28 Apr 2020
NORTHERN ACTION GROUP INCORPORATED (NAG) v THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMISSION [2020] NZHC 830
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 830
- Court
- High Court
The appeal is dismissed; the Court held there was no error of law: the Commission acted within its statutory powers, the s 24AA purpose was applied through the statutory staged processes and public engagement (no obligation to separately recite s 24AA), the Commission reasonably identified and assessed reasonably practicable options and rationally excluded Northern Action's specific Unitary Authority model after appropriate financial and capability analysis and peer/technical review, it was entitled to close submissions and decline to accept late material (APR report) in the interests of time…