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1. Waitangi Tribunal - issue 69 of Te Manutukutuku [pdf, 2.5 MB]

   ...government appointed Scott (Labour losing office before appointments were made), who instituted a formal, legal approach. Nonetheless, the approach was short-lived. The Tribunal first sat (on Joe Hawke’s fishing claim) under the chandeliers of Auckland’s Intercontinental Hotel as though it were dealing with the Treaty of Versailles. Māori walked out and that was nearly all that the Tribunal did for the first five years. During this time I was a judge sharing chambers with Chie...

2. [2008] NZEmpC AC 9/08 Hardie (practicing as J D Hardie & Co) v Round [pdf, 63 KB]

   HARDIE (PRACTISING AS J D HARDIE & CO) V ROUND AK AC 9/08 16 April 2008 IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT AUCKLAND AC 9/08 AEC 7/01 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal against a decision of the Employment Tribunal BETWEEN JOHN DAVID HARDIE (PRACTISING AS J D HARDIE & CO) Plaintiff AND MARTIN CHARLES ROUND Defendant Hearing: 3 April 2008 (Heard at Auckland) Appearances: Appellant in person Carl Blake, Counsel for Defendant Judgment: 16 April 2008 JUD...

3. [2009] NZEmpC AC 2A/09 Lewis v Howick College Board of Trustees [pdf, 60 KB]

   LEWIS V HOWICK COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AK AC 2A/09 20 April 2009 IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT AUCKLAND AC 2A/09 ARC 82/08 IN THE MATTER OF a challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority AND IN THE MATTER OF an application for directions BETWEEN RAYMOND CLENDON LEWIS Plaintiff AND HOWICK COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Defendant Hearing: by written submissions dated 2 and 9 April 2009 Judgment: 20 April 2009 INTERLOCUTORY...

4. Bisschoff v Yerman [2015] NZIACDT 101 (11 December 2015) [pdf, 165 KB]

   ...Immigration Advisers Authority [2012] NZHC 1069, and reflected in section 3 of the Act. [16] It is evident the legislative scheme is designed to exclude unlicensed people from engaging in the delivery of professional services to a degree that is far from universal in the regulation of professional service delivery. [17] It was foreseeable some people who had formerly provided immigration services, and failed to gain a licence, would seek to have a licensed person “rubber stamp” th...

5. ANDERSON Neville Ian (CSU-2014-DUN-000365) [pdf, 142 KB]

   ...Pursuant to section 74 of the Coroners Act 2006, I make an order prohibiting publication of any photographs Police may have taken that show the deceased. In making this order I have considered the criteria set out in Gravatt v The Coroners Court at Auckland and Auckland District Health Board. My reasons are: (a) It is in the interests of decency and personal privacy that photographs of the deceased should not be published. (b) There is little public interest in photographs such as thes...

6. Murtagh v Attorney-General [2025] NZHRRT 34 [pdf, 256 KB]

   ...RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2025] NZHRRT 34 I TE TARAIPIUNARA MANA TANGATA REFERENCE NO. HRRT 037/2023 UNDER THE PRIVACY ACT 2020 BETWEEN AMANDA MURTAGH PLAINTIFF AND ATTORNEY-GENERAL ON BEHALF OF NEW ZEALAND POLICE DEFENDANT AT AUCKLAND BEFORE: SJ Eyre, Chairperson JS Hancock, Deputy Chairperson PJ Davies, Member M Koloamatangi, Member REPRESENTATION: A Murtagh in person A Bloomfield and A Ghandour for defendant DATE OF HEARING: 2 - 4 April 2025 DAT...

7. Koso v Chief Executive Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment [2014] NZHRRT 39 [pdf, 133 KB]

   ...Privacy Act request can result in an award of damages against the Ministry. [17] Immigration New Zealand generally processes around 16,500 privacy requests a year, of which 1,200 are processed by offshore Branches. Innovation Branch, or iBranch in Auckland processes all privacy requests for Auckland, Hamilton, Palmerston North and Wellington. Those requests relate to: [17.1] Electronic files held on the INZ Application Management System (AMS) which is presently being replaced in s...

8. [2015] NZEmpC 6 Edwards v Board of Trustees of Bay of Islands College [pdf, 821 KB]

   ELGIN EDWARDS v THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF BAY OF ISLANDS COLLEGE (FORMERLY CAROL ANDERSON, LIMITED STATUTORY MANAGER OF BAY OF ISLANDS COLLEGE) NZEmpC AUCKLAND [2015] NZEmpC 6 [3 February 2015] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT AUCKLAND [2015] NZEmpC 6 ARC 64/13 IN THE MATTER OF a challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority BETWEEN ELGIN EDWARDS Plaintiff AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF BAY OF ISLANDS COLLEGE (FORMERLY CAROL

9. [2022] NZEmpC 131 Farrand Orchards Ltd v Tane [pdf, 342 KB]

   FARRAND ORCHARDS LIMITED v MICHAEL TANE [2022] NZEmpC 131 [27 July 2022] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT OF NEW ZEALAND AUCKLAND I TE KŌTI TAKE MAHI O AOTEAROA TĀMAKI MAKAURAU [2022] NZEmpC 131 EMPC 440/2021 IN THE MATTER OF a challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority BETWEEN FARRAND ORCHARDS LIMITED Plaintiff AND MICHAEL TANE Defendant Hearing: 21 and 22 June 2022 (Heard at Auckland) Appearan...

10. [2009] NZEmpC WC 14/09 NZ Meat Workers & Related Trades Union v AFFCO NZ Ltd [pdf, 57 KB]

    ...speaking, terms of employment are all the rights, benefits and obligations arising out of the employment relationship. The concept is necessarily wider than the terms of an employment contract. [47] That had also been determined by the House of Lords in Universe Tankships Inc of Monrovia v International Transport Workers’ Federation [1983] 1 AC 366; [1982] 2 All ER 67: … “terms and conditions of employment” is a phrase of wide meaning and includes not only the rights but also...