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1. Memorandum of New Zealand Air Line Pilots Association dated 1 March 2017 [pdf, 595 KB]

   ...need to reconsider whether a longer RESA or EMAS is required in terms of the safety issues within CAA's domain. (I note that this Court has a wider and, in my submission , overlapping jurisdiction in terms of avoiding, remedying or mitigating environmental risks (including to people) arising out of the runway extension). 3. The Court has set out in some detail, how the Director is to consider the matter and what he must consider. Contrary to his past approach, the Director has to...

2. Minute of the Environment Court (dated 4 April 2017) [pdf, 117 KB]

   ...Blueskin Energy v DCC - Minute 4 April 2017 2 yet understand how this prejudice arises. I am not be persuaded by the third ground (the commercial value of the information gathered) for the reasons given in Kiwis Against Seabed Mining Inc v Environmental Protection Authority. 3 Also, this ground could be .applied to any brief of evidence that is based on field research e.g. avifauna. [5] The need for the applicant to provide evidence to prove the claimed benefit was raised by the...

3. Waste Management NZ Limited 233 [pdf, 76 KB]

   ...has filed a notice of appeal seeking the same or similar relief as that sought by New Zealand Steel Limited. Waste Management supports the relief sought because- 6.1 The AAAQS differ from the standards contained in the Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Air Quality) Regulations 2004 (NES). There are no special circumstances in the Auckland region that would justify introducing regional air quality standards that differ from the New Zealand standards and guidelines...

4. Waste Management NZ Limited 228 [pdf, 72 KB]

   ...has filed a notice of appeal seeking the same or similar relief as that sought by Pact Group (NZ) Limited. Waste Management supports the relief sought because- 6.1 The AAAQS differ from the standards contained in the Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Air Quality) Regulations 2004 (NES). There are no special circumstances in the Auckland region that would justify introducing regional air quality standards that differ from the New Zealand standards and guidelines....

5. Waste Management NZ Limited 225 [pdf, 75 KB]

   ...same or similar relief as that sought by ACI Operations New Zealand Limited, trading as 0-1 New Zealand. Waste Management supports the relief sought because- 6.1 The AAAQS differ from the standards contained in the Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Air Quality) Regulations 2004 (NES). There are no special circumstances in the Auckland region that would justify introducing regional air quality standards that differ from the New Zealand standards and guidelines. T...

6. Waste Management NZ Limited 222 [pdf, 72 KB]

   ...appeal seeking similar relief as that sought by New Zealand Starch Limited. Waste Management supports the relief sought in paragraph 22(a) of the Appeal because- 6.1 The AAAQS differ from the standards contained in the Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Air Quality) Regulations 2004 (NES). There are no special circumstances in the Auckland region that would justify introducing regional air quality standards that differ from the New Zealand standards and guideline...

7. ACI Operations New Zealand Limited (trading as O-I New Zealand) 222 [pdf, 192 KB]

   ...Plan, seeking similar relief to that sought by the Appellant. 7 0-1 supports the relief sought in paragraph 22(a) of the Appeal for the followi ng reasons: 7.1 The AAAQS differ from the standards contained in the Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Air Quality) Regulations 2004 (NES). There are no special circumstances in the Auckland region that would justify introducing regional air quality standards that differ from the New Zealand standards and guidelines. T...

8. 2020-12-14 Tom de Pelsemaeker - recommended decisions on submissions [pdf, 106 KB]

   ...with the table summary of submissions and further submissions. At the pre-hearing conference held on 27 November 2020, the Court directed that I provide this table by 14 December 2020. 9 Stantec prepared a summary of submissions table for the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) which was publicly notified by the EPA for further submissions and provided to the Environment Court. The further submissions lodged have been incorporated into the table and a new 2 colum...

9. [2021] NZEnvC 067 Aokautere Land Holdings v Palmerston North City Council [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...acting appropriately and urgently in respect of what was considered, at the time, a potentially dangerous effect. After serving the abatement notice, the Council received information that Aokautere's activities would not cause the expected environmental effects. It received the 23 May 2020 letter, and inte1preted it as a request to cancel the abatement notice, but the Council says that before it could do so the appeal was filed. Jurisdiction to cancel the abatement notice then...

10. Position-profile-Environment-Commissioners-1 [docx, 42 KB]

    ...Court is constituted under section 247 of the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) and is a court of record. The Court has the same powers as the District Court in the exercise of its civil jurisdiction. It is a specialist Court with jurisdiction over environmental and resource management matters. As well as fulfilling a primary function as a “court”, the Environment Court has a pivotal role in the resource management process itself. The RMA confers primary powers on local authorities and t...