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1. Stephen Brown (dated 6 June 2017) [pdf, 15 MB]

   ...they are decried for being large utilitarian, even industrial, artefacts that pollute landscapes and destroy their innate naturalness. My professional view is that turbines can be both – within different surroundings – and that individuals’ responses to them will largely be dictated by factors that include: • personal aesthetic taste and responses to the form and scale of turbines; • the actual design of the individual turbine(s); • their layout and proximity to key rec...

2. [2022] NZEnvC 6 Otago Regional Council - Primary Sector Provisions (Rural) [pdf, 3.3 MB]

   ...9 July 2021 and court Minute dated 9 July 2021. At that time, there was one outstanding matter in relation to a submission that was subsequently withdrawn, recorded in a joint memorandum of counsel on behalf of the Otago Regional Council and Wise Response Incorporated dated 4 August 2021. 4 (b) Dr L E Fung, environmental stewardship manager of Deer Industry New Zealand. He gave evidence on behalf of ORC and the New Zealand Deer Farmers Association; (c) Mr M J Korteweg who, with...

3. [2022] NZEnvC 006 Otago Regional Council [pdf, 2.1 MB]

   ...9 July 2021 and court Minute dated 9 July 2021. At that time, there was one outstanding matter in relation to a submission that was subsequently withdrawn, recorded in a joint memorandum of counsel on behalf of the Otago Regional Council and Wise Response Incorporated dated 4 August 2021. 4 (b) Dr L E Fung, environmental stewardship manager of Deer Industry New Zealand. He gave evidence on behalf of ORC and the New Zealand Deer Farmers Association; (c) Mr M J Korteweg who, with...

4. Regulatory Impact Statement Offences Against Police Officers and Prison Officers [pdf, 672 KB]

5. WHT - diagram of the process a claim goes through [pdf, 13 KB]

   Registration of claim Preliminary conference Joinder/removal applications Responses to claim Mediation Filing of briefs & hearing documents Hearing Decision Respondents served Discovery Experts conference if directed Site visit if ordered Case conferences as required Settlement Termination of claim Application to Tribunal If not settled

6. Director of Proceedings v Nelson [2013] NZHRRT 38 [pdf, 275 KB]

   ...were not maintained. Such boundaries would also preclude “socialising” with a client for several hours. Mrs Maine appeared to have become very dependent and Mrs Nelson for ongoing treatment and as the health practitioner, it was Mrs Nelson’s responsibility for ensuring that appropriate professional boundaries were maintained. It was similarly Mrs Nelson’s responsibility to end the therapeutic relationship. [62] The conclusion reached by Mr Cottingham was expressed in the foll...

7. [2017] NZEnvC 165 Yaldhurst Quarries Joint Action Group v Christchurch City Council [pdf, 5.2 MB]

   ...activity. [24] The key decision-making steps under ss 104, 1048 and 104D were outlined in Blueskin Energy Limited as follows: Key decision-making steps under ss 104, 1048 and 1040 [26] The High Court decision of R J Davidson is binding on us and in response our approach to decision making on this appeal follows: 9 R J Davidson Family Trust v Marlborough District Council [2017] NZHC 52. 10 R J Davidson Family Trust v Marlborough District Council (HC) at [74]-[76]. 11 Bluesi<in E...

8. Evaluation of Victim Support Services [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...respondent is selected per household which leads to unequal selection probabilities across the population because people in multi-adult households have a lower than average chance of selection. Probability-of-selection weights adjust for this. ▪ Non-response bias weights. Response rates to surveys are rarely evenly spread across population groups, for example, younger males often respond to surveys at a lower rate than older females. Non-response weights adjust for this. In this sur...

9. 2020-12-07 Statement of Evidence of Tom de Pelsemaeker on behalf of the ORC - Appendix C [pdf, 1.4 MB]

   ...permitted may only be undertaken pursuant to a resource consent which stipulates conditions that the consent holder must comply with in order to avoid, remedy or mitigate particular adverse environmental effects. In Otago, the Otago Regional Council is responsible for managing freshwater in approximately one hundred catchments. These include New Zealand’s second and fourth longest rivers, the Mata-Au (Clutha) and the Taieri; and many small catchments with names like Gentle Annie, De...

10. 2019-10-01-MfE-Professor-Skeltons-Report.pdf [pdf, 1.9 MB]

    ...permitted may only be undertaken pursuant to a resource consent which stipulates conditions that the consent holder must comply with in order to avoid, remedy or mitigate particular adverse environmental effects. In Otago, the Otago Regional Council is responsible for managing freshwater in approximately one hundred catchments. These include New Zealand’s second and fourth longest rivers, the Mata-Au (Clutha) and the Taieri; and many small catchments with names like Gentle Annie, Dead H...