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Reimagining the resource management system: issues and options

The Ministry for the Environment has released the Resource Management Review Panel’s issues and options paper entitled “Transforming the resource management system: Opportunities for Change”. The Panel has been tasked with undertaking a comprehensive review of the Resource Management system and other associated legislation. The Resource Management Act 1991 was a revolutionary planning document integrating …

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BOP Sports Woman of the Year Award 2019

Congratulations to Samantha Charlton taking out the Holland Beckett Law 2019 Sportswoman of the Year award at the Bay of Plenty Sports Awards on Saturday night. https://www.sportbop.co.nz/news–results/sam-cane-wins-top-honour-at-2019-bay-of-plenty-sports-awards/ https://www.sunlive.co.nz/news/227360-sam-cane-wins-top-honour-at-bop-sports-awards.html

Worm Farm

The Tauranga office was treated to a talk from Leo Murray of Why Waste this week, the Crocodile Hunter of worms. We have hired four worm farms from him that he will regularly service to lower our food waste, a subscription he offers to homes and businesses alike. The man loves worms. https://www.whywaste.co.nz/ We learned …

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Mobility Scooter Charging Station for Rotorua

Rotorua’s Te Aka Mauri received a mobility scooter charging station on Friday 15 November, thanks to the generosity and collaboration of local businesses alongside Rotorua Lakes Council’s Safe and Sustainable Journeys team. Unison and Holland Beckett saw the value that the charging station would have for the Rotorua community and sponsored the cost of the …

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Untangling the Net: Marine Spatial Planning under the RMA

Protected areas around Motiti Island as set out in the Environment Court’s interim decision, Motiti Rohe Moana Trust v Bay of Plenty Regional Council [2018] NZEnvC 067 On 4 November 2019 the Court of Appeal concluded in a controversial decision that regional councils can use the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) to control fishing in …

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President of the local branch of the NZ Institute of Legal Executives – Ally McEldowney

Ally McEldowneywas voted in as President of the New Zealand Institute of Legal Executives Bay of Plenty Gisborne Branch Inc at the AGM held on 24 October 2019. Ally has been the branches Secretary for the past four years and is looking forward to her new role. The branch has over 130 members and has …

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BOP Sportswoman of the Year award for 2019 – Finalists Announced

Holland Beckett Law are once again sponsoring the BOP Sportswoman of the Year award for 2019. The finalists have been announced: Samantha Charlton- Hockey Rose Keddell – Hockey Lesley Elder – Rugby Union Natalie Peat – Surf Life Saving Eva Morris – Synchronised Swimming Read the full press release from Sport Bay of Plenty. https://www.sportbop.co.nz/news–results/2019-bay-of-plenty-sports-awards-finalists/

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