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1. Deputy Registrar v Teki-Clark - Tauakira No 2M No 4 (2024) 495 Aotea MB 123 (495 AOT 123) [pdf, 472 KB]

   ...4 Kake - Estate of Aldyth Kake (2020) 209 Taitokerau MB 134 (209 TTK 134). 5 Herewini - Te Tii Mangonui A3 (2019) 192 Taitokerau MB 170 (192 TTK 170). 6 Ratana v Tihi - Ruatoki B Section 23 and others [2021] Maori Appellate Court MB 290 (2021 APPEAL 290) at [19]-[21]. 7 Clarke v Rewha - Hauai No 2G Sec 2B (2019) 186 Taitokerau MB 68 (186 TTK 68). 495 Aotea MB 127 presumption was established in the Clarke v Rewha case because the shed was built on a concrete pad. [15] C...

2. [2024] NZEmpC 220 Very Nice Productions Limited v Ormond [pdf, 200 KB]

   ...Company’s financial situation. Impact of order on plaintiff’s ability to bring its challenge? [21] The Company has submitted that if security for costs is ordered, it may prevent it from being able to proceed with its challenge. The Court of Appeal has noted that where an order will have that effect, it “should be made only after careful consideration and in a case in which the claim has little chance of success. Access to the courts for a genuine plaintiff is not lightly to...

3. Campbell - Jacobs River 100 Block XXV Section 80 and others (2025) 95 Te Waipounamu MB 235 (95 TWP 235) [pdf, 241 KB]

   ...intervention. [20] It is also trite law that the Act’s underlying purpose is the retention and utilisation of Māori land by the owners, their whānau and hapū. As noted by the Appellate Court in Rata 3 [2013] Māori Appellate Court MB 159 (2013 APPEAL 159) at [27]. 4 At [30]. 95 Te Waipounamu MB 241 – Te Rongoroa A7 Block, the Act leans away from alienation and the facilitation of individual holdings towards collective outcomes for owners of Māori freehold land.5...

4. [2025] NZEmpC 106 Burgess v Tutton Sienko and Hill Partnership [pdf, 200 KB]

   ...security for costs stifling Mr Burgess’ challenge. She did so by referring to the conundrum facing Courts discussed by the Supreme Court in Reekie v The Attorney- General.11 That case was primarily concerned with providing security for costs on an appeal but contains comments that might be more generally applied. The Court’s concern in Reekie was about the possibility of a meritorious claim by an impecunious plaintiff being prevented with unsatisfactory consequences for access t...

5. [2025] NZEmpC185 Lanigan v Fonterra Brands (NZ) Ltd [pdf, 201 KB]

   ...default.13 Further, if the party in default is the plaintiff, the proceeding might be adjourned until compliance occurs or, if there are repeated defaults, it may be dismissed.14 [22] In Airways Corp of New Zealand Ltd v Postles, the Court of Appeal held that the pleadings define the ambit of the proceeding and the issues to which questions of relevance must relate.15 The Court also held that while relevance cannot be divorced from the pleadings it should not be looked at narrowly...

6. Auckland Standards Committee v Whale [2014] NZLCDT 22 [pdf, 89 KB]

   ...practice in the future. [39] We do accept the submission that the practitioner has been responsible in entering an early plea, however it has to be said that given that this matter was preceded by the findings of the Tribunal, and the High Court on appeal, in Davidson there was no real defence available to him in any event, thus the credit for this plea ought not to be too weighty. Benefit to the practitioner will accrue from the reduced costs arising out of his admission of the ch...

7. MFAT report Human Rights in NZ 2010 [pdf, 4.7 MB]

   Human Rights in New Zealand Ngä Tika Tangata O Aotearoa 2010 The plain English version of Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has been translated into the heritage languages of the five major population groups in New Zealand. They are Pakeha/European, Mäori, Samoan, Chinese, Indian. All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. I te whänautanga mai ö te tangata, kähore he here, e örite ana töna tapu, töna mana, me

8. Ngā Mātāpono – The Principles: The Interim Report of the Tomokia Ngā Tatau o Matangireia – The Constitutional Kaupapa Inquiry Panel on the Crown’s Treaty Principles Bill and Treaty Clause Review Policies [pdf, 6.4 MB]

   ...Rarawa), teacher and community leader, and her mokopuna, Irene Cooper, setting off from Te Hāpua for Wellington on the 1975 Land March ; Sir Robin Brunskill Cooke, Baron Cooke of Thorndon and Cambridge ONZ, KBE, PC, former president of the Court of Appeal (1986–96) ; and Tā Edward Taihākurei Durie KNZM (Rangitāne, Ngāti Kauwhata, Ngāti Raukawa), former chairperson of the Waitangi Tribunal (1980–2004) and High Court judge. The photograph of the Honourable Matiu Waitai Rata is...

9. LCRO 11/2024 GD and CZ v BO (30 May 2025) [pdf, 429 KB]

   LEGAL COMPLAINTS REVIEW OFFICER ĀPIHA AROTAKE AMUAMU Ā-TURE [2025] NZLCRO 070 Ref: LCRO 11/2024 CONCERNING an application for review pursuant to section 193 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 AND CONCERNING a decision of the [Area] Standards Committee [X] BETWEEN GD and CZ Applicants AND BO Respondent DECISION The names and identifying details of the parties in this decision have been changed. Introduction [1] Mr GD (f

10. Ministry-of-Justice-Annual-Report-2021-22.pdf [pdf, 5 MB]

    ...commissioning, designing and improving our services. We host the Joint Venture Business Unit and are part of the Joint Venture, Family Violence Sexual Violence. We support the judiciary to deliver court services for the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, High Court, District Court and Specialist Courts. We also provide support to 27 tribunals in New Zealand. We contract with over 2,400 individual providers (lawyers and employment advocates) to provide legal aid services to support p...