Foot v Registrar of the REAA [2015] NZREADT 24 [pdf, 238 KB]
...granted a licence and she must provide sufficient and adequate information to so satisfy us. [11] In the Westfield case referred to by us in Revill, the Court considered the ambit of the word “satisfy” in the context of decision making under the Resource Management Act 1991; and Elias CJ held: 5 “[23] The requirement that the consent authority must be “satisfied” that adverse effects on the environment are minor before it decides not to notify a resource consent app...