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1. Hoete v Faulkner - Motiti North C No 1 Block (2017) 136 Waikato Maniapoto MB 278 (136 WMN 278) [pdf, 302 KB]

   ...7 [23] A proposed plan was notified by the Minister on 15 December 2006. Commissioners heard submissions in July 2007 and issued an interim decision on 14 August 2007. A final decision was issued on 29 October 2009. [24] That decision was appealed, and appeals were heard by the Environment Court in late August 2012. An interim Environment Court decision was issued on 20 December 2012. Mr Graham Hoete was particularly active as an appellant throughout the Environment Court pro...

2. [2023] NZEnvC 028 Lang v Buller District Council [pdf, 541 KB]

   ...2022 the applicant, Westland Mineral Sands Co. Ltd, was granted resource consent by Buller District Council to carry out mineral sand mining within approximately 22ha of land near Nine Mile Beach, Cape Foulwind. [3] On 1 June 2022 the appellants appealed certain conditions of consent. The appellants are owners of properties along the western (Mr and Mrs Lang, Mr Gane and Ms Keppel) and northern (Ms Wilson and Mr Nicholson) boundaries of the mine site. [4] On 28 June 2022, the E...

3. Foster v Accident Compensation Corporation (Cover) [2025] NZACC 145 (4 September 2025) [pdf, 500 KB]

   FIN THE DISTRICT COURT AT WELLINGTON I TE KŌTI-Ā-ROHE KI TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA [2025] NZACC 145 ACAR 190/24 UNDER THE ACCIDENT COMPENSATION ACT 2001 IN THE MATTER OF AN APPEAL UNDER SECTION 149 OF THE ACT BETWEEN KANCHAN FOSTER Appellant AND ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION Respondent Hearings: 24 June 2025 and 30 July 2025 Held at: Auckland/Tāmaki Makaurau Appearances: B Cunningham for the appellant F Becroft for the respondent...

4. National Standards Committee v Sarah [2014] NZLCDT 26 [pdf, 45 KB]

   ...supporting material in October of last year. Since then he has taken no steps in response to the charge and we note that he is still a serving prisoner. [5] The four years imprisonment to which Mr Sarah was sentenced was the subject of an appeal to the Court of Appeal which was dismissed in September 2013 and we will refer at times to the sentencing notes of His Honour Justice Toogood on 3 May 2013. In sentencing His Honour referred to the lead offence being the charge whic...

5. LA - Part 2 - Areas of Law Mental Health [pdf, 538 KB]

   ...Health Matters Current Year Previous Year 20–– 20–– 20–– Number of Mental Health cases related experience Number of Criminal Court cases Number of Family Court cases Mental Health event types Section 16 Review Defended Hearing appeals Other: Other: summary of experience outside the last five years areas of Law Mental Health PArt 2 MOJ0052.2-JUNE13_AreAs of LAw – MentAL HeALtH PagE 2 / 4 PART 2 – Section 2 Demonstrating your experience and competence Case...

6. Atkinson v Ministry of Health (Joinder of Spencer) [2013] NZHRRT 42 [pdf, 41 KB]

   ...sufficiently particularised to assess whether Mrs Spencer’s proposed claim fell within the scope of these proceedings; and [4.2] Second, that these proceedings, including any joinder application, should be adjourned pending determination of the appeal now filed by the Crown in the Court of Appeal (Attorney-General v Spencer CA736/2013) against the decision in Spencer v Attorney-General [2013] NZHC 2580 (3 October 2013, Winkelmann J). [5] At a telephone conference convened on 12 Nove...

7. Davis v Davis - Estate of Charles Davis (2008) 137 Otorohanga MB 57 (137 OT 57) [pdf, 897 KB]

   ...Respondents' Submissions [4] The respondents submitted that the Court has a discretion in making an order for costs and that although the applicant was successful, an order for costs need not automatically be made in the applicant's favour: Re an Appeal by Tukairangi Poihipi (Smith, Spencer & Carter JJ, Appeal 1999/8, 12 August, 4 September 1999). The Maori Land Court will look at circumstances and relationships rather than necessarily awarding costs as a matter of cou...

8. Hikaka v Ngawhare - Komene 4A2 and other blocks (2016) 360 Aotea MB 127 (360 AOT 127) [pdf, 243 KB]

   ...Taneroa had the opportunity to file any further submissions within 1 month from the date of the judgment on the application as part of any proposed application for rehearing. [9] The letter filed by Ms Ngawhare does not seek either a rehearing or an appeal against that decision. Indeed it Ms Ngawhare states that the whānau are not opposed to the decision of the Hikaka whānau to form a whānau trust in their mother’s name. Rather their concern is to keep the shares originally...

9. 29 June Legal Aid News 2015 [pdf, 532 KB]

   ...work. By 1 July 2019, all 280,000 central government funded children’s workers will need to have been safety checked. More information on the Children’s Action Plan can be found here. The civil legal aid fee schedule and disbursement list for appeals against the decision to deny or revoke children’s workers exemptions can be found here. All legal aid applications for children's workers exemptions appeals will be managed in the Wellington legal aid office. http://www....

10. Ngati Whatua Orakei Whaia Maia Limited [pdf, 257 KB]

    ...AUCKLAND 1. NGĀTI WHĀTUA ORĀKEI WHAIA MAIA LIMITED (NGĀTI WHĀTUA ORĀKEI) gives notice under section 274 of the RMA that it wishes to be a party to these proceedings: • Panuku Development Ltd v Auckland Council (ENV-2018-AKL-000078) (the Appeal). 2. The proceedings are for direct referral to the Environment Court of an application under s87G RMA for resource consents for construction, occupation, use and maintenance of permanent and temporary infrastructure and under...