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1. Reihana v Benedito - Punakitere 4J2B2B [2018] Māori Appellate Court MB 32 (2018 APPEAL 32) [pdf, 246 KB]

   ...rights or interests. The requirements of natural justice are “flexible”, “adaptable”, and “context specific”, and cannot be neatly tabulated: “This is an area of broad principle, not precise rules”. Prescribing prescriptive rules of universal application would introduce “a new formalism” – a “recipe for judicialisation on an unprecedented scale”. The courts will look at the matter “in the round” to determine whether the process was fair. Higher standard...

2. Vaerla v Devi [2014] NZIACDT 3 (29 January 2014) [pdf, 87 KB]

   ...AND IDENTITY OF THE PARTIES NOT TO BE PUBLISHED PENDING FURTHER ORDER OF THE TRIBUNAL INTERIM DECISION REPRESENTATION: Registrar: In person. Complainant: In person. Adviser: Mr S Singh, Singhs Barristers & Solicitors, Auckland. Date Issued: 29 January 2014 2 DECISION Preliminary [1] The Registrar received a complaint relating to the adviser. [2] The Registrar identified the basis of the complaint as being that the adviser: [2...

3. Youngman v Waikato District Health Board (Strike-Out Application) [2017] NZHRRT 43 [pdf, 171 KB]

   ...HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2017] NZHRRT 43 Reference No. HRRT 066/2015 UNDER THE PRIVACY ACT 1993 BETWEEN KELVYN JAMES YOUNGMAN PLAINTIFF AND WAIKATO DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD DEFENDANT AT AUCKLAND BEFORE: Ms MA Roche, Co-Chairperson Ms LJ Alaeinia, Member Mr MJM Keefe JP, Member REPRESENTATION: Ms OJ Morgan for plaintiff Mr PM White for defendant DATE OF HEARING: Heard on the papers DATE OF DECISION: 17 November 20...

4. Badillo-Lopez v Uber New Zealand (Strike-Out Application) [2019] NZHRRT 18 [pdf, 232 KB]

   Reference No. HRRT 008/2017 UNDER THE PRIVACY ACT 1993 BETWEEN VICENTE BADILLO-LOPEZ PLAINTIFF AND UBER NEW ZEALAND DEFENDANT AT AUCKLAND BEFORE: Ms M Roche, Chairperson Dr SJ Hickey MNZM, Member Mr RK Musuku, Member REPRESENTATION: Mr V Badillo-Lopez in person Mr J Edwards and Ms R Carter for defendant DATE OF HEARING: Heard on the papers DATE OF DECISION: 22 March 2019 DECISION OF TRIBUNAL STRIKING OUT CLAIM1 [1] In February...

5. [2023] NZEmpC 70 Pietras v Vegar [pdf, 200 KB]

   ...before commencing his claim. 1 For clarity, the plaintiff, Mr Jacob Pietras is represented by counsel, Mr Joshua Pietras. Mr Pietras says he undertook 6 hours of work for Ms Vegar, but was not paid [3] In June 2020, Mr Pietras was a university student looking for extra income. [4] He saw a job advertised on the Student Job Search website. The job was for a fixed term role, collecting signatures for a parliamentary petition entitled “Stop Trading New Zealand Awa...

6. Xi v Body Corporate 198693 (Costs) [2024] NZHRRT 19 [pdf, 170 KB]

   ...aside a bankruptcy notice,14 in her opposition to the application to adjudicate her 9 Beauchamp v B & T Co (2011) Ltd (Costs) [2022] NZHRRT 30 (Beauchamp) at [15] and [16]. 10 Beauchamp as above, at [15]; referencing Smith at [5]; and Turner v University of Otago (Costs) [2021] NZHRRT 48, at [7.1]. 11 See Smith at [47] and Turner at [7.2]. 12 See Smith 4 at [5] and Turner at [7.1] and the table Costs Awarded published on the Tribunal’s web page. [ 13 Tao v Body Corporate 198693...

7. Rangahaua Whanui National Overview volume 2 [pdf, 1.7 MB]

   ...1890, 1910, and 1939 . . . . . . . . . xiii ix LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AJHR Appendices to the Journals of the House of Representatives app, apps appendix, appendixes BPP British Parliamentary Papers: Colonies New Zealand (17 vols, Shannon, Irish University Press, 1968–69) ch, chs chapter, chapters doc, docs document, documents DOSLI Department of Survey and Land Information ed edition, editor encl enclosure ff following fol, fols folio, folios GBPP Great Britain Parliamentary Papers ma Ma...

8. [2009] NZEmpC AC 26/09 Merchant v CE of the Department of Corrections [pdf, 35 KB]

   KEN MERCHANT V CHIEF EXCEUTIVE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AK AC 26/09 [25 June 2009] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT AUCKLAND AC 26/09 ARC 54/05 IN THE MATTER OF a challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority AND IN THE MATTER OF an application for costs BETWEEN KEN MERCHANT Plaintiff AND CHIEF EXCEUTIVE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS Defendant Hearing: Submissions received 30 January & 3 April 2009 Judgment: 25 June 2009...

9. [2016] NZSSAA 028 (20 April 2016) [pdf, 78 KB]

   [2016] NZSSAA 028 Reference No. SSA 168/15 IN THE MATTER of the Social Security Act 1964 AND IN THE MATTER of an appeal by XXXX of Auckland against a decision of a Benefits Review Committee BEFORE THE SOCIAL SECURITY APPEAL AUTHORITY Ms M Wallace - Chairperson Mr K Williams - Member Lady Tureiti Moxon - Member HEARING at AUCKLAND on 8 March 2016 APPEARANCES The appellant in person P Siueva for the Chief Executive of the Ministry of Social...

10. [2009] NZEmpC AC 12/09 Service and Food Workers Union Inc & Anor v Spotless Services (NZ) Ltd [pdf, 32 KB]

    ...placed on notice boards or given to staff. [18] That ground of opposition impresses me as more soundly based. If, as Spotless says it will in evidence, the company establishes that subsequent notices affecting the lockout were not displayed universally, I do not think it can be said with sufficient certainty that the legal effect of the whole lockout was nullified thereby. The case may turn on what employees in different locations understood the nature of the proposed lockout to...