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1. Regulatory Systems Amendment Bill [pdf, 218 KB]

   ...same way (in terms of their worker status) for both ACC and tax purposes. Align the treatment of Disputes Tribunal referees with other tribunals’ referees. 55. Give Disputes Tribunal referees the ability to order a respondent to pay the filing fee back to a wholly or partly successful applicant. Remove a barrier to accessing justice. The inability to obtain the cost of the fee back from a respondent can create a sense of grievance for a successful party, particular...

2. Proactive-Release-Administration-Act_FINAL-v2.pdf [pdf, 1.7 MB]

   ...Copyright, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Hon Paul Goldsmith, Minister of Justice Review of the probate threshold and statutory legacy threshold under the Administration Act 1969 Date 23 April 2025 File reference Action sought Timeframe Agree to raise the probate threshold in the Administration (Prescribed Amounts) Regulations 2009 to $40,000. By 29 April 2025 Agree the statutory legacy threshold in the Administration (Pre...

3. [2025] NZSSAA 12 (11 April 2025) [pdf, 240 KB]

   ...emotional commitment or financial interdependence found. Instead, we find that the relationship possessed a number of unhealthy elements but remained one in the nature of marriage. 59. There is one final matter to consider. After the appeal was filed the Ministry determined that that XXXX was entitled to unsupported child benefit, for the period when she was caring for her niece and nephew from 2015.19 For XXXX it is submitted that if the Ministry had paid unsupported child b...

4. LG v Accident Compensation Corporation (Claim for personal injury) [2025] NZACC 114 [pdf, 214 KB]

   ...2024, Dr Emma Pascoe, Medical Advisor, confirmed that the evidence suggested the appellant’s bowel problems were psychological in nature and recommended that the claim be reviewed by a psychology advisor. [40] On 20 May 2024, an application was filed for the appellant for a review of an alleged unreasonable delay by the Corporation in making decisions. The application 10 referred to the appellant’s 2003 sensitive claim number and raised alleged delays in relation to b...

5. Holland v Accident Compensation Corporation (Personal injury) [2025] NZACC 170 [pdf, 230 KB]

   ...sustained in 2018 and in subsequent accidents was not properly understood by or put to the medical experts. The situation, Ms Le Duc submitted was compounded by not being recorded correctly or brought forward correctly in doctors’ and Corporation files. 15 Section 20(2)(a) Accident Compensation Act 2001. 16 Section 20(2)(e) Accident Compensation Act 2001. 17 Section 26(1B) Accident Compensation Act 2001. 18 These comments are in emails to Ms Le Duc and appear to be from people...

6. Rec-Recap-2023-Q4-FINAL.pdf [pdf, 873 KB]

   ...An order under section 74 of the Coroners Act 2006 prohibits the publication of any photographs of Valentino taken during the investigation into his death, in the interests of decency and personal privacy. 10 From: https://www.watersafetynz.org/_files/ugd/6f2a10_26c4cd0c38424d3ca26ab3a686bf373d.pdf https://www.watersafetynz.org/_files/ugd/6f2a10_26c4cd0c38424d3ca26ab3a686bf373d.pdf 14 Lyall [2023] NZCorC 136 (31 October 2023) CIRCUMSTANCES Norman John Lyall, aged 77,...

7. OTAGO REGIONAL COUNCIL v NGA RUNANGA NOE.pdf [pdf, 1.3 MB]

   ...nevertheless for the sale of smoothing or making this process smooth today I won't be distinguishing. 20 Q. Oh I would like you to. I actually want to know who do you represent, that was the purpose of the question. A. Yes. Q. And if you could file a schedule even if it’s just an email to the registry so that we know who you are representing, yes. 25 A. Yes. I can do that for the Court. Q. And I would be obliged – very much assisted that if there are some individual...

8. Waitangi Tribunal theme U - Land with All Woods and Waters [pdf, 1010 KB]

   ...Whitebait Fisheries Regulations 1894, 1896 9. McDowall, The Whitebait Book, pp 129, 140 10. R M McDowall, New Zealand Freshwater Fishes: A Natural History and Guide, Auckland, Heinemann Reed and MAF Publishing, 1990, p 130, quoting Marine Department files 11. McDowall, The Whitebait Book, p 188 12. J Hector, ‘Notes on the New Zealand Whitebait’, in Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, vol 35, 1903, pp 312–319 3 The Land with All Woods and Waters1 standstill.13...

9. Waitangi Tribunal theme L - Trust administration of Māori reserves [pdf, 3.3 MB]

   RANGAHAUA WHANUI NATIONAL THEME L THE TRUST ADMINISTRATION OF MAORI RESERVES, 1840-1913 RALPH JOHNSON AUGUST 1997 FIRST RELEASE WAITANGI TRIBUNAL RANGAHAUA WHANUI SERIES Other Rangahaua Whanui reports District reports District 1: Auckland (pt I), R Daamen, P Ramer, and Dr B Rigby; (pt 11), M Belgrave District 5B: Gisborne, S Daly District 7: The Volcanic Plateau, B Bargh District 8: The Alienation of Maori Land in the Rohe Potae, C Marr District 9: The Whanganui Distr

10. Electoral-Matters-Bill_Combined_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 12 MB]

    ...Voting_FINAL.pdf © Crown Copyright, Creative Commons Attribution 4 .0 International (CC BY 4.0) 1 Hon Paul Goldsmith, Minister of Justice Electoral Matters Bill: Options to improve the timeliness of the vote count Date 6 November 2024 File reference DOG-EMB-2024-11-06 Action sought Timeframe Indicate the policy proposals to improve the timeliness of the official vote count you would like to include in the Electoral Matters Bill. 15 November 2024 Contacts...