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1. [2023] NZEnvC 053 Bennett v Dunedin City Council [pdf, 761 KB]

   ...and additions and alterations within the Pūrākaunui and Ōrokonui Significant Natural Landscape Overlay Zone. 11 15.8.Y.3 Subdivision performance standards a. Access i. Subdivision activities must provide a suitably designed and formed internal road network connecting to Doctors Point Road. ii. This road must be vested with the Council as part of the section 223 certification for the subdivision (or the relevant stage of subdivision if subdivision is staged). iii...

2. [2023] NZEnvC 001 Swap Stockfoods Limited v Bay of Plenty Regional Council [pdf, 3.6 MB]

   ......................................................................................... 39 B3 Witnesses appearing ..................................................................................... 39 B4 Our reviews of the evidence ....................................................................... 40 B5 Further information requirements ............................................................. 41 Section C The Decisions Version of PC13 and revised Rule AQ R22 agreed at medi...

3. ENVC paper Workshops on expert conferencing 2013 [pdf, 172 KB]

   ...Inc. The Association’s lead facilitator was Planning and Resource Management Consultant Dave Serjeant, and the other members of the group were Acting Principal Environment Judge Laurie Newhook and Environment Commissioner Ross Dunlop. A workshop format was chosen deliberately, designed to generate the greatest amount of discussion, and tap into as much experience as possible from this relatively new aspect of practice in the Environment Court. Prior to the roadshow, a discussion paper...

4. Legal aid funding - Details of proposals [pdf, 55 KB]

   ...taking into account the welfare and best interests of the child. Lawyer for the Child is funded from court budgets rather than from legal aid, but is included here because it is causing similar fiscal pressures and to maintain parity between different forms of government funded legal assistance. In 2009/10, $23.2 million was spent on Lawyer for the Child in care-of-children cases, up 55% from $15.0 million in 2006/07. The growth appears to be mainly due to increased numbers of care-of-ch...

5. Contact Energy Limited.pdf [pdf, 237 KB]

   ...the removal of the reference to the BPO because this will mean the term "high level of contaminant reduction" is to be assessed in isolation from important considerations such as financial implications and technical capabilities, which form part of the BPO. The BPO is a well-known concept within the RMA framework. Including reference to the BPO in Policy 13 is appropriate and provides a link with Policy 12 which provides the primary direction. Contact supports the reasons...

6. OIA-107633.pdf [pdf, 201 KB]

   Justice Centre | 19 Aitken Street DX SX10088 | Wellington T 04 918 8800 | F 04 918 8820 ContactUs@justice.govt.nz | www.justice.govt.nz 1 November 2023 Our ref: OIA 107633 Tēnā koe Official Information Act request: Artificial Intelligence Advisory Group Thank you for your email of 28 September 2023 to the Office of the Chief Justice requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), information regarding Māori/Te Tiriti input to the Artificial Intelligence...

7. 11.-Evidence-of-Mr-Te-Kororangi-Hakaraia-Ngati-Wehi-Wehi.PDF [PDF, 255 KB]

   ...war- trail that was used in the foregoing story. Old ovens have been sighted near the Waikawa River, just behind Hanawera Ridge and another behind the Poroporo Ridge, a little farther north. Pikiwahine knob is the name of the steep conical hill forming the northern terminus of Hanawera foothill ridge at Manakau. This place, according to Manahi te Hiakai, of Whakahoro (Manakau) and chief of Ngāti Wehi Wehi, was a favourite bird-snaring spot. The tree or trees on which the snare...

8. 2021-03-11 ORC PC7 - Transcript (up to end of day 2 - 9 March 2021) [pdf, 1 MB]

   BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT CHRISTCHURCH ENV-2020-CHC-127 IN THE MATTER OF the Resource Management Act 1991 AND Of a notice of motion under section 149T(2) to decide proposed Plan Change 7 to the Regional Plan: Water for Otago (referred to the Environment Court by the Minister for the Environment under section 142(2)(b) of the Act) OTAGO REGIONAL COUNCIL Applicant Hearing Commenced: 08 March 2021 held in Courtroom MERK 017 Court: Env

9. 2021-03-11 Transcript of 8-9 March 2021 - E&OE - not complete [pdf, 1 MB]

   BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT CHRISTCHURCH ENV-2020-CHC-127 IN THE MATTER OF the Resource Management Act 1991 AND Of a notice of motion under section 149T(2) to decide proposed Plan Change 7 to the Regional Plan: Water for Otago (referred to the Environment Court by the Minister for the Environment under section 142(2)(b) of the Act) OTAGO REGIONAL COUNCIL Applicant Hearing Commenced: 08 March 2021 held in Dunedin Court: Environment Judge J E Bort

10. E73 Prof David Williams - EIC - Ngāti Whātua Orākei [pdf, 5.6 MB]

    ...whenua in its primary area of interest via raupatu and ahi kā – continuous occupation. This is considered to be the “strongest evidence of rights in the land”. 2.3. Auckland City was founded on 20 October 1840, when officials drew up a formal deed for the transfer from Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei to the Crown of an estimated 3000 acres (3500 acres of modern calculation) between approximately Hobson Bay (Mataharehare), Coxs Creek (Opou/Opoututeka) and Mt Eden (Maungawhau)....