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1. LCRO 222/2018 TE v KT and RG (18 March 2019) [pdf, 100 KB]

   ...has the capability to adjourn its process. There may be unfairness to both parties to some extent, but the Committee’s statutory jurisdiction is retained through the civil process so that the public interest is not neglected. [24] Mr TE’s request for an urgent determination is misguided. Mr TE accepts his NZLS file is complex. This Office cannot conduct a review or determine the substance of a complaint until a Committee has completed its enquiry, albeit further information...

2. Harland v Prentice - Mana Ahuriri Incorporated Society (2017) 57 Takitimu MB 1 (57 Takitimu 1) [pdf, 356 KB]

   ...negotiations; and by agreement dated 19 December 2013, agreed, in principle, that Ahuriri Hapū and the Crown were willing to enter into a deed of settlement. 3 [9] On 19 December 2013, the Crown and MAI signed an Agreement in Principle which formed the basis for the Ahuriri Hapū Deed of Settlement which was initialled on 19 June 2015 and signed on 2 November 2016. 4 [10] Ahuriri Hapū have, since the initialling of the deed of settlement, by a majority of 76 per cent, ratifie...

3. Privacy Act 1993 and Privacy Act 2020

   ...Principle 11 – Privacy Act 1993, ss 85(4) and 87 Director of Human Rights Proceedings v Crampton [2015] NZHRRT 35 (29 July 2015) HIJ v RST and UVW [2013] NZHRRT 41 Geary v Accident Compensation Corporation [2013] NZHRRT 34 Burden of proof – terms of request – information the subject of the request – duty to establish – Privacy Act 1993, ss 40 and 85 Reekie v Roberts [2013] NZHRRT 7 Burden of proof – unauthorised disclosure of personal information – loss of documents from depar...

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4. Doria v Diamond Laser Medispa Taupo Limited & Ors [2025] NZHRRT 12 [pdf, 335 KB]

   ...accordingly notice is issued in reliance upon that Act. The employer looks forward to you providing your notice of the date of return so it can manage your absence with a relief employee. [11] In response, at 9.26 pm that evening, Ms Doria’s mother requested that the nominated early carer leave be cancelled, that a letter advising of a proposal for early primary carer leave be sent to Ms Doria and her mother, and a work-related risk assessment be conducted by an independent profe...

5. Waitangi Tribunal bibliography 2020 Part 1 [pdf, 367 KB]

   ...information and insight into Crown-Maori relations from 1840 to the present day. This version of the bibliography is complete until the end of 2011. As we finish our large district historical inquiries and move our focus to contemporary and kaupapa claims it will continue to be updated to include further reports and evidence produced as part of our ongoing inquiry programme. Official Tribunal reports can already be viewed on our website soon after they are released. It is intended...

6. Matuku Ngati Maru Wharanui Pukehou Trust (2009) 245 Aotea MB 15 (245 AOT 15) [pdf, 306 KB]

   ...registration form, along with the nomination or voting form, and have that registration confirmed by a whakapapa validation committee. The new Ngāti Maru register was to comprise the existing CPT register plus those individuals submitting registration forms. [27] Mr Milner also noted that the draft trust order provides for the establishment of a whakapapa validation committee to review applications for registration and determine whether applicants have a whakapapa to Ngāti Maru....

7. [2012] NZEmpC 192 Sayers v S B McPherson Holdings Ltd [pdf, 71 KB]

   ...report the accident to his employer, the respondent. In essence, he alleged that he understood the respondent’s policy was that he did not need to report minor accidents and that he had discretion as to what should or should not be reported. He claimed to have formed this view based on what he said was ‘common knowledge’ and on certain instructions that had been given to him by his predecessor, Mr Graham Rubick. [8] After an investigation, Mr Sayers was informed on 17 Novem...

8. [2017] NZEmpC 117 Underhill v Coca-Cola Amatil NZ Ltd [pdf, 429 KB]

   ...Underhills and Coca-Cola. On 7 June 2016 both Kane and Tyrone Underhill wrote to Coca-Cola, inviting it to attend mediation with the “Department of Labour” with regard to termination of their “Employment Contract”. On the same day they also requested Coca-Cola to provide them with a statement in writing of the reasons for the termination of their “Employment Contract”. [22] On 14 June 2016 Mr Irvine responded by separate identical emails to the Underhills a...

9. ET v DG [2022] NZDT 46 (23 May 2022) [pdf, 105 KB]

   ...had not waived payment, I would be unable to find an enforceable contract between the parties. An agreement is only legally enforceable as a contract if the parties intended it to give rise to legally binding obligations. Taking into account the informal nature of the arrangement, the personal relationship between the parties, and the uncertainty of the terms (such as how much DG was to pay in total and when ownership would be transferred), I find that the parties only ever intended to mak...

10. EF v CQ & BQ [2022] NZDT 233 (29 November 2022) [pdf, 105 KB]

    ...do not allow the full cost of a new tub because the test for damages is the cost of an equivalent age and type of tub that is in “reasonable working order”. The cost of a new tub was $670.86+GST and in the absence of any second-hand tub cost information, I set the cost of an older second-hand tub that works for hot and cold water at $200.00. Kitchen tap 10. The claim about the kitchen tap is that its handle is shredded and therefore moves about loosely in its fitting. During the...