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1. Umuhuri Matahaere - Evidence in Chief [pdf, 7.6 MB]

   ...of the first district plan for Motiti proposed by the Minister of Local Government in 2004. This has been an extremely intensive and disruptive process which necessitated a very high degree of input from tangata whenua. The process resulted in appeals which ground through the Environment Court, High Court and then back to the Environment. Court and were finally resolved in January 2015. (b) We have been engaged with the Bay of Plenty Regional Council ("BOPRC") in relat...

2. [2010] NZEmpC 4 Lewis v Howick College Board of Trustees [pdf, 156 KB]

   LEWIS V HOWICK COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AK 19 January 2010 IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT AUCKLAND [2010] NZEMPC 4 ARC 82/08 IN THE MATTER OF a challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority BETWEEN RAYMOND CLENDON LEWIS Plaintiff AND HOWICK COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Defendant Hearing: 28, 29, 30 September and 1 October 2009 (Heard at Auckland) Appearances: Brian Henry and Grace Church, Counsel for Plaintiff Richard Harrison, Counsel f

3. [2014] NZEmpC 111 Bracewell v Richmond Services Ltd [pdf, 300 KB]

   ...obligations of probity and integrity over the use of public resources. 6 These recommendations were accepted and the statute was duly enacted in 2000. [15] A convenient overview of the statute is provided in the following statement of the Court of Appeal in Reeves v One World Challenge LLC: 7 The Protected Disclosures Act provides that if whistleblowers want to breach confidentiality agreements to expose wrongdoing they must do so via the regime provided for in the Act; onl...

4. Your guide to legal aid - Tongan [pdf, 668 KB]

   ...Tu‘unga Nofo Kumi Hūfanga´ (Refugee Status Branch) – Ma‘u Mafai ki he ‘Imikuleisoni´ mo e Malu ‘a e Kakai Fefolau‘aki´ (Immigration and Protection Tribunal) – Ma‘u Mafai ki he Tohi Tangi ki he Malu Fakasōsiale´ (Social Security Appeal Authority) – Ma‘u Mafai ki hano Toe Vakai‘i ‘o e Tu‘unga Tukuhau´ (Taxation Review Tribunal) – Ma‘u Mafai ki he Ngaahi Me‘a Fakaenofototongi´ (Tenancy Tribunal). ‘E toe ala ‘atā atu foki ‘a e tokoni fakala...

5. CAC 20004 v Li and Ors [2014] NZREADT 67 [pdf, 146 KB]

   BEFORE THE REAL ESTATE AGENTS DISCIPLINARY TRIBUNAL [2014] NZREADT 67 READT 003/14 IN THE MATTER OF charges laid under s.91 of the Real Estate Agents Act 2008 BETWEEN THE REAL ESTATE AGENTS AUTHORITY (PER CAC 20004) Prosecutor AND ZHONG (SAM) LI First defendant AND JANE WANG Second defendant AND CHRISTOPHER SWANN Third defendant MEMBERS OF TRIBUNAL Judge P F Barber - Chairperson Ms N Dangen - Member Ms C Sandelin - Member HEA

6. Turner v Auckland Council [2012] NZWHT Auckland 36 [pdf, 327 KB]

   ...3 Above n 2. Page | 24 function the Council was entitled to assume that the building work would be carried out by competent builders and trades people.4 [78] The finding of Heath J in Sunset was upheld in the Court of Appeal. Baragwanath J agreed that although there were flaws in the plans and specifications, a reasonable builder would have access to manufacturer’s specifications and would be able to achieve a workmanlike result. He observed that no pur...

7. Ruapuha Uekaha Hapu Trust - Hauturu East 8 Block (2008) 134 Waikato MB 3 (134 W 3) [pdf, 10 MB]

   ...trustees carry out the operations of the trust. [59] The trustees submitted that the Maori Land Court is bound by the general law on busts as set out by Blanchard J in The Proprietors of Mangakino Township v The Maori Land Court & Hemi (COUlt of Appeal, 2 June 1999, CA 65/99). That case was a review under section 351 of the Act. Blanchard J stated (at 7): 134 Waikato MB 18 "We entirely agree with McGechan J that a review 0/ the trust cannot sensibly be conducted unless t...

8. Taylor v Corrections [2018] NZHRRT 35 [pdf, 308 KB]

   ...Commissioner. [23] Ordinarily the Tribunal does not in its decisions make reference to the views reached by the Commissioner in respect of any particular complaint. That is because a hearing before the Tribunal proceeds on a de novo basis, not as an appeal. The fundamental principle is that the Tribunal must decide the case on the evidence and submissions received during the course of the Tribunal hearing, not in the course of the prior papers hearing held by the Commissioner. The Tri...

9. [2017] NZEnvC 160 Auckland Council v Lau [pdf, 2.3 MB]

   ...32 Weranui Road [37] 32 Weranui Road is situated in the Plan's Residential Mixed Housing Suburban Zone. In this zone, a resource consent is required for more than two dwellings on a property. As the relevant rule of the Plan is subject to appeal, a predecessor district plan rule remains operative and that requires resource consent for more than one dwelling and any minor dwelling. Three houses were relocated onto this property between 2013 and 2016. Retrospective resource conse...

10. Directory of Official Information 2019 V-Z [pdf, 775 KB]

    ...eligible qualifying service. The Panel comprises an employee of the New Zealand Defence Force and a representative of the Royal New Zealand Returned and Services’ Association. The Minister for Veterans appoints the: Veterans’ Entitlements Appeal Board which determines appeals of review decisions veterans and other claimants disagree with. This board consists of not more than four members of which one must be a lawyer who has at least seven years standing, and two 4 mus...