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1. [2023] NZEmpC 90 Fire and Emergency New Zealand v New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union [pdf, 291 KB]

   ...entitlements under the Act are minimum entitlements (s 6(1)). 6. An employer may provide its employees with agreed enhanced or additional entitlements (s 6(2)). [36] I respectfully adopt this analysis. [37] I also note the dicta of the Court of Appeal in Postal Workers Union of Aotearoa Inc v New Zealand Post Ltd, which discussed the purpose of the Holidays Act in these terms:9 [27] The plain intention of the Act was to provide to employees who had not worked on a public holi...

2. LCRO 94/2024 NS v WB (26 February 2025) [pdf, 173 KB]

   ...scope of review [41] 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 131/2024 RD v PS (28 January 2025) [pdf, 179 KB]

   ...natural justice.8 [20] The nature and scope of a review have been discussed by the High Court, which said of the process of review under the Act:9 … 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 tha...

4. LCRO 80/2024 DC v SA (24 February 2025) [pdf, 169 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...

5. LCRO 83/2024 AGM v CPF (24 March 2025) [pdf, 172 KB]

   ...scope of review [42] The nature and scope of a review have been discussed by the High Court, which said of the process of review under the Act:3 … 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...

6. LCRO 38/2025 XYZ Inc. v VNR and QBL (30 July 2025) [pdf, 184 KB]

   ...“technical points” on review. What is the nature and scope of the review? [24] The High Court has said of the process of review under the Act:7 … 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 f...

7. 2016 Ministry of Justice Annual Report [pdf, 2.8 MB]

   ...tribunals, and some court processes. We expect the Bill to be introduced to Parliament in late 2016. The average age of cases has reduced since 2013 DISTRICT COURT CRIMINAL CATEGORY 1 CASES DISTRICT COURT CRIMINAL JURY TRIALS HIGH COURT CIVIL APPEALS HIGH COURT CRIMINAL APPEALS COURT OF APPEAL CIVIL APPEALS ALL TRIBUNALS -22% -17% -33% -25% -45% -8% A nn ua l R ep or t 2 01 5– 16 11 Improve the user experience We’re particularly concerned with the experience c...

8. Trustees of the Rowallan Block XIII Secs 1 and 5 Ahu Whenua Trusts v Orbell - Rowallan Block XIII Secs 1 and 5 Ahu Whenua Trusts (2015) 28 Te Waipounamu MB 37 (28 TWP 37) [pdf, 358 KB]

   ...MB 52 (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). [55] In Clarke v Karaitiana the Court of Appeal stated that aside from the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court conferred on the Māori Land Court by s 237, the Court also has wide supervisory and enforcement powers under s 238. 4 The Court commented at paragraph [38] that: The...

9. Ngataki v Kumete - Parish of Karaka Lot 64D (2016) 121 Waikato Maniapoto MB 184 (121 WMN 184) [pdf, 383 KB]

   121 Waikato Maniapoto MB 184 IN THE MĀORI LAND COURT OF NEW ZEALAND WAIKATO MANIAPOTO DISTRICT A19990008028 A20030004701 A20030004702 UNDER Sections 24 and 315 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 IN THE MATTER OF PARISH OF KARAKA LOT 64D BLOCK (WHATAPAKA MARAE) AND PARISH OF KARAKA LOT 64A BLOCK (GENERAL LAND) BETWEEN TED NGATAKI AND RENA NGATAKI ON BEHALF OF THE TRUSTEES OF WHATAPAKA MARAE Applicants AND NGAHUIA KUMETE, SHARON

10. H Trust v Southern Response Earthquake Services Ltd [2019] CEIT-2019-0011 [pdf, 997 KB]

    ...is known as the policy standard. [42] Identifying the appropriate policy standard is the responsibility of the Court or Tribunal, using accepted methods of contractual interpretation; the correctness of that decision is challenged by lodging an appeal. Observance of the appropriate compliance standard is the responsibility of the appropriate Building Consent Authority; any decision it makes is challenged by seeking a determination from MBIE. [43] Although each policy standard is wha...