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1. Consistency with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990: Racing Industry (Closure of Greyhound Racing Industry) Amendment Bill [pdf, 173 KB]

   ...Consistency of the Bill with the Bill of Rights Act Section 14 – Freedom of expression 7. Section 14 of the Bill of Rights Act affirms that everyone has the right to freedom of expression, including the freedom to seek, receive, and impart information and opinions of any kind and in any form. The right has been interpreted as including the right not to be compelled to say certain things or to provide certain information.1 1 See, for example, Slaight Communications v Davidson 59...

2. 24 March 2026 Pratt v Waipa District Council [pdf, 167 KB]

   ...Management (Forms, Fees and Procedure) Regulations 2003. The time allocated by the Court provides an indication of your potential liability for Court hearing fees in this case. 2 PROCEDURES At the start of the hearing, the Court will consider any requests to: (a) Withdraw proceedings (b) Adjourn (postpone) hearings to a later date (c) Approve settlements agreed to all by the parties The Court will then decide the order in which the proceedings will be heard during the hearing....

3. ENV-2016-AKL-000192 Kiwi Property Group Limited & Kiwi Property Holdings Limited v Auckland Council (Transport) [pdf, 4.7 MB]

   ...Decision rejected the Hearing Panel's recommendations in that regard and, in the Metropolitan Centre, Town Centre, Local Centre and Mixed Use zone, removed the minimum carparking requirements and reinstated maximum carparking requirements for all forms of retail and all other activities. (e) The relief subject to the Hearing Panel's recommendations is appropriate for the following reasons: (i) Business zoned land is a valuable resource, which can be used to provide for...

4. [2010] NZEmpc 111 Smith v Stokes Valley Pharmacy (2009) Limited [pdf, 126 KB]

   ...of dealing in good faith with the employee, the employer is not required to comply with section 4(1A)(c) in making a decision whether to terminate an employment agreement under this section; and (b) the employer is not required to comply with a request under section 120 that relates to terminating an employment agreement under this section. [5] A “trial period” under s 67A may be distinguished from “[p]robationary arrangements” under s 67 although the two provisions contain...

5. [2017] NZEnvC 180 Ngai te hapu Incorporated v Bay of Plenty Regional Council [pdf, 1.4 MB]

   ...accordance with its decision, and to provide a clean copy of the interim consent that showed the disputed and the suspended and disputed interim conditions. [6] The Council has provided the Court with a clean copy of the amended interim conditions as requested. Determination [7] The Court is satisfied that the amended conditions provided by the Council reflect the decision of the Court, and identify those conditions that are currently in dispute and those that are in dispute and s...

6. Directory of Official Information 2019 M-O [pdf, 513 KB]

   Directory of Official Information Listings M-O About This is a living document. We endeavour to update it whenever there are changes to be made. If your department or agency’s information is out of date, please email oia@justice.govt.nz with the necessary amendments. We can send you a MS Word version if you need. Ministerial Relations and Services Strategy, Governance & Finance Ministry of Justice | Tāhū o te Ture oia@justice.govt.nz ma

7. [2021] NZEnvC 079 Guthrie v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 2.1 MB]

   ...lodged with the Queenstown-Lakes District Council on 30 April 2018. It comprised a proposed 14-lot subdivision of the site, which provided for one allotment around the existing dwelling, 12 allotments each containing a new Residential Building Platform and one access lot to vest as public road. Further, land use consent was also sought to breach internal boundary setbacks which, at the time of notification, included breaches of the road boundary and internal boundary setback rules...

8. Family Lay Advocate and Court Registry Handbook [pdf, 579 KB]

   ...assignments and the Court has no obligation to provide ongoing and consistent assignment to cases. Lay Advocates are not assigned to every Family Court case. A Judge can assign a Lay Advocate for a case at any point in the process. If the Judge doesn’t request a specific Lay Advocate, the Court Registry will select one from the pool. Where possible, the Judge or Court Registry will appoint a person who has sufficient standing in the culture of the child or young person. The Court wil...

9. Donaldson v Hemi - Whaanga 1D1D Roadway (2021) 230 Waikato Maniapoto MB 168 (230 WMN 168) [pdf, 3.9 MB]

   ...[13] The Donaldsons filed their evidence in relation to the outstanding issues on 9 April 2021 and the Trust filed the majority of its evidence on 7 May 2021, with the sworn affidavit of Mr Hemi on behalf of the Trust filed on 11 May 2021. At the request of the applicant, the Court granted leave for evidence in reply to be filed by 11 June 2021. The Donaldsons 3 206 Waikato Maniapoto MB 259-261 (206 WMN 259-261). 4 212 Waikato Maniapoto MB 143-145 (212 WMN 143-145). 5 214 Waika...

10. EMPC Form 2D - Objection to court jurisdiction [doc, 28 KB]

    Form 2D Objection to Court’s jurisdiction Employment Relations Act 2000 In the Employment Court No: / Registry Objection to Court’s jurisdiction Between [full name] of [address] Plaintiff And [full name] of [address] Defendant To the Registrar Employment Court at …………………………………………….. [place] and To the plaintiff Objection to Court’s jurisdiction 1 The defendant, …...