Watercare Services Ltd v Minhinnick - [1998] 1 NZLR 294

Maori and Maori land — Treaty of Waitangi — Veto — Principles of Treaty of Waitangi — Whether s 8 of the Resource Management Act 1991 gives right of veto to any proposal to carry out work pursuant to a designation under s 176 of the Resource Management Act 1991.

Resource management — Designation — Whether designation under s 176 of the Resource Management Act 1991 subject to the enforcement order regime — Resource Management Act 1991, ss 176 and 319.

Resource management — Adverse environmental effects — Whether opinion of Environment Court is to be opinion representative of New Zealand society as a whole or of individual members of society — Resource Management Act 1991, s 314(1)(a).

Statutes — Interpretation — Implication — Whether section in statute expressly subject to certain sections may be impliedly subject to other sections.