Our work

New Zealand Winegrowers
Advising New Zealand Winegrowers on its water abstraction and allocation policy.

Tasman District Council
Successfully representing Tasman District Council in the Environment Court to defend their proposed Regional Policy Statement provision to investigate a transferable water permit regime for more efficient management of freshwater resources.

Coeur Gold NZ
Advising on issues around managing discharge from a closed mine in the Coromandel to permit active and passive water treatment.

Environmental Limits
Advising Tasman District Council in a matter involving consent renewals for a major fish processing factory and ice-cream plant discharging into a sensitive estuary. A negotiated settlement was achieved which established reasonable and acceptable limits to the satisfaction of the Council.

Masterton District Sewerage Plant
Advising disaffected land owners about discharges from the Masterton District Sewerage Plant into the Ruamahanga River. The land owners were concerned about the potential issue of long-term consents and the consequences on the discharge problem being resolved. The Council issued short-term consents thereby providing the time required to develop a satisfactory long-term solution.

Wairarapa region – Taumata Lagoon
Advised on a case where a Wairarapa dairy farmer was seeking a major water abstraction permit from an area adjacent to a regionally significantly wetland known as Taumata Lagoon. The consent was hotly contested and involved complex and uncertain scientific data. We recommended an alternative strategy which reduced time and costs and involved supplementary abstractions in the short term. We then secured consents that were satisfactory to all participants as a long-term solution.