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1. Repatriations (2016/02)

   ...their own Funeral Director once the body is released. The process for repatriation should follow a similar course as with other sudden deaths dealt with by the duty coroner. From time to time as required, the chief coroner will formulate recommended forms for use by Funeral Directors and other agencies who may be involved. The current Funeral Directors report to duty coroner is attached.Notification to the coroner of overseas death for repatriation to New Zealand The duty coroner needs to be pr...

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2. Information Sharing Guidance

   ...violence sector to collect, use and disclose personal information for specified purposes. The new laws require those in the family violence sector to consider sharing information if it may help protect a victim from family violence, or if they receive a request for information. Operational guidance has been developed to support the family violence sector to use the new law. The guidance was developed in consultation with the sector and sets out the steps that should be taken when sharing inform...

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   3. Addressing family violence and sexual violence >
   4. Family Violence Act 2018

3. If a parent lives overseas

   ...New Zealand. For you to get child support, the country the other parent lives in must have joined 1 of the following 4 international agreements: Reciprocal Agreement with Australia Hague Convention of International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance (the 2007 Child Support Convention) Commonwealth and Designated Countries Agreement United Nations Convention for the Recover Abroad of Maintenance Agreement (UNCRAM) What agreement is the other parent’s country a me...

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4. Consistency with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990: Education and Training (Early Childhood Education Reform) Amendment Bill [pdf, 172 KB]

   ...that the provision applies only to people who have chosen to be subject to the regulatory regime in the course of business, and is no broader in scope than the existing obligation under s 619 of the Act to provide information to the Secretary on request. 10. Accordingly, we consider that any limit to s 14 is justified under s 5 of the Bill of Rights Act. Conclusion 11. We have concluded that the Bill appears to be consistent with the rights and freedoms affirmed in the Bill of...

5. [2025] NZLVT 006 - Cornille v Napier City Council (4 March 2025) [pdf, 190 KB]

   ...Improvements were not applicable. Agreement reached The Tribunal has received advice from Damian Hall, Quotable Value (on behalf of Napier City Council) Registered Valuer, that an agreement has been reached. Mr Hall has filed supplementary information setting out land values surrounding 1 Valuation reference 9880/66901. 2 Being the Napier City Council latest revaluation date. 3 7 Thompson Road, the background of valuations, and the basis for the agreement now reached....

6. [2025] NZLVT 40 - Budisulistyo v Whangarei District Council (27 August 2025) [pdf, 216 KB]

   ...(a) Capital Value: $710,000; (b) Land Value: $310,000; (c) Value of Improvements: $400,000. The onus of proof The Land Valuation Tribunal is a specialist tribunal, its primary task in determining rating valuation objections being to form a view as to the correct valuation. The onus of proof lies with the Objector, with the burden imposed being the persuasion burden.3 A party meets this burden by convincing the fact finder to view the facts in a way that favours that...

7. Smith v Waitakere City Council [pdf, 220 KB]

   ...prepared at my direction following the site inspection, the downpipes on the eastern side of the dwelling did appear to be connected to the drainage system. The matter is relevant to the scope and cost of the remedial work and to that extent, I requested Mr O’Hagan to prepare revised costings for the remedial work to take account of the changed site conditions which he did, and filed with the WHRS on 4 June 2004. [107] Mr O’Hagan’s costings for the revised scope of the re...

8. Cooper v Wellington City Council [pdf, 237 KB]

   ...1.18 At the commencement of the hearing I outlined my powers under the Act and advised I would endeavour to relax the rules of evidence and assist the parties in presenting the facts and allow them to question the other parties in an informal way. I would however be maintaining the principles of natural justice. 1.19 During the hearing I advised that the Responses to the Notice of Adjudication and the replies to the responses were a matter of record and I would refer to

9. Environment Court annual review 2015 [pdf, 2.4 MB]

   ...issues, but the Environment Court’s robust case management system now moves these along to prompt resolution by hearing, (and sometimes settlement prior to a hearing being needed). It should be recorded that there are cases where delays are requested by parties. Examples are given in another section of this Review that describes the use of the Hold Track. In its 2013 Final Report the Productivity Commission expressed a view that it might be desirable to consider the feasibilit...

10. Management Committee of Mangatawa Papamoa Blocks Incorporation - Lot 1 DPS 65413 and Part Mangatawa Papamoa SO 452445 (2018) 156 Waikato Maniapoto MB 77 (156 WMN 77) [pdf, 732 KB]

    ...have been repaid a total of over $3,000,000.00 of the original land advance and the villa component of the village will have a value of $54,000,000.00. It is expected that between 2019-2028 the loan and capital owing to Mangatawa and what was formerly known as RAPCo will be repaid. [16] PCV have nearly sold all their villas and are receiving significant enquiries. It is against the recent success story of the PCV, that Mangatawa now bring the current applications before the Court...