Re New Zealand Transport Agency – Waka Kotahi

COURT OR TRIBUNAL

Environment Court of New Zealand

DATE FILED (OR FIRST HEARING DATE)

24/10/2023

LITIGATION TYPE

Project Approval - Adaptation

SUBJECT MATTER

Flood risk

REVIEW TYPE

Merits review

SUMMARY

The case concerns a proposed highway [1]. There is discussion of the measures implemented to ensure that the highway does not result in a substantial increase in internal flooding, accounting for the effects of climate change (see, eg, [303]–[307] and [401]).

CASE DOCUMENTS

Re New Zealand Transport Agency – Waka Kotahi [2024] NZEnvC 133