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1. ENV-2016-AKL-000xxx Howick Ratepayers and Residents Association Incorporated & Others v Auckland Council [pdf, 5.5 MB]

   ...15.9.16 Environment Court Appeal JMS Page 3 (d) There has been no analysis of the need to rezone the land, or any consideration given to the special characteristics the land possesses. (e) The Council's decision is based on incomplete information. In particular the decision-makers did not consider or have access to: i. The Appellants submissions on the Proposed Plan. ii. The evidence available to the Hearings Panel. (f) The Report to Council dated 19 August 2016 prepared by...

2. ORC - EIC - Felicity Boyd - 15 October 2021 [pdf, 1.7 MB]

   ...dated 15 October 2021. 7 80057.01, 80093.01. 8 80070.02 9 80090.01, 80090.02 10 80097.01 11 80070.02 7 do not meet minimum contact recreation standards or provide for ecosystems are improved in the short term,12 (c) Requesting water reforms to be based on catchments,13 and (d) Specifying the intention to identify critical source areas and topographical conditions relating to runoff in specific properties. 18 The specific decisions sought by submitters and my recommendati...

3. Breaking the inter-generational cycle of family violence and sexual violence [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...the ways it can be prevented often differ and tailored responses are needed. Recognising the gendered patterns of violence is not intended to negate the experiences of male victims. Violence disproportionately impacts those suffering compounding forms of disadvantage and discrimination 8 Māori are disproportionately affected by family violence due to the complex intersection of sociohistorical and contemporary factors. Understanding violence within Māori whānau requires placing it...

4. MLC - 150 years of the Māori Land Court [pdf, 11 MB]

   ...of Ngauruhoe, and around the Paretetaitonga peak of Mt Ruapehu. On 23 September Horonuku Te Heu Heu ‘made an application to the Court that the above blocks be awarded to the Crown, as a gift from himself for the purpose of a national park, and requested that when Horonuku Te Heu Heu Tukino IV (ca 1880-1888). HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE COURT 1862–1890s the Trustees be appointed he be one and his son Tureiti Te Heu Heu succeed him on his death’. On the following day the Cou...

5. [2020] NZEnvC 025 Willis Bond Capital Partners No. 3 Limited [pdf, 914 KB]

   ...the harbour though a pipe. [3] In the Wellington Waterfront Framework Plan 2001 (the Council's strategic plan for the Wellington waterfront) the site is referred to as Site 9 and lies between Shed 13 to the south and the Whitmore Plaza (formerly Site 8) to the north. To the east is Lady Elizabeth Lane. Between Lady Elizabeth Lane and the harbour is Kumutoto Plaza and to the south of that is the Meridian building. The recently completed Site 10 building known as the PWC Centre...

6. Taupo District Council [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...(RMA). 4. TDC received notice of the decision on 22 April 2020. 5. The parts of the decision TDC is appealing are set out below. REASONS FOR APPEAL General reasons for appeal 6. While generally supportive of PC1, TDC considers that in its current form, parts of PC1: a) Do not promote the sustainable management of the natural and physical resources in the Taupo District or the Waikato Region, and is therefore contrary to or inconsistent with Part 2 and other provisions of the RMA; 1...

7. [2018] NZEnvC 160 NZ Energy v Manawatu Wanganui Regional Council [pdf, 599 KB]

   ...(the Regional Council) in respect of various consent conditions and consent condition variations applied for by NZEL in 2007 and 2011. Neither appeal sought decline of consents which had been granted. Rather, the matters at issue related to the form of conditions imposed on the consents. [2] The interim decision was overturned by a decision of the High Court which issued on 7 December 20162 and this Court was directed to reconsider the interim decision. [3] A final decision issu...

8. [2022] NZEnvC 238 Blueskin Bay Holdings Limited v Dunedin City Council [pdf, 568 KB]

   ...(see Figure 17.Y.ZZA). iii. Activities that contravene clause ii of this performance standard are prohibited activities. 17.Y.ZZ.2 Subdivision performance standards a. Access i. Subdivision activities must provide a suitably designed and formed public walking access through the structure plan mapped area, in general alignment with the route marked in blue on Figure 17.Y.ZZA. ii. Legal access to fulfil clause i above must be created, and accessways must be formed, prior to the...

9. [2018] NZSSAA 42 (3 September 2018) [pdf, 701 KB]

   ...to facilitate her mobility. Motivated by her desire to maximise opportunities she had with the art work, and with the help of physical therapy, she developed her physical strength. She could then work and live without her wheelchair and other forms of assistance to maintain mobility. By about 2015, she reached the point where she could almost financially support herself without 2 requiring a benefit. While on a work trip, she was involved in a vehicle accident. She suf...

10. O Ltd v DI [2022] NZDT 67 (29 March 2022) [pdf, 166 KB]

    ...TRIBUNAL District Court [2022] NZDT 67 APPLICANT O Ltd RESPONDENT DI The Tribunal orders: The claim is dismissed. Reasons 1. On Sunday 14 November 2021 DI enquired about the services of O Ltd by filling in a case form on O Ltd.’s website. O Ltd provides employment advocacy services and DI was facing a difficult situation in her workplace, about which she needed to provide a written response to her employer later that week. DI’s enquiry prompte...