[2021] NZEnvC 175 Shaw v Hamilton City Council [pdf, 2.5 MB]
...reasonable and acceptable, and compare favourably against all reasonable alternatives considered. … (iii) The recommendations from the ecological assessment with regards to ecological mitigation and restoration and bat management have been addressed in the conditions applied to the designation. (iv) Costs were considered as part of option development and selection of the preferred option. The Southern Links cost estimates were independently peer reviewed using a parallel estimate...