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1. [2025] NZLVT 34 - Ovens v Dunedin City Council (4 August 2025) [pdf, 240 KB]

   ...weatherboard ex-railway cottage with a kitchen, but no bathroom, located on a flat portion of land fronting Patmos Avenue. The cottage is approximately 50m2. There is also a bridge across the stream that allows small vehicles access, and there are formed tracks running along the eastern side of the creek and up near the northern boundary where three building sites have been permitted. The zoning of the property [7] Under version 2 of the Dunedin City Second Generation Plan (2GP)...

2. [2021] NZREADT 10 - Baker (9 March 2021) [pdf, 399 KB]

   ...appellants say that those indications were all well above $500,000 (averaging ($560,000). They considered that the marketing report confirmed their view that Mr Drumm was not acting in their best interests. [24] Mr Baker signed a Reserve Price form, stating a reserve of $590,000. However, as there were no registered bidders, the auction was re-scheduled for 21 December. [25] The on-line marketing of the property was altered to correct the RV figure. The appellants provided a p...

3. Julian v Inia - Succession to Moehuarahi Te Ruuri (2024) 309 Waiariki MB 197 (309 WAR 197) [pdf, 459 KB]

   ...state, and because I want to make it very clear that this is a Māori take. 5 At 294 Waiariki MB 207-211 I adjourned the application filed by Tui Julian sine die upon Ms Julians passing, with the direction to revisit its status once we received information on who would participate in the hearing. 6 These claims were filed because Tui’s whānau could not afford the probate process, which would have allowed the executors to continue Tui’s claim. 309 Waiariki MB 201 suppor...

4. [2006] NZEmpC AC 66/06 Clark v Northland Hunt Inc [pdf, 103 KB]

   ...pageantry, pomp and ceremony. This derives from its history. The whole system operating is hierarchical and regimental. The master is in charge. The huntsman fits into the hierarchy as do the other participants in the hunt. Terminology and forms of address, which might operate between the players on a normal day to day basis, do not apply when the hunt is in progress. Despite this there was evidence that Mr Clark had a substantial degree of autonomy in how he managed the pack...

5. [2023] NZEnvC 225 The Olive Leaf Centre Trust v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 581 KB]

   ...plant/machinery storage. [4] The proposal includes landscaping around the primary building, adjacent to the scheduled item of St Patrick’s Church (‘the Church’), requiring excavation of the ground between, landscaping of the site margin, and the formation of gates and walls.6 [5] The primary purpose of the proposal is for activities associated with the Church. Secondary uses proposed include to operate it as an event facility for a range of non-church related, multi-funct...

6. ENV-2016-AKL-000206 Cato Bolam Consultants Limited v Auckland Council [pdf, 10 MB]

   ...and service of any further Court documents relating to the appeal: (a) Service of the Notice of Appeal (i) A waiver of the usual requirement in clause 14(5) of Schedule 1 to the RMA, regulation 7( 1)( c) and Form 7 of the Resource Management (Forms, Fees, and Procedure) Regulations 2003 (Regulations) to serve a copy of the Notice of Appeal on every person who made a submission on the provision or matter to which the appeal relates, and the related requirement in regulation 26 and...

7. Breaking the inter-generational cycle of family violence and sexual violence [pdf, 8.4 MB]

   ...the ways it can be prevented often differ and tailored responses are needed. Recognising the gendered patterns of violence is not intended to negate the experiences of male victims. Violence disproportionately impacts those suffering compounding forms of disadvantage and discrimination 8 Māori are disproportionately affected by family violence due to the complex intersection of sociohistorical and contemporary factors. Understanding violence within Māori whānau requires placing it...

8. E8 Craig Jones - Event Legacy - EIC - Applicant [pdf, 7 MB]

   ...Internationally these events are not uncommon, but have historically been difficult to stage in Auckland (because of commercial ship moorings, ferry and recreational boat movements, and shore-based seating arrangements). These events take many forms, but normally involve a large barge being used for some form of stage or show experience, with the audience being on land. These events are best described as longer duration pop-up productions (which are discussed further in paragraphs...

9. Ross - Omaio 55 (2001) 77 Ōpōtiki MB 24 (77 OPO 24) [pdf, 451 KB]

   ...covering 4062m2 more or less situate in the southern corner of the block. (See 71 OPO 189) This site falls within the proposed partition area. The Maori Trustee's Office has confirmed to the Registrar that he has no knowledge of any lease, formal or informal, over this block. Minute Book: 77 OPO 26 In relation to utilisation of Omaio 55, the evidence of the applicant was that the land had been leased on a yearly basis by individual members of the whanau, not all of whom were o...

10. DT v TX [2023] NZDT 291 (1 August 2023) [pdf, 149 KB]

    ...advertised. He said it was “well maintained” as stated in the advert, for a 20-year-old vehicle. 17. I find it more likely than not that the vehicle was not “well maintained” and therefore was not as advertised. 18. DT stated his information, from online research and advice received, was that a cam belt should be replaced somewhere between every 60,000kms to 100,000kms or every five to six years. He said TX had owned the vehicle since 2014 and there was no evidence in th...