Dijkmans v Howick Borough - [1971] NZLR 400

Water and water control — Drainage — Water piped from higher land — Artificially concentrated and accelerated — Unnatural user — Compensation for erosion — Assessment of damages — Cost of restoration — Special referee appointed — Municipal Corporations Act 1954, s 166 — Public Works Act 1928, s 42 — Arbitration Act 1908, s 14.

Local government — Municipal corporations — Watercourses and drainage — Water piped from higher land — Artificially concentrated and accelerated — Compensation for erosion — Municipal Corporations Act 1954, s 166.

Property law — Land improvement — Damages and compensation — Water piped from higher land — Artificially concentrated and accelerated — Compensation for erosion — Cost of restoration — Municipal Corporations Act 1954, s 166 — Public Works Act 1928, s 42.