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1. ORC PC8 Hearing Schedule - Urban - Draft 8.3.22 [pdf, 85 KB]

   ...Cross-Examination Friends of Lake Hayes Richard Bowman and/or Mike Hanff Lay Evidence Evidence Summary (10min) XXN (TBC) Court (30min) Willowridge Alison Devlin Lay Evidence Evidence Summary (10min) XXN (TBC) Court (30min) Willowridge Quinn McIntyre Environmental Management Evidence Summary (10min) XXN (TBC) Court (30min) Willowridge Claire Hunter Planning Evidence Summary (10min) XXN (TBC) Court (30min) Lunch (1pm) Placeholder Other Parties (TBC) Closing Submissions (may...

2. NZBORA Advice Crown Minerals Amendment Bill [pdf, 273 KB]

   ...applicant engagement with hapū and iwi; and c. clarify decommissioning-related provisions. 6. The proposals are part of the Government’s wider work programme under a 10-year Resource Strategy designed to drive a shift towards a ‘world leading environmentally and socially responsible petroleum and minerals sector that delivers affordable and secure resources, for the benefit of current and future New Zealanders’.1 1 Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment A Minerals...

3. [2023] NZEnvC 146 Lake McKay Station Limited v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 1.3 MB]

   ...(East), Sheepskin Creek and the Lake McKay Station and Environs ONL Priority Area is confirmed as agreed by the parties per Appendix A. 5 Hawthenden Limited & Ors v Queenstown Lakes District Council [2020] NZEnvC 157. 6 Upper Clutha Environmental Society Incorporated & Ors v QLDC [2021] NZEnvC 61. 7 QLDC memorandum dated 7 June 2023 at [8]-[10]. 4 [8] QLDC is directed to include this amended ONL boundary in the PDP plan maps. For the court ___________...

4. [2024] NZEnvC 120 Marine Farming Association v Marlborough District Council [pdf, 212 KB]

   ...appeal point. They have signed the memorandum setting out the relief sought: (a) Apex Marine Farm Limited; (b) Aroma (NZ) Limited & Aroma Aquaculture Limited Clearwater; (c) Clearwater Mussels Limited and Talley’s Group Limited; (d) Environmental Defence Society; (e) Friends of Nelson Haven & Tasman Bay Incorporated; (f) Goulding Trustees Limited and Shellfish Marine Farms Limited; (g) Guardians of the Sounds Incorporated; (h) HARO Partnership; (i) Just Mussels Li...

5. [2024] NZEnvC 019 Barraclough v Gisborne District Council [pdf, 197 KB]

   ...and preventing further erosion and sediment discharges. [10] The Council opposed the application for stay on the grounds of Mr Barraclough’s history of non-compliance, his failure to implement appropriate erosion and sediment controls and the environmental impacts of that non-compliance. 4 Hearing of the application for stay [11] The application for stay of the abatement notice was the subject of a hearing on 21 February 2024. Both parties filed evidence and submissions in supp...

6. Vincent Carlyle Kerr - Evidence in Chief [pdf, 6.6 MB]

   ...University of Oregon, USA and a National Diploma in Horticulture from the Royal Institute of Horticulture, Lincoln College. I am a member of the New Zealand Marine Sciences Association. I am the pri_ncipal of Kerr and Associates and am engaged in environmental consulting with a focus on marine ecology work and marine protected area planning. I was a former marine technical officer for Northland Conservancy, Department of Conservation (DOC). I have also worked as a contractor and con...

7. ENV-2016-AKL-000xxx Terra Nova Planning Limited v Auckland Council [pdf, 2.3 MB]

   ...appealed are likely to significantly reduce the protection and restoration of indigenous biodiversity in the Auckland region. ii. The Council has failed to undertake an adequate assessment of the provisions, including the benefits and costs of the environmental, economic, Page 5 Appeal template – section 156(1) or 156(3) LGATPA appeals social and cultural effects that are anticipated from the implementation of the provisions, as required by sections 32 and 32AA of the RMA...

8. [2018] NZEnvC 042 The Architectural Centre v Wellington City Council [pdf, 5.4 MB]

   ...standards or criteria against which controlled elements will be assessed. The general intention of this Design Guide is to allow the essential development of the university to occur in a planned and controlled manner, recognising and respecting the environmental qualities that give this area its unique character. This Design Guide starts from the premise that both design guidelines and good design are site specific. No single rule or ideal provides a solution for every situation. For...

9. [2019] NZEnvC 032 Tauranga City Council v Minister of Education [pdf, 917 KB]

   ..."education purposes - primary school and early childhood education centre". McGuire v Hasffngs Dislricl Council [2001] NZRMA 557 (PC) at 9 per Lord Cooke ofThorndon. 3 [7] Section 6 of the notice of requirement sets out an assessment of environmental effects as required by s 168(1) RMA and by Form 18 in Schedule 1 to the Resource Management (Forms, Fees, and Procedure) Regulations 2003. This includes, in section 6.3.6, a statement headed "services contributions&qu...

10. 2021-03-14 Joanna Gilroy - Evidence (13 March 2021) [pdf, 20 MB]

    ...of deemed and water permits and the existing baseflow of work. 15 The below table shows the current FTE’s within the team and compares that to the numbers in 2019. Staff have been recruited to respond to both deemed permits and the National Environmental Standard for Freshwater 2020 (NES-FW). If needed, these staff will be supplemented by consultants who are familiar with the deemed permit process (discussed later in my evidence). 3 Table 1: FTE Numbers in the Conse...