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1. [2019] NZEnvC 203 Director General of Conservation v New Zealand Transport Agency [pdf, 7.8 MB]

   ...construction, and maintenance and operations, in accordance with this Act and the Government Roading Powers Act 1989 ... [3] In meeting its objective and undertaking its functions under the L TMA the Agency must, among others, exhibit a sense of social and environmental responsibility. 2 The Agency must also use its revenue in a manner that seeks value for money.3 [4] As part of its improvement programme the Agency has identified that the existing 7.4km long Mount Messenger section o...

2. Final-Technical-Assessment-H-Water-Quality-v2.pdf [pdf, 1.9 MB]

   ...GLOSSARY Clarity: The distance that can be seen through the water. Dissolved oxygen (DO): The amount of gaseous oxygen present in water. SoE (State of Environment) monitoring: A programme of observations intended to provide information about environmental conditions, trends and pressures. Suspended solids or suspended sediment: Mineral sediment grains suspended in moving water Suspended sediment load: The instantaneous mass rate at which suspended sediment is carried throu...

3. PC8 Urban Common Bundle - Volume 3 [pdf, 13 MB]

   ...Objectives................................................................................................... 5-5 5.4 Policies identifying and protecting natural and human use values of lakes and rivers........................................................................................................... 5-8 5.5 Anticipated environmental results ........................................................... 5-18 6. Water Quantity .............................................................

4. [2015] NZEnvC 050 Ngati Kahungunu v Hawkes Bay Regional Council [pdf, 1.7 MB]

   ...submissions for Ngati Kahungunu (para 64), Mr Tiuka emphasised the point that: The operative RPS Objectives 21 and 22 are reinforced by Policy 17 which directs decision makers to manage effects of activities on groundwater quality so that the environmental guidelines in the RRMP, Policies 75 and 76, are complied with. The guidelines in Policies 75 and 76 reinforce the direction set in the operative Objective 21 and 22, that water quality in the Ruataniwha and Heretaunga should not...

5. ENVC Hearing 6Oct14 AC rebuttal Nicole Bremner [pdf, 209 KB]

   ...                                                                            5 C Moss, Evidence in Chief, paragraph 12. 6 Assessment of Environmental Effects, sections 3.7.1 and 4.15.   31555669:629148 18. I am not aware that an enlarged southern mooring area under the PAUP is in itself a matter of concern raised by any of the expert landscape architects - although I not...

6. ENV-2016-AKL-000xxx Silvertown Group Limited (previously East Coast Farms Limited) v Auckland Council [pdf, 3.1 MB]

   ...appropriate density of housing on the upper part of 31 Curley Ave, without compromising biodiversity and natural landscape at this locality. Part 2 of the Act The change in zoning sought over this land better meets the PAUP urban growth the environmental protection objectives and policies. This is entirely consistent with Part 2 of the Act in making the most efficient use of the land resource, while also providing for the protection of biodiversity and local landscape values....

7. 2021-03-15 MfE - opening submissions [pdf, 471 KB]

   ...It pre dates even the first National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management 2011 and has effectively enabled the granting of 35 year consents thus locking in allocation in a way that would frustrate any attempt to address over allocation and environmental degradation in future. Over 80 catchments have no flow or allocation limits other than a region-wide default minimum flow of 50% MALF. 7. In 2018, the ORC intended to notify a significant plan change to set minimum flow rate...

8. [2020] NZEnvC 001 Environmental Defence Society v Thames Coromandel District Council [pdf, 2.3 MB]

   ...Decision No. [2020] NZEnvC 00 l of the Resource Management Act 1991 of appeals under clause 14 of Schedule 1 to the Act relating to the proposed Thames­ Coromandel District Plan in relation to the Coastal Environment and Natural Character Topics ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE SOCIETY INCORPORATED (ENV-2016-AKL-000147) (Topic: ENV-2016-341-000007) and others Appellants THAMES-COROMANDEL DISTRICT COUNCIL Respondent MARTIN WALLACE PETER ROSCOE SUSAN EDENS . COROMANDEL PROPERT...

9. [2023] NZEnvC 208 Nelson Regional Sewarage Business Unit v Tasman District Council [pdf, 9.3 MB]

   ...(d) An Annual Report prepared under condition 9; or (e) A Monitoring and Technology Review Report prepared under condition 11. (f) To deal with the effects resulting from climate change and sea level rise. (g) To implement applicable wastewater environmental performance standards made under section 138 of the Water Services Act 2021, including any prescribed implementation timeframe. Advice note: The Council may, in accordance with section 128 of the Resource Management Act 19...

10. ENVC Matiatia expert witness traffic and transport addnl 2014 [pdf, 2.2 MB]

    ...vulnerability results in an estimate of 150-200vph. Additionally, the paper refers to Roads and Traffic Authority (now Roads and Maritimes Services)'s Guide to Traffic Generating Development, which sets out a desirable maximum peak volume (the environmental goal) of 200vph and an absolute maximum of 300vph.3 User defined capacity based on the simulated survey In accordance with NZTA research report 489, congestion can be defined by user perception when "speeds fall below a...