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1. [2021] NZEnvC 007 JJ Limited v Dunedin City Council [pdf, 246 KB]

   ...business currently operates across three separate sites adjacent to Gladstone Road South and the East Taieri Primary School. The applicant’s existing operations are on sites zoned Industrial and uses a temporary site zoned Rural and subject to Designation D419 in the 2GP. The existing site configuration requires the applicant to use the public road network for the delivery, testing, and demonstration of agricultural machinery. The applicant seeks a site in the Rural Zone on which a...

2. MK v Accident Compensation Corporation [2024] NZACC 45 (8 March 2024) [pdf, 460 KB]

   ...provided by the Act”, a claimant is nevertheless “responsible for his or her own rehabilitation to the extent practicable having regard to the consequences of his or her personal injury”. [62] Counsel submits that s 70 is reflective of a scheme designed to cushion the effects of the accident and not to provide a full indemnity. She refers to ACC v Nelson1 and the fact that s 70(b) mandates that the claimant is responsible for his or her own rehabilitation to the extent practi...

3. Victims of crime in the adult criminal justice system: a stocktake of the literature [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   Commissioned by Ministry of Justice Victims of crime in the adult criminal justice system: A stocktake of the literature by Dr Elaine Mossman October 2012 Contents Executive summary .................................................................................................... i Structure of the report ....................................................................................................... vi Part one: In

4. Proactive-release-OIA-review-Aug22.pdf [pdf, 30 MB]

   Hon Kris Faafoi Minister of Justice Proactive release – Briefing: Official Information Act 1982 – report back on targeted engagement and next steps Released: 7 December 2021 Initially released: 22 August 2020 The following documents have been proactively released by the Ministry of Justice. The initial release of this information in March 2020 included the Briefing and Attachment to the Briefing (documents 1& 2). The subsequent release in December 2021 included the Submis

5. [2024] NZEnvC 079 Maungaharuru-Tangitū Trust v Hastings District Council [pdf, 19 MB]

   ...Rakau pito: Pito tree.  Rakau Ttapu: Sacred tree.  Rangatira: Noble person.  Roto: Lake.  Taāngata Whenua: Local people.  Taonga: Treasure, something of particular value that is either made or natural (environmental).  Tauranga waka: Waka launching area.  Toka: Rock.  Toka tohi: Ceremonial stone, boundary marker.  Tuūpaāpaku: Body.  Urupaā: Burial ground.  Waahi Tapu: Sacred site.  Wahi pakanga: Wāhi Pakanga: Ba...

6. Evaluation of Whanau Protect (National Home Safety Service) 2022 [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   National Home Safety Service: Whānau Protect Evaluation Report 2022 Acknowledgements This report was written by Sue Allison and Tania Boyer from GravitasOPG. The quantitative data match of National Collective of Independent Women’s Refuges (NCIWR) administrative data and Police Recorded Crime and Victim Statistics (RCVS) was undertaken by the Ministry of Justice’s Sector Group . NCIWR provided anonymised collated administrative data. The authors

7. Rec-Recap-2023-Q1-FINAL.pdf [pdf, 889 KB]

   Recommendations Recap A summary of coronial recommendations and comments made between 1 January and 31 March 2023 Office of the Chief Coroner | 2023 (1) i Coroners’ recommendations and comments Coroners perform essential functions within our society. They inquire into a range of unexpected deaths to establish the identity of the person who has died and the cause and circumstances of their death. While inquiring into a deat

8. 12.-Joshua-Markham-Terrestrial-Offset-and-Compensation.pdf [pdf, 2.7 MB]

   ...measures will address adverse residual effects to a Net Gain standard (and this will be tested where appropriate through the proposed monitoring programme). 67. As explained in my response to DOC’s submission, the pest control programme is not designed to achieve long-term gains for birds and other biodiversity values in its own right. The benefits of pest control will diminish over time (noting that the benefits of the now-proposed control of deer will significantly extend the...

9. Borst v ACC [2014] NZACA 8 [pdf, 232 KB]

   ...heading Summary of Validity Profile Mr Sellars stated: “Mr Borst passed 22/43 validity criteria during the FCE, 51% suggesting very poor, voluntary submaximal effort not related to pain, medical impairment or disability.” [25] The FCE is designed to test an injured person’s capacity to undertake various physical tasks and the results are evaluated under specific criteria and then assigned a validity rating under a set of evaluation criteria and formulae to produce a Validity...

10. Tangi v ACC [2012] NZACA 4 [pdf, 119 KB]

    ...The “borderline” range included, under “One dimensional attention/concentration functions” the “ability to concentrate and focus on one aspect or piece of information at a time,” and the “ability to attend to cognitive risks provided environmental distractions are minimised”, and under “Visual short term memory functions” the, “ability to learn and retain new visual information”. [74] The “impairment” range included cognitive decline in verbal intelligence fun...