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1. Stephen Chiles (dated 12 May 2017) [pdf, 2.2 MB]

   ...“Customer”) has instructed DNV GL Australia Pty Ltd (DNV GL) to prepare a 10-minute time series of predicted wind speeds for the location of the proposed turbine at the Porteous Hill wind farm site, to be used for acoustic modelling for the site. The requested period extends from 1900h 23 March 2017 to 1500h 15 April 2017. It is noted that DNV GL has previously undertaken a wind assessment of the proposed Porteous Hill Wind Farm site [1]. 2 WIND ANALYSIS 2.1.1 Vertical win...

2. LCRO 44/2017 JJ v IO, UZ, [Law Firm A] [pdf, 233 KB]

   ...appointment as AJ’s attorney in relation to his property. We advised that there was … an option whereby somebody could apply to the court to have Ms JJ removed … (e) She then says that: Following this meeting, once we had received more information from MJ on the family situation and MJ had advised she did not wish [Ms JJ] to be AJ’s attorney under his EPA, we were then concerned that we may be in a conflict of interest situation. At that stage, we had agreed to assist MJ with...

3. Adlam v Niao - Matata Parish 39A 2A Ahu Whenua Trust [2018] Māori Appellate Court MB 478 (2018 APPEAL 478) [pdf, 277 KB]

   ...(a) Except as provided in section 343 of this Act, no interest of any person in Maori customary land, and no beneficial freehold interest in Maori freehold land, shall be capable of being taken in execution or otherwise rendered available by any form of judicial process for payment of the owner’s debts or liabilities, whether in favour of Her Majesty or of any other person. (b) Nothing in subsection (1) of this section shall limit or affect the operation of any mortgage or charge...

4. KV v LA LCRO 44/2015 (13 December 2016) [pdf, 122 KB]

   ...months”, but reserving his concerns over the whole amount. Mr KV says that Ms YS capped the cost of the appeal process, and argues that was a complete estimate to conclude all remaining matters. He says the firm did not respond to any of his requests for clarification of his legal costs in 2013, and he did not know what his costs were until he received the two invoices in January 2014. He says that in the absence of information, he assumed very little time had been spent, and tha...

5. Taurua - Te Tii Waitangi A (2016) 143 Taitokerau MB 117 (143 TTK 117) [pdf, 221 KB]

   ...appropriately. [36] There was an inordinate delay in the handover of the keys to the trust’s post office box from Ms Harawira to the new secretary, Hapeta Rameka. At the hearing Ms Harawira stated that at the trustee meeting on 15 January 2016 she requested a handover of all the secretarial documents. Further at the 4 March 2016 meeting she handed over the keys to the chairperson. When asked why it took until the 4 th of March to hand over the keys Ms Harawira replied that th...

6. Rata – Pakanae 2W1B (2016) 125 Taitokerau MB 17 (125 TTK 17) [pdf, 214 KB]

   ...the sentiment expressed in those decisions that a s 18(1)(a) order “separates” the ownership of the house from the ownership interests that run with the land. In Sadlier Judge Russell expressed the point in this way: Things fixed to the soil form part of the soil and I doubt very much whether ownership of a house can ever be separated from ownership of an interest in the land. Certainly, it cannot be separated before an order under s 30(1)(a)/53 has been made determining the...

7. Munley v CAC 402 & Ors [2016] NZREADT 53 [pdf, 195 KB]

   ...property. Ms Kelland said there were few if any visible cracks in the plaster, and she did not see any evidence of leaking other than in the corner of a group of acutely angled windows. She asked the vendor about a deck on an upper floor, which formed the roof of the house. The vendor responded that the tenants had not looked after the property, and leaves had blocked a drain so that water overflowed and dripped through light fittings in the kitchen below. She said this had been...

8. Evidence Brief: Post-release Supervision [pdf, 276 KB]

   ...Supervision includes regularly reporting to a probation officer and other standard conditions such as restrictions on living and working arrangements. • In New Zealand, the large majority of offenders released from prison are subject to some form of supervision after release. The two most common forms of post-release supervision are parole and Release on Conditions. • There is growing international evidence that post-release supervision can reduce recidivism compared...

9. 2021-05-05 Court - draft site visit itinerary [pdf, 677 KB]

   ...The court may wish to confirm which sites are of interest after the helicopter visit and following the presentations from the parties speaking to their submissions or evidence prior to the site visit. Community representative(s) The court has requested that a community representative(s) to accompany it on the site visit. Two nominations were received from counsel: • Mr Graye Shattky (MBE) is a member of the Manuherekia Water Strategy Group, a former secretary of COES, and was...

10. Faulkner v Egan - Matapihi 3A2C1C2C (2006) 86 Tauranga MB 141 (86 T 141) [pdf, 785 KB]

    ...the Court that would provide protection to someone who has built a dwelling on multiply owned Maori freehold land. The order is obtained to avoid the effects of the common law regarding fixtures on land, which, if they become so attached as to form part of the land, pass with the ownership of that land: see Hinde McMorland Sim Land Law volume 2, paragraph 12.032. The section 18(1)(a) order ensures that the house belongs to the person named in the order, rather than the owners of the...