[2018] NZEnvC 025 Minister of Corrections v Otorohanga District Council [pdf, 16 MB]
...[2015] NZHC 1991 at [110]: While the provisions in Part 2 are not operative provisions (in the sense of being sections under which particular planning decisions are made), they nevertheless comprise a guide for the performance of the specific legislative functions. As King Salmon said with reference to s 5: (a) [it] states a guiding principle which is intended to be applied by those performing functions under the RMA rather than a specifically worded purpose intended more as an...