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1. CCRC Newsletter March 2020 [pdf, 210 KB]

   ...the Minister emphasise the importance of the Commission being independent from Government https://www.justice.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Publications/CCRC-Establishment-Advisory-Group-biographies.pdf in Wellington and the major judicial centres in Auckland and Wellington. Location in a university city was an important consideration too. The importance of the independence of the Commission cannot be overstated. You can read more about the Minister’s announcement on the Beehive website her...

2. Director of Human Rights Proceedings v Crampton [2015] NZHRRT 35 [pdf, 151 KB]

   ...defendant DATE OF HEARING: 22, 23 and 24 June 2015 DATE OF DECISION: 29 July 2015 DECISION OF TRIBUNAL Introduction [1] Mr Crampton is a journalist by occupation. In early 2013 he was a member of the Executive Committee of the Massey University Extramural Students’ Society (EXMASS), holding the office of Vice-President. [2] By letter dated 15 March 2013 some of the members of the Executive Committee (including Mr Crampton) sent to the then President of EXMASS (who...

3. [2016] NZEmpC 26 Ale v Kids At Home Limited [pdf, 86 KB]

   ANNA ALE v KIDS AT HOME LIMITED NZEmpC AUCKLAND [2016] NZEmpC 26 [22 March 2016] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT AUCKLAND [2016] NZEmpC 26 EMPC 108/2015 IN THE MATTER OF a challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority AND IN THE MATTER of an application for costs BETWEEN ANNA ALE Plaintiff AND KIDS AT HOME LIMITED Defendant Hearing: By submissions filed on 5 and 25 January 2016 Appearances: A Hop...

4. Affirmation of Mr Nicholas Head dated 9 December 2016 [pdf, 32 MB]

   ...Crown Research Institute, Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd, as a botanist for the Rabbit and Land Management Programme and Semi-Arid Lands Programme, based in Alexandra. 6. I have a Master of Science (Hons) degree in plant ecology from Lincoln University and a BSc with a double major in plant ecology and physical geography from the University of Canterbury. 7. My role involves ecological and botanical work for DOC's Southern Service Centre, with a particular focus on threate...

5. Attitudes to crime & punishment: a New Zealand study [pdf, 541 KB]

   ...crime seriousness have been conducted here. In the early 1990s, a study of 115 Christchurch residents was carried out to determine their perceptions of the relative seriousness of 25 crimes (Davis & Kemp 1994). Later in the decade, a study of 273 Auckland City residents was undertaken to find out Aucklanders’ views about crime (Shirley et al. 1998). Introduction ___________________________________________________________ 3 Public opinion of the criminal justice system has also been...

6. [2016] NZSSAA 71 (18 July 2016) [pdf, 178 KB]

   ...became entitled to his pension in 1996. The nature of his pension is not changed by subsequent legislation or a programme that did not exist at the time his entitlement to pension crystallised. [26] It is apparent that Taiwan did not have universal social security coverage at the time the appellant gained his pension. Under the scheme set up by the Labour Insurance Act, if the appellant was an employee in a firm of more than five people he may have been entitled to a lump sum...

7. [2019] NZSAAA 1 (4 February 2019) [pdf, 417 KB]

   ...brother, was removed from her biological parents and taken into the custody of the Ministry for Vulnerable Children, Oranga Tamariki. In 2002, aged 41/2, she was placed in the care of Mr and Mrs M and remained with them until she moved out to attend university at the end of January 2017. Mr and Mrs M never had formal custody of the appellant, which remained with the Ministry until she attained the age of 17, and, on legal advice, declined to be appointed as guardians when the caregiving...

8. New survey tells New Zealanders’ crime experiences

   ...information and data for the Ministry of Justice, Statistics New Zealand, Ministry of Social Development, Te Puni Kōkiri, the Police, Department of Corrections, Oranga Tamariki, and the Ministry for Women. “It will also be of great interest to the universities and NGOs working in the justice sector,” he says. Mr Swindells says the survey uses improved methodology and replaces the previous NZ Crime and Safety Survey that took years to publish the results. “Because this is the first survey...

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9. New crime survey tells 8,000 New Zealanders' experience of crime

   ...valuable information and data for the Ministry of Justice, Statistics New Zealand, Ministry of Social Development, Te Puni Kōkiri, the Police, Department of Corrections, Oranga Tamariki, and the Ministry for Women. 'It will also be of great interest to the universities and NGOs working in the justice sector,' he says. Mr Swindells says the Survey uses improved methodology and replaces the previous NZ Crime and Safety Survey that took years to publish the results. 'Because this is the first sur...

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10. ENVC Hearing 6Oct14 TGKL lay attach 12 ecological compense [pdf, 172 KB]

    EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Ecological compensation involves remedying or offsetting loss of natural values through the implementation of compensatory action. These actions are determined through the process of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). This report defines ecological compensation as: “positive conservation actions required by resource consent and intended to compensate for residual adverse effects of development and resource use”. The Resource Management Act 1991 (RM