Search Results

1. [2020] NZEmpC 96 Innovative Landscapes (2015) Ltd v Popkin [pdf, 203 KB]

   ...facilitates participation by under-funded public interest groups in the RMA appeal process, but generally assists the Court's decision-making in promoting the legislative purpose that is directed to the sustainable management of natural and physical resources. … … Importantly, at the risk of repetition, pro bono work by lawyers who practice in the resource management field is beneficial in aiding more ready and effective participation by public interest bodies and others...

2. 2021-03-01 ORC - MOC - PC7 - mining permits - annexure E [pdf, 452 KB]

   Page 1 of 9 Our Reference: A39424 Consent No: 96230.V1 DEEMED PERMIT This is a Deemed Permit pursuant to Sections 413-417 of the Resource Management Act 1991. Name: [Bruce Cunningham and Edith Evelyn Greer] Transmitted 18 July 2006 [Bruce Cunningham Greer] Transferred 29/10/07 [Bruce Cunningham Greer and Adrienne Edith Wright]Transmitted 4 April 2008 [Adrienne Edith Wright] Transferred 18 April 2008 [Greenbank Pastoral Limited] Transferred 21 Septemb...

3. [2021] NZEnvC 196 Gibbston Vines Limited v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 827 KB]

   IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT CHRISTCHURCH I TE KOTI T AIAO O AOTEAROA KI OTAUTAHI IN THE i'vlA TIER AND BET\VEEN AND Decision No. [2021] NZEnvC 196 of the Resource :rvianagement Act 1991 an appeal under s120 of the Act GIBBSTON VINES LIMITED (ENV-2018-CHC-8) Appellant QUEENSTOWN LAKES DISTRICT COUNCIL Respondent Court: Hearing: Environment Judge J J M Hassan - sitting alone In Chambers at Christchurch Last case event: JTC held 14 December 2021 Date o...

4. [2022] NZEnvC 001 Wellington Regional Council [pdf, 253 KB]

   IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT WELLINGTON I TE KOTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA KI TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA IN THE IvlA TIER BETWEEN Decision No. [2022] NZEnvC 1 of an application for a declaration under s 310 and for an order under s 293 of the Resource Management Act 1991 WELLINGTON REGIONAL COUNCIL (ENV-2021-WLG-000033) Applicant Court: Environment Judge BP Dwyer sitting alone under s 309 of the Act Last case event: Memorandum dated 8 November 2021 Date of Decision: 12Janua1y 2022...

5. 9. JWS 9 - Objective, Stranded Assets & miscellaneous Minor Matters 4 & 21 June 2021 [pdf, 274 KB]

   ...IN THE MATTER 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) of the Resource Management Act 1991(the Act) BETWEEN OTAGO REGIONAL COUNCIL Applicant ENV-2020-CHC-127 Facilitator Deputy Environment Commissioner – RM Dunlop Scribe Jenna Sinclair Date 4th and 21st June 2021 Venue Held over Microsoft T...

6. [2023] NZEnvC 075 Gray v Dunedin City Council [pdf, 289 KB]

   GRAY & SINCLAIR-GRAY v DCC - COSTS IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT CHRISTCHURCH I TE KŌTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA KI ŌTAUTAHI Decision No. [2023] NZEnvC 75 IN THE MATTER of the Resource Management Act 1991 AND an appeal under s120 of the Act BETWEEN G S GRAY AND K M SINCLAIR- GRAY (ENV-2022-CHC-024) Appellants AND DUNEDIN CITY COUNCIL Respondent Court: Environment Judge P A Steven Environment Commissioner S Myers Hearing: In Chambers on the papers Submissions: T J Shie...

7. [2023] NZEnvC 177 Otago Regional Council v Armishaw [pdf, 280 KB]

   ORC v ARMISHAW – COSTS DECISION IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT CHRISTCHURCH I TE KŌTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA KI ŌTAUTAHI Decision No. [2023] NZEnvC 177 IN THE MATTER of the Resource Management Act 1991 AND an application for interim and final enforcement orders under s315(2) and s320 of the Act BETWEEN OTAGO REGIONAL COUNCIL (ENV-2022-CHC-017) Applicant AND BLAIR EDWARD ARMISHAW Respondent Court: Environment Judge P A Steven Hearing: Sitting alone under s309 of the Act...

8. [2024] NZEnvC 174 Afsari v Auckland Council [pdf, 3.4 MB]

   Afsari v Auckland Council IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT AUCKLAND I TE KŌTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA KI TĀMAKI MAKAURAU Decision [2024] NZEnvC 174 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal under clause 14 of the First Schedule of the Resource Management Act 1991 BETWEEN M AFSARI (ENV-2023-AKL-000216) Appellant AND AUCKLAND COUNCIL Respondent Court: Chief Environment Judge D A Kirkpatrick sitting alone under s 279 of the Act Last case event: 13 June 2024 Date of Order: 22...

9. [2025] NZEmpC 133 Burgess v Tutton Sienko and Hill Partnership (Interlocutory Judgment (reissued) of Judge KG Smith 1 July 2025) [pdf, 200 KB]

   ...that there are grounds for an order to be made; (c) the evidence about his finances was speculative; the only paragraph in Ms Tutton’s affidavit about his ability to pay was, in effect, an admission that she did not know anything about his resources; (d) there were irrelevancies in Ms Tutton’s evidence; (e) contrary to the adverse conclusion invited by the partnership about the cases he was involved in previously, in many of them he was successful; (f) the application...

10. [2024] NZSSAA 06 (3 May 2024) [pdf, 117 KB]

    ...losses in a social security setting which is concerned with the payment of benefits, is not the same as the treatment of income and losses for tax purposes. In the Ministry’s submission the Act’s focus (unlike tax law) is on the availability of resources. The Ministry submits that losses are taken into account during the relevant income periods for the purposes of assessing entitlement for that period. 23. The Ministry relies on s 64 of the Social Security Act 1964 (the Act)...