Buller Electricity Ltd v Attorney-General - [1995] 3 NZLR 344

Resource management — Conservation area — Stewardship area — Whether Minister of Conservation required to be satisfied that land no longer required for conservation purposes before disposing of it — Whether social and economic factors relevant considerations when making decision — Whether Minister required to have regard to the West Coast Accord before making a decision — Whether plaintiff had a legitimate expectation that Minister would have regard to West Coast Accord — Whether s 40 of Public Works Act 1981 applied to disposal of land — Conservation Act 1987, ss 2(1), 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 16(1), 26 and 62 — Public Works Act 1981, ss 2, 40, 41 and 42.