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1. LCRO 35/2024 UX v RT (19 September 2024) [pdf, 265 KB]

   ...information was not provided with the complaint and was therefore not known to the Committee. 4 This information was also not provided with the complaint and was not known to the Committee. 4 response, he expressly stated that “[n]one of the legal costs are associated with litigation concerning building defects such as ‘leaky building’ problems. [17] The applicant instructed the respondent to confirm the contract. The pre- settlement statement provided by the vendor’s lawy...

2. Smith v Accident Compensation Corporation (Work-related gradual process injury) [2025] NZACC 189 [pdf, 463 KB]

   IN THE DISTRICT COURT AT WELLINGTON I TE KŌTI-Ā-ROHE KI TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA [2025] NZACC 189 ACAR 036/24 UNDER THE ACCIDENT COMPENSATION ACT 2001 IN THE MATTER OF AN APPEAL UNDER SECTION 149 OF THE ACT BETWEEN ALEXANDER SMITH Appellant AND ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION Respondent Hearing: 12 August 2025 Heard at: Christchurch/Ōtautahi Appearances: J Angus Burney for the appellant C Hlavac for the respondent Judgment: 6 N

3. Foster v Accident Compensation Corporation (Cover) [2025] NZACC 145 (4 September 2025) [pdf, 500 KB]

   FIN THE DISTRICT COURT AT WELLINGTON I TE KŌTI-Ā-ROHE KI TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA [2025] NZACC 145 ACAR 190/24 UNDER THE ACCIDENT COMPENSATION ACT 2001 IN THE MATTER OF AN APPEAL UNDER SECTION 149 OF THE ACT BETWEEN KANCHAN FOSTER Appellant AND ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION Respondent Hearings: 24 June 2025 and 30 July 2025 Held at: Auckland/Tāmaki Makaurau Appearances: B Cunningham for the appellant F Becroft for the respondent

4. Identifying & responding to bias in the criminal justice system: a review of international & New Zealand research [pdf, 1.3 MB]

   Identifying and Responding to Bias in the Criminal Justice System: A Review of International and New Zealand Research Identifying and Responding to Bias in the Criminal Justice System: A Review of International and New Zealand Research Bronwyn Morrison November 2009 2 Identifying and responding to bias in the criminal justice system This research was undertaken by the Research, Evaluat

5. [2022] NZEnvC 265 Aratiatia Livestock Limited v Southland Regional Council [pdf, 3.8 MB]

   IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT CHRISTCHURCH I TE KŌTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA KI ŌTAUTAHI Decision No. [2022] NZEnvC 265 IN THE MATTER of the Resource Management Act 1991 AND appeals under clause 14 of the First Schedule of the Act BETWEEN ARATIATIA LIVESTOCK LIMITED (ENV-2018-CHC-29) (and all other appellants listed in the Schedule attached) Appellants AND SOUTHLAND REGIONAL COUNCIL Respondent Court: Environment Judge J E Borthwick Deputy Environment Commissioner R M Dun

6. Waitangi Tribunal theme U - Land with All Woods and Waters [pdf, 1010 KB]

   ...Committee decided: the stated purpose of the [Resource Management Act 1991] is to promote the sustainable management of the natural and physical resources . . . [and is] not an Act designed to protect and conserve natural and physical resources at all costs, but an Act with the express intention of facilitating the use of such resources in a sustainable way. The Hearings Committee granted the resource consents sought by Coeur Gold.47 The majority decision of the committee was: They do not b...

7. E9 Kurt Grant - Construction Methodology - EIC - Applicant [pdf, 24 MB]

   ...discussed in paragraph 7.13 below). Construction will be progressed at several locations, often simultaneously, across the works area. This simultaneously staged approach enables the program to be progressed in an efficient manner, reducing the overall costs as well as enabling tight construction timeframes to be met. As with all large-scale infrastructure projects, the construction of the Project will result in environmental effects, and potential effects, that need to be addressed a...

8. [2022] NZEnvC 221 New Zealand Transport Agency [pdf, 1.8 MB]

   ...a final set of design drawings were also lodged on 2 November 2022. 1 [4] Subject to those conditions, the Notices of Requirement sought are granted, as are the Resource Consents. The final set of conditions is attached to this decision. [5] Costs (including possible costs under s285(5) RMA) are reserved . Any applications are to be lodged by 18 November 2022 and any responses are to be lodged by 2 December 2022. CJ Thompson Alternate Environment 1 The Applicants lodged final...

9. Domestic violence programme evaluation report [pdf, 1.8 MB]

   ...highest lifetime prevalence of physical violence amongst 14 developed countries – this despite much of the violence probably not being reported. Per year, the NZ Police identifies 30,000 perpetrators of family violence offences. The economic costs of family violence have been estimated at $4.1 billion per annum. $1.4B is spent on family violence and sexual violence each year, most of it on providing core responses (such as police call outs, hospital admissions, and prison), with $9...

10. [2007] NZEmpC WC 14A/07 CE of the Department of Corrections v Tawhiwhirangi [pdf, 170 KB]

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS V TAWHIWHIRANGI WN WC 14A/07 13 September 2007 IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT WELLINGTON WC 14A/07 WRC 13/07 IN THE MATTER OF a challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority BETWEEN THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS Plaintiff AND RAKAI TAWHIWHIRANGI Defendant Hearing: 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, and 25 July 2007 (Heard at Wellington) Appearances: P J Radich and K Spac