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1. Notes from Crown Maori Relations hui Taupo 20 May 2018 [pdf, 440 KB]

   ...‘significant iwi/Māori sites’ and suggested that this needed to change for the better. Taupō Crown/Māori Relations engagement hui notes (20 May 2018) Page 3 of 5 The Crown’s intent • Developing meaningful and enduring relationships – A number of speakers noted that the Crown/Māori relationship has historically been one-sided with the Crown dictating terms, with a few indicating that their experience of the relationship was not good. One speaker...

2. [2021] NZEnvC 046 AK Rental and Investments Ltd v Auckland Council [pdf, 556 KB]

   ...dependent on the city council. \Y/ e therefore believe that the Environment Court should accept our appeal. 2. This resource consent application has been processed for nearly 3 years since it was lodged (5 February 2018). During this time, we have endured all the stress, financially and emotionally. At stages, we were extremely pushed by Admin Team to pay the fees for incomplete works. 3. Considering the current level of high risk to us, tenants, and other pedestrians and drivers, we...

3. Feng v Zhang [2016] NZIACDT 41 (12 August 2016) [pdf, 176 KB]

   ...86; its orders are different from orders made under the Sentencing Act 2002. The Tribunal’s orders are provable in bankruptcy, unlike orders made under the Sentencing Act. Accordingly, the Tribunal’s orders are like other civil debts and do not endure through a bankruptcy. Accordingly, the ability to pay does not affect orders in the same way it does for reparation orders. [6.2] The Tribunal has regarded its orders for financial penalties as matters where it has some discretion; it d...

4. Notes from Crown Maori Relations hui Taupo 20 May 2019 [pdf, 433 KB]

   ...with ‘significant iwi/Māori sites’ and suggested that this needed to change for the better. Taupō Crown/Māori Relations engagement hui notes (20 May 2018) Page 3 of 5 The Crown’s intent • Developing meaningful and enduring relationships – A number of speakers noted that the Crown/Māori relationship has historically been one-sided with the Crown dictating terms, with a few indicating that their experience of the relationship was not good. One speake...

5. Family Court rewrite submission: Skylight Trust [pdf, 497 KB]

   ...happening throughout Aotearoa. ‘We have a survivor who is waiting for her trial in March 2019. The alleged offender is her ex-partner and her children's father. They are going through the family court as he wants custody. She is having to endure round table meetings and family court sessions with her ex-partner involved, and it is extremely hard on her having to be in the same room as him. The family court and criminal court are two separate systems therefore her trauma is...

6. [2020] NZEnvC 206 O'Reilly v Cruice Farms Ltd [pdf, 1.5 MB]

   ...time and it issued a s224(c) certificate.22 The Council considers that all of the conditions of the resource consent were satisfied and does not consider there is a current breach of the resource consent.23 Counsel notes that condition 10 is not an enduring condition, and as the condition was satisfied and the s224(c) certificate issued, this condition has been discharged.24 [15] The Council also notes that Mr O'Reilly's allegations with regard to the Building Act 2004 do...

7. Auckland Standards Committee 4 v Holdaway [2022] NZLCDT 49 (22 December 2022) [pdf, 145 KB]

   ...likely reasons for her defaults, and our assessment of Ms Holdaway’s abilities to achieve an acceptable standard of practice (timely communication and timely fidelity to client instructions) in the interim. How long will the interim suspension endure? [10] The charges have been adjourned, probably to early March 2023. Unless the interests of justice require yet another adjournment, the period of risk to her clients is more than two months. Ms Holdaway has been slow to provide mate...

8. CH & WZ v W Ltd [2024] NZDT 258 (22 March 2024) [pdf, 189 KB]

   ...structural issues that failed further during the flooding, but did not constitute single accidental event or sudden damage that is an eligible claim under the insurance policy. 8. CH said that the property sits lower than its neighbours and as a result endured more flooding damage. The contractor quote he submitted attributes the damage to the flood event. 9. When weighing the evidence, I find that on the balance of probabilities, some wear and tear compromising the structural integri...

9. OIA-102050.pdf [pdf, 7.8 MB]

   ...and targeted engagement on the reform of adoption laws, and sought your in-principle decisions on a number of the central policy decisions for reform. 15. In February 2022, you agreed to a modified form of adoption that would support creating new enduring family relationships for children, without many of the harmful aspects of our current law. You also agreed to some key features for a modified form of adoption, in line with the reform objectives. The decisions you made in February 202...

10. ENVC paper Preparing for an Environment Court hearing 2014 [pdf, 74 KB]

    ...shouldn’t it be thought efficient to be able to save many days of hearing and at the same time to be able to avoid lugging around the countryside, twenty, thirty, or more lever-arch folders of material per panel member? (An identical experience is endured by parties). Yes, there are mild security issues around use of i-Pads, but care in the manner of use of them can limit the risks, and are frankly not hard to implement. [16] I look forward to the day when all members of the Court...