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1. [2024] NZEnvC 026 Nelson City Council [pdf, 515 KB]

   ...Plan, the Council considers that the ramp must be identified on Planning Map 37 by use of the requisite symbol. [38] The Council further contends that the area used to access the beach (the dirt track) is not a ramp in a practical sense; it is an unformed track within the legal road reserve used for access to the foreshore/beach across which vehicles drive to the water’s edge (which could be a distance away of 320m depending on tide). [39] Boats can be launched into the water (and...

2. [2024] NZEnvC 148 Marlborough District Council v Gifford [pdf, 352 KB]

   ...any actual or likely adverse environmental effects that have been caused by that person. That is what the order here does, by requiring engagement of a suitably qualified approved person to investigate a likely potential contamination effect to inform the position on remediation. The cases cited by Mr Gifford did not involve an investigation that was necessary for the remedy. The cases cited by Ms Besier show that if an investigation is a logical step in remedying the breach, by ident...

3. Court-User-Survey-2025-results.pdf [pdf, 1.3 MB]

   ...at court for administrative matters had higher than average satisfaction, while Māori, disabled respondents and people in criminal proceedings had lower than average satisfaction. Satisfaction could be further improved with better access to information. 35% said they didn’t know what to expect before court. Over 20% of respondents only somewhat understood their rights at court. 43% of respondents wanted more information, and most of those wanted to know about what to do and who t...

4. 29.-Evidence-of-Ms-Ainsley-McLeod-Conditions.pdf [pdf, 563 KB]

   ...(Horizons), Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC), Horowhenua District Council (HDC) and Kāpiti Coast District Council (KCDC) (together, the Councils) on 11 November 2022 in respect of the Project and accompanying Volume II: Supporting Information and Assessment of Effects on the Environment, including the being primary author of the Page 3 draft conditions (Appendix 5 to Volume II) (consent applications and NoRs); (b) visited the site as part of Project team si...

5. Canterbury Earthquake CTV Building inquiry

   ...Cashel Street coming upon the collapsed CTV Building site. The CTV Building was not previously well known to him. Sergeant Brooklands was not sure if the building had been occupied at the time of the collapse but after speaking to people close by, was informed that there were approximately 150 people inside, including a creche. [24] Sergeant Brooklands called using his mobile radio, for urgent assistance. Detective Sergeant Mark Keane heard his calls and made his way on foot to the CTV Building...

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6. [2024] NZEnvC 228 Ministry of Housing and Urban Development v Auckland Council [pdf, 1.3 MB]

   ...order as to costs. REASONS Introduction [1] Plan Change 75 (Private): Mason Clinic (PC75) to the Auckland Unitary Plan Operative in part (AUP) is a private plan change. [2] Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand (Waitematā) is the plan change requestor. The plan change request was lodged with Auckland Council on 7 October 2021 and accepted by the Council under clause 25(2)(b) of Schedule 1 to the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA/the Act) on 31 March 2022. [3] PC75 was notified...

7. White v Potroz - Mohakatino Parininihi No 1c West 3A2 [2016] Māori Appellate Court MB 143 (2016 APPEAL 143) [pdf, 479 KB]

   ...Hughes attended in person on behalf of the respondents. At the outset of the hearing Ms Takitimu sought an adjournment on the basis that further research needed to be undertaken in relation to the chain of title to the land. Ms Hughes opposed the request. The lower Court did not expressly address the adjournment request but implicitly rejected it as the hearing proceeded and the subsequent decision under appeal was issued on the basis of that hearing. [36] Ms Takitimu referred...

8. Waitangi Tribunal bibliography 2021 part 1 [pdf, 198 KB]

   WAITANGI TRIBUNAL BIBLIOGRAPHY Tribunal Reports, Publications and Research Reports Presented in Evidence 1975-2020 Part 1: Waitangi Tribunal Reports, Statements and Publications Waitangi Tribunal 2021 ISSN 2463-7181 February 2021 WT Bibliography 1975-2020 Part 1 1 Page 1 of 38 Foreword by the Chairperson of the Waitangi Tribunal The Waitangi Tribunal has now been part of our legal landscape for 36

9. ORC - Statement of Evidence - Felicity Boyd - 3 September 2021 [pdf, 3.3 MB]

   ...submission period closed on 2 October 2020 and 12 further submissions were received. 37 The plan change was opposed by 43 submitters and supported by 37 submitters. Seventeen submitters did not state their position.9 A total of 82 submitters requested to be heard but 72 of those indicated they would consider presenting a joint case. I understand the submissions will be discussed in more detail in the additional planning evidence to be filed by 15 October 2021. Overview of land...

10. AMLCFT_Release_Pack_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 7.5 MB]

    ...Proactive release - AMU CFT Reform Date of issue: 05 February 2025 The following documents have been proactively released in accordance with Cabinet Office Circu lar CO (23) 4. Some information has been withheld on the basis that it would not, if requested under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA), be released . Where that is the case, the relevant section of the OIA has been noted and no public interest has been identified that would outweigh the reasons for withhold ing it. No...