[2017] NZEnvC 153 Godfrey v Westland District Council [pdf, 679 KB]
...It should have been served on the respondent on or before 5 September 2017.1 [3] On 7 September 2017 the applicant lodged an application for waiver under s 281 (1) of the Resource Management Act 1991 ("the Act") and an accompanying affidavit of Holly Ann Brown in support. [4] Counsel for the appellants advised the late service of the appeal was due to an error.2 They mistakenly understood that all parties had to be served within five working days of date of filing the ap...