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1. [2022] NZEnvC 123 Federated Farmers of New Zealand v Dunedin City Council [pdf, 217 KB]

   ...amendments sought are appropriate and consistent with achieving the relevant objectives of the 2GP. Ms James says that following these amendments the 2GP will continue to give effect to the relevant policies of the operative Otago Regional Policy Statement 2019 and proposed Otago Regional Policy Statement 2021. Ms James also assessed other appeals on decisions on 2GP and advises that there is no overlap between appeals that would prevent a consent order from being issued. In addi...

2. [2022] NZEnvC 234 Paterson Pitts Limited Partnership v Dunedin City Council [pdf, 18 MB]

   ...developed in the context of the National Policy Statement on Urban Development 2020 (NPS-UD).1 [3] However, in its decision, the Panel incorporated prov1s10ns for the protection of heritage buildings, in the form of a new rule requiring resource consent for demolition of pre-1940 buildings along with other associated additions and amendments (the new heritage provisions) which includes changes to the pre­ existing strategic directions and heritage provisions not otherwise touched...

3. OTAGO REGIONAL COUNCIL NOE [pdf, 6.6 MB]

   ...(Council or ORC) is at a critical stage in its freshwater planning. The current freshwater planning framework in Otago is acknowledged as no longer being fit for purpose. It is a product of its time, being prepared prior to the National Policy Statement for Freshwater 5 Management 2020 (NPSFM). A new NPSFM compliant framework is required and the Council is committed to having that new framework in place by 31 December 2023. The Council is due to notify a new regional polic...

4. 2021-07-05 Transcript (up until1.30pm of day 39).pdf [pdf, 1.9 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. Alasdair Morrison (dated 2 June 2017) [pdf, 3.9 MB]

   ...Porteous Hill from Thornicroft Road, Waitati 2 1. My name is Alasdair Morrison and I appear before the Court as an Interested Party under Section 274 of the Resource Management Act 1991. 2. I made a Submission to the original Resource Consent Application for the Blueskin Energy Ltd wind project, and appeared in person at the Hearing in May 2016 - speaking in opposition to the proposed wind project on Porteous Hill. 3. I am a member of the Blueskin Amenity and Landscape Soci...

6. [2021] NZEnvC 009 Goodwin v Wellington City Council [pdf, 2.1 MB]

   ...N M H Whittington for the Respondent T P Robinson for the Applicant Date of Decision: 17 February 2021 Date of Issue: 17 February 2021 INTERIM DECISION OF THE ENVIRONMENT COURT A: The appeal is declined. Consent to be granted upon receipt of conditions in final form. 2 B: Costs are reserved. REASONS Introduction [1] This is a decision on an appeal by D Goodwin, F Close, P Olver and C Horrocks (the Appellants) against a decision o...

7. Brown v Brown - Tuhuna 12A1 (2025) 292 Taitokerau MB 147 (292 TTK 147) [pdf, 250 KB]

   ...[23] At the hearing, Pompey Brown junior did not contest the evidence provided by Clarence, Pania or Gloria and there was no cross examination of their evidence. [24] Two documents were filed in opposition to the injunction application. An email statement from Pompey Brown junior and a Statement by Danae Smith. [25] In his email, Pompey Brown says that Clarence Brown has never asked him to vacate the property and never requested that he leave. He asserts that Clarence Brown is not th...

8. 2021-03-14 Alexandra King - Evidence [pdf, 248 KB]

   ...Tel +64 3 379 7622 Fax +64 379 2467 Solicitor: P A C Maw / M A Mehlhopt (philip.maw@wynnwilliams.co.nz / michelle.mehlhopt@wynnwilliams.co.nz) 1 Introduction 1 My full name is Alexandra Lucy King. 2 I am Team Leader Consents – Coastal Otago at Otago Regional Council (ORC or Council). 3 I hold the following tertiary qualifications: (a) Bachelor of Science with a Major in Geography and a Minor in Environmental Management from the University of Otago....

9. [2025] NZEmpC 208 Soapi and Others v Pick Hawkes Bay Inc [pdf, 412 KB]

   ...INZ’s instructions deductions from an employee’s pay are permissible where: (a) the employer has submitted them to INZ for approval as part of the ATR process and where New Zealand law allows; (b) the employer has obtained the written consent “freely given” from the employee before any deductions occur; (c) the employer has informed the employee that consent to the deduction may be withdrawn at any time; 4 The employer must notify INZ of any dispute that might re...

10. [2011] NZEmpC 31 Ravnjak v Wellington International Airport Ltd [pdf, 262 KB]

    ...dismiss the plaintiff from employment. Also at issue is whether the Authority can consider evidence that is connected to the recording. [2] These questions need to be heard and decided promptly for several reasons. First, Dieter Ravnjak seeks reinstatement to his former position with Wellington International Airport Limited (WIAL). The Authority’s investigation of his personal grievance of unjustified dismissal was to have begun on 25 March 2011, but has been stalled by the ref...