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1. Issues with access to justice in the Environment Court of New Zealand [pdf, 477 KB]

   ...resolution mechanisms in our court – employing mediation processes – is in very positive terri- tory. This free service undertaken by independent facili- tators, our Environment Commissioners, is successful in resolving about 75 per cent of the cases filed in the court, on a comparatively cost-effective basis. Challenge 4, in contrast, might be thought quite richly to justify its label ‘challenge’. Challenges 4 and 5 are in fact seen by us to coalesce somewhat in the following way. S...

2. [2018] NZEnvC 187 Calcutta Farms Limited v Matamata-Piako District Council [pdf, 2.6 MB]

   ...activity, and provided for a less concentrated form of development in the Outer Business Zone. It also proposed to re-zone 7.63ha of residentially-zoned land to Outer Business Zone. Most of that land was along a ring road. 31 [64] Motor Machinists filed a submission contending that two lots it owned in the Residential Zone should be included in the Outer Business Zone. The Council agreed to re-zone the back half of these properties as Outer Business Zone because a factory building...

3. [2021] NZACC 69 - Auva'a v ACC (28 April 2021) [pdf, 312 KB]

   ...were available. Mr Auva’a was grateful for the support that he had received and agreed that no further rehabilitation was needed. The VI process was explained to him. Vocational Independence Assessments [24] On 4 March 2016, Mr Auva’a’s file went through a VI quality check. Dr Peter Thakurdas, branch medical adviser, assessed that Mr Auva’a would likely be able to sustain 30 hours a week of appropriate work, and recommended that the case manager inform Mr Auva’a that...

4. Proposals against incitement of hatred and discrimination - discussion document - Arabic [pdf, 497 KB]

   ...الكراهية على بالتحريض الصلة ذات المقترحات 16 ....................................................................................... التحريض أحكام تحميها التي الجماعات زيادة file:///F:/1-Work/2021/594-strakertranslations/O-21-22603/1.%20Client%20Files/Uploads/6-7-2021/20210524%20Incitement%20of%20Hatred%20and%20Discrimination%20Discussion%20Document_minor%20tracks.docx%23_Toc74566087 file:///F:/1-Work/2021/594-strakertr...

5. [2021] NZEmpC 129 Caddy v Vice-Chancellor, University of Auckland [pdf, 371 KB]

   DAVINIA CADDY v VICE-CHANCELLOR, UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND [2021] NZEmpC 129 [13 August 2021] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT OF NEW ZEALAND AUCKLAND I TE KŌTI TAKE MAHI O AOTEAROA TĀMAKI MAKAURAU [2021] NZEmpC 129 EMPC 180/2019 IN THE MATTER OF a challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority BETWEEN DAVINIA CADDY Plaintiff AND VICE-CHANCELLOR, UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND Defendant Hearing: 1–4 and 7 Dec

6. [2022] NZREADT 18 – QQ v REA NQ (7 September 2022) [pdf, 233 KB]

   ...industry advice in the circumstances. Accordingly, the Committee would take no further action on this aspect of the complaint. 62. The appellant had also contended that he was wrongly blamed by the licensee for delaying the selling process by filing a complaint with the Authority. The evidence before the Committee showed that the solicitor and the co-owner considered that the appellant’s conduct, including his involvement with the Authority, contributed to delays in the sale proce...

7. [2023] NZEnvC 255 Abrahamson v Canterbury Regional Council [pdf, 290 KB]

   ...set out in Policy 11.4.16(1). 15 CPW’s consents [43] I was taken through a history of the planning documents of relevance to the permits held by CPW and to stages of the scheme’s consenting history. At the court’s request, counsel filed a joint memorandum setting out the chronology of the key dates for the promulgation of the relevant instruments in the consents held by CPW. It suffices to note that CPW had extensive involvement in and influence over the LWRP conten...

8. Te Manutukutuku (Issue 82) [pdf, 14 MB]

   ...knew that it aligned with her ‘passion for Te Ao Māori and making Aotearoa a better place for Māori’. In her role, Aneta oversees the unit’s diverse Claims and Registry Team. Claims coordination staff maintain and distribute documents filed on the Tribunal’s records of inquiry, while providing logistical and administrative support to enable the smooth func- tioning of judicial conferences, hear- ings, and Tribunal panel meetings. As well as the claims coordinators, Aneta l...

9. Appendix-1-Nelson-Courthouse-Initial-Seismic-Assessment-Holmes-February-2025.pdf [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   ...have used for this assessment includes:  OPUS structural drawings dated 2007 detailing the extension to the original building. The original building drawings were not available from the Nelson City Council, WSP or the National Archives. Archive files revealed that the building was constructed to be like the Whangarei District Courthouse and was built in the 1970s by the Ministry of Works. The Whangarei District Courthouse drawings have been used for reference to inform the likely const...

10. [2025] NZEmpC 28 IDEA Services Ltd v Wills [pdf, 328 KB]

    IDEA SERVICES LIMITED v CHRISTINE GAEL WILLS [2025] NZEmpC 28 [24 February 2025] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT OF NEW ZEALAND WELLINGTON I TE KŌTI TAKE MAHI O AOTEAROA TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA [2025] NZEmpC 28 EMPC 415/2023 IN THE MATTER OF a challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority BETWEEN IDEA SERVICES LIMITED Plaintiff AND CHRISTINE GAEL WILLS Defendant Hearing: 26–27 September 2024 (Heard at New Ply