Whakatane District Council v Bay of Plenty Regional Council - [2010] 3 NZLR 826

Administrative law — Judicial review — Failure to follow statutory process — Decision of Regional Council to relocate headquarters — Significant decision — Stages in statutory decision-making process — Burden of establishing compliance with statutory obligations — No dispensation for partial compliance — Local Government Act 2002, ss 76, 77 and 79.

Local government — Significant decision — Whether statutory process complied with — Local Government Act 2002, ss 77, 78, 79 and 82.