAIAO 0 AOTEAROA IN THE MATTER AND BETWEEN AND AND Decision No. [2018] NZEnvC 13 of the Resource Management Act 1991 of appeals pursuant to s 325 of the Act CTE HOLDINGS LIMITED (ENV-2017-CHC-91 ) CANTERBURY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LIMITED (ENV-2018-CHC-3) Appellants CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL Respondent Court: Environment Judge J E Borthwick (Sitting alone under section 309 of the Act) Date of Decision: 9 February 2018 Date of Issue:...

7. 2020 NZEnvC 143 Envrionmental Defence Society Incorporated v New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Limited [pdf, 7.2 MB]

   ...ENVIRONMENT COURT AT CHRISTCHURCH I MUA I TE KOTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA Kl OTAUTAHI IN THE MATTER AND BETWEEN AND Decision No. [2020] NZEnvC 143 of the Resource Management Act 1991 of an application for declarations under s 310 of the Act ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE SOCIETY INCORPORATED (ENV-2020-CHC-99) Applicant NEW ZEALAND ALUMINIUM SMELTERS LIMITED Respondent Court: Environment Judge J E Borthwick Hearing : Sitting alone in Chambers pursuant to s 279 of the Act Dat...

8. Tom De Pelsemaeker - Evidence in reply to supplementary evidence of TA's (21 May 2021) [pdf, 232 KB]

   ...Supplementary brief of evidence of Matthew William Twose dated 12 May 2021 at [14] to [16]. 2 Issues for Planning Witnesses Q13. When assessing an application by a territorial authority for a new or replacement permit to take and use water are the environmental effects of the end-use a relevant consideration under the provisions of the Regional Plan: Water? 6 The degree to which the environmental effects of the end-use are a relevant consideration under the provisions of t...

9. Tom De Pelsemaeker - Evidence in reply to supplementary evidence of TA's (21 May 2021) [pdf, 232 KB]

   ...Supplementary brief of evidence of Matthew William Twose dated 12 May 2021 at [14] to [16]. 2 Issues for Planning Witnesses Q13. When assessing an application by a territorial authority for a new or replacement permit to take and use water are the environmental effects of the end-use a relevant consideration under the provisions of the Regional Plan: Water? 6 The degree to which the environmental effects of the end-use are a relevant consideration under the provisions of t...

10. ORC & Federated Farmers - EIC - Anna Gillespie - 17 September 2021 [pdf, 220 KB]

    ...member of the ORC’s Manuherekia Reference Group. 12 From 2014 to 2016 we were case study farmers for a Sustainable Farming Fund project on sustainable dairy winter grazing in Central Otago. The purpose of this study was to identify the key environmental risks in winter dairy grazing in Central Otago, and identify management strategies to mitigate these risks. 13 In 2020, we won the Otago Ballance Farm Environment supreme award, as well as the Ballance Agri-nutrient soil mana...