Federated Farmers of New Zealand Inc v Waikato District Council

COURT OR TRIBUNAL

Environment Court of New Zealand

DATE FILED (OR FIRST HEARING DATE)

01/03/2022

LITIGATION TYPE

Project Approval - Mitigation

SUBJECT MATTER

Other

REVIEW TYPE

Merits review

SUMMARY

The case concerns amendments to provisions in the Proposed Waikato District Plan to provide for the operation and development of the National Grid [1]. The judgment is short and does not contain any explicit discussion of climate change but makes reference to the expert materials and proposed provisions contained within the Appendix which refer at length to climate change and greenhouse gases.

CASE DOCUMENTS

Federated Farmers of New Zealand Inc v Waikato District Council [2024] NZEnvC 248