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1. [2022] NZEnvC 044 Te Runanga o Kaikoura v Marlborough District Council [pdf, 368 KB]

   ...withdrawing its s274 interest on 20 July 2021. Save the Wairau River Incorporated gave notice withdrawing its s274 interest on 2 August 2021. Nelson-Marlborough Fish and Game Council gave notice withdrawing its s274 interest on 12 August 2021. Environmental Defence Society Incorporated gave notice withdrawing its s274 interest on 22 December 2020. 4 Consent memorandum dated 21 December 2021 at [9]-[10]. 4 Wairau sought to include new areas in Appendix 13 as sites of cultural s...

2. [2023] NZEnvC 095 Country Lifestyles Limited v Auckland Council [pdf, 428 KB]

   ...whether the proposed earthworks required resource consent and whether they were a permitted activity under both the land disturbance rules in the Auckland Unitary Plan (Operative in Part) (AUP) and Regulation 54 of the Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for (a) (b) (c) [1] [2] [3] [4] 3 Freshwater) Regulations 2020 (NES-F).1 InfoTech declarations InfoTech applied for declarations against the Council in respect of the property at 782 Haruru Roa...

3. Enviro Waste Services Ltd v Accident Compensation Corporation (Claim for Work Related Injury) [2024] NZACC 28 [pdf, 208 KB]

   ...Waste had not provided any medical evidence to show that cover should not be granted for Ms Grattan’s sprain as a work injury. [36] On 28 March 2023, a Notice of Appeal was lodged. [37] On 23 August 2023, Dr Andrew Hilliard, Occupational and Environmental Medicine Specialist, reported that the predominant incapacity from the outset of Ms Grattan’s symptoms appeared to be that of symptomatic ECU tenosynovitis/tendinopathy. He noted that any sprain in that context was a fairly...

4. Cabinet paper Responding to the Waitangi Tribunal [pdf, 2.1 MB]

   ...may be an obstacle to claimants’ participation in the broader inquiry and in other inquiries. There are 13 current and planned kaupapa inquiries concerning a range of issues across government that affect Māori as a whole, from health services to environmental management. 13 In February 2023, the Tribunal released its report and found that the Crown breached its Treaty obligation to ensure that Māori claimants have the necessary resources to participate fully in all its processes. Th...

5. [2024] NZEnvC 099 Trustees of the Spruce Grove Trust v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 545 KB]

   ...benefits associated with additional development Relatively visually discreet nature of the location (due to landform and vegetation patterns). Close proximity to Arrowtown. Urban infrastructure. Large-scaled lots suggest potential for subdivision. Environmental characteristics and visual amenity values to be maintained and enhanced Attractive urban parkland character. Landscape coherence. Capability to absorb additional development Moderate: majority of unit High: triangular...

6. O'Neill v Accident Compensation Corporation (Cover) [2024] NZACC 191 (26 November 2024) [pdf, 250 KB]

   ...standing rather than supine when the hernia reduces and any lump disappears. Inguinal hernias occur because of deficient connective tissue (collagen) in the abdominal linking due to multiple factors such as genetic, constitutional, nutritional and environmental of which smoking is a known contributor. [Emphasis added] Mr O’Neill’s evidence [18] Mr O’Neill explained he was standing at the back of a van. A colleague was standing outside the van. He was getting ready to lift...

7. 2020-10-16-EPA-PC7-Summary-of-Submissions-Further-Submission-Spreadsheet.xlsx [xlsx, 154 KB]

   ...years) replacement of permits with review conditions, without “clawing back” allocation or preventing irrigation of land uses prior to a new land and water plan framework that gives effect to the NPSFM. N Plan Change 7 70033 70033.01 Central Otago Environmental Society Inc. Support Implement an interim consenting regime to ensure that issued consents are fit for purpose and do not undermine the implementation of the NPSFWM 2020. Consents issued going forward must implement the NPSFWM 2020...

8. Transcript - Dunedin - Hearing - PC7 - 17 May to 20 May 2021 [pdf, 2.9 MB]

   BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT CHRISTCHURCH ENV-2020-CJC-127 IN THE MATTER OF The Resource Management Act 1991 AND Of a notice of motion under section 149T(2) to decide proposed Plan Change 7 to the Regional Plan: Water for Otago (referred to the Environment Court by the Minister for the Environment under section 142(2)(b) of the Act) OTAGO RETIONAL COUNCIL Applicant Hearing Commenced: 17 May 2021 in Dunedin Court: Environment Judge J E Bo

9. 2019 Directory of Official Information A-C [pdf, 1.3 MB]

   ...17043 • accredits building consent authorities which have met the requirements of the Building (Accreditation of Building Consent Authorities) Regulations 2006 • registers suppliers which have met the requirements of quality management and environmental management systems certification or other Telarc SAI Limited criteria • provides training courses in accreditation and certification. Structure The Standards and Accreditation Act provides for the establishment of a governi...

10. 2021-10-27 ORC - PC8 - Common Bundle - Volume 3(a) [pdf, 30 MB]

    ...Change 1 to the Regional Plan: Water for Otago (9 October 2020) CB162 3A Appendix A: Minister for the Environment’s direction to refer Plan Change 8 and Plan Change 1 to the Environment Court (8 April 2020) CB232 3B Appendix B: Letter from Environmental Protection Authority commissioning Skelton report (15 September 2020) CB234 3C Appendix C: Minister’s letter in response to Skelton report CB236 3D Appendix D: Professor Skelton – Investigation of Freshwater Management...