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1. Waitangi Tribunal - He Whiritaunoka - letter of transmittal [pdf, 491 KB]

   ...mārama Level 7, 141 The Terrace, Wellington, New Zealand. Postal : DX Sx11237 Fujitsu Tower, 141 The Terrace, Te Whanganui-ā-Tara, Aotearoa. Pouaka Poutāpeta : DX Sx11237 Phone/Waea : 04 914 3000 Fax/Waea Whakaahua : 04 914 3001 Email/E-mēra : information@waitangitribunal.govt.nz Web/Ipurangi : www.waitangitribunal.govt.nz xliii The Honourable Te Ururoa Flavell Minister for Māori Development The Honourable Christopher Finlayson Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations The Hono...

2. IACDT - Annual -report 2014 [pdf, 414 KB]

   ...adviser’s licence; or  reject a complaint. MEMBERSHIP The Tribunal currently consists of the Chair, Grant Pearson, the inaugural Chair of the Tribunal appointed in October 2010. He is also the Customs Appeal Authority. Mr Pearson is a former member of the Removal Review Authority and the Refugee Status Appeals Authority. He was the Deputy Chair of the Medical Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal from 1999-2001. MATTERS ARISING IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS Caseload During the pr...

3. [2016] NZSSAA 104 (9 December 2016) [pdf, 137 KB]

   ...decision. [4] Appeals from the Authority’s decisions are limited to appeals by way of case stated on a question of law. There is no general right of appeal. [5] In accordance with the provisions of the Social Security Act 1964, the appellant was requested to lodge a draft case stated which includes the questions the appellant would like to put to the High Court. [6] The appellant first lodged a draft case stated with the Authority on 11 March 2015. In August 2015, the appell...

4. Croft v Hing - Motatau 5E14B3B (2017) 162 Taitokerau MB 155 (162 TTK 155) [pdf, 199 KB]

   ...order required Mrs Croft to vacate the shed she was living in. Mrs Croft was at the Māori Land Court office, talking to a member of the Court staff, at the time she learnt of this order. She could have obtained a copy of the relevant application form at that time. She could have, and should have, acted promptly once she learnt of the order. [15] I consider the application could reasonably have been filed sooner. I am not satisfied this application should be accepted out of time...

5. BORA Taxation (Kiwisaver and Company Tax Rate Amendments) Bill [pdf, 386 KB]

   ...persons who can afford to make contributions is likely to be low. 13. We consider that new section KJ2 is rationally and proportionately connected to its objective and is therefore justified in terms of section5 of the Bill of Rights Act. 14. In forming our view, we were guided by recent decisions in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). In a series of cases considering alleged discrimination in the United Kingdom Superannuation Scheme the ECHR re-affirmed the wide margin of appr...

6. BORA Ngā Mana Whenua o Tāmaki Makaurau Collective Redress Bill [pdf, 290 KB]

   ...historical claims of each iwi and hapū comprising Ngā Mana Whenua o Tāmaki Makaurau is progressing, and in some cases has been completed through negotiations with the Crown. It is intended the redress provided by the collective deed will ultimately form part of each of these individual iwi or hapū settlements. 4. The Bill provides the Tūpuna Taonga o Tāmaki Makaurau Trust (the Taonga Trust), is the beneficiary of the cultural redress provided under the Bill. This includes the ve...

7. BORA Environment Canterbury (Transitional Governance Arrangements) Bill [pdf, 287 KB]

   ...diverted back to the normal process under the RMA. Applicants have the ability to revise their WCO application in light of the change in process, as well as to provide further information during the course of the RMA process at the Minister’s request. 15. The Bill also validates decisions on WCO applications that were made under the 2010 Act but not notified prior to transition day, ensuring that an additional decision-making process is avoided where a decision has already been made....

8. Paki – Matauri X Inc (1996) 5 Taitokerau Appellate MB 16 (5 APWH 16) [pdf, 389 KB]

   ...ho min of Management of Matauri X Incorporation. Whakaria Paki (the applicant) a brother of the donee on the 7th of October 1994, filed proceedings in the Maori Land Court at Whangarei pursuant to Section 18(1)(a)of Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 requesting the Court declare the transaction (the transfer of shares to the donee) invalid and then determine ownership of the shares in favour of the donor as to a life interest with the remainder to all the children of the deceased equally. Th...

9. Rao v Singh [2012] NZIACDT 81 (18 October 2012) [pdf, 90 KB]

   ...current address. The processes in dealing with this complaint have been served in accordance with the Act, however it may well be that Mr Singh has not received them. It was his responsibility to ensure that he maintained contact. [4] Ms Rao has requested compensation for the loss of her family’s personal documents, but not provided details of the cost of getting replacements. Decision [5] The grounds on which the complaint has been upheld amount to a contemptuous disregard for th...

10. GT v TJ LCRO 10 / 2011 (20 January 2012) [pdf, 57 KB]

    ...the Applicant did not agree with the Practitioner‟s view that the Board was the employer. The Practitioner‟s involvement with any employment matters was minor and peripheral, although it appears that he was present when the Applicant was requested to hand over his keys etc when his employment was terminated. [6] The Applicant filed complaints against several lawyers from the Practitioner‟s firm, including the Practitioner. He argued that he was a client of the Practitioner...