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1. LCRO 175/2018 QA v SZ (1 May 2020) [pdf, 117 KB]

   ...interest in the property and Mr EA’s interest was clarified (the transaction). [6] Sometime later, when accounts were being prepared, the question of tax on the transaction came up. The accountant preparing accounts on instructions from Mr QA requested advice from a specialist tax accountant. The advice that came back was that the timing of the transaction, so soon after the trust had first purchase the property, gave rise to a tax liability for the trust, and valuations shoul...

2. [2020] NZSSAA 20 (9 November 2020) [pdf, 222 KB]

   ...explaining that on the information it had it would dismiss the appeal. However, it gave XXXX the opportunity to challenge the indicative view of factual and legal matters that are set out below. The Authority said: [1.1] She had the opportunity of requesting a hearing, or [1.2] providing any further written material. [2] She provided further material but did not request a hearing. [3] Accordingly, we now issue this final decision, taking the further material into account. Backgrou...

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

   Justice Centre | 19 Aitken Street DX SX10088 | Wellington T 04 918 8800 | F 04 918 8820 1 April 2025 Our ref: OIA 120014 Dear Official Information Act request: Pātaka Whenua Thank you for your email of 4 March 2025, requesting information about the Māori Land Court’s Pātaka Whenua system and a copy of the Post-Implementation Review (PIR) of the Whenua Māori Programme, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act). Your request was as follows: I’m g...

4. [2019] NZEnvC 030 Zindia Limited v Marlborough District Council [pdf, 5.7 MB]

   ...residue in gullies. • The preference for harvesting to be staged and take place only in summer. After discussions with these submitters and individual letters to each addressing their particular concerns the applicant's forest harvest planners requested attendance at a pre­ hearing meeting. The meeting took place on 27 February 2013 and was attended by four of the submitters. Following th is and numerous further contacts by submitters with the applicant's forest harvest...

5. [2024] NZEnvC 183 Grenadier Ltd v Manawatu-Whanganui Regional Council [pdf, 402 KB]

   ...because Dr Keesing has failed to identify they contain recent coastal sand substrate and because the reconnaissance plot descriptions (RECCEs) which Dr Keesing undertook were designed for an alternative purpose such that they could not have informed the reclassification Dr Keesing undertook. [67] We note that the difference in calculated area in this instance is relatively small. The initial mapping (which Mr Whiteley prefers) identifies 1.71 hectares of stable dunelands that wo...

6. OIA-120087.pdf [pdf, 5.5 MB]

   Justice Centre | 19 Aitken Street DX SX10088 | Wellington T 04 918 8800 | F 04 918 8820 ContactUs@justice.govt.nz | www.justice.govt.nz 10 April 2025 Ref: OIA 120087 Tēnā koe Official Information Act request: Crimes Act reform and citizen’s arrest Thank you for your email of 6 March 2025 requesting information, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), about the proposed reforms to the Crimes Act, which would allow greater citizen arrest powers. Specifica...

7. Local Government Bill [pdf, 440 KB]

   ...time-constraints given the timeframe under which this Bill has been prepared. We have only seen version 8 of the Bill and we are understand that this is the first fully completed draft. We have been unable to see earlier versions of the Bill despite requests. We have, therefore, had limited opportunity to comment on this Bill and we are uncertain as to whether our comments have been incorporated. We have, however, based our advice on the understanding that the Department of Internal A...

8. [2016] NZEmpC 19 O'Shea (Labour Inspector) v Pekanga O Te Awa Farms Ltd [pdf, 247 KB]

   ...the Labour Inspector; yet ongoing breaches occurred. Given that context, the Authority determined that a penalty of $7,500 should be ordered for the failure to pay minimum wages and holiday pay; and $10,000 for a failure to provide records on request. [54] In Labour Inspector v Viewbank Dairy Limited, 15 a company employer failed to comply with an Improvement Notice relating to the production of records. The multiple breaches involved were a failure to maintain wage and time r...

9. Justice Matters - issue 17 - December 2019 [pdf, 5 MB]

   ...does not always live up to those basic aspirations. In December this Government announced its response to the release of two significant reports. Turuki! Turuki! from Te Uepū Hāpai I te Ora, and Te Tangi o te Manawanui: Recommendations for Reform from the Chief Victims Advisor, along with the reports released earlier this year - Inaia Tonu Nei and He Waka Roimata - tell us there is much we need to do if we want our criminal justice system to be safe and effective and if we want to...

10. Waitangi Tribunal - Te Paparahi o Te Raki inquiry timetable [pdf, 285 KB]

    ...evidence summary and answers to Tribunal Statement of Issues (TSOI) Counsel/witness 28 Apr 2015 Appendix A to Wai 1040, #2.6.123 5 Te Paparahi o Te Raki (Wai 1040) inquiry (stage 2) timetable as at 28 Apr 2015 Milestone/event/action Who Date Request for week 14 site visit Counsel/claimants Filing of long-term hearing timetable Counsel 1 May 2015 Report on aspects of political engagement between the Crown and Māori during the twentieth century (LIRP #1.1(a)/3.6) Tribunal...