High Court appeals

The Otago Regional Policy Statement 2021 (pORPS) is in the Appeals phase.

On this webpage you will find below a table of appeals received to the High Court against the decision of the Otago Regional Council on the Freshwater Planning Instrument (FPI) parts of the proposed Otago Regional Policy Statement 2021.

Appeals table

A table identifying all freshwater provisions under appeal, together with the relevant appellants and section 301 parties, has been created.

High Court appealed provisions table

July 2024

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Tables summarising appeal details, giving an initial overview of appeals and involved parties. Version dated 29 July 2024

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Appeal Notice	Interested Parties	Memoranda and Submissions	Court Minutes, Directions, Notices and Decisions	Status of Appeal
Otago Regional Council (Respondent)		Joint Memorandum of Counsel for first Case Management Conference - 12 June 2024 Joint Memorandum for Case Management Conference - 27 September 2024 Joint memorandum of Counsel seeking consent orders - 30 September 2024 Memorandum of the ORC in reply to the Joint Memorandum of Otago Fish and Game and Oceana Gold - 12 November 2024	Minute of Justice Harland - 13 June 2024 Minute of Justice Harland - 7 October 2024 Minute of J Harland - 25 October 2024 Minute of J Harland - 25 October 2024 Minute of J Harland - 12 November 2024 Judgment of J Harland - 22 November 2024 Minute of J Harland as to application by Kāi Tahu for 301 status - 26 November Order of the High Court sealed 8 January 2025 Judgment of J Dunningham - 6 October 2025 Order of the High Court sealed 22 October 2025
Fish and Game - Otago and Central South Island Notice of Appeal	Notice of Intention to Appear (ORC) Notice of Intention to Appear (Beef + Lamb NZ) Notice of Intention to Appear (Dairy NZ) Notice of Intention to Appear (Forest and Bird) Notice of Intention to Appear (Kāi Tahu) Notice of Intention to Appear (Manawa Energy) Notice of Intention to Appear (Oceana Gold) Notice of Intention to Appear (OWRUG)	Joint Memorandum of Counsel for the Appellants requesting Appeals be placed on hold - 8 November Joint Memorandum of Counsel for Fish & Game and Oceana Gold - 14 November Notice of date of Hearing (Oceana Gold V Otago Regional Council/Fish and Game V Otago Regional Council) - 26 November Notice of discontinuance (OGL and F&G) - 13 December	Notice of date of CMC for Appeal	Resolved
Forest & Bird Notice of Appeal	Notice of Intention to Appear (ORC) Notice of Intention to Appear (Beef + Lamb NZ) Notice of Intention to Appear (Dairy NZ) Notice of Intention to Appear (Federated Farmers) Notice of Intention to Appear (Manawa Energy) Notice of Intention to Appear (NZSki Limited) Notice of Intention to Appear (Oceana Gold) Notice of Intention to Appear (OWRUG) Notice of Intention to Appear (RealNZ)	Memorandum of Counsel in response to Joint Memoranda for Fish & Game and Oceana Gold - 12 November	Notice of date of CMC for Appeal	Resolved
Kāi Tahu Notice of Appeal	Notice of Intention to Appear (ORC) Notice of Intention to Appear (Beef + Lamb NZ) Notice of Intention to Appear (Contact) Notice of Intention to Appear (Federated Farmers) Notice of Intention to Appear (Forest and Bird) Notice of Intention to Appear (Manawa Energy) Notice of Intention to Appear (NZ Ski Limited) Notice of Intention to Appear (Oceana Gold) Notice of Intention to Appear (OWRUG) Notice of Intention to Appear (RealNZ)	Memorandum of Counsel in response to Joint Memorandum of Counsel for Fish & Game and Oceana Gold - 13 November Memorandum of Counsel for Manawa Energy - 13 November	Notice of date of CMC for Appeal	Resolved
Oceana Gold Limited Notice of Appeal	Notice of Intention to Appear (ORC) Notice of Intention to Appear (Beef + Lamb NZ) Notice of Intention to Appear (Federated Farmers) Notice of Intention to Appear (Fish and Game) Notice of Intention to Appear (Forest and Bird) Notice of Intention to Appear (Manawa Energy) Notice of Intention to Appear (NZSki Limited) Notice of Intention to Appear (OWRUG) Notice of Intention to Appear (QLDC) Notice of Intention to Appear (RealNZ) Notice of Intention to Appear (Kāi Tahu)	Joint Memorandum of Counsel for the Appellants requesting Appeals be placed on hold - 8 November Memorandum of Counsel and Notice of Withdrawal by Federated Farmers - 13 November Memorandum of Counsel for QLDC regarding hold request waiver - 13 November Memorandum of Counsel for Beef + Lamb in reply to Joint Memorandum of Fish & Game and Oceana Gold - 13 November Joint Memorandum of Counsel for Fish & Game and Oceana Gold - 14 November Notice of date of Hearing (Oceana Gold V Otago Regional Council/Fish and Game V Otago Regional Council) - 26 November Notice of discontinuance (OGL and F&G) - 13 December Notice of withdrawal by Manawa Energy Limited - 16 December Notice of withdrawal by OWRUG - 17 December Submissions for Oceana Gold - 18 December 2024 Notice of withdrawal by RealNZ - 19 December Notice of withdrawal by NZSki - 19 December Memorandum of Counsel for Kāi Tahu - 7 February 2025 Notice of withdrawal of interest by QLDC - 11 February 2025 Notice of withdrawal of interest by Fish and Game - 12 February 2025 Submissions for the Otago Regional Council - 31 January 2025 Submissions for Forest and Bird - 14 February 2025 Submissions for Kāi Tahu Council - 14 February 2025 Submissions for Oceana Gold in reply - 21 February 2025	Notice of date of CMC for Appeal Minute of J Harland (Federated Farmers Withdrawal) - 14 November Minute of J Harland (Appellants withdrawal of appeal against LF-FW-N7) - 22 November Minute of J Harland as to placing appeals on hold - 26 November Notice of date of Hearing (Oceana Gold V Otago Regional Council/Fish and Game V Otago Regional Council) - 26 November Minute 2 of J Harland (Federated Farmers withdrawal) - 3 December Minute of J Harland (Beef + Lamb withdrawal) - 9 December Minute of J Harland (OWRUG withdrawal) - 19 December Minute of J Harland (application by Kāi Tahu for s301 status - 19 December	Resolved
Queenstown Lakes District Council Notice of Appeal	Notice of Intention to Appear (ORC) Notice of Intention to Appear (Beef + Lamb NZ) Notice of Intention to Appear (Dunedin City Council) Notice of Intention to Appear (Fish and Game) Notice of Intention to Appear (Fonterra) Notice of Intention to Appear (Forest and Bird) Notice of Intention to Appear (Kāi Tahu) Notice of Intention to Appear (Manawa Energy) Notice of Intention to Appear (Oceana Gold)	Application for Leave to join Appeal (CODC) Memorandum of Counsel in Support of Application for Leave to Joint Appeal (CODC)	Notice of date of CMC for Appeal	Resolved

You will find a list of Submitters and Address/es for Service below.

List of submitters and address for service

July 2024

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Note: If your contact details appear to be incorrect or there has been an update, please advise hearingsadministrator@orc.govt.nz

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