Cases mentioned

• West Coast Ent. Incorporated v Buller Coal Limited [2013] NZSC 87
• Greenpeace New Zealand Inc v Genesis Power Ltd [2008] 1 NZLR 803 (rejecting the approach taken in Greenpeace New Zealand v Northland Regional Council and Mighty River Power Ltd [2007] NZRMA 7) .
• Carter Holt Harvey HBU Ltd v Tasman District Council [2013] NZRMA 143
• Thomson v Minister for Climate Change Issues

For more country specific context and relevant national climate change law see: https://climate-laws.org/geographies/new-zealand

This country report has been produced by Marta Solari, C2LI Research Assistant, Catherine Hall, C2LI Senior Research Assistant, and Amelia Burnette, C2LI Legal Analyst, with support from Dr. Caroline Foster, C2LI National Rapporteur for New Zealand. The summary is based on Caroline Foster, “Climate Change Litigation in New Zealand” in F. Sindico and M. Moise Mbengue, Comparative Climate Change Litigation: Beyond the Usual Suspects, Springer, 2021.