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1. King & Bailey [2011] NZWHT Auckland 2 [pdf, 92 KB]

   ...notice of the decision. On receiving such an application I must decide whether or not the claim meets the eligibility criteria. [4] I have considered the following documents in conducting my review: The application for review and attached information. The assessor’s report dated 27 October 2010. The eligibility check list from the Department of Building and Housing The claimants’ submissions to the Chief Executive dated 18 August 2010 The letter from Laura Tait o...

2. Dodd [pdf, 90 KB]

   ...note. She suggests it is therefore unreliable to take this as a final inspection. She submits that there is in fact no evidence on the Council file which states when the final inspection took place. [8] Ms Dodd further submits that the information now available suggests that it is likely the property was not occupied until September 1999 at the earliest and may not have been until 2001 when the gas was supplied. Ms Dodd also submits that the date the Department of Building...

3. 2017 NZSSAA 004 (8 March 2017) [pdf, 94 KB]

   ...further costs. As a result, the appellant did not have enough in his bank account to pay his phone bill by the disconnection date, and his phone was disconnected. 3 [9] From the appellant’s point of view, if he had received the $40 in a form that he could have paid for the replacement driver’s licence, his financial circumstances would have continued without interruption. However, the appellant believed he faced a dilemma, as he regarded his telephone as essential...

4. 2017 NZSSAA 023 (24 May 2017) [pdf, 157 KB]

   ...running his car, increasing the weekly allowance from $7 to $13.40. Mr XXXX offered to supply his records in support of these costs. [9] On 15 January 2016 Mr XXXX wrote to the Ministry stating that he had no reply to his email. He formally requested a review of the 9 November 2015 decision. This letter was acknowledged on 23 February 2016 and Mr XXXX was told that there would be an internal review. [10] On 18 April 2016 the Ministry wrote to Mr XXXX telling him that his...

5. 2017 NZSSAA 035 (4 July 2017) [pdf, 104 KB]

   ...department’s handling of the ACC information and the information about Mrs XXXX’s earnings. In addition he points out that English is Mrs XXXX’s second language and Mr XXXX is dyslexic. He says therefore they had difficulty understanding the forms and their obligations. [9] At the hearing Mr Howell confirmed that there was no dispute about the amounts recorded by the Ministry as payments received by Mr and Mrs XXXX. The case for the Ministry [10] It is the Ministry’...

6. Western Bay of Plenty District Council - Rangiuru 1A 7B 8B1 Residue (2018) 181 Waiariki MB 157 (181 WAR 157) [pdf, 268 KB]

   ...make an order per s 131 determining Rangiuru 1A 7B 8B 1 Residue to be Māori Freehold land. [13] It would seem appropriate that the Māori Land Court Land Registry staff attend to registering the Partition order and the status order with LINZ and request that they issue a certificate of title. Pronounced in open Court in Rotorua at 7:50am on Monday this 26th day of February 2018. C T Coxhead JUDGE

7. 2017 NZSSAA 048 (18 August 2017) [pdf, 153 KB]

   ...erroneous action or inaction on the part of the Ministry. If we can identify that there has been an erroneous action or inaction, or potential grounds for thinking that is the case on the evidence before us then we would have no hesitation in requesting that this matter be referred to the Minister. 6 [19] We have full regard to the appellant’s compelling explanation that she was not told of her potential entitlement to the CDA. That information considered on its own in...

8. [2016] NZSSAA 092 (31 October 2016) [pdf, 227 KB]

   ...periodical allowances received from overseas to be deducted from entitlement to New Zealand benefits in certain circumstances. The essential elements of s 70 are that where: ● a benefit or pension or periodical allowance granted overseas, which forms part of a programme providing benefits, pensions or periodical allowance, is paid to the recipient of a benefit in New Zealand or that person’s spouse, partner or dependent; and ● the programme provides for any of the contingen...

9. LCRO 22/2017 BM v YN (31 August 2017) [pdf, 136 KB]

   ...the [Area] Standards Committee that further action in respect of his complaint concerning Mr YN and the whereabouts of $2,000 was not necessary or appropriate. Background [2] Mr BM instructed Mr YN to assist him in resolving a dispute with his former employer. [3] The dispute was resolved in August 2016 on the basis that Mr BM’s employer would pay him $5,500 plus costs of $3,000. In the course of the negotiations Mr BM says Mr YN agreed to give him “a $2,000 credit as part...

10. LCRO 111/2017 VJ v NH (31 August 2017) [pdf, 93 KB]

    ...the LCRO is neither a judicial review nor an appeal. Those seeking a review of a Committee determination are entitled to a review based on the LCRO’s own opinion rather than on deference to the view of the Committee. A review by the LCRO is informal, inquisitorial and robust. It involves the LCRO coming to his or her own view of the fairness of the substance and process of a Committee’s determination. Discussion [13] Ms VJ’s application for review expands on her complaint. M...