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1. [2016] NZEnvC 248 Northcote Point Heritage Preservation Society Incorporated v Auckland Council [pdf, 5.9 MB]

   ...for Auckland Transport J Bain for New Zealand Transport Agency Northcote Point Heritage Preservation Society v Auckland Council 2 Date of Decision: 15 December 2016 Date of Issue: 15 December 2016 DECISION OF THE ENVIRONMENT COURT GRANTING CONSENT TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE SKY PATH ON THE AUCKLAND HARBOUR BRIDGE A: Appeal by NPHPSI refused; consent granted. B: Conditions of consent approved as finally lodged after the hearing. C: Costs reserved. REASONS Introduction [1...

2. ENVC Matiatia expert witness archaeology 2014 [pdf, 734 KB]

   ...AKL 00174) DIRECT REFERRAL FROM CONSENT AUTHORITY OF RESOURCE CONSENT APPLICATION IN THE MATTER AND IN THE MATTER of the Resource Management Act 1991 of a Notice f Motion under s87G of the Resource Management Act 1991 JOINT EXPERT WITNESS STATEMENT ARCHAEOLOGY DATED: 20 AUGUST 2014 Archaeology Joint Witness Statement I 2 INTRODUCTION 1. This signed jOint witness statement is written in response to the Court's Minute dated 4 April 2014, which directed Environment C...

3. 2021-04-19 FFNZ - L Hume - SoE - Agricultural Science.pdf [pdf, 39 KB]

   ...notice of motion under section 149T(2) to decide proposed Plan Change 7 (referred to the Environment Court by the Minister for the Environment under section 142(2)(b) of the Act) OTAGO REGIONAL COUNCIL (ENV-2020-CHC-127) Applicant SUMMARY STATEMENT OF DR LIONEL JOHN HUME FOR FEDERATED FARMERS OF NEW ZEALAND INC PLAN CHANGE 7 19 APRIL 2021 Federated Farmers of New Zealand P O Box 5242, Dunedin 9054 Ph: 021 887 537 Email: kreilly@fedfarm.org.nz 2 SUMMARY STATEMENT OF...

4. [2019] NZEnvC 199 SKP Incorporated v Auckland Council [pdf, 7.9 MB]

   ...NZEnvC of the Resource Management Act 1991 of an application for orders for rehearing of proceedings under s294 of the Act SKP INCORPORATED (ENV-2018-AKL-00017 4) Applicant AUCKLAND COUNCIL Respondent KENNEDY POINT BOATHARBOUR LIMITED Consent Holder Principal Environment Judge L J Newhook Environment Commissioner A C E Leijnen Environment Commissioner l M Buchanan At Auckland on 18 - 20 September 2019 J Gardner-Hopkins for Applicant M Allan and R Abraham for Respond...

5. OWRUG - Supplementary - S Dicey - Planning - 19 March 2021 [pdf, 573 KB]

   ...of a non-complying activity rule in PC7 in general and may result in the Section 104D ‘policy’ gateway being the only viable option. 23. I acknowledge that the ORC does not intend PC7 to give effect, in and of itself, to the National Policy Statement on Freshwater Management 2020 (NPSFM). I am also of the opinion that Te Mana o te Wai can only be fully implemented when the process set out in the NPSFM is followed, including active involvement by tangata whenua. 24. However, I...

6. Pope v Human Rights Commission (Strike-Out Application) [2014] NZHRRT 3 [pdf, 88 KB]

   ...Member REPRESENTATION: Mr M Ward, agent for plaintiff Ms S Bell for first defendant Ms K Elkin for second defendant Dame Beverley Wakem DNZM, CBE for third defendant DATE OF DECISION: 4 February 2014 DECISION OF TRIBUNAL STRIKING OUT STATEMENT OF CLAIM The application [1] This is an application by the defendants that these proceedings be summarily dismissed ahead of trial on the grounds that the proceedings are clearly untenable as a matter of law. 2 [2] In...

7. ENVC Hearing 6Oct14 DM legal submissions [pdf, 211 KB]

   ...that the application will cause: their “thinking [is] almost the same”.14 1.13 DMI intends to call 9 expert witnesses, who have each participated in expert conferencing in accordance with the Code of Conduct and jointly prepared witness statements with the other experts in their fields. Those statements, and the Statement of Agreed facts derived from them, provide a helpful and detailed platform for the Court to consider the application. Importantly, on the issues of amenity...

8. [2021] NZEnvC 068 Eden Epsom Residential Protection Society Incorporated v Auckland Council [pdf, 482 KB]

   ...over three weeks before the hearing, on 14 May, the society requested the issue of witness summonses to six experts, some of whom produced evidence at the Council hearing on the proposed plan change and the others at a later hearing for a resource consent proposal on the site. [3] The requested witness summonses were to be addressed to the following: Re Proposed PC21 (a) Robin Elizabeth Byron (Senior Conservation Architect, called by Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga) (b) Trevo...

9. Smith – Nikora Whānau Trust (2013) 2013 Chief Judge’s MB 302 (2013 CJ 302) [pdf, 109 KB]

   ...Nikora Whānau Trust. This trust was made up of some of the shares of the applicant’s father, Penetaua Hawea, who was deceased at the time the trust was formed, and all the shares of the applicant’s mother who was alive and present in Court and consented to all her shares being included in the trust. [3] The applicant did not consent to the shares she was entitled to from her father being included in the trust and she now claims that she is affected by the trust order as it re...

10. 2. JWS 2 - JWS of Regulatory Planning Experts dated 10 March 2022 [pdf, 211 KB]

    ...OF REGULATORY PLANNING EXPERTS 10 March 2022 JOINT WITNESS STATEMENT OF REGULATORY PLANNING EXPERTS – PROPOSED PLAN CHANGE 8 TO THE REGIONAL PLAN: WATER FOR OTAGO: PART G - EARTHWORKS Topic: Regulatory planning – Consents Planning and Compliance and Monitoring Date: 9.30am -11.30am, 10 March 2022 Location: AVL Scribe: Shay McDonald INTRODUCTION 1. The following witnesses attended conferencing: a. Kerstin Strauss (KS) (on behalf of the Ot...