31 Oct 2022
TE KOROWAI O NGARUAHINE TRUST v HIRINGA ENERGY LIMITED AND BALLANCE AGRI-NUTRIENTS LIMITED [2022] NZHC 2810
- Citation
- (2022) 24 ELRNZ269
- Court
- High Court
The Panel acted within the FTCA framework and applied the Treaty clause s 6 consistently: it properly engaged with and relied upon CIAs, consultation and evidence, and imposed detailed conditions (including limits on turbine numbers, a decommissioning plan prepared with iwi/hapū, monitoring, consultative group membership and a transition reporting and review mechanism) that adequately addressed cultural and environmental concerns; downstream urea effects were considered but not found to have sufficient nexus or weight to defeat the proposal given the intended transition and monitoring; no leg…