Browsing by Supervisor "Barton, Barry"
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Boundaries of absolute protection: distribution of benefit and harm to birds through law and planning in New Zealand
(University of Waikato, 2014)Endemic birds in New Zealand are under threat, and increasingly so, as human activity reshapes the land, reconstitutes the water, consumes space and resources and alters faunal composition. The decline of biodiversity is ... -
Cycling Safety in New Zealand: An Analysis of Law and Policy
(University of Waikato, 2015)After a number of cyclist deaths over recent years in New Zealand, cycle advocates and policy makers have been pondering the issues relating to safety of cyclists on New Zealand roads. Press reports have highlighted a ... -
Improving water allocation law and policy in New Zealand: Lessons from Australia
(The University of Waikato, 2019)The main research question in this thesis is what lessons can New Zealand learn from the Australian experience in water allocation? In order to answer this question the thesis first examines the current water allocation ... -
The Law of Ecosystem Restoration for Community Conservation Groups
(The University of Waikato, 2008)Across New Zealand communities have identified the need to restore and rehabilitate damaged ecosystems in their locality. However, community conservation groups (CCGs) often face significant obstacles when undertaking ... -
The Law of End-Use Energy Efficiency
(University of Waikato, 2010)This thesis investigates options for reforming New Zealand’s law, regulation and policy concerning energy efficiency. The external drivers in law, regulation and policy that affect household energy use for space heating, ... -
The Legal Framework for Energy Efficiency in Road Transport: A Critique of Legislation, Regulation, and Policy in New Zealand
(University of Waikato, 2012)Energy efficiency provides a feasible way by which transport emissions can be reduced, air quality can be improved, and security of supply can be increased. In light of energy security and climate change, improving efficiency ... -
Liability for pollution damage from offshore oil spills: The CLC and fund conventions, the EU's Environmental Liability Directive and their implications for New Zealand law
(The University of Waikato, 2018)This thesis will apply conventional methods of legal analysis to ask how New Zealand’s offshore petroleum liability regime came to be created from a pair of international shipping liability and fund conventions, and ... -
Spiking Prices: How Economics, History and Law have shaped the New Zealand Electricity Authority's UTS Regime
(University of Waikato, 2012)The March 26th price spike in Genesis Energy’s Huntly power station prices has focussed attention on the regulatory powers of the newly established Electricity Authority. The Authority’s weapon of choice, the Undesirable ... -
The law for the emerging active role of electricity consumers
(The University of Waikato, 2020)This thesis investigates the role of law in shaping the liberalised electricity system for a more active role of consumers. The research studies three countries, New Zealand, Colombia and the Netherlands, to analyse how ... -
The role of law in climate change mitigation in oil and gas production
(The University of Waikato, 2021)Scientific evidence and ideas about climate change suggest the need for a global energy shift from oil and fossil fuels to renewables and other forms of clean energy. This transition will not be possible without understanding ... -
Towards Robust Exchanges: Evaluating Ecological Compensation in New Zealand
(University of Waikato, 2014)Ecological compensation is commonly employed but rarely evaluated around the world. In order to assess application of the tool in New Zealand, a systematic nationwide review was undertaken. The research used a combination ... -
Would a water market system coupled with a beneficial use doctrine similar to that of the western United States help foster sustainability of water resource allocation in New Zealand?
(University of Waikato, 2016)In New Zealand, water supply has historically been a given. There is a perception that the country is well-watered and up to a point this is true, or at least has been true. However water is not always available at the ...
