[2022] NZEnvC 228 Bay of Islands Maritime Park Incorporated v Northland Regional Council [pdf, 2.2 MB]
...of New Zealand (Forest and Bird), Ngāti Kuta Ki Te Rawhiti Hapū (Ngāti Kuta) and Te Uri o Hikihiki Hapū seek provisions in the NRP to protect areas in the Bay of Islands and Mimiwhangata from the adverse effects on marine biodiversity from human activity. This inevitably creates an intersection with fisheries and fishing and the interrelationship between the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) and the Fisheries Act 1996 (Fisheries Act). Hearing and post hearing A hearing was...