Environment Court annual report 2014 [pdf, 282 KB]
...the business of the Court. E.49 6 | P a g e 1.4 The Court’s Jurisdiction The Environment Court is established by section 247 of the RMA as a Court of record. It is a specialist court that has jurisdiction over environmental and resource management matters. It can be characterised as follows: a Judge usually presides at sittings to hear and determine proceedings it is required by law to act judicially it hears contesting parties to the proceed...