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1. 2020-12-07 Statement of Evidence of Tom de Pelsemaeker on behalf of the ORC [pdf, 938 KB]

   ...significance directed by the Minister for the Environment to be referred to the Environment Court under section 142(2)(b) of the RMA AND IN THE MATTER of an application under section 149T of the RMA OTAGO REGIONAL COUNCIL Applicant STATEMENT OF EVIDENCE OF TOM DE PELSEMAEKER ON BEHALF OF THE OTAGO REGIONAL COUNCIL 7 December 2020 Applicant's Solicitor PO Box 4341 CHRISTCHURCH 8140 DX WX11179 Tel +64 3 379 7622 Fax +64 379 2467 Sol...

2. 2020-12-07 Statement of Evidence of Tom de Pelsemaeker on behalf of the ORC - Appendix C [pdf, 1.4 MB]

   ...for the Environment website: www.mfe.govt.nz. http://www.mfe.govt.nz/ iv v Contents Executive Summary 7 Introduction 9 Deemed permits 14 Overview of the Otago planning framework 17 The Otago Regional Policy Statement 18 Regional Plan: Water for Otago 21 Current Council capacity and capability 26 Kāi Tahu perspectives 29 Stakeholder perspectives 31 Findings and recommendations 34 Recommendations 38 Appendix 1 40 Letter of Engagement...

3. ENVC Matiatia expert witness coastal and wave 2014 [pdf, 535 KB]

   ...DIRECT REFERRAL FROM CONSENT AUTHORITY OF RESOURCE CONSENT APPLICATION IN THE MATTER OF the Resource Management Act 1991 AND IN THE MATTER OF a Notice of Motion under s87G of the Resource Management Act 1991 JOINT EXPERT WITNESS STATEMENT COASTAL ENGINEERING, MARINA DESIGN, GEOTECHNICAL AND WAVE/WAKE ASSESSMENT [1] This signed joint witness statement is written in response to the Court’s Minute dated 4 April 2014 which directed Environment Commissioner facil...

4. 2021-07-07 Transcript (up until 3.25pm of day 42) [pdf, 2.6 MB]

   ...Morning witnesses. What I thought we might do to start is have 25 each of you starting with Mr Brass, confirm your full name for the record and at the same time confirm that you participated in joint witness conferencing and produced a joint witness statement dated 18 June 2021 and that you are a signatory to that document which you can confirm perhaps by simply saying I do. So starting with Mr Brass? 30 A. MR BRASS: My full name is Murray John Brass and I confirm that I was par...

5. [2022] NZEnvC 042 Wilson v Waikato Regional Council [pdf, 309 KB]

   ...Council [2021] NZEnvC 182, at [12]. 8 Memorandum of counsel for the appellant, dated 18 March 2022, at [17]. 9 Memorandum of counsel for the appellant, dated 18 March 2022, at [16]. 6 is again already the subject of no less than three expert statements of evidence being called by the applicant. OAL’s reply [12] In reply, Mr Davies submits that Mr Wilson’s claim that OAL seeks to repair its case misses the point of why the summons is sought.10 Counsel maintains that Dr...

6. [2018] NZEnvC 093 Tuwharetoa Maori Trust Board v Waikato Regional Council [pdf, 1.9 MB]

   ...conditions of consent shown in the schedule to this decision. B. There is no order as to costs. Table of Contents Introduction .............................................................................................................. 3 Resource Consents and Applications ....................................................................... 4 Appeal by TOwharetoa ............................................................................................. 5 The Rotokawa Geothe...

7. 2021-04-19 Federated Farmers of NZ - ORC PC7 - Opening Representation.pdf [pdf, 165 KB]

   ...complexity of processes, delays, and costs. 28. A key factor behind PC?, has been the prior lack of timeliness, and investment by Council into science and data collection in the region. Similarly, we do not consider 5 sufficient planning, consenting, or land relationship resourcing has previously been provided for, or retained, by Council. 29. Federated Farmers is very concerned as to what this might mean over the next six years for subsequent Otago planning processes. It is o...

8. [2013] NZEmpC 216 Narayan v Telecom NZ Ltd [pdf, 54 KB]

   ...1 [2013] NZERA Auckland 149. [3] Mr Narayan filed his amended statement of claim within time. Unfortunately, the defendant was one day out of time in the filing of the amended statement of defence. Mr Narayan would not consent to the amended statement of defence being filed out of time. Accordingly, the defendant has applied for leave to do so. Mr Narayan opposes the granting of such leave. The parties have agreed that the application may be dealt with on...

9. ENV-2016-CHC-000047 Blueskin Energy Limited v Dunedin City Council - Evidence - Ben Farrell [pdf, 1.5 MB]

   ...38 10 YEAR LAPSE PERIOD 38 CONDITIONS 39 RMA PART 2 39 CONCLUSION 40 BF-002 BI-309448-3-478-V2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. My name is Ben Farrell. I am an independent planning consultant based in Queenstown. I am experienced with the consenting and development of wind farms in New Zealand and am familiar with the site and the relevant consent documentation. 2. I have been asked by the applicant to prepare planning evidence in support of its application for a small and c...

10. [2025] NZREADT 36 – KC v REAA (22 August 2025) [pdf, 124 KB]

    ...arrangement with KI in relation to the applicant’s interest in the property. [8] On 19 August 2020, the applicant’s lawyer looked at the property’s title and land information memorandum (the LIM) and raised no concerns and included the following statement in their report: I have also reviewed the LIM report in relation to any other outstanding issues and confirm that there are no matters raised by the LIM report which 3 would be of concern for the purchase of a property...