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1. [2023] NZEnvC 100 Director-General of Conservation v Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency [pdf, 336 KB]

   ...Referring to Waitangi Tribunal Report on Te Rohe Potae claims part IV, released on 22 December 2020. [83] [84] [8SJ [86] 25 To assist the Court, in light of the High Court’s decision in Environmental Protection Authority v BW Offshore Singapore Pte Ltd (BW Offshore),55 Waka Kotahi provided information attempting to apply the High Court costs scale to the Environment Court proceedings (as if they had been High Court proceedings). The total indicative High Court cos...

2. ENVC combined interested party notices R to Y [pdf, 12 MB]

   ...“turangawaewae” or “place to stand” iii. Threat of restricted access to our common property seabed, coastal and esplanade reserves and coastal marine area (CMA) iv. Threat to local community well being as local marina ownership dissipates offshore over time v. Threat to use of the CMA for the benefit of exclusive future business endeavours c. Amenity and landscape i. Threat from marina to Matiatia as an integrated gateway amenity and welcoming home-coming ii. Thre...

3. BORA Taxation (International Taxation, Life Insurance, and Remedial Provisions) Bill [pdf, 165 KB]

   ...2. The Bill seeks to make a significant number of amendments to New Zealand’s suite of revenue legislation. In particular, the Bill is designed to: • effect a major overhaul of the international tax rules by introducing a tax exemption for offshore companies owned by New Zealand businesses and exempting most foreign dividends received by New Zealand companies from tax, while containing the associated risk to the New Zealand tax base; • introduce comprehensive changes to the ta...

4. [2024] NZEmpC 209 Whare Manaaki Inc v Anderson and Ors [pdf, 216 KB]

   ...should not engage in speculation.4 2 Hannay v Mount [2011] NZCA 530 at [21]–[22]. 3 Dotcom v Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp [2014] NZCA 509, (2014) 22 PRNZ 479 at [31], citing Hannay v Mount, above n 2; and Wing Hung Printing Co Ltd v Saito Offshore Pty Ltd [2010] NZCA 502, [2011] 1 NZLR 754. 4 See Wing Hung Printing Co Ltd v Saito Offshore Pty Ltd, above n 3, at [41], aff’d Hannay v Mount, above n 2, at [21]. [13] Ancillary orders may be made if the Court c...

5. Rebecca Liv Stirnemann - Evidence in Chief [pdf, 699 KB]

   ...shags and little shags. 'I secured eight of these birds at one shot when a flock of about si~_y ~ere fishing in front of the Opua Railway-station. (Pycroft 1898)." 16. The Bay of Plenty and Hauraki Gulf, with its diverse habitats and offshore islands, is one of the most diverse seabird communities in the world - a result of the high diversity of foraging habitat and breeding sites. 17. These global values are recognised by the Important Bird Area (IBA) programme, launche...

6. Waitangi Tribunal Kaupapa Inquiry Programme Appendix [pdf, 163 KB]

   ...modification - Material culture Mokomokai, artefacts, heritage, museum collections, archives, monuments, films/audiovisual works 7 11 Natural resources and environmental management - Mineral and atmospheric resources Minerals (surface, underground, offshore); atmospheric resources - Coastal marine resources Regulation of fishing, water quality, pollution; marine reserves, customary fishing, whales, dolphins, impact of pollution and run-off on coastal marine resources, impact of comme...

7. Kaupapa inquiry programme Appendix B Jan 2021 [pdf, 115 KB]

   ...12 Natural resources and environmental management – Environmental management – Mineral and atmospheric resources – Coastal marine resources Resource Management Act, climate change mitigation Minerals (surface, underground, offshore); atmospheric resources Regulation of fishing, water quality, pollution; marine reserves, customary fishing, whales, dolphins, impact of pollution and run-off on coastal marine resources, impact of commercial overfishing on customary res...

8. [2019] NZEnvC 114 Pan Pac Forest Products Ltd [pdf, 2.3 MB]

   ...Coastal Marine Area, through an outfall pipe and diffuser (as currently authorised under resource consent CD160286W); and (b) The occupation of the Coastal Marine Area with an outfall pipe and discharge diffuser (over 2.4 kilometres of seabed offshore from Whirinaki) as currently authorised under resource consent CL 1602870). [1 0] Five parties gave notice under s 274 of the Act seeking to join the proceedings, namely: (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) Citizens Environmental Advocac...

9. IAA v Sparks [2013] NZIACDT 5 (07 February 2013) [pdf, 170 KB]

   ...adviser had met, talked to or emailed a client during the application stage, the adviser had not acted lawfully. Mr Sparks disagreed with that proposition. He said his procedure was the same as every other agency in New Zealand for dealing with offshore clients, and the Act had made the correct procedure unworkable in the real world. [31] The Authority investigated Mr Sparks’ claim that he had travelled to the Philippines every two or three months. The investigations showed his only...

10. [2023] NZEnvC 127 Mangawhai Harbour Restoration Society v Northland Regional Council [pdf, 515 KB]

    ...Rule C.1.5.11 provides that the deposition of material for beneficial purposes onto land is a restricted discretionary activity, provided that, within the CMA the deposited material is not water or other matter which is dumped from a ship, aircraft or offshore installation. 6 (vii) For completeness, MHRS also sought to amend conditions 15, 17 and 19 of Rule C.1.8. However, those appeal points have been resolved as part of Topic 15 – Mangrove removal.5 (b) CEP Services, who sou...