environmental ‘effects’ which are defined as positive or adverse, temporary or
permanent, past, present or future, or cumulative. Effects may arise in relation to:
a. the neighbourhood or the wider community around an activity, and may include cultural and social-
economic effects;
b. physical effects on the locality, including landscape, amenity and visual effects;
c. ecosystems, including effects on plants, animals, or habitats, whether aquatic or terrestrial;
d. natural and physical resources
performance.
The Company holds a total of 23 resource consents, which include a total of 186 conditions setting out the
requirements that they must satisfy. The Company holds five consents to allow it to take and use water, five
consents to discharge water or sediment into the Makara, Mangaotea and Mako streams, one consent to
discharge wastes to land around Lake Ratapiko and four land use permits for bed disturbance and
structures in the Manganui River, Mangaotea Stream and Lake Ratapiko. Seven
The Resource Management Act 1991 and monitoring
The RMA primarily addresses environmental ‘effects’ which are defined as positive or adverse, temporary or
permanent, past, present or future, or cumulative. Effects may arise in relation to:
a. the neighbourhood or the wider community around an activity, and may include cultural and social-
economic effects;
b. physical effects on the locality, including landscape, amenity and visual effects;
c. ecosystems, including effects on plants,
consent, fixed in accordance with section 36 of the
Resource Management Act, 1991.
b. Upon commencement of this resource consent pursuant to section 116 Resource
Management Act 1991, the consent holder will surrender its existing air discharge permit (RC
5262-2).
c. This resource consent expires on 1 June 2038; or at a time after 1 June 2032 when the
property has an operative residential or commercial rezoning in the New Plymouth District Plan
and there are no major structural impediments
accordance with Section 42A of the RMA
and outlines recommendations in response to the issues which have
emerged from submissions. The report is intended to assist the Hearings
Panel to make decisions on the submissions and further submissions on
the Proposed District Plan, and to provide submitters with an opportunity
to see how their submissions have been evaluated. These
recommendations do not represent any final design or assessment of the
submissions and further submissions.
7. In
implemented in the 2021-2022 monitoring year.
A glossary of common abbreviations and scientific terms, and a bibliography, are presented at the end of
the report.
1.1.3 The Resource Management Act 1991 and monitoring
The RMA primarily addresses environmental ‘effects’ which are defined as positive or adverse, temporary or
permanent, past, present or future, or cumulative. Effects may arise in relation to:
a. the neighbourhood or the wider community around an activity, and may include
provided groundwater and air quality data from monitoring carried out by
independent consultants.
The monitoring showed that Corteva has had no significant impact on air quality in the vicinity of the plant
or on water quality in the Herekawe Stream.
During the year, Corteva demonstrated a high level of both environmental performance and administrative
compliance with the resource consents.
For reference, in the 2020-2021 year, consent holders were found to achieve a high level of
the 2021-2022 monitoring year.
A glossary of common abbreviations and scientific terms, and a bibliography, are presented at the end of
the report.
1.1.3 The Resource Management Act 1991 and monitoring
The RMA primarily addresses environmental ‘effects’ which are defined as positive or adverse, temporary or
permanent, past, present or future, or cumulative. Effects may arise in relation to:
a. the neighbourhood or the wider community around an activity, and may include cultural and
serious (see [146], [147], [148], [149], [150]).
(6) Section 104(1) of the Act requires a consideration of “any actual
or potential effects”. The Environment Court’s reference to “accumulative
effects” was unnecessary, and invited confusion and uncertainty
(see [160], [161]).
Dye v Auckland Regional Council [2002] 1 NZLR 337,
[2001] NZRMA 513 (CA) referred to.
Other cases mentioned in judgment
Appealing Wanaka Inc v Queenstown Lakes District Council
[2015] NZEnvC 139.
228 [2017]High
Plan, however the Regional Policy Statement will continue to
set out directions for integrated management, including for the coast.1
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Following this, the Council will enter into the formal Schedule 1 consultation phase under
the RMA which includes public notification and calling for submissions.
The review, amongst other things, provides the Council with the opportunity of updating
its policy directions to align with national direction instruments that have changed or