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1. BORA Resource Management Amendment Bill Vet [pdf, 215 KB]

   LEGAL ADVICE LPA 01 01 24 10 September 2019 Hon David Parker, Attorney-General Consistency with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990: Resource Management Amendment Bill Purpose 1. We have considered whether the Resource Management Amendment Bill (‘the Bill’) is consistent with the rights and freedoms affirmed in the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (‘the Bill of Rights Act’). 2. We have not yet received a final version of the Bill. This advice has been prepared...

2. [2019] NZEnvC 193 West Coast Regional Council v Westland District Council [pdf, 2.5 MB]

   BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT COURT I MUA I TE KOOTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA IN THE MATTER AND BETWEEN AND Decision No. [2019] NZEnvC 193 of the Resource Management Act 1991 of an application to change enforcement orders pursuant to s 316 and s 321 of the Act WEST COAST REGIONAL COUNCIL (ENV-2015-CHC-067) Applicant WESTLAND DISTRICT COUNCIL Respondent Court: Environment Judge J E Borthwick Hearing: in Chambers at Christchurch Date of Decision: 28 November 2019 Date of Issu...

3. Deemed Permit Report 15 December 2020 [pdf, 59 KB]

   ...Deemed Permits. Their current status is: • Cancelled: 23 • Current: 334 • Expired: 45 • Surrendered: 183 • Total: 585 Note: Of the 334 Current Deemed Permits 18 have been replaced by 14 Resource Consents but have not yet been surrendered. Therefore they maintain a status of current. Since 1 January 2016 the Otago Regional Council has granted 30 Resource Consents consents to replace 77 Deemed Permit. 36 of these Deemed P...

4. 9 February- WCO Ngaruroro and Clive Rivers [pdf, 100 KB]

   ...Taupo Lands Trust Owhaoko B & D Lands Trust Whitewater New Zealand Incorporated Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Incorporated Owhaoko C Trust Submission On Report Of Special Tribunal pursuant to Section 209 of the Resource Management Act 1991 Submission On Report Of Special Tribunal pursuant to Section 209 of the Resource Management Act 1991 Submission On Report Of Special Tribunal pursuant to Section 209 of the Resource Management Act 1991...

5. Kaupapa-inquiry-programme-App-B-updated-Jan-2024.pdf [pdf, 158 KB]

   ...culture Adoption, guardianship, wards, whāngai; custody and access control; coronial law and practices, burials; genetic modification Mokomokai, artefacts, heritage, museum collections, archives, monuments, films/audiovisual works 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); atmosph...

6. ENVC Hearing 6Oct14 TGKL lay attach 12 ecological compense [pdf, 172 KB]

   ...values through the implementation of compensatory action. These actions are determined through the process of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). This report defines ecological compensation as: “positive conservation actions required by resource consent and intended to compensate for residual adverse effects of development and resource use”. The Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) is the principal legislation that relates to ecological compensation. Schedule 4 of the Act m...

7. Ngati Pahauwera Letter of Determination 23 August 2016 [pdf, 866 KB]

   ...and interests, for example, boundaries between customary groups in the CMCA, knowledge that particular fishing grounds or rocks belong to a particular customary group by descent, the ability to place customary restrictions on access and taking of resources in an area, and acknowledgement of a groups customary authority in an area by other groups. 14. Absence of evidence of other parties’ use and occupation of an area does not by itself, in my view, amount to an area being held in accor...

8. Form 6 - (Alternative Template) AUP appeals under s156(1) or 156(3) LGATPA [docx, 45 KB]

   Page 4 IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT ENV-2016-AKL- AT AUCKLAND IN THE MATTER of the Local Government (Auckland Transitional Provisions) Act 2010 (LGATPA) and the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) AND IN THE MATTER of an appeal under * [section 156(1)/section 156(3)] of the LGATPA against a decision of the Auckland Council on a recommendation of the Auckland Unitary Plan Independent Hearings Panel (Hearings Panel) on the proposed Auckland Unitary Plan (Proposed Plan) * Select one. AND...

9. ENV-2016-AKL-000232 Bunnings Limited v Auckland Council amended notice of appeal [pdf, 183 KB]

   ...8000 F +64 9 367 8163 PO Box 8 DX CX10085 Auckland 3387569 IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT ENV-2016-AKL-000232 AUCKLAND IN THE MATTER of the Local Government Act (Auckland Transitional Provisions) Act 2010 ("LGATPA ") of the Resource Management Act 1991("RMA") AND IN THE MATTER of an appeal under section 156(3) of the Local Government (Auckland Transitional Provisions) Act 2010 AND IN THE MATTER of Proposed Plan Hearing Topic 081 - Rezoning and Pre...

10. BORA Legal Services Amendment Bill [pdf, 286 KB]

    ...of s 5 of the BORA. 9. The limitation on the availability of legal aid for non-New Zealand citizens and permanent residents reflects the policy that those seeking to come to New Zealand should meet the costs associated with this out of their own resources. Furthermore, it would be difficult (if not impossible in many cases) to enforce the provisions of the Act (e.g. recovering legal aid- related debts) in relation to persons not resident in New Zealand. Age discrimination in the definit...