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1. [2022] NZEnvC 227 Nga Kaitiaki O Te Awa O Ngaruroro [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...not deal well with the cumulative effects of individual applications. Individual applications for damming activities with no more than minor adverse effects on the outstanding values can add up to major adverse effects with the resetting of the environmental baseline after the grant of each consent. 52 Transcript at 187. 54 What should any restriction on damming in the lower river be? [185] The restriction on damming sought by the Applicants for the lower river is...

2. Waitangi Tribunal - He Whiritaunoka (Whanganui) chapter 28 [pdf, 857 KB]

   1457 Chapter 28 Findings and Recommendations 28.1 Introduction here, we set out in digest form the tribunal’s findings and recommendations, with rele­ vant Crown concessions. We reproduce our findings here in summary form for ease of reference. Not all chapters had findings. For some, there are findings but no recommendations. This depends on the subject matter. We make no findings or recommendations about events before 1840. We make findings but no specific recommendations about nine

3. 2021-03-03 Antonius Snelder Relpy Water Quality Amended [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...in the field of water and land resources management. 3 I hold a bachelor of agricultural engineering degree from the University of Canterbury, a post graduate diploma in hydrology from the University of New South Wales (Australia) and a PhD in environmental management from Lincoln University. I have 31 years of experience in the field of water resource management including 14 years as a water resources scientist at the National Institute of Water and Atmosphere (NIWA), and prior p...

4. 2020-02-19 Ton Snelder Reply [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...in the field of water and land resources management. 3 I hold a bachelor of agricultural engineering degree from the University of Canterbury, a post graduate diploma in hydrology from the University of New South Wales (Australia) and a PhD in environmental management from Lincoln University. I have 31 years of experience in the field of water resource management including 14 years as a water resources scientist at the National Institute of Water and Atmosphere (NIWA), and prior p...

5. ENVC Hearing 6Oct14 AC evidence chief John Cawley final [pdf, 1.4 MB]

   ...construct a marina and associated facilities at Matiatia Bay, Waiheke (Application). In particular, my evidence relates to the acoustic aspects of the Application. QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE 3. I have over twenty years experience as an environmental consultant based in the UK, Hong Kong and New Zealand and I have specialised in acoustics since 1992. 4. I have a Master of Science Degree from the University College of Wales Aberystwyth in Environmental Impact Assessm...

6. Proactive-release-new-Whanganui-Courthouse-Cabinet-Paper_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 8.3 MB]

   ...to $99.740m due to increases in three uncontrollable costs and one required cost to meet the Courthouse Design Guidelines. Uncontrollable Costs: • Changes to the NZ building code, • Poor ground conditions (archaeological, geotechnical, and environmental) that could not be known at the time of land purchase, • Severe escalation of construction sector costs. Required Costs: • An increase in the building grossing factor. Uncontrollable Cost Increases Site complexity...

7. Waitangi Tribunal theme U - Land with All Woods and Waters [pdf, 1010 KB]

   ...who had participated in European colonial expansion, and observed deforestation and land degradation at first hand. In New Zealand ‘the early colonial conservationists . . . were able to foresee, with remarkable precision, the apparently unmanageable environmental problems of today’.14 The colonies were centres of environmental discourse.15 Extensive descriptions of the damaging ecological effects of deforestation and European plantation agriculture in the Canary Islands and Madeira had ex...

8. ENVC Hearing 6Oct14 WML evidence chief Mark Apeldoorn [pdf, 3.3 MB]

   ...Marinas Ltd in December 2013 to peer review and advise further on the following documentation: a. The Transportation Assessment prepared by T2 and dated 12 March 2013; b. The traffic and transportation reporting within the Assessment of Environmental Effects dated 28 May 2013; c. The S92 response reports prepared by T2, dated 17 April and 20 September 2013; d. A Traffic peer review report by SCon (Mr Shumane) for 2 Auckland City Council dated 27 November 201...

9. [2018] NZEnvC 221 Giles v Auckland Council [pdf, 8.8 MB]

   ...activity. Relevantly, It prOVIdes as follows: When considering an appllcallt:m fora reSOUl11e Gonsent and any submissions received, Ihe consent authority must, subject to Part 2, have regard to- (a) (b) any relevant provisions of- (I) a nallonal environmental standard; (/I) other regula lions; (/II) a nallonal policy statemenr (iv) B New Zealand coastal policy statement; (V) a regional polloy statement or proposed regional polloy statement; (vi) a plan or proposed plan: and (141)...

10. ENVC Hearing 6Oct14 WML evidence chief Robert Pryor [pdf, 2.6 MB]

    ...I prepared the Assessment of Landscape and Visual Effects Report for the initial scheme utilising the floating attenuator. 5. I am the author of the Assessment of Landscape and Visual Effects Report, March 2013 that informed the Assessment of Environmental Effects (AEE) lodged in support of the Project. In March 2014 I also undertook site investigations and preliminary assessments of a number of alternative sites. 6. I have also reviewed the s92 requests, s87F report and submiss...