Solar – getting to grips with glint and glare
As we transition towards more renewable energy, solar farms have emerged as a crucial component of the country’s sustainable energy strategy and demands the need...
Category : Environment
A conflict of functions
(Photo credit: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1477-2432) Mike Doesburg, Partner and Molly McDouall, Solicitor, both resource management specialists at Wynn Williams. The game of resource...
A lesson in framing EPA conditions
Mike Doesburg is a Partner at Wynn Williams who specialises in local government and environmental law. The subdivision and development of land often involves complex...
Are our air quality standards working
In the Local Government magazine archives we found a press release from the Environment Minister at the time, Marian Hobbs, who in August 2005 claimed...
Court of Appeal quashes NPS-FM exemption
In Muaupoko Tribal Authority Incorporated v Minister for the Environment [2023] NZCA 641, the Court of Appeal upheld a claim for judicial review against the...
Award-winning coastal mapping study
Caption: The 2023 Resource Management Law Association (RMLA) Awards were held in Queenstown. Presented with the Technical Documentation Award were (from left): Joao Paulo Silva,...
NBEA and SPA – what takes effect now
The Natural and Built Environment Act and Spatial Planning Act has been given Royal Assent. Mike Doesburg and Emmalene Lake from Wynn Williams, explains what...
COASTAL LANDFILL remediation case study
Historic coastal landfills pose a threat to our coastlines and Waitaki District Council is working to minimise this risk posed by three coastal land sites...
ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP – an aid to decision-making
By Philip Maw, National Managing partner, Wynn Williams. Local government is facing an increasing number of significant policy changes that need to be implemented. Some...
Hull marine pest survey starts again
Divers plan to check 2000-plus boat hulls from this month until May 2022 as part of an ongoing search targeting unwanted pests threatening Northland’s marine...