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1. [2024] NZEnvC 150 Kaiuma Farm Limited v Marlborough District Council [pdf, 395 KB]

   ..._______________________________________________________________ 2 A: We find that the commissioner was wrong to have concluded that he had jurisdiction to allow an amendment to a land use consent to include a s15 discharge permit for the discharge of sediment. B: Costs are held over until after the substantive decision on appeal. REASONS [1] This is a decision on a preliminary determination of a point of law as to whether jurisdiction existed to allow the applicants to amend t...

2. Richardson v Accident Compensation Corporation (Work Related Gradual Process Injury) [2024] NZACC 161 (7 October 2024) [pdf, 247 KB]

   ...decision as a consequence of the Court’s finding on cover for a WRGPI and the resultant entitlements including weekly compensation which may flow from this cover. 13 Turner, above note 4, at [60]. 19 [69] Mr Richardson is entitled to costs. If these cannot be agreed within one calendar month, I shall determine the issue following the filing of memoranda. P R Spiller District Court Judge Solicitors for the Respondent: Medico Law Ltd....

3. Puohotaua v Paranihi - Rakato and Part Rakato B Maori Reservation (2024) 487 Aotea MB 53 [pdf, 298 KB]

   ...the s 98C(5) whereby I may control my own proceedings. [75] I will treat this request as a separate application and not connected to the Removal Application. [76] I now formally dismiss the Removal Application. [77] There will be no award of costs. Mauri ora I whakapuaki i te 10:00am i Heretaunga te 17 o ngā rā o Hongongoi i te tau 2024. Pronounced at 10:00am in Hastings on this 17th day of July 2024. A H C Warren JUDGE 46 I referred to this fa...

4. [2024] NZEmpC 250 High Performance Sport New Zealand Ltd v The Athletes Cooperative Inc [pdf, 289 KB]

   ...[90] As TAC did not validly initiate bargaining against HPSNZ, HPSNZ is not required to participate in collective bargaining with TAC. Outcome [91] HPSNZ is successful in its challenge, and the Authority’s determination is set aside. [92] Costs are reserved. Kathryn Beck Judge for the full Court Judgment signed at 4.30 pm on 16 December 2024

5. Moyer v Accident Compensation Corporation (Personal Injury) [2024] NZACC 210 (19 December 2024) [pdf, 338 KB]

   ...[86] I find Mr Moyer suffered a personal injury by accident under section 26(1)(b) of the Act and is entitled to cover for his personal injury under section 20(g) of the Act. Result [87] The appeal is allowed. [88] Mr Moyer is entitled to costs. [89] If the parties cannot agree I will deal with an application on the papers. Judge Jacqui Clark District Court Judge

6. Davis v Accident Compensation Corporation (Deemed Cover; Personal Injury) [2025] NZACC 79 (12 May 2025) [pdf, 3.9 MB]

   ...Davis cover for a lumbar disc prolapse with radiculopathy, in relation to her accident on 25 December 2022. [58] The decision of the Reviewer dated 14 October 2024 is therefore upheld. This appeal is dismissed. [59] I make no order as to costs. P R Spiller District Court Judge Solicitors for the Respondent: Medico Law Ltd. 5 Section 103(2).

7. Waitangi Tribunal theme D - Crown's right of preemption [pdf, 4.2 MB]

   ...speculative market for land in New Zealand was out of control, with dire consequences for Maori', as Michael Belgrave argues they had every reason to believe, they may also have feared, as he further:,; surmises, that 'Britain could be drawn into costly military intervention if that market could not be contained'. 33 Such an expense is one that the Colonial Office would have actively avoided.34 The implication in Belgrave's argument is that this may have?, induced the...

8. Evaluation of Waitakere & Manukau Family Violence Courts [pdf, 345 KB]

   ...Waitakere and Manukau Family Violence Courts: An evaluation summary • Describe the operation of the Waitakere FV Court. • Discuss the role of non-government organisations in the Waitakere FV Court, assess the level of support they provide, and at what cost. • Describe programmes provided by non-government organisations to both victims and offenders who have been involved with the Waitakere FV Court. • Describe the perceptions of some victims who have been involved with the Waitakere...

9. 2020-10-12-Key-Issues-Report-9-October-2020.pdf [pdf, 2.1 MB]

   1 Otago Regional Council Key Issues Report Plan Change 8 to the Regional Plan: Water for Otago and Plan Change 1 to the Regional Plan: Waste for Otago (The Omnibus Plan Change) 9 October 2020 Authors: Dolina Lee and Rachel Ozanne 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction ....................................................................................................... ...3 Summary of the state of the environment in the Otago reg

10. [2021] NZEmpC 69 Head v IRD [pdf, 679 KB]

    ...summary of these models, as set out in Prasad:7 [24] In a classic labour-hire arrangement the labour-hire agency (the agency) hires out the labour of a worker to another business (the host). The host pays a fee to the agency. The fee covers the cost of the worker’s services, plus some profit margin for the agency. The agency in turn remunerates the worker, who agrees to perform work for the host in accordance with their directions or requirements. Labour-hire arrangements diff...