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1. Environment Commissioners

   ...University’s “Sustainable Nutrient Management in New Zealand Agriculture” (2016) and as an independent Commissioner by the Ministry for the Environment (2006-present).  She is based in Auckland. Since 1990 Ruth has worked in in the fields of environmental science and management, providing ecological and resource management advice to both the private and public sectors. She has been involved in numerous development projects, including mining, quarrying, land management, energy, sub-di...

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2. ENVC Hearing 6Oct14 TGKL lay attach 2 treated timber [pdf, 1.8 MB]

   ...(Cookson, L., CSIRO Forests and Forestry Products, Pers. Comm. 14/12/04). “We’re failing if asbestos and CCA keep coming forward as problems arise 20 years after coming onto the market…There is a systemic failure for assessing chemical use in terms of environmental and health impacts”. (Immig, J., APVMA Community Consultative Committee member, Pers. Comm., 22/11/04). Treated Timber, Ticking Time-bomb Nina Lansbury Hall and Sharon Beder 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS...

3. 2023-10-10-MTA-Rebuttal-Evidence-of-S-Karaitiana.pdf [pdf, 365 KB]

   ...SUBMISSION ......................................................................................................... 16 Page 1 INTRODUCTION 1. My full name is Siobhan Alana Karaitiana. 2. I am a Kaupapa Taiao Specialist at Kāhu Environmental, a role I have held since March 2021. As a Kaupapa Taiao Specialist, my work involves supporting iwi to engage in planning for the delivery of infrastructure projects (including experience with urban development, roading, quarri...

4. Speeches & papers by members of the Environment Court

   ...commissioners. On this page: 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2019     2018 Improving access to justice through alternative dispute resolution procedures - Paper by Principal Judge Newhook to the Thomson Reuters: Environmental Law Conference on 20 March 2018 2017  Environmental Justice - The New Zealand Model - A PowerPoint Presentation by Principal Environment Judge Newhook to the NZPI Breakfast Club on 23 February 2017 Self-represented persons an...

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5. Fish & Game - EiC - J W Hayes - Ecological Flow (5 Feb 2021) [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   ............................................................................... 8 The minimum flow and allocation rate: how they interact to affect instream life ........................................................................................... 8 Assessing environmental effects with respect to provisions of environmental law and policy ................................................................ 9 Values- and risk-based framework for guiding environmental flow limits setting...

6. 2021-07-28 Fish & Game - Legal submissions in relation to the pORPS [pdf, 148 KB]

   ...consenting stage. 5 We add that any tension between the NPSs is further reconciled because the implementation of the pORPS objectives and policies for freshwater1, renewable electricity generation2 and infrastructure3 must occur "within environmental limits", to be determined under the LWRP. For example, objective EIT-EN-O2 is that the generation capacity of renewable electricity generation activities is maintained, and if practical maximised, within environmental limit...

7. 2021-02-19 Tom de Pelsemaeker - Reply - Planning (19 Feb 2021) [pdf, 605 KB]

   ...Policy Statement for Freshwater Management 2020 (NPS-FM 2020); (b) the need for Council to develop a new Land and Water Regional Plan (LWRP) that gives full effect to the NPS-FM 2020 by 23 December 2023; (c) the resulting uncertainty around the environmental outcomes (and attribute states for achieving these outcomes) for each Freshwater Management Unit (FMU) that need to be set in the new LWRP, in accordance with the National Objectives Framework (NOF) in Subpart 2 of the NPS...

8. PC8 Urban Common Bundle - Volume 4 [pdf, 13 MB]

   ...Basin Rural Amenity Zone (excluding the Precinct), Rural Lifestyle Zone and Gibbston Character Zone where any cut or fill does not exceed 1 metre in height or any earthworks does not exceed 1 metre in width. Earthworks where the following National Environmental Standards have regulations that prevail over the District Plan: (i) Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Electricity Transmission Activities) Regulations 2009. (ii) Resource Management (National Enviro...

9. [2024] NZEnvC 262 Director-General of Conservation v Northland Regional Council [pdf, 7.6 MB]

   ...the Court: ______________________________ J A Smith Environment Judge 3550959 MASTER CONSENT CONDITIONS – NORTHERN GROUP Glossary of Terms Act Resource Management Act 1991 or equivalent subsequent legislation Assessment of Environmental Effects Assessment of Environmental Effects prepared by Williamson Water & Land Advisory Ltd: Aupōuri Aquifer Groundwater Take Consent Applications, Assessment of Environmental Effects – Aupōuri Aquifer Water User Grou...

10. BORA Environmental Reporting Bill [pdf, 188 KB]

    Environmental Reporting Bill 14 November 2013 Attorney-General Legal Advice Consistency with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990: Environmental Reporting Bill 1.We have considered whether the Environmental Reporting Bill (PCO 17743/2.5) (‘the Bill’) is consistent with the rights and freedoms affirmed in the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (‘the Bill of Rights Act’). We understand that the Bill will be considered by the Cabinet Legislation Committee at its meetin...