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1. 2017 to 2022 Ministry of Justice statement of intent [pdf, 1.4 MB]

   ...goal to deliver improved justice outcomes for Māori. This aligns with our role in supporting the Government’s commitment to reduce the over-representation of Māori in the criminal justice system. The Ministry is the lead agency for the newly formed Crown/Māori Relations portfolio, created to build and strengthen the Crown/Māori relationship beyond the negotiations table. Given this responsibility, we will need to be an exemplar in engaging and working in partnership with Māori to...

2. E89 Grant Calder - Event Management - RE – Applicant [pdf, 3.9 MB]

   ...and other occupants of the Wynyard Precinct and Viaduct Harbour Precinct after 10.30 pm each day; m) Manage integration with other construction projects and Auckland Transport projects; n) Provide for the active monitoring of transport to inform the management of the Event on the day, as well the planning and management of future Events; and o) Provide for prior engagement with stakeholders when access to properties will be affected by the Event and a mechanism for addressing que...

3. [2017] NZEnvC 175 NZ Building Projects Limited v Auckland Council [pdf, 7.8 MB]

   ...October 2016, the Council informed the applicants that the resource consent application had been accepted for processing (but on the basis that the statutory processing time would be extended); (d) by separate letter of 11 October 2016, the Council requested the applicants to provide further information on the application. In summary, the requested information pertained to site coverage infringement (with reference to standards of both the ADP(MZ) and pAUP) .52 [64] At about that...

4. Federated Farmers of New Zealand.pdf [pdf, 425 KB]

   ...been put in Whether Table 3.11-1 should require 20% of the improvement needed to achieve the 80-year targets within 10 years will depend on the nature of the policies and methods (including rules) that result from this appeal. The Appellant requests that Objective 2 and Table 3.11-1 be revisited iteratively with consideration of other appeal points in relation to the scope and efficacy of policies and methods that apply, in particular, to likely improvement in sediment, phosp...

5. Morehu v Māori Trustee - Tokerau A14B2 (2007) 313 Rotorua MB 256 (313 ROT 256) [pdf, 6.7 MB]

   ...also clear that the deceased did not discuss the sale with the applicant. However, the real question is what would happen to the shares if Te Mata Morehu did not buy them? [33] The applicant says the shares were held by the Maori Trustee on some form of trust, constructive or resulting, in favour of the deceased or his whanau. The Maori Trustee submits that he was the purchaser for valuable consideration and that no trust, either resulting or constructive, was ever agreed to or aris...

6. Federated Farmers of New Zealand.pdf [pdf, 683 KB]

   ...restoring and protecting the Ecosystem Health of wetlands. The significant values of wetlands include, but are not limited to: • Ecosystem health, including habitat for indigenous biodiversity, ecological processes and water quality • Natural form and character • Wai tapu • Mahinga kai • Recreation The policy also needs to specify that action is required to improve wetland values and that ultimately, this needs to be achieved through a reducing in the input of conta...

7. GSTech Ltd v A Labour Inspector of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment [pdf, 283 KB]

   ...back to the Authority to determine, although neither party suggested that this would be a desirable course. I do not propose to do so, including because it would involve further unnecessary delay and expense. [16] I am not satisfied, on the information before the Court, that the Authority’s costs determination in favour of the company director (who was not a party to the challenge) materially assists in assessing a reasonable costs contribution for the company.6 It appears tha...

8. Reuben Fraser - Evidence in Chief [pdf, 875 KB]

   ...approprfately·struck·; 16; 16 At least initially a relc.1tively high degre.e of non-complia_nce is envis:~{led, particularly in relatipn to the. requirement to seek resour¢~ consent. If Council exercised its enforcement discretion in f2w-our of formal action as a deterrent to eh$ure future compliance! this w0uld also place prel:1sure on resqurces required to investigate 1:1n!;l if appropriate prosecute brec:1ches. Such costs ·are clifflcult to es;tlmate in a hypoth~tical scet�...

9. [2019] NZEmpC 172 Cowan v Idea Services Ltd [pdf, 356 KB]

   ...overridden by views of the Court, formed perhaps with the benefit of hindsight (Northern Distribution Union v BP Oil NZ Ltd [1992] 3 ERNZ 483; (1992) 4 NZELC 95, 601 (CA) at p 488; p 95, 604). [20] The ascertainment of facts on which an employer forms a belief that an employee has engaged in serious misconduct is not the same as proving to a Court or Tribunal that the dismissal was justified. The first does not involve any standard of proof, the second does. In ascertaining the...

10. [2022] NZEnvC 220 Chen v New Zealand Transport Agency - Waka Kotahi [pdf, 662 KB]

    ...Finally, Ms Dines referred to section 7 Recommendations of the 2021 options assessment which refers to a combined eastbound and westbound turnaround facility that was also considered. Her understanding was that this was done at Mr Chen’s request, but in her opinion this option does not appear to have been assessed in the same way as either the long list of options or the short list of options. We have considered all of this evidence. Despite Ms Dines’ criticisms we are s...