[2011] NZCA 595 CA439/2011 New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union v New Zealand Fire Service Commission [pdf, 293 KB]
...Fire Service Commission (the Commission) and the Union agreed on a process for collective bargaining (the Bargaining Process Agreement or the BPA). The relevant parts of the BPA, signed by the parties’ representatives, include the following clauses: 4. BARGAINING PRINCIPLES Bargaining will be undertaken in good faith. The parties to the bargaining commit: (a) To conducting the bargaining in an orderly, effective and efficient manner, and in accordance with this Agreement....