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1. Proactive release - Second Interim Regulatory Impact Statement: Consultation options for adoption law reform [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   ...process and other ways of caring for children. Its social workers assess potential adoptive parents. Oranga Tamariki also pre-approves and maintains a pool of potential adoptive parents whose profiles are shown to birth parents considering adoption. When requested by the Family Court, Oranga Tamariki will assess adoptive applicants and provide the Court with a social worker’s report. Oranga Tamariki’s involvement varies between cases, depending on the way an adoption application is mad...

2. [2017] NZEnvC 012 Envirofume v Bay of Plenty Regional Council [pdf, 7 MB]

   ...resources, totalling 215,340 hectares and accounting for 22% of the country's forestry sector workforce. The processing and manufacture of wood products and the manufacture of paper, paper products, printing and publishing are the two primary forms of employment related to wood processing in the region. The Port of Tauranga is the largest export port in New Zealand and the major international link for the region. The Port of Tauranga is a major component of the region's ec...

3. [2023] NZEnvC 001 Swap Stockfoods Limited v Bay of Plenty Regional Council [pdf, 3.6 MB]

   ......................................................................................... 39 B3 Witnesses appearing ..................................................................................... 39 B4 Our reviews of the evidence ....................................................................... 40 B5 Further information requirements ............................................................. 41 Section C The Decisions Version of PC13 and revised Rule AQ R22 agreed at medi...

4. Final-Technical-Assessment-K-Freshwater-Ecology-v2.pdf [pdf, 2.6 MB]

   ...................................................................................... 38 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... 38 REGIONAL COUNCIL STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT INFORMATION ........................... 38 NEW ZEALAND FRESHWATER FISH DATABASE, HORIZONS EDNA, AND ONE PLAN DATA .................................................................................................................... 44 SITE-SPECIF...

5. Legal Services Agency closure & annual report 2011 [pdf, 976 KB]

   ...responsibility is to review decisions of the Legal Services Commissioner. The Governor-General has appointed a full-time chair and several part-time lawyers to the Tribunal on the recommendation of the Minister of Justice. All matters that could result in requests for reviews by the Tribunal will first have to go through an internal reconsideration process. Under the new regime, lawyers will not be able to seek reviews of the Commissioner’s decisions on claims. A new Review Authority...

6. [2017] NZEnvC 165 Yaldhurst Quarries Joint Action Group v Christchurch City Council [pdf, 5.2 MB]

   ...does not draw any distinction between an application for a discretionary activity and an application for a non-complying activity,17 The decision whether to exercise discretion and grant (or refuse) consent necessarily entails a judgment that is informed having regard to the matters under s 104.18 The weighting exercise [33] The weighting of findings is critical to the determination of this appeal. The High Court in Stirfing v Christchurch City Council made the following observation...

7. Hall v Opepe Farm Trust (2010) 19 Waiariki MB 258 (19 WAR 258) [pdf, 442 KB]

   ...Second Respondent 19 Waiariki MB 259 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction [1] Background [10] The land [10] The trust [11] Financial position and performance [13] Procedural History [14] Request for trustees’ resignations [14] Interim injunction issued [15] Interim decision [20] Post hearing events [22] Mussel Farming Investment [25] Current status of the investment [32] Appli...

8. [2017] NZEnvC 150 Blueskin Energy Ltd v Dunedin City Council [pdf, 11 MB]

   ...its consumption needs; It proximity to the local grid; and .. an adequate sound perimeter around the turbine or turbine cluster. 4 [7] It is worth reflecting further on the conceptualisation of a "community turbine" because it informs the decision-making process leading to the selection of the Porteous Hill site. In a report prepared by the Trust for the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority, the report authors identify as a key consideration tlie change to th...

9. Revictimisation-Report.pdf [pdf, 4.8 MB]

   ...notes on crime variables used from NZCVS ................................................. 91 Appendix D, notes on demographic variables used from NZCVS ..................................... 92 Appendix E, notes on using offence codes to classify forms of victimisation ..................... 93 1 Background It is well established that a relatively small number of crime victims accounts for a disproportionately large number of criminal victimisations (e.g., Farrell and...

10. [2011] NZEmpC 35 Yang v LE Builders Ltd [pdf, 51 KB]

    ...industry”. The Registrar must then verify the various documents by identifying them as set out above and is then to transmit the documents, together with a copy of this judgment, to Delwynne Walsh, a New Zealand Police Forensic Examiner, with a request that her report (which is to be paid for by the plaintiff in the first instance) is to be made to the Registrar of the Employment Court at Auckland with copies to counsel for the parties. [7] Leave is reserved for either party...