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Landowner says Māori traditions run contrary to 'divinely inspired' Bible.
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Ruling looms for house plan above world-renowned Coromandel beach
Sites are planned so most places won’t be able to be seen from the beach below.
Iwi win right to appeal water bottling consent
Supreme Court gives Ngāti Awa leave to appeal against expansion of water bottling plant.
Taieri residents alarmed over property ‘red zoning’
Landowners stunned to discover building or development could be banned.
Port of Tauranga court case: Port should be 'better custodians of our taonga'
Iwi and hapū have called for a delay in the hearing to allow greater input from Māori.
Lizard poaching: judge orders secrecy to protect geckos at centre of court case
New Zealand geckos can fetch thousands of dollars on the international market.
Sensitive fishing data to be kept from public at appeal hearing
Data on fishing in fragile marine area in the South Island to remain confidential.
Tauranga port resource consent hearing witness challenged on 'negligible' impact findings
Key witness says Port of Tauranga's wharf plan will see “negligible” effects.
Wayne Brown: 'Who pays for this devastation?' - the 'nasty legacy' of building flood-risk homes
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Company owner says charges of crimes against environment lacked merit
John Turkington says the jury's not guilty verdicts showed charges lacked merit.
A Capital Letter: Six-storey housing in Wellington could be clawed back
Report reveals experts are at odds with former mayor's proposed district plan.
Trouble in paradise: Court lifts ban on choppers for coastal property owners
Court reverses thinking after "absurd" fight over aircraft operating at Awaroa.
Company fined $19,500 for oil spill which reached Ahuriri Estuary
Council pollution officers contained oil spill using special booms.
$200m Mission Bay shop, apartment, cinema plan rejected
Business has a 60% landholding in seaside town centre.
Failing to stop contamination of streams lands forestry company in court
A forestry company breached the rules by using heavy machinery in a stream bed.
Waiheke Island vineyard to pay record $412k in costs, appeal rejected
Case related to rowdy wine lovers at vineyard, triggering more than 100 noise complaints.
Focus: James Shaw on High Court Ruling in his favour over Climate Change Commission advice
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'It’s about time': Experts respond to RMA reform, speeding up consents process
'It’s about time. We’ve been waiting years for this.' - lawyer Kate Storer.
Farmer fined $95K for RMA breaches, including moving stream
It's not the first time the farmer has been in court for breaching the RMA.
Ex-Whangārei mayor fined $15,500 for air pollution, refused discharge without conviction
The judge said Stan Semenoff took two years to finally school his staff on handling fires.
Two men who scuttled boat off Waiheke Island fined $40,000
The men deliberately misled council officers, saying the boat had been buried on land.
What happened at Morrison Kent? Law firm review kept from public
Insiders say the report has not been distributed to all staff either.
Too dangerous: Spotlight on property group's highway billboard bid
Waka Kotahi spent $240K in legal fees to stop digital billboards on highway.
Former mayor allowed colleagues to light polluting fire at his business premises
Former mayor found guilty of air pollution although he did not light large rubbish fire.
Ex-Whangārei mayor convicted of polluting air
Environment Court judge finds former Whangarei mayor guilty of causing air pollution
'Appalling' mistake: PM criticised over gift to US president
Swamp kauri bowl gifted to the US President is causing controversy in Te Tai Tokerau.
$17m Lotto winner alleges woman spent $2.8m on properties for herself
Mark Lipsham gave Kim Helmbright nearly $3m within two months of meeting her
Eviction attempt and claims posh doggy day-care 'tried to hide' dogs from landlord
'I had no idea about this dog daycare business', property manager says.
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Former Mayor says illegal rubbish fire was not his doing
Harbour dumper: Ex-politician who reclaimed harbour to appeal conviction
The high-flying Aussie politico locked up for reclaiming Tauranga Harbour is back in court
Waiheke vineyard loses yet again
Business argued the Environment Court had exceeded its jurisdiction.
'Offensive, objectionable odours' upset neighbour
An 80sq m part of a neighbour's property "wet, stagnant, usable" area, court finds
Woolworths wins 'landmark' $325,000 costs award
Spreydon Lodge, which owns land next door, had objected to the Woolworths development.
Thiel's Wanaka mansion plan declined
Subterranean alternative six-bedroom mansion planned for another site recommended.