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1. IH v QM [2024] NZDT 389 (5 June 2024) [pdf, 101 KB]

   ...(Disputes Tribunal Act 1988) ORDER OF DISPUTES TRIBUNAL [2024] NZDT 389 APPLICANT IH RESPONDENT QM The Tribunal orders: QM is to pay IH the sum of $11,948.00 on or before 26 June 2024. Reasons: 1. QM listed a [car] on [platform] for $1.00 reserve. 2. IH bid on the auction. Shortly before the auction ended the two highest bids were removed, leaving IH the winner of the auction. 3. IH was concerned about the late removal of the two highest bids and ask...

2. TN & UX v N Ltd [2025] NZDT 81 (2 April 2025) [pdf, 180 KB]

   ...money had been stolen. N Ltd advised TN and UX in a meeting on 7 November 2025 that their wedding would not be able to be hosted by it, unless they paid their deposit again. The applicants were accused of somehow having facilitated the burglary and informed by N Ltd that they would not get a refund of their deposit. The procedural background to this order 2. Today was the second hearing in this matter, scheduled by way of telephone conference. The first hearing, also a telephone co...

3. Cook v Department of Corrections [2023] NZHRRT 21 [pdf, 218 KB]

   ...therefore lack jurisdiction in respect of the second request.24 [80] Mr Tennet accepted that conclusion on jurisdiction but emphasised he drew this event to our attention in support of his submission that the Department’s responses to the two requests was evidence of a systemic failure to respond appropriately and lawfully to information requests. [81] We do not consider that the Department’s responses to the two requests provide an evidential foundation that supports Mr Tennet...

4. L and M v EQC [2019] CEIT-2019-0036 [pdf, 169 KB]

   ...determines whether the Applicant is entitled to recover the sum of $18,697.02 from the Respondent (EQC) said to be due to her for emergency repair works carried out to a number of properties owned by her or whether she fully and finally settled those claims with EQC and is, therefore, not entitled to recover that amount. [2] For the reasons that follow, I find that the Applicant is bound by the settlement agreement she entered into with EQC, the result of which is that the Applicant...

5. Te Manutukutuku 77 [pdf, 7.6 MB]

   ...plant variety rights regime, one of four issues heard in stage 2. The report was prioritised to provide the Crown with the Tribunal’s findings ahead of its introduction of legislation on this matter. In July, the claimants and Crown jointly requested Tribunal-led media- tion, an alternative pathway for the resolution of claims available under schedule  2 to the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975. Led by Judge Damian Stone and Prue Kapua, in October 2020 the mediation succeeded in settli...

6. FH v GJ LCRO 87/2014 (7 Aug 2015) [pdf, 77 KB]

   ...[15] In addition to filing proceedings against Mr GJ and HK after the complaint was made, Ms FH also laid a complaint with the Police. The police complaint acknowledgement records the complaint as being that of “Theft (over $1,000).” Ms FH requested the Committee to defer consideration of Mr GJ’s complaint about her until these had been disposed of. The Committee nevertheless continued with its consideration of the complaint and its determination. [16] The disciplinary proc...

7. [2022] NZEmpC 200 Stewart v AFFCO New Zealand Ltd [pdf, 309 KB]

   ...before and after August 2020, he regarded himself as bound by the obligation to make himself available for such overtime. [19] He said he was a member of a relatively small service department. In reality there was no option to decline overtime if requested. To do so would have placed a lot of stress on co-workers. He considered there was “an absolute expectation” that he would undertake this work. [20] Overtime was common on Mondays to Fridays. It was also common on Sat...

8. [2022] NZEmpC 171 Alkazaz v Deloitte (No. 3) Ltd [pdf, 356 KB]

   ...third parties. He says that in mid-2017 he received a call from Mr Speers asking about Mr AlKazaz’s duties while he was employed by DeloitteAsparona. The conversation was followed up with an email from Mr Speers to Mr Rosser reiterating the request for comment and attaching a series of CVs received by Enterprise IT from Mr AlKazaz leading up to his employment. Mr Rosser says he told Mr Speers that he did not think he could help him. He says that on both occasions he spoke to...

9. Baker v Ngāti Tūwharetoa Hapū Forum - Te Matai No 1 and Te Matai No 2 [2015] Chief Judge's MB 900 (2015 CJ 900) [pdf, 248 KB]

   ...Tūtemohuta descent but, according to the applicants, the Te Matai owners’ claim is not representative of the Tūtemohuta hapū claim. [35] It was stated that the Trustees have started the formal process of withdrawing from the NTHF and have requested that NTHF does not proceed with Treaty negotiations on their behalf. It was submitted that there exist precedents where the Crown has allowed sub- tribes within Tūwharetoa to negotiate independent settlements, for example Ngāti...

10. IPT Practice Note 2/2024 Refugee and Protection [pdf, 512 KB]

    ...APPEAL 4. APPLICATIONS FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL OUT OF TIME 5. DEPORTATION APPEAL ON HUMANITARIAN GROUNDS 6. REPRESENTATION 7. CONTACT ADDRESS 8. FAMILY APPEALS AND CHILDREN 9. NEEDS OF APPELLANTS 10. OFFICIAL INFORMATION ACT AND PRIVACY ACT REQUESTS 11. ORDER OF DETERMINATION AND REQUESTS FOR PRIORITY 12. SUBMISSIONS AND EVIDENCE 12A. SUBMISSIONS AND EVIDENCE PROVIDED BY THE APPELLANT 12B. EVIDENCE GATHERED BY THE TRIBUNAL 12C. SUBMISSIONS AND EVIDENCE PROVIDED BY THE RES...