[2019] NZEnvC 172 The New Zealand Fairy Tern Charitable Trust v Auckland Council [pdf, 13 MB]
...following as established on the facts: a) There has been a crossing at this point for some considerable time. It was probably established as part of the forestry planting and consisted of a hardening of the bed of the stream at this point to allow vehicles to pass down the bank and up the other side. Such a crossing would have been difficult given the steep sided banks and it seems improbable that it was used as a road for forestry logging trucks. This ford was probably used by four...