A date has been set for the
High Court judicial hearing into whether the Environmental Protection
Authority (EPA) was remiss in allowing oil giant Anadarko to drill in
New Zealand waters.
Greenpeace filed papers at
the High Court at Wellington this week seeking the review on the same
day the company began drilling an exploratory well off the coast of
Raglan.
The parties will meet in the courtroom on December 9.
Greenpeace
says the EPA made an "error of law" because it did not consider a
number of documents including Anadarko's reports on oil spill modelling
and emergency spill response before allowing the company to drill.
The Oil Free Seas flotilla was at the drilling site before it started, but is now returning to shore.
The Green Party has also called for a moratorium on the drilling until a decision on the review is made.
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