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1. [2023] NZEnvC 188 Wakatipu Equities Ltd v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 414 KB]

   ...district plan zone is nearest in equivalence to. Neither the NPS-HPL or the PS expressly recognise ‘sub-zones’. PS12 refers to the following spatial planning constructs: Zones A zone spatially identifies and manages an area with common environmental characteristics or where environmental outcomes are sought, by bundling compatible activities or effects together, and controlling those that are incompatible. Overlays An overlay spatially identifies distinctive values, risks or...

2. Brown - Kairakau 2C5B (2002) 167 Napier MB 139 (167 NA 139) [pdf, 857 KB]

   ...Kairakau 2C5B. That wish and desire seems to have faded, at least as an immediate prospect. Before me, concerns were expressed about adding to the sewage in the area, as there had been seepage from septic tanks at Kairakau Beach. The Maori owners had environmental concerns, and said they did not want to risk pollution that might result from further developing the land for a marae. From their evidence, I established that the use to which the minority owners wished to put the land is fair...

3. [2017] NZEmpC 56 Nel v ASB Bank Ltd [pdf, 179 KB]

   ...involved; (c) the ease and cost of retrieving a document; (d) the significance of any document likely to be found; and (e) the need for discovery to be proportionate to the subject matter of the proceeding. [36] I also note that in Northland Environmental Protection Society Investigation v Chief Executive of the Ministry for Primary Industry, it was held in the circumstances of that case that the extraction and review of some 9,700 emails would not be considered oppressive...

4. Howell v Accident Compensation Corporation (Personal Injury) [2023] NZACC 85 [pdf, 347 KB]

   ...right sacroiliac joint. She recollects that she did have clinical benefit from these, which is perhaps supportive of the diagnosis that the sacroiliac joint inflammation is contributory. [104] Dr Gerard Walker, Specialist in Occupational and Environmental Medicine, provided a medical case review on 7 February 2020 following a meeting with and assessment of the appellant for just over one hour on 30 January 2020. [105] Dr Walker rejects the proposition that the appellant’s curre...

5. [2024] NZEnvC 110 Evans v Marlborough District Council [pdf, 463 KB]

   ...under cl 4(1)(b) of the NPD. [51] Our interim decision found that the Council’s consideration of erosion risk was unsatisfactory10 and that the risks to indigenous biodiversity were not considered. We further determined that consideration of environmental effects associated with a pest invasion does not exclude consideration of the effects of methods associated with removal of that pest. We accepted the applicant’s case that emerging indigenous vegetation on the land have valu...

6. [2024] NZEnvC 029 New Zealand Motor Caravan Association Inc v Marlborough District Council [pdf, 2.9 MB]

   ...any point within the boundary does not exceed the following noise limits: • 7.00 am to 10.00 pm 50dB LAeq • 10.00 pm to 7.00 am 40dB LAeq 70dB LAFma 22. Noise must be measured in accordance with NZS 6801:2008 Acoustics – Measurement of Environmental Sound, and assessed in accordance with NZS 6802:2008 Acoustics – Environmental Noise. Review condition 23. Pursuant to sections 128 to132 of the Resource Management Act 1991, the Marlborough District Council may at any time or...

7. 2013 Justice Sector report [pdf, 12 MB]

   ...2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 20ll Year ending June (not all Police crime categories shown) THE MURDER RATE IS LOW. - Theft and related offences Unlawful entry with intent! burglary, break and enter - Property damage and environmental pollution - Public order offences - Acts intended to cause injury - Illicit drug offences Sexual assault and related offences - Homicide and related offences New Zealand 's murder rate is lower than that in Austr...

8. [2022] NZEnvC 086 Smith & Silk v Christchurch City Council [pdf, 6 MB]

   ...information relating to the activity, including an assessment of the activity's effects on the environment, as required by Schedule 4. This shall include an assessment against the matters set out in Part 2 and any relevant provisions of a national environmental standard, other regulations, a national policy statement, a New Zealand coastal policy statement, a regional policy statement or proposed regional policy statement and a plan or proposed plan (clause 2(1) (f) and (g))....

9. Huia-Collective-CIA-FINAL-v2.docx.pdf [pdf, 8.3 MB]

   ...Kotahi to ensure the Rangatiratanga of our Ngāti Huia collective is upheld and maintained, that our tikanga and kawa are recognised throughout the Project. Core values underpinning the Partnership arrangement are set out Waka Kotahi’s Cultural Environmental Design Framework report (the CEDF) and are: ● Te Tiriti (spirit of partnership) ● Rangatiratanga (leadership – professionalism – excellence) ● Ūkaipotanga (care – constructive behaviour towards each other) ● Pūkeng...

10. [2024] NZEnvC 226 Pirirakau Tribal Authority Incorporated v Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga [pdf, 323 KB]

    ...Pouhere Taonga. This investigation will include: a) The systematic excavation of a representative sample of archaeological features to record their size, depth, shape, architecture, and function. b) Taking samples for possible analysis, such as environmental reconstruction, charcoal analysis and radiocarbon dating if appropriate. c) Any taonga or artefacts recovered during the investigation are to be collected, catalogued and analysed as appropriate. 10 d) The archaeologica...