Category Archives: RM Journal

  Author – Thomas Gibbons, Thomas Gibbons Law  Zoning changes, but covenants are forever.   That is a pithy summary of the…

  Authors: Sarah Down and David V Williams  In April 2020, in Trans-Tasman Resources v Taranaki-Whanganui Conservation Board [2020] NZCA 86 (Trans-Tasman (CA)), the Court…

  Authors: M Baber, M Christensen, J Quinn, J Markham, G Kessels, G Ussher and R Signal Ross   In recognition of New Zealand’s indigenous biodiversity decline, offsetting and compensation principles are increasingly identified in statutory planning documents to address residual effects on terrestrial biodiversity. The proposed National Policy Statement for…

  Ngāti Maru Trust v Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Whaia Maia Ltd [2020] NZHC 2768  Author:  Setareh Stienstra, Barrister, Public Law…