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1. [2021] NZEnvC 132 Drach v Tasman District Council [pdf, 954 KB]

   ...receipt of the written request the valuation shall be undertaken by the Council’s valuation provider at the Council’s cost. (c) If payment of the financial contribution is not made within 2 years of the granting of the resource consent, a new valuation shall be obtained in accordance with (b) above, with the exception that the cost of the new valuation shall be paid by the Consent Holder and shall be recalculated on the current market valuation. Payment shall be made within 2 y...

2. OIA-124127.pdf [pdf, 1.5 MB]

   Legal Services Commissioner Justice Centre I 19 Aitken Street I DX SX10125 I Wellington T 04 918 8800 I F 04 918 8820 lsc@justice.govt.nz 5 September 2025 Our ref: OIA 124127 Tēnā koe Official Information Act request: Removal of funding for section 27 reports Thank you for your email of 25 July 2025, to the Ministry of Justice (the Ministry) requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), copies of documents related to the removal of funding for section 27 r...

3. South Waikato District Council.pdf [pdf, 247 KB]

   ...Management Act 1991 (the Act) AND IN THE MATTER of an appeal under clause 14 of Schedule 1 of the Act against the decision of the Waikato Regional Council on Proposed Plan Change 1 to the Waikato Regional Plan BETWEEN FEDERATED FARMERS OF NEW ZEALAND INCORPORATED Appellant AND WAIKATO REGIONAL COUNCIL Respondent NOTICE BY SOUTH WAIKATO DISTRICT COUNCIL TO BECOME A PARTY TO PROCEEDINGS UNDER SECTION 274 OF THE ACT Dated 28th September 2020...

4. 2021-11-05 ORC - Regional Plan Waste for Otago Chapter 6 & Glossary - tracked [pdf, 487 KB]

   ...Pesticides Act 1979, administered by the Pesticides Board. Some hazardous substances are regulated under the Animal Remedies Act 1967, and administered by the Animal Remedies Board. These statutes are to be replaced by the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996. The aim of the proposed Act is to provide a comprehensive and consistent approach to the management of all hazardous substances and new organisms. It establishes a new statutory body, the Environment Risk...

5. [2020] NZEnvC 201 Auckland Council v Noe [pdf, 12 MB]

   ...!Reviewer & Certifier: Sam Woolley, Team Leader Soil Contamination, Thomas Consultants Limited. Sam has wide-ranging experience in environmental investigation with extensive experience in remediation design and contaminated site management in New Zealand. He is recognised by local and regional councils as a suitably qualified and experienced contaminated land practitioner. !Disclaimer: Thomas Consultants Limited has prepared this report for the use of Auckland Council in accordance wit...

6. Consultation on a new Adjudication Act for New Zealand [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   Hon Paul Goldsmith Minister of Justice Proactive release: Consultation on a new Adjudication Act for New Zealand Date of issue: 7 August 2025 The following documents have been proactively released in accordance with Cabinet Office Circular CO (23) 04. Some information has been withheld on the basis that it would not, if requested under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA), be released. Where that is the case, the relevant section f the OIA has been noted and no public interest ha...

7. 2021-10-22 ORC PC7 - [2021] NZEnvC 164 - Interim Decision [pdf, 1 MB]

   OTAGO REGIONAL COUNCIL – PLAN CHANGE 7 – INTERIM DECISION IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT CHRISTCHURCH I TE KŌTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA KI ŌTAUTAHI Decision No. [2021] NZEnvC 164 IN THE MATTER of the Resource Management Act 1991 AND of a notice of motion under section 149T(2) to decide proposed Plan Change 7: Water for Otago (referred to the Environment Court by the Minister for the Environment under s 142(2)(b) of the Act) BETWEEN OTAGO REGIONAL COUNCIL (ENV-2020-CHC-127)

8. [2023] NZEnvC 226 Scaife v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...We deal with those differences later in this decision. The landscape experts applied sound methodologies [37] Ms Lucas and Mr Jones are experienced landscape experts. They applied the methodology recommended in Te Tangi a te Manu: Aotearoa New Zealand Landscape Assessment Guidelines (‘Assessment Guidelines’).13 They did so duly cognisant of the relevant intentions of the PDP. Ultimately, they differed in relatively confined respects relevant to how the RVZ should be modifi...

9. B R L v EQC & IAG New Zealand Ltd [2020] CEIT-2020-0051 [pdf, 934 KB]

   ...and stormwater lines [190] Driveway [193] Declarations [194] Suppression [199] Background [1] When Canterbury was struck by a 7.1 earthquake centred near Darfield, east of Christchurch on 4 September 2010, the Cowies were asleep in their new home, between Prebbleton and Lincoln. The strong motion seismograph closest to them recorded ground acceleration forces of 0.914g.1 Another, slightly further away in the opposite direction, recorded ground acceleration forces o...

10. HF v SZ LCRO 186 / 2009 (3 March 2012) [pdf, 83 KB]

    ...review the respondent provided copies of medical reports, some of near contemporaneous date with the time of her visit to the Practitioner. These were provided to the Practitioner and his counsel. There are six reports and are all from various service providers within [Auckland] District Health Board. They include an Occupational Therapy Overview Report (July 2008) and a home visit report by Mental Health Services for Older people (June 2008). There are two reports dated in the...