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1. [2022] NZEnvC 179 Waikanae Beach Retirement Village Limited v Kapiti Coast District Council [pdf, 269 KB]

   ...[1] Waikanae Beach Retirement Village Ltd (WBRVL) lodged an appeal on 2 September 2022 against a decision of Kapiti Coast District Council (the Council) on an application for resource consent to undertake earthworks that do not comply ·with the permitted activity standards for the construction of 24 dwellings as stage one in the WBRVL Retirement Village complex, three dwellings that do not comply with the permitted height envelope, activities that do not comply with the water demand...

2. [2010] NZEmpC 104 Coy v Commissioner of Police [pdf, 59 KB]

   ...repeat here. This direction, which was made on the application of the defendant who apprehended problems arising from Mr Langbehn’s intended role, should not really have come as a surprise to counsel for the plaintiff. Given that the judgment permitted Mr Langbehn to sit with and advise counsel at the hearing, it is difficult to understand how that direction could so affect the case, about five weeks before its start, that Mr Fairclough is now unable to undertake that role. [5...

3. [2021] NZEnvC 152 Kesteven Farm Ltd v Marlborough District Council [pdf, 166 KB]

   ...dated 29 September 2021. Abatement notice [3] The abatement notice was issued on 20 September 2021. The reasons for the abatement notice were stated in the notice as:2 The taking of water for irrigation of a vineyard is not provided for as a permitted activity (or controlled or prohibited) and therefore requires a Resource Consent. A search of Council’s records shows that there is no Resource Consent in place permitting the activity. The activity is also not expressly allow...

4. [2023] NZEnvC 182 Bowkett v Whangarei District Council [pdf, 204 KB]

   ...2023, an application for stay of the three abatement notices was filed. The application was supported by an affidavit of Graeme Douglas Bowkett affirmed 17 August 2023. In relation to the boat ramp, Mr Bowkett maintains that the boat ramp is a permitted activity. Therefore, a stay is requested to determine the lawfulness of the activity before compliance with the abatement notice is required. In respect of environmental considerations, Mr Bowkett submits there is no discharge, no m...

5. The Registrar of Immigration Advisers v Niland [2018] NZIACDT 52 (21 December 2018) [pdf, 262 KB]

   ...The exclusion from the scope of “immigration advice” relevant here is subs (1)(b)(iii) concerning clerical work, translation or interpretation services. The question that arises is whether Ms S and the other staff of IPS have performed such permitted work only. [77] “Clerical work” is narrowly defined in the Act:14 clerical work means the provision of services in relation to an immigration matter, or to matters concerning sponsors, employers, and education providers, in whi...

6. Hoete v Faulkner - Motiti North C No 1 Block (2017) 136 Waikato Maniapoto MB 278 (136 WMN 278) [pdf, 302 KB]

   ...Te Paekitawhiti Hoete. They had four children, the youngest being Mary Faulkner. Mary Faulkner is an aunty to Graham and Aubrey Hoete. [14] It is common ground that each of the four children of Rameka Hoete and Te Paekitawhiti Hoete would be permitted to partition six acres for their use, with the balance of the block being earmarked for use by those owners who were not the descendants of Rameka Hoete and Te Paekitawhiti Hoete. 5 [15] Other than the partially constructed house...

7. 2021-03-19 ORC PC7 Transcript (to end of day 8) [pdf, 2.7 MB]

   ...COURT: JUDGE BORTHWICK 135 year? MR MAW: Yes. 51 OTAGO REGIONAL COUNCIL PLAN CHANGE 7 – ENV-ENV-2020-CHC-127 (08 Mar 2021) THE COURT: JUDGE BORTHWICK And so is part of the issue – and it may not be but in terms of those mining licences now deemed permits, you’ve got the physical infrastructure itself has been authorised – what, under the mining permit, or...? MR MAW: 5 Yes, although there will be some interplay with the Building Act in terms of whether t...

8. Proactive-release-firearms-reform-programme_FINAL-v2.pdf [pdf, 1.9 MB]

   ...staged approach to implementation, with an aim for full implementation by 2028. The Registry aims to create a complete record of all lawfully held arms items in the country to stop the diversion of firearms to organised criminal groups, give firearms licence holders more confidence when purchasing and selling arms items, and increase safety for Police frontline staff. 44. In February this year, 12% of firearms licence holders had registered their firearms (representing 91% of licence-ho...

9. Ashmore v Armstrong - Te Huruhi 12B (2021) 232 Waikato Maniapoto MB 219 (232 WMN 219) [pdf, 522 KB]

   ...title subdivision is an alternative mechanism to create two separate titles over the block. I accept the evidence of Ms Baverstock that a unit title subdivision is possible under the District Plan. (c) A unit title subdivision will not, of itself, permit additional development of the block than the status quo. That is because what will likely be permitted in terms of development under a unit title subdivision is not dissimilar to what is permitted now. (d) The main benefit of a...

10. [2023] NZEnvC 206 Woolley v Marlborough District Council [pdf, 384 KB]

    ...holding U060329 for the take and use of 4,273 m3/day. [15] The decision records the application as being for a take and use of water up to a maximum of 2,445 m³/day, together with a s136(2)(b)(ii) transfer of part of the water allocated under permit U060329. The resulting consents were numbered U150465, pursuant to which Constellation intended to take water from a well that was not covered by U060329. The water was later found to be of poor quality and Constellation decided to...