Skip to main content
|

Add a bookmark to get started

Bookmarks info

Kate Rogers

Special Counsel
Wellington
About

Kate Rogers has a focus on resource management law. She works in the environment, planning and natural resources team in our Wellington office, advising local and central government clients on all aspects of resource management and other regulatory issues. She also has a specialist enforcement practice.

Areas of FocusEnergy and Natural ResourcesInfrastructure, Construction and TransportLitigation, Arbitration and Investigations
Bar admissionsBarrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand

EXPERIENCE

  • Regularly appearing in the Court in relation to enforcement matters. She has acted for many local authorities in relation to enforcement action under the Resource Management Act, the Building Act, the Health Act and Bylaws. She is currently instructed on a range of active prosecutions and has successfully acted for Council clients in obtaining enforcement orders. She is also instructed in relation to other enforcement litigation, including abatement notice appeals, and has been involved in a number of enforcement matters under the Building Act, including seeking orders in relation to dangerous buildings.
  • Acting for Councils in relation to full plan reviews, Council plan changes, and private plan changes, at all stages from pre-notification through to appeals. This has included providing advice to Councils on their regulatory obligations, interpretation issues, section 32 requirements, scope and extensive experience assisting with the initial Council hearing process and then appeals, including preparation for, and attendance at, mediations – sometimes in mediation processes that last over a year in duration.
  • Providing advice to Councils on the implementation of the central government Resource Management (Enabling Housing Supply and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2021, including its relationship with ongoing Council and private plan changes, and the process for implementing the required Intensification Planning Instruments.
  • Providing advice on the implementation of national direction, including the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management and the Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Freshwater) Regulations 2020, and the National Policy Statement for Highly Productive Land (NPS-HPL) to Councils, including appearing for Council in two of the few Court decisions on the NPS-HPL.
  • Completing environmental due diligence review for land and commercial purchases.
Languages
  • English
Education
  • University of Canterbury, LLB, 2011
  • University of Canterbury, BA (Hons), 2012
  • Te Wangana o Aoteroa, He Pī Ka Pao, 2023, Te Pūtaketanga o te Reo, 2024

Speaker Events

  • Environment Compliance Conference, 2024
  • Enforcement Decisions from 1994 to 2024
  • NZPI Conference, 2025, NPS-HPL Case Law

    • Memberships And Affiliations

    • New Zealand Law Society
    • Environment Compliance Conference Organising Committee
    • Resource Management Law Associations (Chair of the Wellington Branch)

    My latest insights

    Publication

    Changes to National Policy Statement for Highly Productive Land

    9 June 2025 .4 minute read

    Publication

    Greener light for renewable energy activities in New Zealand proposed

    4 June 2025 .4 minute read

    Publication

    Major changes proposed to national direction under the Resource Management Act 1991 – what...

    3 June 2025 .23 minute read

    View All

    Connect

    Phone

    +64 4 918 3050
    (Work, Wellington)
    +64 27 310 1587
    (Mobile, Wellington)
    CallvCardLinkedInPrint
    Privacy policyLegal noticesCookie policyModern slaveryWhistleblowingFraud AlertSitemap

    DLA Piper is a global law firm operating through various separate and distinct legal entities. For further information about these entities and DLA Piper's structure, please refer to the Legal Notices page of this website. All rights reserved. Attorney advertising.

    © 2025 DLA Piper