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1. [2024] NZEnvC 075 McCallum Bros Limited v Auckland Council [pdf, 12 MB]

   ...Residents’ Association Incorporated, Te Ārai South Holdings Limited (Te Ārai Interests) Date of Decision: 11 April 2024 Date of Issue: 11 April 2024 DECISION OF THE ENVIRONMENT COURT A: The appeal on the application for offshore consent is refused and the decision of the Commissioners is confirmed. B: Costs are reserved in respect of this appeal, the strike out application, the withdrawal of the midshore application, and inshore surrender/temporary offshore...

2. Michael Cummings - Statement of Evidence (24 June 2021) [pdf, 5 MB]

   ...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 MICHAEL ANTHONY CUMMINGS ON BEHALF OF THE OTAGO REGIONAL COUNCIL 24 June 2021 Applicant's Solicitor PO Box 4341 CHRISTCHURCH 8140 DX WX11179 Tel +64 3 379 7622 Fax +64 379 2467 S...

3. HortNZ - EiC - S J Ford - Economics (5 February 2021) [pdf, 237 KB]

   ...OTAGO ............................................................................. 10 REASONABLE AND EFFICIENT WATER USE IN IRRIGATION FOR HORTICULTURE ............................................................................. 10 THE COST OF CONSENTING ................................................................. 11 THE 6 YEAR CONSENTING TIME FRAME AND THE IMPORTANCE OF CERTAINTY OF INVESTMENT IN HORTICULTURE .....................................................................

4. HortNZ - EiC - S J Ford - Economics (5 February 2021) [pdf, 235 KB]

   ...OTAGO ............................................................................. 10 REASONABLE AND EFFICIENT WATER USE IN IRRIGATION FOR HORTICULTURE ............................................................................. 10 THE COST OF CONSENTING ................................................................. 11 THE 6 YEAR CONSENTING TIME FRAME AND THE IMPORTANCE OF CERTAINTY OF INVESTMENT IN HORTICULTURE .....................................................................

5. [2025] NZREADT 39 - QU & Ors v REAA (3 September 2025) [pdf, 259 KB]

   ...August 2023: 1. Mr Collins said Flip Developments’ director believed he was giving the purchasers full Code compliance. The director had no doubt everything complied with the council’s regulations. Mr Collins relied heavily on the 5 statement (8 March 2018) of Flip Developments’ solicitor. The solicitor, who had made enquiries with the council, stated that the issue of the 2012 certificate was confirmation from the council that the entire dwelling complied with the...

6. [2024] NZEnvC 155 Save the Maitai Inc v Nelson City Council [pdf, 888 KB]

   ...work, including the exact location of allotments and roads (if PPC28 is approved) as part of the design phase of development. The location and volume of the required earthworks would be identified as part of this detailed design process. Resource consents for the required earthworks would then be sought to authorise development in accordance with the detailed designs. [22] The applicant’s approach puts the emphasis on the policy and rule framework within which future resource...

7. [2019] NZEnvC 114 Pan Pac Forest Products Ltd [pdf, 2.3 MB]

   ...ENVIRONMENT COURT I MUA I TE KOOTI I TAIAO O AOTEAROA IN THE MATTER AND BETWEEN AND Decision No [2019] NZEnvC 114 of the Resource Management Act 1991 of an application under sections 87C to 871 of the Act for direct referral of a resource consent application to the Environment Court PAN PAC FOREST PRODUCTS LIMITED (ENV-2017-WLG-000108) Applicant HAWKE'S BAY REGIONAL COUNCIL Consent Authority Court: Environment Judge B P Dwyer Environment Commissioner J A Hod...

8. [2017] NZEnvC 096 Findlay v Waipa District Council [pdf, 507 KB]

   ...Commissioner Hodges having gained significant detailed knowledge of the disputes through the expert conferencing and judicial settlement conference processes, it was agreed that they would consider the submissions of the parties and joint witness statements by the traffic engineers concerning the last dispute to be resolved, the Intersection Rule. All original parties and their traffic engineers agreed on the making of a particular Intersection Rule; written submissions were receive...

9. Adoption Action Inc v Attorney-General [2016] NZHRRT 9 [pdf, 371 KB]

   ...(Definition of Marriage) Amendment Act 2013 (MDMA Act). While several amendments have been made to the Adoption Act since its enactment, those changes have been piecemeal, without a fundamental re-appraisal of its underlying assumptions and without a clear statement of the Act’s purpose and of the values and interests it is to reflect in the second millennium. [7] In these proceedings under Part 1A of the Human Rights Act 1993 filed on 22 July 2011 Adoption Action Inc (Adoption Actio...

10. ENVC Matiatia expert witness acoustics 2014 [pdf, 607 KB]

    ...AKL 00174) 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 [ACOUSTICS] [1 ] This signed joint witness statement is written in response to the Court's Minute dated 4 April 2014 which directed Environment Commissioner facilitated conferencing. This requires that the experts seek to ident...