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1. Eichelbaum report - appendices [pdf, 540 KB]

   ...of very young children are not based purely on the results of laboratory experiments. In recent years there have been a number of instances where allegations of sexual and/or physical abuse have emerged from interviews with preschool children in day care which have subsequently proven to be unreliable. In the Kelly Michaels case (State vs Michaels, 642, A 2d 1372,1385-91; New Jersey, USA, 1994) an investigation was sparked into possible abuse in a day-care centre for 3-6 year olds by a suggesti...

2. Putman v Jenmark Homes Ltd [pdf, 230 KB]

   ...Code. He said that the New Zealand standard had no authority as it had never been recognised by the Building Industry Authority as an 00026 Determination 24 acceptable solution and he said that a proven certifier should have taken more care with a Harditex system than with say a stucco plaster system which was recognised as an acceptable solution (although Mr Bloxham had described it as an alternative solution). He said that with vinyl wallpaper inside and paint outside, a...

3. Rec-Recap-2022-Q4-FINAL.pdf [pdf, 931 KB]

   Recommendations Recap A summary of coronial recommendations and comments made between 1 October and 31 December 2022 Office of the Chief Coroner | 2022 (4) i Coroners’ recommendations and comments Coroners perform essential functions within our society. They inquire into a range of unexpected deaths to establish the identity of the person who has died and the cause and circumstances of their death. While inquiring into a d

4. [2016] NZEmpC 42 ITE v ALA [pdf, 233 KB]

   ...employment and the tasks he was engaged on; details of project work with other local authorities which he was undertaking at the time of his departure; details of what happened to information garnered as a result of the project and how it was stored and protected; the extent of access the plaintiff had to information held by other organisations involved in the project; the background to the concerns that gave rise to the employment investigation and the “pointless witchhunt” whi...

5. [2021] NZEnvC 133 Woolworths New Zealand Limited [pdf, 1 MB]

   ...comprising: (i) a retail floor space of 5,155 m² inclusive of a supermarket of 3,490 m² on Lot 1 with the remaining 1,665 m² as retail – food and 3 beverage; (ii) community activities of 1,570 m² GFA comprising a medical centre and childcare centre; (iii) a swimming pool, cinema and gymnasium; (iv) a cinema of 641.7 m² GFA on Lot 12. (e) a two-storey apartment building comprising 32 residential units on Lot 1. [5] The combined GFA of floorspace for the retailing i...

6. [2022] NZEnvC 170 Director-General of Conservation v Northland Regional Council [pdf, 11 MB]

   ...(Users Group) H Andrews for Te Make Farms and Te Rarawa Faming Limited T Hovell and J Te Rata for Te Aupōuri Commercial Development Limited G Mathias and C Sharp for Northland Regional Council P Anderson and W Jennings for Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society New Zealand Incorporated (Forest and Bird) S Ryan for Far North Aquifer Protection Group Incorporated Mr A Burgoyne (no appearance) Date of Decision: 7 September 2022 Date of Issue: 7 September 2022 _________________...

7. LCRO 106/2018, 107/2018, 170/2018 and 181/2018 SY, [SAL] and DT v [Area] Standards Committee [X] (22 August 2019) [pdf, 462 KB]

   ...company and Mrs O owned the remaining 12.5 per cent. (A) and Mrs O also owned a holiday home in [Town] as tenants in common in equal shares. [8] (A) died in February 2015. Mrs O had been diagnosed with dementia and went into secure residential care shortly after (A)’s death. [9] (A) and Mrs O had five children, four daughters and one son: RB, NO, GO, EO and IO. All were independent adults with their own families at the time of (A)’s death. [10] RB was (and is) married to Mr...

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]

   W A I T A N G I T R I B U N A L R E P O R T 2 0 2 4 N G Ā M Ā TĀ P O N O The Principles NGĀ MĀTĀPONO The Principles W A I 3 3 0 0 W A I T A N G I T R I B U N A L R E P O R T 2 0 2 4 N G Ā M Ā T Ā P O N O T H E P R I N C I P L E S The Interim Report of the Tomokia Ngā Tatau o Matangireia – the Constitutional Kaupapa Inquiry Panel on the Crown’s Treaty Principles Bill and

9. [2018] NZEnvC 090 Cabra Rural Developments Limited v Auckland Council [pdf, 31 MB]

   ...incentive subdivision provisions could relate to either a small 4 number of sites in-situ or for larger developments a Master Plan approach to ensure that the issues identified in this decision are addressed, including particularly: (i) long term protection, enhancement and improvement of significant indigenous vegetation; (ii) long term enhancement and improvement of other indigenous vegetation; (iii) avoidance of the consequences of residential dwellings on indigenous ve...

10. Rātima v Sullivan - Tataraakina C Trust (2017) 64 Tākitimu MB 121 (64 TKT 121) [pdf, 874 KB]

    ...or that the transaction was fair. The use of strict liability in the context of a fiduciary relationship stems from fiduciary law’s traditional prophylactic approach: it is thought that prevention is better than cure in that this provides good protection to beneficiaries and removes temptation from fiduciaries. As Professor Matthew Conaglen has put it, “removing the fruits of temptation is designed to neutralise the temptation by rendering it pointless”. [8] In Adlam v Savag...