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1. [2023] NZEmpC 2 The NZ Tertiary Education Union Te Hautu Kahurangi O Aotearoa Inc v Vice Chancellor of the Auckland University of Technology [pdf, 259 KB]

   ...involuntary.18 He drew on observations made by the Court in Labour Inspector v Peter Reynolds Mechanical Ltd t/a The Italian Job Service Centre. While Mr Wicks referred to the Court’s decision in that case, it was the subject of a successful appeal to the Court of Appeal.19 [60] Mr Wicks submitted that in determining the level of a sanction it is appropriate to take into account:20 16 Employment Relations Act 2000, s 140(6). 17 Cooper v Phoenix Publishing Ltd [2020] NZEmp...

2. LCRO 144/2024 NQ v PW (28 March 2025) [pdf, 187 KB]

   ...scope of review [33] The nature and scope of a review have been discussed by the High Court, which said of the process of review under the Act:1 … the power of review conferred upon Review Officers is not appropriately equated with a general appeal. The obligations and powers of the Review Officer as described in the Act create a very particular statutory process. The Review Officer has broad powers to conduct his or her own investigations including the power to exercise for that...

3. LCRO 135/2024 FA v TK and GY (25 March 2025) [pdf, 184 KB]

   ...scope of review [45] The nature and scope of a review have been discussed by the High Court, which said of the process of review under the Act:1 … the power of review conferred upon Review Officers is not appropriately equated with a general appeal. The obligations and powers of the Review Officer as described in the Act create a very particular statutory process. The Review Officer has broad powers to conduct his or her own investigations including the power to exercise for that...

4. LCRO 9/2022 LJ v TW obo trustees of PQ and RQ Family Trust (19 June 2024) [pdf, 183 KB]

   ...scope of review [56] The nature and scope of a review have been discussed by the High Court, which said of the process of review under the Act:1 … the power of review conferred upon Review Officers is not appropriately equated with a general appeal. The obligations and powers of the Review Officer as described in the Act create a very particular statutory process. The Review Officer has broad powers to conduct his or her own investigations including the power to exercise for that...

5. Samuel v Samuel - Succession to Te Urupiki Samuel (2025) 334 Waiariki MB 271 (334 WAR 271) [pdf, 266 KB]

   ...to succeed to Te Urupiki’s Māori land interest; (c) Section 118 vesting Te Urupiki’s Māori land interests in the person’s entitled; and (d) Section 242 for payment of funds held to the persons entitled equally. [12] This decision was appealed to the Māori Appellate Court. Reihana Samuel appealed on the basis that he, and other members of the whānau, were not notified of the application before the lower court and were unable to present material evidence. Issues of natural...

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7. Explore the criminal justice system

   Car crash kills two, driver aged 20 is charged This is the story of how New Zealand's criminal justice system works – from the District Court to the High Court and the Court of Appeal. It all starts when 20-year-old Oliver Fender runs a red light, crashing his car and killing two people. We start with the night of the crash, and the lead up to him being charged by the Police with several crimes. In this section: The crime Before the trial Trial and prison Oliver's story in pictures...

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8. [2008] NZEmpC AC 22/08 NZ Amalgamated Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union v Marley NZ Ltd [pdf, 80 KB]

   ...the parties in Parkes had. Instead they used the term “appropriate rate” which was quite different to that used in Parkes and that difference must be given proper weight. [26] As invited to by the Court, Mr Wilton addressed the Court of Appeal’s decision in Radio New Zealand Ltd v Clark [1993] 1 ERNZ 270 at 271 in a subsequent memorandum. In Clark the Court of Appeal had held that both the Employment Court and the Employment Tribunal had placed too much emphasis on inter...

9. [2007] NZEmpC AC 45/07 Wyatt v Simpson Grierson Parternship [pdf, 97 KB]

   ...contained in s248 of the Employment Relations Act 2000, the Authority exercised the jurisdiction of the Employment Tribunal under the Employment Contracts Act 1991 in making that decision and that the proceedings in the Court were primarily by way of appeal pursuant to s95 of that Act. [9] As it was part of Mr Wyatt’s case that the cause of action with respect to the 1999 salary issue had yet to accrue, he framed the proceedings in the alternative as being a challenge to a deter...

10. Moeahu v Winitana - Waiwhetu Pa No 4 (2013) 310 Aotea MB 172 (310 AOT 172) [pdf, 214 KB]

    ...of his or her duties as a trustee. (2) The Court may at any time, in respect of any trustee of a trust to which this section applies, enforce the obligations of his or her trust (whether by way of injunction or otherwise). [37] The Court of Appeal in a recent judgment Rameka v Hall underscored the relevant duties of a trustee including the principal obligation of being familiar with the terms of the trust: 9 [28] The general responsibilities of responsible trustees are set out...