Greenpeace Aotearoa Inc v Hiringa Energy Ltd

COURT OR TRIBUNAL

Court of Appeal of New Zealand

DATE FILED (OR FIRST HEARING DATE)

23/05/2023

LITIGATION TYPE

Project Approval - Mitigation

SUBJECT MATTER

Other

REVIEW TYPE

Merits review

SUMMARY

(Lexiscatchwords and digest)

Practice and procedure — Judgment and orders — Settlement — Resource consent

Determination on orders. Appellant was concerned about proposed transition from use of hydrogen for fertilizer to intended use as fuel for commercial and heavy road transport. Respondents were granted resource consent for said project by expert consenting panel (Panel). Sought appeal against error of law. Interested party sought decision was unlawful because it was not consistent with principles of Treaty Finding that process adopted by Panel met requirements of natural justice in present case. Finding that interested party failed to show that, in granting consent to project subject to conditions, Panel did not act in manner consistent with principles of Treaty. Finding that Panel did not err by failing to hold hearing nor by failing to provide reasons for why hearing would not be held. Determination made.

CASE DOCUMENTS

Greenpeace Aotearoa Inc v Hiringa Energy Ltd [2023] NZCA 672