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1. Professor Simon Francis Thrush - Evidence in Chief [pdf, 2.7 MB]

   ...a marine ecologist at the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research , in Hamilton. 3 I have worked as a marine ecologist, researching, teaching and advising on coastal and estuarine seafloor communities and how th.ey are affected by human activity, since 1985. My particular area of expertise includes seafloor ecology and the impacts of fishing. I have extensive research experierce studying this and other types of natural and human-induced disturbance, as well as the ecolo...

2. Wernham v Accident Compensation Corporation (Work Related Gradual Process Injury) [2023] NZACC 022 [pdf, 315 KB]

   ...ortho-toludine, which is a potent bladder carcinogen. … … I consider it highly likely that Mr Wernham has been occupationally exposed to aromatic amines, specifically orthotoluidine and aniline. Ortho- toluidine is classified as carcinogenic to humans (Group 1), based on sufficient evidence in humans that ortho-toluidine causes cancer of the urinary bladder, 10 and sufficient evidence in experimental animals (IARC monograph 100F, 2012). Aniline is classified as a probable...

3. [2022] NZEnvC 101 Otago Regional Council [pdf, 1.4 MB]

   ...Wastewater [12] Part A introduces a new Policy 7.C.125 to reduce the adverse effects of 4 Boyd, SOE dated 17 December 2021 at [42]. 5 Parties agreed at mediation to separate this policy into two: Policies 7.C.12 and 7.C.13. 5 discharges of human sewage from reticulated wastewater systems by implementing a series of actions; the intent being to provide stronger and clearer direction for decision-making on resource consent applications for wastewater discharges. [13] Chapter 12...

4. RC - Felicity Boyd - Statement of Evidence - 17 December 2021 [pdf, 3.4 MB]

   ...(j) The National Policy Statement for Urban Development 2020 (NPSUD); (k) The Resource Management (Enabling Housing Supply and Other Matters) Amendment Bill 2021; (l) The Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Sources of Human Drinking Water) Regulations 2007; (m) The Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Plantation Forestry) Regulations 2017; 6 (n) The Water Conservation (Kawarau) Order 1997; (o) the National Planning Standards;...

5. Appendix 2 Draft Annex to 23rd-24th Reports under the Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination [pdf, 420 KB]

   ...elders) on each of the atolls. 6. Tokelau is currently developing a new Tokelau National Strategic Plan 2021-2026 to guide decision making for a five-year period. The Interim Tokelau National Strategic Plan 2020-2021 focussed on good governance, human development, infrastructure development, sustainability and climate change. It also included a commitment to protect the unique local language and culture. 7. Tokelau continues to consider what further steps it might take in light of the ob...

6. [2024] NZEnvC 237 Mangawhai Matters Incorporated v Kaipara District Council [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   .../ or access to a house site, or is to provide access to existing farming whilst forestry activities are controlled by the National Environmental Standard for Plantation Forestry Regulations 2017; or c) The removal is of trees that are a danger to human life or existing structures (including network utilities); or d) The removal is for the formation and maintenance of walking tracks less than 1.5 metres wide; or e) The clearance is for maintenance of existing fence lines or for a new fence...

7. Vincent Carlyle Kerr - Evidence in Chief [pdf, 6.6 MB]

   ...been focussed on the fish populations, while the habitats and environments which underpin their production have been largely ignored. This situation is changing, with an increasing awareness that habitats are important and can be degraded through human activities, both marine and land-based. While the wider field of marine ecology has been researching such fish-habitat themes for a number of decades, the species worked on are often small, site-attached, and relatively short-lived; while f...

8. [2015] NZEnvC 105 Opoutere Ratepayers and Residents' Association v Waikato Regional Council [pdf, 2.2 MB]

   ...evidence for the Council. We note that a focus of the evidence of the ecologists was on avian values and the importance of the variety and combination of habitat available at Opoutere to support these species, which we infer has been less hampered by human development, although not entirely devoid of the potential for adverse human intervention. We also acknowledge the evidence of Mr Kessels on the key ecological values and their ecological significance and the supporting evidence r...

9. 2019 Directory of Official Information A-C [pdf, 1.3 MB]

   ...problems within New Zealand have been widely adopted by many other countries world-wide. Animal Control Products has been a global leader in the supply of products and delivery methods for the eradication of rodents to restore biodiversity, protect human health or improve primary production. ACP’s rodenticides have been used on more than 200 islands across 20 countries. The company has a continued focus on diversification through sound science and product development. This focus...

10. 2021-07-07 ORC - Closing Submissions [pdf, 422 KB]

    ...the same. 111 In the community water supply context, the RPW distinguishes between “water supply values” and “community water supply”.65 The term “water supply values” is defined in the RPW to mean:66 The existence of a take for human consumption, which people and communities have come to depend on. 112 In contrast, the term “community water supply” is not defined in the RPW. As the Court considered in Clutha District Council v Otago Regional Council, “communi...