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1. ENVC Hearing 6Oct14 WML evidence chief Robert Pryor [pdf, 2.6 MB]

   ...loading wharves, roading, commercial activities and extensive car parking areas. 98. Similarly in terms of natural patterns, while the upper bush covered hillsides are seen from most locations, the buildings and structures around them make the human imprint on the landscape very evident. Natural processes (other than tidal changes) are also not strongly visible in the landscape, even though they underpin it. 99. While having significant natural elements, and to a lesser extent,...

2. Ministerial group work programme update on family & sexual violence [pdf, 3.7 MB]

   ...and the Family Violence Death Review Committee 90 The Treasury, the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and Statistics New Zealand were informed. Financial implications 91 There are no direct financial implications in this paper. Human rights implications 92 Reducing family violence assists the Government to meet its human rights obligations under the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Declaration...

3. [2018] NZEnvC 133 Director General of Conservation v Thames Coromandel District Council [pdf, 17 MB]

   ...organisms that are present in New Zealand by providing for - (a) the development of effective and efficient instruments and measures that prevent, reduce, or eliminate the adverse effects of harmful organisms on economic wellbeing , the environment, human health, enjoyment of the natural environment, and the relationship between Maori, their culture, and their traditions and their ancestral lands, waters, sites, wahi tapu, and taonga; and (b) the appropriate distribution of costs a...

4. Maori Trustee v Hanford - Ohiro 19 and 21 Block 10 (Polhill Gully) (2006) 165 Aotea MB 131 (165 AOT 131) [pdf, 2.4 MB]

   ...contingent liability of $750,000. That said there is an alternative fallback scheme already costed at $360,000 with over $200,000 in contributions already collected towards it; (ii) the compo sting plant on the adjoining Council land is recycling human excrement and releasing an offensive smell - this is a highly charged cultural matter. Mr Wickens confinned that Mr Tahuparae's appeal concerned human parts being included in recycling and spread around the Wellington area. Mr...

5. Tribunal Guidelines [pdf, 674 KB]

   ...generally deal with minor or technical matters of implementation and the operation of the Act. However, there are difficult choices on the continuum between significant policy and technical detail. Some matters, such as those that affect fundamental human rights in a significant way, are clearly appropriate only for an Act. However, the decision will not always be clear-cut, and some matters may be appropriate for both primary and secondary legislation. Secondary legislation often invol...

6. [2021] NZEmpC 8 Commissioner of Police v New Zealand Police Assoc Inc [pdf, 464 KB]

   ...look at ways to cut costs and manage resourcing more efficiently. [13] As a result of that directive, a phase of substantial change occurred, which included widespread restructuring. Police believed, as an aspect of this exercise, that its human resources (HR) information system provided a limited understanding of employee movements, and the substantive positions held by those persons. Police employees changed reporting lines, moved teams, were assigned on projects and were...

7. [2021] NZEnvC 062 Kombi Properties Limited (formerly HFT Limited) v Auckland Council [pdf, 2.6 MB]

   ...under the National Environmental Standard for Assessing and 5 Although the AUP was not fully operative at the time of the first instance hearing, all provisions relevant to the proposal were operative. 6 Managing Contaminants in Soil to Protect Human Health. [17] Although activity status was not disputed, differing views were held by the planners as to the complement of rules triggered by the proposal, attributable to the on-site parking provision and the C-block office component....

8. [2019] NZEmpC 178 Johnston v The Fletcher Construction Co Ltd [pdf, 340 KB]

   ...service leave. [14] Mr Johnston communicated with Mr King on 3 October 2016, the same day JDE became operational in his work area. They met shortly afterwards to discuss these issues. During the meeting Mr King said he would ask the company’s human resources department to assist in resolving them because he did not have authority to alter the offer. [15] Mr Johnston’s issues were taken up with Anna Morris, who was Fletcher Construction’s senior employee in its human...

9. RIS: Strengthening the Family Court [pdf, 4.8 MB]

   ...orders, enable decisions that are consistent with the welfare and best interests of the child , with a particular focus on any differential impacts on Maori children. In August 2018, the Minister of Justice appointed a Panel consisting of former Chief Human Rights Commissioner Rosslyn Noonan, and family law experts, La Verne King and Chris Dellabarca. The Panel were supported by an expert reference group. The Panel were tasked with comprehensively assessing the issues in the family just...

10. [2018] NZEmpC 106 X v The Chief Executive of the Department of Corrections [pdf, 683 KB]

    ...advising her that Mr X had left hospital and there were concerns for her safety. She was advised to stay inside the building where she worked. Later that day she received a copy of the harassment letter served on Mr X, which she sent on to a senior human resources advisor in the Department. [29] On 4 December 2014, Ms Z made a written complaint in which she alleged being bullied, emotionally blackmailed, harassed, stalked and verbally threatened by Mr X. Her letter was frank....