Ports of Auckland Ltd v Auckland Regional Council - [1995] 2 NZLR 613

Resource management — Application for resource consent — Notification of application — Application for coastal permit to utilise harbour for commercial activities — Whether activities were harbour works undertaken by virtue of Harbours Act 1950 or any other Act — Whether exempt from notification by reason of Resource Management Act 1991 — Harbours Act 1950, s 178 — Resource Management Act 1991, s 393.

Resource management — Application for resource consent — Notification of application — Application for coastal permit to occupy seabed — Access over port company's land and possible management problems — Whether port company should have been notified — Resource Management Act 1991, ss 12, 93 and 94.