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April 4, 2025 | News
Rotorua Council Advances Tarawera Sewerage Plan
Rotorua Lakes Council is pushing ahead with the Tarawera Sewerage Scheme after the Environment Court dismissed challenges against it.
March 17, 2026
March 17, 2025 | News
Marae Fights Auckland Council Cemetery Plan
Whiti o Te Rā Reweti marae is pushing back against Auckland Council’s plan for a massive new cemetery in Waimauku.
February 10, 2025 | News
Court battle over Onoke Pā development continues
A court battle continues over the use of whenua significant to Māori in Te Kamo, Whangārei.
September 27, 2024 | News
Whangārei council slammed for pā rezoning
A Whangārei hapū has wound up a week in the Environment Court trying to stop a pā site near Te Kamo from being developed for housing.
September 26, 2024 | Paakiwaha
Nicki Wakefield | Ngāti Kahu o Torongare Hapu
Nikki is from Ngāti Kahu o Torongare hapu and she is able to give us an update on the Onoke […]
September 25, 2024 | News
Groundhog Day as hapū fights Ōnoke Pā plan
The Environment Court is this week hearing a challenge from a Ngāti Hine hapū to a Whangarei District Council consent for a 93-home development west of Te Kamo.
September 24, 2024 | Paakiwaha
Tim Herewini | Marine and Coastal Area Act Representative for Ngai Tamahaua Hapu
He has responded to the granting of resource consent for the Opotiki marina by the Environment Court – released last […]
August 20, 2024 | News
Zoning sticky point for long-delayed settlement
Queenstown Lakes District Council says it will abide by the Environment Court's decision on zoning land in Wānaka known as Sticky Forest.
July 16, 2024 | News
Hapū keeps door open for NorthPort expansion
Hapū near Poupouwhenua Marsden Point are welcoming the Environment Court's rejection of a consent to expand Northport.
April 2, 2024 | News
Novel argument wins landfill reprieve
Ngāti Hako gathered at Tirohia Marae between Paeroa and Te Aroha on Sunday to celebrate an Environment Court decision blocking a new landfill on their maunga Te Rae o Te Papa.
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