Peninsula Watchdog Group (Inc) v Coeur Gold New Zealand Ltd - [1997] 3 NZLR 463

Resource management — Environment Court — Exercise of discretion as to award of costs in appeals based on public interest grounds — Appeals — Costs — Resource Management Act 1991, s 235.

Practice and procedure — Resource Management Act 1991 — Appeal out of time — Application for extension of time — Whether application may be made after stipulated time has expired — Whether onus rests on applicant for extension to satisfy Court that extension should be granted — Considerations applicable to grant — Resource Management Act 1991, ss 299, 300 and 306.

Practice and procedure — Appeals to High Court — Environment Court — Whether appeal made from interim decision in Environment Court test for determining whether decision would fail — Extension of time — Whether onus rests on applicant for extension to satisfy Court that extension should be granted — Considerations applicable to grant — Resource Management Act 1991, ss 299, 300 and 306.