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1. Gill v ACC [2015] NZACA 4 [pdf, 104 KB]

   ...years. [17] At the age of three years, Lisa began to suffer grand mal epileptic seizures, resulting in a number of hospital stays. There were dozens of appointments with a large array of medical and health practitioners. There were hundreds of forms to fill out, with the appointments taking time and being stressful and emotional. There was worry and anxiety with the threat that something major could happen. This was with the family in the first few years. They jumped at every noise...

2. Youth Court - The Youth Courts of New Zealand in 10 years time [pdf, 635 KB]

   ...idiosyncratic approach; and 5. Significant advancement in our response to female offenders, role of education in addressing youth offending and developing the academic and jurisprudential youth justice arena. If New Zealand’s Youth Court was transformed to fully address and implement changes in each of these five areas, it would be a significantly improved and enhanced Youth Court, certainly from the standpoint of our 2015 perspective. We would have made some enormous strides and co...

3. Waitangi Tribunal - Interim report on the MV Rena and Motiti Island claims [pdf, 2.2 MB]

   ...Wellington 17 July 2014 E ngā Minita, tēnā koutou We enclose our interim report on the MV Rena and Motiti Island claims, which concern the Crown’s response to the wreck of the MV Rena on Otaiti (Astrolabe) Reef . We release this interim report to inform the pending all-of-government response to the resource consent application, lodged on behalf of the MV Rena owners, which seeks to leave some or all of the wreck on the reef . This interim report focuses on the Crown’s consultatio...

4. Te Manutukutuku Issue 71 [pdf, 7.9 MB]

   ...some improvements but was inadequate to settle past griev­ ances and also failed to protect the Muaū poko owners’ rights and inter­ ests in the years that followed. By the 1980s, Muaūpoko had walked out of the domain board, but promised reforms were never made. Perhaps most seriously, the Tri­ bunal found that the Crown’s actions, including its funding decisions, were complicit in the serious pollution and degradation of the lake and the Hōkio Stream. By 2010, Lake Horowhenu...

5. Ngati Pahauwera Letter of Determination 23 August 2016 [pdf, 866 KB]

   ...Trustees Ngati Pahauwera Development Trust Gardiner Knobloch House 15 Shakespeare Road Bluff Hill NAPIER 4110 Tena koutou Ngati Pahauwera determination of customary interests under the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011 This letter informs you of my decision in relation to the Ngati Pahauwera application for recognition of customary rights under the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011 (the Act) in the area from Poututu Stream to Ponui Stream and out to 12 n...

6. LCRO 275/2016 KN v YL (4 March 2019) [pdf, 277 KB]

   ...the documentation referenced by Mr KN; and (h) affirms her view that the Committee had correctly applied the relevant evidential principles. Hearing [33] A hearing proceeded on Friday 9 November 2018. I was assisted in that hearing by former District Court Judge Roderick Joyce QC, who is a duly appointed delegate to the Legal Complaints Review Office.2 [34] Mr KN appeared in person to advance his review. Ms YL was represented by Ms JP and Ms GW. Nature and scope of revie...

7. [2019] NZEnvC 056 Mackenzie District Council [pdf, 7.3 MB]

   ...Station Ltd is in the process of establishing a diversified farming operation at the property, in relation to which the company holds a number of authorisations/consents from the Canterbury Regional Council, Mackenzie District Council and Land Information New Zealand.3 [8] We understand the parties' common position to be that Simons Pass Station Ltd and (potentially) Simons Hill Station Ltd ,4 are the only persons affected by the outcome of these declaratory proceedings '&...

8. Three strikes offences December 2019 [xlsx, 234 KB]

   ...information does not answer your query you may wish to request specific information via an Official Information Act request. Information on this process is available on the Ministry website: https://www.justice.govt.nz/about/official-information-act-requests/ Published 17 March 2020 https://www.justice.govt.nz/about/official-information-act-requests/ 1a.Stage-1 offences Table 1a: Number and percentage of people who received a first warning for a stage-1 offence, by offence type, 2010 - 2019...

9. [2022] NZEnvC 029 Waimea Plains Landscape Preservation Society Inc v Gore District Council [pdf, 438 KB]

   ...has a rural zoning, and is within a flood plain and the stop banks of a river protected by a Water Conservation Order and with an Outstanding Natural Feature classification. Accordingly, we consider this was an inappropriate benchmark to use in forming a view as to the scale of effect in this case. [100] Returning to the evidence which had been available to the commissioners on the extent of visual effects, we observe that the assessments of Mr Pentecost and Mr Moore are more al...

10. [2021] NZEnvC 120 Brookby Quarries Limited v Auckland Council [pdf, 2.8 MB]

    ...parties had narrowed somewhat, and recorded issues agreed and points of disagreement. [12] Except for one minor cross-reference in the assessment criterion E15.8.2(3) (i.e. the cross-reference to Policy D9.3(8A)) the parties agreed about the form and content of both the matters of discretion (E15.8.1(3)) and the assessment criteria (E15.8.2 (3)) for the restricted discretionary activity. [13] The key areas of disagreement related to the need for a separate objective and policy spe...