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1. 2020-AKL-084 Fonterra Limited v Waikato Regional Council [pdf, 382 KB]

   ...including Fonterra, must be filed within 50 working days of 28 April 2020 ([2020] NZEnvC 051, at [B]). Grounds for Appeal General grounds of appeal 5. Fonterra strongly supports Te Ture Whaimana o Te Awa o Waikato and the need to restore and protect the water bodies within the PC 1 catchments within a generation. 6. Fonterra strongly supports PC 1 as being an important first step towards achieving that ultimate objective, however Fonterra does not consider that the...

2. Trustees of Owhaoko C Trust v Karena - Owhaoko C Trust (2017) 59 Takitimu MB 288 (59 TKT 288) [pdf, 436 KB]

   ...over time there is often a strong wish to recover such lands, especially those areas with iconic significance and where the opportunity presents itself for such restoration. But those objectives cannot override the trustees’ principal duties of protecting the existing assets of the trust and their duty to act prudently. [75] The Court of Appeal agreed with the concurrent findings of the Courts below that failure to obtain professional advice concerning, in that case, a significant...

3. [2021] NZACC 50 - Astle v ACC (17 March 2021) [pdf, 224 KB]

   ...[30] On 1 September 2017, Dr Walker, Occupational Medicine Specialist, carried out a medical case review. He assessed the appellant in person for just under an hour. He had been provided with information from the injury of 25 August 2005, East Care Medical notes from various dates and a range of reports from 2017. [31] The review includes the following: Current situation and general functioning: Adele describes pain across her lower lumbar region without radiation. Pain is...

4. Thomas v Ministry of Social Development [2024] NZHRRT 63 [pdf, 356 KB]

   ...and call up its mortgage) was humiliating and demeaning. [64.5] The fact that MSD contacted his business partners, accountants and insurers created a stigma on his reputation. [64.6] He and Ms Hawe still need to deal with MSD over ongoing care concerns for Ms Hawe’s handicapped child. Such contact is always unpleasant, and Mr Thomas considers that he and Ms Hawe are belittled and made to feel humiliated and demeaned. [65] MSD submitted that: [65.1] There is no causal...

5. Beef + Lamb NZ - EiC - A N Burtt - Economic (5 Feb 2021) [pdf, 327 KB]

   ...considerably between farm types). The other area provides non-farming services – such as native vegetation cover – a substantial portion of New Zealand’s native vegetation is on sheep and beef farms. Most of New Zealand’s covenants that protect land in perpetuity under the QEII National Trust are on sheep and beef farms. 6 9. Greenhouse gas emissions for the sheepmeat sector are 40 per cent lower than 1990 levels; and for the beef cattle sector they are down 10 per cent...

6. LCRO 154/2023 FH and NH v WA, BF and DT Limited (28 February 2024) [pdf, 347 KB]

   LEGAL COMPLAINTS REVIEW OFFICER ĀPIHA AROTAKE AMUAMU Ā-TURE [2024] NZLCRO 013 Ref: LCRO 154/2023 CONCERNING an application for review pursuant to section 193 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 AND CONCERNING a decision of the [Area] Standards Committee [X] BETWEEN FH and NH Applicants AND WA, BF and DT LIMITED Respondents DECISION The names and identifying details of the parties in this decision have been changed. Introd

7. Process evaluation for the Alcohol & Other Drug Treatment Court [pdf, 1.3 MB]

   ...AOD treatment. While options for community housing have improved through increased accommodation and the introduction of the housing coordinator, finding suitable housing, including transitional housing, is an ongoing challenge.  Continuing care is not available for all AODT Court participants after completion of a treatment programme, creating reliance on case managers to fill this gap and support AODT Court participants through relapse.  A majority of the participants reporte...

8. Proactive release - Electoral Amendment Bill and Referendums Framework Bill [pdf, 2.1 MB]

   Hon Andrew Little Minister for Justice Proactive release - Electoral Amendment Bill and Referendums Framework Bill Date of issue: 13 August 2019 The following documents have been proactively released in accordance with Cabinet Office Circular CO (18) 4. Some information has been withheld on the basis that it would not, if requested under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA), be released. Where that is the case, the relevant section of the OIA has been noted and no public inter

9. OIA-120014.pdf [pdf, 5.9 MB]

   ...The ability for landowners to choose to resolve their dispute through a free, tikanga- based mediation service provided by the Māori Land Court. • Updates to provisions regarding succession, occupation and landlocked land, and to strengthen the protections for Māori land. • The ability for judges to appoint experts in tikanga Māori and whakapapa as additional members of the Māori Land Court and hold judicial settlement conferences to assist parties to a dispute to settle a cl...

10. 2023-09-27-SOE_Mark-St-Clair_Planning-+-Attachments.pdf [pdf, 2.4 MB]

    IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT WELLINGTON REGISTRY I TE KŌTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA ROHE ENV-2023-WLG-000005 UNDER the Resource Management Act 1991 IN THE MATTER the direct referral of applications for resource consents and notices of requirement under sections 87G and 198E of the Act for the Ōtaki to North of Levin Project BY WAKA KOTAHI NEW ZEALAND TRANSPORT AGENCY Applicant STATEMENT OF EVIDENCE OF MARK LESLIE ST CLAIR ON BEHALF OF