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1. Waitangi Tribunal Guide to Practice 2023 [pdf, 900 KB]

   GUIDE TO THE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE OF THE WAITANGI TRIBUNAL August 2023 A Comprehensive Practice Note Issued under Clause 5(9) and (10) of Schedule 2 to the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 This Guide replaces the following practice notes : . ‘Mediation’, 18 September 1990 . ‘Translations’, 29 June 1991 . ‘Claim Terminology’, 1 July 1991 . ‘Claim Priorities’, 18 July 1991 . ‘Negotiations and Settlements’, 22 August 1991 . ‘State Enterprise and Education L

2. Regulatory Impact Statement: Second phase of reforms to the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism regime [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   1 Regulatory Impact Statement: Second phase of reforms to the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism regime Agency Disclosure Statement 1. This Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) has been prepared by the Ministry of Justice. The RIS provides an analysis of options to enhance and extend New Zealand’s anti-money laundering and countering financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regime. Previous decisions have limited the scope of the options considered 2

3. Director of Human Rights Proceedings v New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants [2015] NZHRRT 54 [pdf, 182 KB]

   ...outcome of the review was that NZICA decided to carry out a re-review of the practice within 12 months. [19] The re-review was conducted on 24 February 2011. On that occasion the reviewers were Mr S Cann and Mr J Vague, both of Auckland. At the feedback session held at the end of the day Mr Newson and Mr Cann discussed various issues concerning particular files. In the course of those discussions Mr Cann made reference to a file which Mr Newson understood to be the NZICA file relating...

4. The sex industry in New Zealand: a literature review [pdf, 470 KB]

   The Sex Industry in New Zealand: A Literature Review Jan Jordan This literature review was commissioned by the Ministry of Justice. The report has been prepared by the author and the views expressed in it are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the Ministry of Justice. March 2005 2 First pub

5. Tucker & Ors as Trustees of the Ngahere Trust v Tucker [pdf, 256 KB]

   ...Certifiers (Whangarei) Limited (“BCWL”) (Now in Liquidation). BCWL carried out all inspections of the owners’ property and BCWL issued the Code Compliance Certificate for the owners’ dwellinghouse. Under Section 50(3) of the Building Act 1991 no civil proceedings may be brought against a Territorial Authority for anything done in good faith in reliance on a building certificate, or a Code Compliance Certificate establishing compliance with the provisions of the Building Code...

6. Research report: Without notice applications in the Family Court [pdf, 1.7 MB]

   ...don’t know how the Family Court works and what judges are looking for and what you need to say or to put in the form, then you can’t do the best job possible, you can’t represent your kids well. (Court applicant) • High levels of stress and feeling vulnerable emotionally make it difficult to do what is needed (i.e. represent themselves and their children well). I was a complete mess when I filled out that application, and as a result, my application was really incoherent. No...

7. [2009] NZEmpC CC 10/09 Rooney Earthmoving Ltd v McTague and ors [pdf, 175 KB]

   ...case proceeding on that basis was made. Factual background [9] Unless otherwise indicated, all the material events took place in 2004. REL is part of a South Island based group of companies specialising in earthmoving and other civil works, employing about 200 staff. It has been operating for some 30 years. It had been competing with another company, Doug Hood Ltd (DHL) in mid Canterbury. Gary Rooney, the principal director and shareholder of REL, was offered th...

8. Electoral-Matters-Bill_Combined_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 12 MB]

   Hon Paul Goldsmith Minister of Justice Proactive release - Electoral Amendment Bill and Constitution Amendment Bill Date of issue: 06 August 2025 The following documents have been proactively released in accordance with Cabinet Office Circular CO (23) 04. Some information has been withheld on the basis that it would not, if requested under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA), be re leased . Where that is the case, the relevant section of the OIA has been noted and no public inte

9. Proactive-release-new-Whanganui-Courthouse-Cabinet-Paper_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 8.3 MB]

   ...and difficult ground conditions ($ million), as well as an increase in the overall floor area to allow appropriate separation of court participants and allow better functionality ($ million), plus consequential impacts on design and consultancy fees ($ million) and contingency million). The Ministry has responded by simplifying the design and layout to identify cost savings. 6 The cost increases total $46.040 million taking the total capital expenditure to $99.740 million including l...

10. Trustees of Tauwhao Te Ngare Trust v Shaw – Tauwhao Te Ngare Block (2013) 2013 Chief Judge’s MB 567 (2013 CJ 567) [pdf, 193 KB]

    2013 Chief Judge’s MB 567 IN THE MAORI LAND COURT OF NEW ZEALAND WAIKATO-MANIAPOTO DISTRICT A20050016184 CJ 2005/57 A20060025171 UNDER Section 45, Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 IN THE MATTER OF Tauwhao-Te Ngare block (Formerly Rangiwaea 1A2C and Rangiwaea 1A1 blocks) BETWEEN THE TRUSTEES OF TAUWHAO-TE NGARE TRUST Applicant AND DONALD SHAW Respondent Hearing: 24 March 2009 at 137 Waikato MB 119-127 15 May 2009 at 98 Tauranga MB 175 16 June 2009 a