Northland Environmental Protection Society Inc v Chief Executive of the Ministry for Primary Industries - [2019] 1 NZLR 257

Culture and heritage — Protected objects — Whether natural materials in bulk capable of being protected objects — Protected Objects Act 1975, s 2(1)(a).

Culture and heritage — Swamp kauri — Restrictions on export — Table top not connected to legs — Lightly carved logs — Forests Act 1949, ss 2 and 67C.

Practice and procedure — Declaration — Whether declaration required — Correct interpretation of statute set out in judgment.

Statutory interpretation — Purpose of legislation — Swamp kauri — Restrictions on export — Table top not connected to legs — Lightly carved logs — Provision to be interpreted in accordance with purpose to restrict export — Forests Act 1949, ss 2 and 67C.