[2024] NZEnvC 180 Tasman District Council v Schaeffner [pdf, 1.1 MB]
...s332 of the RMA. Mr Olney made submissions to the effect that the Council officers who went to the property on 14 June 2022 failed to correctly exercise these powers. The issue is academic, because the officers left the property when they were requested to do so without collecting any evidence and only came back later after obtaining a search warrant. [65] However, the issue has some wider relevance (beyond the circumstances of 14 June 2022 and the issue of costs) because it is...