11 Sept 2023
RAUKAWA CHARITABLE TRUST v SOUTH WAIKATO DISTRICT COUNCIL [2023] NZHC 2534
- Citation
- [2023] NZHC 2534
- Court
- High Court
Section 139 must be read as authorising certification only of activities that comply with the district plan as described in the plan; it does not allow issuance of certificates of compliance to validate existing uses that contravene plan rules under s10, and the council's 1999 certificates were unlawfully issued and are set aside.