North Taranaki Environment Protection Association Inc v Governor-General - [1982] 1 NZLR 312

Administrative law — Judicial review — National Development Act — Review of Planning Tribunal's report and recommendation to the Minister concerning proposed synthetic petroleum plant in North Taranaki — Whether Tribunal entitled to invoke s 69(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1977 when granting a specified departure — Whether Tribunal had applied the right tests to matters arising under s 3 of the 1977 Act — Whether Tribunal had power to recommend consent to a water right in a modified form under Water and Soil Conservation Act 1967, s 21(3) - National Development Act 1979, s 9.