Corina is a senior associate in the firm's local government and environment group. Corina advises local authorities, as well as corporations, on a wide range of resource management, environmental law and local government issues. She appears before the Environment Court and the High Court on resource consent, district plan, and designation appeals and in declaration proceedings. She has also appeared before different Boards of Inquiry.
Corina provides advice on heritage issues, hazardous substances, and environmental aspects of corporate and property transactions. She also advises on local government and public law matters, including official information requests.
Examples of Work
- Auckland Council/Auckland Transport - Board of Inquiry hearing about the New Zealand Transport Agency Waterview Connection proposal
- North Shore City Council - successfully defending, in the Environment Court, the Council's decision to grant resource consent to the redevelopment of the historic Masonic Tavern
- Franklin District Council - successfully resolving a number of the Rural Plan Change 14 district plan appeals through court-assisted mediations
- Auckland City Council - successfully resolving district plan appeals regarding scheduled heritage buildings through court-assisted mediations
- Auckland City Council - successfully defending the Council's decision in Environment Court appeals about the designation and resource consent for the Auckland Art Gallery upgrade
- Waitakere City Council - successfully resolving the Environment Court district plan appeal about the proposed Dilworth Special Area and successfully defending the Environment Court decision on appeal, finalising the outstanding aspects of the Environment Court district plan appeals about the Swanson Structure Plan, and Environment Court district plan appeals on proposed Plan Changes 17, 18, 35, 36 and 37
- Newmont Waihi Gold - Environment Court regional plan appeals in relation to Variation 6 (Water Allocation) to the Waikato Regional Plan and Board of Inquiry in relation to the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management
- Advising on the environmental aspects of the sale and purchase of chemicals, food manufacturing, various industry, and forestry companies
Other Credentials
- Resource Management Law Association - Member
- New Zealand Planning Institute - Member of Auckland Branch Committee
- Auckland Women Lawyers' Association - Member
