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1. Final Env-Reg-Report-2022-23 [pdf, 479 KB]

   ...responsible for ensuring the orderly and expeditious discharge of the business of the Court. 1.4 The Court’s jurisdiction The Environment Court is a specialist court of record established under section 247 of the RMA. It’s the primary environmental adjudicative body in New Zealand. It has jurisdiction over environmental and resource management matters. It can be characterised as follows: • a presiding Judge and two Environment Court Commissioners sit together to hear and...

2. [2023] NZEnvC 276 Danone Nutricia v Otago Regional Council [pdf, 485 KB]

   ...– (i) the applicant: (ii) the relevant authority whose abatement notice is appealed against; and (d) such other matters as the Judge thinks fit. Likely effect of granting a stay For Danone [59] Danone filed an affidavit of Judith van Dijk, an Environmental Consultant and Soil Specialist, who addressed the potential for adverse effects resulting from a continuation of the discharge of treated industrial wastewater in excess of the limits contained in the consent conditions. [60] Ms...

3. [2020] NZEnvC 164 Trustees of the BA Freeman Family Trust v Waimakariri District Council.pdf [pdf, 581 KB]

   ...requirements set out in the District Plan. [6] A full copy of the subdivision application is not in evidence but attached to the affidavit of Mr M C Bacon is a copy of a conceptual plan for stormwater prepared by the Trustees' consultants, e2 Environmental ltd.4 I assume this report was part of the application's Assessment of Environmental Effects. The stormwater plan records that McIntosh Drain is "to be piped".5 [7] I come back to the salience of the piping of...

4. [2020] NZEnvC 213 Federated Farners of New Zealand Incorporated v Bay of Plenty Regional Council [pdf, 3.6 MB]

   ...considerations ........................................................................................................... 15 National Policy Statement Freshwater Management 2020 .............................................. 15 Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Freshwater) Regulations 2020 ............................................................................................................................... 17 Section 30 (4} of the RMA ......................

5. 2023-09-26-Evidence-of-Siiri-Wilkening-Noise.PDF [PDF, 255 KB]

   ...condition DGA94 requires that SSNVMPs (and the CNVMP) be prepared by a SQP, I understand from Table 8 of Mr Smith’s evidence that the SSNVMPs will not necessarily be prepared by a suitably qualified and experienced person but by project staff or the Environmental Manager of the Project. Often, project staff are not suitably qualified for this work, particularly in relation to the prediction and measurement of construction vibration which is less well understood and for which surve...

6. Government Response to Te Aka Matua o te Ture | Law Commission Report: The Use of DNA in Criminal Investigations | Te Whakamahi i te Ira Tangata i ngā Mātai Taihara [pdf, 825 KB]

   ...Information) Bill 2015. https://www.justice.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Publications/bora-returning-offenders-bill.pdf 4 Mixed samples refer to samples that contain multiple people’s DNA in it. Approximately half of crime scene samples are mixed. Environmental Science and Research can use software to determine the likely number of donors and their likely respective DNA profiles 2v3hev5ds4 2021-05-25 10:06:07 https://www.justice.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Publications/BORA-Criminal-Inv...

7. [2018] NZEnvC 010 David Mulholland Consulting Engineer Ltd v Whanganui District Council [pdf, 849 KB]

   ...consent to the Council, dated 10 March 3 2017. The building consent application has subsequently been approved. It is accepted that the proposed work also requires a resource consent and the owner's planners have prepared an Assessment of Environmental Effects (AEE) in support of a resource consent application which includes the statement: The Applicant's engineering consultant has provided the required geotechnical confirmation that the risk of the proposed replacemen...

8. [2024] NZEnvC 141 Van Den Brink Group v Waikato District Council [pdf, 401 KB]

   ...the Provisions Section 32 assessments must determine whether the proposed provisions are the most appropriate way to achieve the objectives. This must include the identification of alternatives, and cost benefit analysis of the economic, social, environmental and cultural effects of the provisions including whether opportunities for economic growth and employment are reduced or increased. The risk of acting or not acting where uncertain information exists must also be considered. Th...

9. Registrars Report 2015-2016 [pdf, 541 KB]

   ...and expeditious discharge of the business of the Court. 51Page E.49 1.4 The Court's Jurisdiction The Environment Court is established by section 247 of the RMA as a Court of record. It is a specialist court that has jurisdiction over environmental and resource management matters. It can be characterised as follows: • a Judge usually presides at sittings to hear and determine proceedings • it is required by law to act judicially • it hears contesting parties to the pro...

10. Final Env-Reg-Report-2017-18 [pdf, 178 KB]

    ...ensuring the orderly and expeditious discharge of the business of the court. 1.4 The Court’s Jurisdiction The Environment Court is established by section 247 of the RMA as a Court of Record. It is a specialist court that has jurisdiction over environmental and resource management matters. It can be characterised as follows: • a Judge usually presides at sittings to hear and determine proceedings • it is required by law to act judicially • it hears contesting parties to...