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Environment Court of New Zealand

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Legislation

Legislation
NZ Statutes PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	NZ Secondary Legislation PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw

Courts Matters Act 2018 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	District Court Rules 2014 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Electronic Courts and Tribunals Act 2016 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
High Court Rules 2016 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Land Valuation Proceedings Act 1948 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Natural and Built Environment Act 2023 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
Public Works Act 1981 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Rating Valuations Act 1998 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Resource Legislation Amendment Act 2017 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
Resource Management Act 1991 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Resource Management (Forms, Fees and Procedure) Amdt Regs 2009 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Resource Management (Forms, Fees and Procedure) Regs 2003 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
Resource Management (Transitional, Fees, Rents, and Royalties) Regs 1991 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Resource Management (Waitaki Catchment) Amdt Act 2004 Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Tribunals Powers and Procedures Legislation Act 2018 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw

Case Law
Case Search Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
District Courts	Environmental Cases (Westlaw)	Judicial Decisions Online (JDO)
NZ Law Reports (Lexis Advance)	NZLII	NZ Resource Management Appeals (Lexis Advance)
Resource Management Tracker (Westlaw)

Commentary

[Brookers] Resource Management (Westlaw)	Cross on Evidence NZ (Lexis Advance)	District Courts Practice - Civil (Lexis Advance)
Environmental and Resource Management Law Online (Lexis Advance)	Garrow and Turkington's Criminal Law in NZ (Lexis Advance)	Law, Probability and Risk (Oxford Journals) Email to request login details
Laws of NZ (Lexis Advance)	Local Government - Associated Legislation (NZ) (Westlaw)	Local Government - Key Legislation NZ (Westlaw)
McGechan on Procedure (Westlaw)	Privacy Law and Practice (Lexis Advance)	ProView
Salmon Environmental Law (Westlaw)

Useful Resources

Best Practice Guidelines for Compliance, Monitoring and Enforcement under the RMA (Ministry for the Environment)	District, Regional and Unitary Plans	Geographx
Landcare NZ Databases	Lexis Advance home page	National Policy Statements (Ministry for the Environment)
NZ Law Style Guide (Law Foundation)	NZ Legal Words and Phrases (Lexis Advance)	OverDrive (LexisNexis)
Practical Guidance (Resource Management) (Lexis Advance)	Resource Management Journal (members login required)	Statutory Interpretation (Westlaw)
Westlaw home page

Resource Management Act 1991 Specific Sections

Part 1 Interpretation and application s2-4A PCO \| Westlaw	Part 2 Purpose and principles s5-8 PCO \| Westlaw	Part 3 Duties and restrictions s9-s15c PCO \| Westlaw
Part 8 Designations s166-s184A PCO \| Westlaw	Part 12 Declarations s310-s313 PCO \| Westlaw	Part 12 Enforcement s314-s321 PCO \| Westlaw
Part 12 Abatement s322-s325B PCO \| Westlaw	Part 12 Offences s338-s342 PCO \| Westlaw

Online Books

Environmental and Resource Management Law Online (2nd ed : 2018) : Westlaw	Judicial Review : A New Zealand Perspective / Taylor and Gorman (3rd ed : 2014) : Lexis Advance	Local Government (NZ) : Lexis Advance
Mahoney on Evidence: Act and Analysis (2nd ed : 2024) : ProView	Public Law Toolbox / Chen (2nd ed : 2014) : Lexis Advance