ORC brought proceedings in the High Court in Dunedin under the Declaratory Judgments Act 1908 to determine whether the proposed ORPS 2021 is a freshwater planning instrument in terms of section 80A of the Resource Management Act.

The hearing was held on 8 and 9 February 2022 at the High Court in Dunedin in front of Justice Nation.

• Notice of Hearing dated 21 September 2021
• Interlocutory Order as to Service, Timetabling and Other Directions, 21 September 2021

• Minute of Nation J dated 15 March 2022
• Minute of Osbourne J dated 29 October 2021
• Minute of Associate Judge Paulsen dated 21 September 2021

• Joint Memorandum of Counsel dated 22 November 2021
• Joint Memorandum of Counsel dated 10 November 2021
• Joint Memorandum of Counsel - Oceana Gold statement of defence 5 November 2021
• Joint Memorandum dated 3 September 2021

• Statement of Claim
• Notice of Proceedings
• Affidavit of Anita Jayne Dawe
• Affidavit of Service of Kyle Oliver Balderston dated 22 October 2021
• Memorandum of Counsel for the Plaintiff in response to the Memorandum of the Minister for the Environment dated 27 October 2021
• Plaintiff’s Reply to Affirmative Defences Pleaded by Port Otago Limited in Statement of Defence dated 3 November 2021
• Plaintiff’s Reply to Affirmative Defences Pleaded by Ernslaw One Limited in Statement of Defence
• Plaintiff’s Reply to Affirmative Defences Pleaded by Rayonier Matariki Forests in Statement of Defence
• Memorandum of Counsel for the Plaintiff dated 3 December 2021
• Memorandum of Counsel for the Plaintiff dated 22 December 2021
• Updating Affidavit of A J Dawe on behalf of the Plaintiff dated 23 December 2021
• ORC’s Public Notice as published in the Otago Daily times on 27 September and 4 October 2021
• Submissions on Behalf of the Plaintiff dated 24 December 2021
• Plaintiffs Chronology dated 24 December 2021​

• Amended Statement of Defence dated 5 November 2021
• Memorandum of Counsel for Royal Forest & Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Inc dated 5 November 2021
• Statement of Defence dated 14 October 2021
• Defendant's Chronology dated 21 January 2022
• Submissions of Counsel for the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Inc dated 20 January 2022

Oceana Gold (New Zealand) Limited

• Statement of Defence dated 18 November 2021
• Notice of Intention to Appear dated 18 October 2021
• Affidavit of Claire Hunter dated 20 December 2021
• Affidavit of Alison Paul dated 15 October 2021
• Submissions on behalf of Oceana Gold New Zealand Limited dated 27 January 2022

Port Otago Limited

• Affidavit of Rebecca Catherine McGrouther dated 26 October 2021
• Notice of Defence dated 26 October 2021
• Submissions on behalf of Port Otago Limited dated 27 January 2022

Otago Fish & Game Council

• Notice of Appearance dated 26 October 2021

Dunedin City Council

• Affidavit of Dr Anna Louise Johnson dated 30 November 2021
• Statement of Defence dated 26 October 2021
• Submissions on behalf of Dunedin City Council and Waitaki District Council dated 27 January 2022

Waitaki District Council

• Affidavit of Victoria Jane van der Spek dated 30 November 2021
• Statement of Defence dated 26 October 2021
• Submissions on behalf of Dunedin City Council and Waitaki District Council dated 27 January 2022

Canterbury Regional Council (ECan)

• Statement of defence dated 18 November 2021
• Memorandum of Counsel on behalf of Canterbury Regional Council dated 5 November 2021
• Notice of Appearance for Ancillary Purposes dated 26 October 2021
• Affidavit of Andrew Kenneth Parrish dated 26 October 2021
• Submissions on behalf of Canterbury Regional Council dated 27 January 2022

Minister for the Environment

• Statement of defence - 10 November 2021
• Memorandum of Counsel dated 5 November 2021
• Statement of Defence dated 5 November 2021
• Memorandum of Counsel dated 26 October 2021
• Notice of Appearance dated 26 October 2021
• Submissions for the Minister for the Environment dated 27 January 2022

Ngā Rūnanga (Te Rūnanga o Moeraki, Kāti Huirapa Rūnaka ki Puketeraki, Te Rūnanga o Ōtākou and Hokonui Rūnanga, and Te Rūnanga o Ngai Tahu)

• Statement of Defence dated 22 December 2022
• Memorandum of Counsel on behalf of Ngā Rūnanga dated 17 December 2021
• Affidavit of Edward Weller Ellison dated 21 December 2021
• Affidavit of Sandra Jean McIntyre dated 22 December 2021
• Submissions on behalf of Ngā Rūnanga dated 27 January 2022

Queenstown Lakes District Council

• Statement of Defence dated 26 October 2021
• Affidavit of Alyson Anne Hutton dated 3 December 2021
• Submissions on behalf of Queenstown Lakes District Council dated 27 January 2022

Central Otago District Council

• Statement of Defence dated 26 October 2021
• Affidavit of Ann Rodgers dated 3 December 2021

Rayonier Matariki Forests

• Statement of defence RMF
• Submissions on behalf of Ernslaw One Limited and Matariki Forests Limited dated 27 January 2022

Ernslaw One Limited

• Statement of Defence Ernslaw
• Submissions on behalf of Ernslaw One Limited and Matariki Forests Limited dated 27 January 2022