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1. [2022] NZEnvC 028 Bridesdale Farm Developments Limited v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 229 KB]

   ...Under s 285 RMA, the court may order any party to proceedings before it to pay to any other party the costs and expenses incurred by the other party that the court considers reasonable. This has been described as a broad discretion.4 However, in Environmental Protection Authority v BW Offshore Singapore Pte Ltd (‘BW Offshore’), the High Court reiterated the importance of not being inconsistent, when exercising the discretion, with well-established principles.5 In particular, as...

2. [2022] NZACC 1 - Namana (6 January 2022) [pdf, 275 KB]

   ...to be a gradual process degenerative condition, not caused by work tasks. WorkAon treated the new claim as a separate claim but one which could be considered alongside the February claim. [18] On 30 April 2019, Dr Mike Causer, Occupational and Environmental Medicine Specialist, reported. He clinically examined Ms Namana and provided details in regard to her history. He noted clinical features of bilateral plantar fasciitis but 5 categorised this as a degenerative condition...

3. [2019] NZEnvC 159 Auckland Council v Noe [pdf, 826 KB]

   ...is expressly allowed by a resource consent, or by ss 1 O or 20A of the RMA; c. Section 13(1)(d) of the RMA, which prohibits persons from depositing any substance in, on or under the bed or any lake or river unless expressly allowed by a national. environmental standard or other regulations, a rule I - 8 in a regional plan as well as a rule in a proposed regional plan or a resource consent; and d. Section 15(1 )(b) of the RMA, which prohibits the discharge of contaminants into or...

4. ENV-2016-CHC-000047 Blueskin Energy Limited v Dunedin City Council - Evidence- John Craig [pdf, 133 KB]

   ...Otago University and a PhD in ecology from Massey University. I have 46 years’ experience working in New Zealand environments, both as a researcher and as an expert witness relating to terrestrial ecology, especially birds. I was Professor of Environmental Management at the University of Auckland until my retirement in December 2009. 2. My specialist areas of research and teaching within environmental management are biodiversity conservation, restoration ecology, animal be...

5. [2023] NZEnvC 220 Federated Farmers of New Zealand v Waikato District Council [pdf, 1.7 MB]

   ...mitigation. (1) Ensure that where hard protection structures and works are proposed to protect existing development on public or privately−owned land from coastal hazards that the following is achieved: (a) The structures have primarily a public and/or environmental benefit when located on public land; (b) The structures are effective considering a range of coastal hazard events including the effects of climate change and the activities or development they are designed to protect; (c) Th...

6. [2017] NZEnvC 207 Auckland Council [pdf, 734 KB]

   ...following details of the application for consent from the affidavit of Katja Huls, the Healthy Waters Resource Management Team Manager at Auckland Council, filed in support of the application for waiver and the executive summary of the assessment of environmental effects of the application for consent. The application for the ASNDC relates to the public stormwater network of the Auckland region. This includes not only the network in urban areas but also in the rural and coastal sett...

7. 2021-04-23 TAs - MOC - submissions [pdf, 323 KB]

   ...regulations and the Drinking Water Standards. 15. For completeness the three definitions are set out below. Drinking Water Standards for New Zealand 2005 (revised 2018) (Drinking Water Standards) Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Sources of Human Drinking Water) Regulations 2007 (NES) National Planning Standards (Planning Standards) Drinking water – water intended to be used for human consumption, food preparation, uten...

8. [2024] NZEnvC 103 Turoa v Bay of Plenty Regional Council [pdf, 698 KB]

   ...and 8 RMA; (c) Take into regard or allow for tikanga and kawa as determined by Te Whānau a Rangi-i-Runga and Te Whānau a Kahuratao; (d) Apply the policy framework of the Bay of Plenty Regional Policy Statement 2014, Bay of Plenty Regional Environmental Coastal Plan 2019 and the Bay of Plenty Regional Natural Resources Plan 2008, in a way that provides for the rights and interests of the mana whenua, as explicitly required within the frameworks; (e) Implement Te Mana o Te Wa...

9. Outcomes for Mentally Impaired Persons December 2023 [xlsx, 102 KB]

   ...offences 23 26 1 7 29 18 8 4 25 3 8% 5% <1% 1% 5% 4% 1% 1% 4% <1% 10: Illicit drug offences 11 2 6 8 9 6 16 7 7 15 4% <1% 1% 1% 2% 1% 3% 1% 1% 2% 11: Prohibited and regulated weapons and explosives offences 10 23 17 16 21 20 31 27 22 22 3% 5% 4% 2% 4% 4% 5% 4% 3% 3% 12: Property damage and environmental pollution 35 44 50 80 47 35 52 79 43 73 12% 9% 12% 12% 8% 7% 8% 11% 6% 10% 13: Public order offences 22 21 20 38 59 36 63 67 47 67 8% 4% 5% 6% 10% 7% 10% 10% 7% 9% 14: Traffic and...

10. 2021-04-23 TAs - MOC - submissions 2 [pdf, 323 KB]

    ...regulations and the Drinking Water Standards. 15. For completeness the three definitions are set out below. Drinking Water Standards for New Zealand 2005 (revised 2018) (Drinking Water Standards) Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Sources of Human Drinking Water) Regulations 2007 (NES) National Planning Standards (Planning Standards) Drinking water – water intended to be used for human consumption, food preparation, uten...