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1. [2018] NZEmpC 47 New Zealand Nurses Organisation v Waikato District Health Board [pdf, 366 KB]

   ...voluntary resignation by an otherwise qualified long-serving employee will qualify as “retiring” for retiring gratuity purposes. We agree that the payment relates to long service, since that is one of its qualifying aspects. However, it is not universally available. As Ms Panettiere’s circumstances indicate, there are threshold criteria that must be met; if not met, the entitlement is not given. Moreover, the grant of the gratuity is the subject of discretion (the scope of...

2. [2013] NZEmpC 102 Tan v Morningstar Institute of Education Ltd t/a Morningstar Preschool [pdf, 77 KB]

   ...be any subsequent matter arising as to costs between the parties. The plaintiff 6 Health Waikato Ltd v Elmsly [2004] 1 ERNZ 172 (CA); Binnie v Pacific Health Ltd [2002] 1 ERNZ 438 (CA); Victoria University of Wellington v Alton-Lee [2001] ERNZ 305 (CA). succeeded in recovering more than the amount of the offer but it was made after the hearing and it is difficult then to justify any uplift to the actual costs which Mr Pollak...

3. [2016] NZEmpC 75 Bhikoo v Stephen Marr Hair Design Newmarket Ltd [pdf, 96 KB]

   MOBEEN BHIKOO v STEPHEN MARR HAIR DESIGN NEWMARKET LIMITED NZEmpC AUCKLAND [2016] NZEmpC 75 [16 June 2016] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT AUCKLAND [2016] NZEmpC 75 EMPC 141/2015 IN THE MATTER OF a challenge to determinations of the Employment Relations Authority AND IN THE MATTER of an application for costs BETWEEN MOBEEN BHIKOO Plaintiff AND STEPHEN MARR HAIR DESIGN NEWMARKET LIMITED Defendant Hearing: By submissions file...

4. Doria v Diamond Laser Medispa Taupo Ltd (Strike-Out Application) [2018] NZHRRT 50 [pdf, 236 KB]

   ...UNDER THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1993 BETWEEN ZELINDA DORIA PLAINTIFF AND DIAMOND LASER MEDISPA TAUPO LIMITED FIRST DEFENDANT AND OLIVIA JANE BLAKENEY-WILLIAMS SECOND DEFENDANT AND RICHARD HUGH BLAKENEY-WILLIAMS THIRD DEFENDANT AT AUCKLAND BEFORE: Ms MA Roche, Co-Chairperson Dr SJ Hickey MNZM, Member Mr RK Musuku, Member REPRESENTATION: Ms J Emerson for plaintiff Ms K McDonald for defendants DATE OF HEARING: Heard on the papers DATE OF DECISI...

5. ENVC Hearing 6Oct14 NPI Trust Morehu Wilson numbered [pdf, 994 KB]

   ...of the physical, emotional and spiritual worlds, and recognises that they are integral parts of a greater whole.It is therefore not surprising that the Māori can use genealogical links to connect him through his ancestors to the creator of the universe. This is fundamental to the ideals and values of the Māori. 8. We believe that the beginning of the world is the start of a process which began in a void. Within the void and the nothingness existed energy, a potential that mani...

6. [2015] NZSSAA 94 (30 November 2015) [pdf, 60 KB]

   ...Authority. [7] It is submitted by the appellant’s lawyer that: (i) The pension the appellant receives consists of a basic labour pension and a secondary insurance savings component based on a savings record. The basic pension may arguably be a universal entitlement but it is subject to qualifying conditions relating to her work history. The insurance savings component is not a universal entitlement and the rate of payment differs and reflects the savings record. It is submitted th...

7. [2016] NZSSAA 097 (18 November 2016) [pdf, 184 KB]

   ...Authority. [7] It is submitted by the appellant’s lawyer that: (i) The pension the appellant receives consists of a basic labour pension and a secondary insurance savings component based on a savings record. The basic pension may arguably be a universal entitlement but it is subject to qualifying conditions relating to her work history. The insurance savings component is not a universal entitlement and the rate of payment differs and reflects the savings record. It is submitt...

8. [2019] NZEmpC 65 Rayner v Director-General of Health [pdf, 795 KB]

   AMANDA RAYNER v DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF HEALTH [2019] NZEmpC 65 [27 May 2019] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT OF NEW ZEALAND CHRISTCHURCH I TE KŌTI TAKE MAHI O AOTEAROA ŌTAUTAHI [2019] NZEmpC 65 EMPC 439/2018 IN THE MATTER OF a challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority BETWEEN AMANDA RAYNER Plaintiff AND DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF HEALTH Defendant EMPC 30/2019 IN THE MATTER OF a challenge to a

9. Transcript of speeches KG Smith [doc, 91 KB]

   ...new Judge about his or her own career, although once when I apologised to Justice Peters after recounting her career during her swearing-in, she said not to bother because she’d actually found it quite interesting. Following your graduation from the University of Canterbury in the early 1980s, you began your legal career as a law clerk at Cavell Leitch. You went on to work as a solicitor at Lane Neave and Brooklyn Stock before moving to that great firm Buddle Findlay in 1988 where you were...

10. Te Manutukutuku 74 [pdf, 11 MB]

    ...report­writing assistance on the Ngāti Wai Mandate and Te Rohe Pōtae reports. He is now part of the team supporting the Taihape district inquiry and has attended eight hearings in this capacity. Having researched and writ­ ten on history during his university studies, he feels greatly privileged to have worked on these inquiries. Learning te reo Māori is a passion for Lawrence, and he values the many opportunities to further this interest at the Tribunal unit. He is grateful to...