Canterbury Regional Council v Newman - [2002] 1 NZLR 289

Resource management — Offences — Defences — Spread of vegetation fire beyond permitted area — Liability of employer for act of employee — Reasonable steps to remedy effects — Whether effects to be remedied were immediate or consequential — Whether remedial acts of other parties established defence — Resource Management Act 1991, ss 2, 3, 5, 9, 17, 314, 314(1)(c)(d), 314(1)(c)(da), 319, 322, 338, 338(1), 338(1)(a), 338(4), 339(5), 340, 340(1)(a), 340(2)(c), 341, 341(2) and 341B.