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1. [2018] NZEnvC 197 Double R Developments Limited v Western Bay of Plenty District Council [pdf, 630 KB]

   ...REASONS Introduction [1] Double R Developments Limited (the Appellant)1 has filed an appeal against an abatement notice issued to it by the Western Bay of Plenty District Council (the Council) requiring it to comply with a condition of its resource consent relating to a subdivision of a site at Hanlen Avenue, Waihi Beach (the site). [2] The relevant condition (condition 7) requires the Appellant to use a particular route to bring fill material from a quarry on Waihi Beach Road to...

2. ENV-2016-AKL-000207 Mason v Auckland Council [pdf, 4.8 MB]

   ...lifestyle lot as a discretionary subdivision opportunity, are appropriate and better achieve the purpose of the RMA than the Council's provisions. The criteria in L3 are entirely suited for this purpose and within the framework of a discretionary consent process will not result in "over-estimation" of the significance of sites. (e) The detailed reasons set out by the IHP in its recommendations on the provisions the subject of this appeal, which are hereby adopted as reaso...

3. Alternative Restorative Justice pilot study March 2025 [pdf, 659 KB]

   ...information (e.g., through the facilitator to represent each party’s needs), a facilitator co-ordinated reparative offering such as financial restitution, an agreed service for the victim or the community, or the RJ facilitator submitting a letter or a statement to the court.2 Objectives of the study The key objectives of the study were to explore whether the provision of non- encounter forms of RJ provides persons harmed with better access to justice, and to assess the approach�...

4. 7.2 Environment Court

   ...may impose restrictions on the inspection of a document and, under the Resource Management Act 1991, the court may order that evidence be heard in private, or prohibit or restrict the publication of evidence. Subject to any restrictions, once a written statement or affidavit is presented to the court at a public hearing, the media may approach the court to request copies. A fee for the actual and reasonable cost of producing copies of documents may be charged. The Environment Court also offers...

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5. [2011] NZEmpC 131 Yang v L E Builders Ltd [pdf, 66 KB]

   ...Loo. This is in addition to the matters which the plaintiff complains have occurred since the determination of the Authority in relation to the removal of the defendant from the Companies Register. I say apparently, because although the amended statement of claim alleges that the secretary who witnessed the execution of the IRD form refused to give the plaintiff a copy, it goes on to allege: Without knowledge or consent of the Plaintiff, the tax declaration was later altered...

6. TL v NM LCRO 34 / 2012 (18 January 2013) [pdf, 77 KB]

   ...of the Agreement to the agent who prepared it. [15] In response to the application for review, NM maintained his complaint that “all information” was to be kept confidential and this included the Agreement. He reiterated that he did not consent to the disclosure of the Agreement. He rejected that it was simply a professional courtesy to provide the Agreement to the agent and stated that the proper course for TL was to seek his consent. 4 [16] He reiterated t...

7. Evaluation of Defendant-centred Courtroom pilot [pdf, 1.3 MB]

   EVALUATION OF THE DEFENDANT CENTRED COURTROOM PILOT PREPARED BY: MICHELE LENNAN and Dr SUE CARSWELL FOR THE: MINISTRY OF JUSTICE MARCH 2014 Evaluation of the Defendant-Centred Courtroom 2 March 2014 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Defendant Centred Courtroom (DCC) pilot trials a reconfigured District Court courtroom where defendants who are not in custody sit or stand beside their counsel

8. Auckland Standards Committee 1 v Ravelich [2020] NZLCDT 3 [pdf, 191 KB]

   ...documents. I didn’t have copies of anything …”, 5 Section 7(1)(b)(ii). 6 See above n 5. 10 Mr Ravelich was really unable to provide a satisfactory explanation for the three misleading statements which are the subjects of Charges 1 and 2. There were two statements made to ARLA and one to Constable Miklos which was repeated. [41] Mr Ravelich was adamant however that it was never his intention to mislead the authority about...

9. [2022] NZEnvC 214 Palmerston City Council [pdf, 335 KB]

   ...Under the current planning regime there is also a risk of development occurring m advance of the necessary infrastructure to manage effects in an appropriate manner. 14 [13] The Council says that PCG is designed to respond to the National Policy Statement on Urban Development 2020 (NPS-UD). It will contribute to resolving the issues around housing supply in Palmerston North, by providing for greater capacity and housing choice in a comprehensively planned manner. Consistent with the...

10. [2018] NZEnvC 126 The Wellington Company Limited v Save Erskine College Trust [pdf, 4.9 MB]

    ...counsel for the Appellant dated 23 July 2018, detailing recalculation and upwards revision of the bond, and consultation about that with HNZPT. [3] We are satisfied that our directions in this regard have been met, and now approve the conditions of consent, inclusive of the changes made to Condition C.28, concerning the bond. [4] For reasons recorded in earlier decisions, the Court's file will remain open until the strengthening and waterproofing of the chapel have been compl...