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1. Legal aid grants December 2021 [xlsx, 85 KB]

   ...This includes debt recovery, breaches of contract, defamation, and bankruptcy proceedings. It also includes proceedings before tribunals or specialist courts such as the: • Employment Relations Authority • Employment Court • Environment Court • Human Rights Tribunal • Legal Aid Tribunal • Māori Land Court • Immigration & Protection Tribunal • Social Security Appeal Authority • Taxation Review Tribunal • Tenancy Tribunal • Waitangi Tribunal. Civil legal aid is not avai...

2. [2021] NZEmpC 215 Stewart v AFFCO NZ Ltd [pdf, 318 KB]

   ...provisions in the offered documents. [22] The Court was advised that the Authority held an investigation meeting into these issues in November 2020, but the Authority’s determination has yet to issue. [23] On 24 August 2020, AFFCO’s National Human Resources Manager, Mr Dane Gerrard, sent a communication to workers at Imlay as to a proposed rate review, and as to availability provisions. AFFCO wished the recipients to sign an attached schedule, which would bring about variat...

3. Legal aid grants June 2021 [xlsx, 84 KB]

   ...This includes debt recovery, breaches of contract, defamation, and bankruptcy proceedings. It also includes proceedings before tribunals or specialist courts such as the: • Employment Relations Authority • Employment Court • Environment Court • Human Rights Tribunal • Legal Aid Tribunal • Māori Land Court • Immigration & Protection Tribunal • Social Security Appeal Authority • Taxation Review Tribunal • Tenancy Tribunal • Waitangi Tribunal. Civil legal aid is not avai...

4. [2021] NZEnvC 075 Ngati Paoa Trust Board v Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga [pdf, 1.3 MB]

   ...the modification or destruction of an archaeological site unless an authority for doing so is obtained from HNZPT. "Archaeological site" is relevantly defined ins 6 of the Act to mean any place in New Zealand that was associated with human activity that occurred before 1900 and provides or may provide, through investigation by archaeological methods, evidence relating to the history of New Zealand. [18] Part 3 of the Act contains provisions for the protection of places a...

5. [2021] NZEmpC 120 Lye v ISO Ltd [pdf, 285 KB]

   ...accept, that the work continues to be organised in the same manner as before. [24] The position reached between MUNZ and ISO was described by Craig Harrison, the national secretary of the union, and Dean Carter, ISO’s General Manager Human Resources. [25] Correspondence between the union and the company was exchanged after the last hearing and before the judgment was issued. In September last year MUNZ wrote to ISO stating a view that it would be inappropriate for th...

6. Wharekawa - Succession to Rewi Maniapoto (Manga) [2021] Chief Judge's MB 1170 (2021 CJ 1170) [pdf, 402 KB]

   ...whaanau of Tokorangi in Marton and my grandmother’s whaanau from Te Maawhai and many others. 52. Kawa was raised by his uncle Hauraki Tonganui who accompanied the Ngati Te Kohera and Parekaawa contingent to Orakau and was used by Manga as a human megaphone because of his booming and strong voice. Te Waa or Waiuku whose only child was our grand aunt Matarita and her uri are many now living in Piopio, Tokaanu, Taumarunui and across the country. 2021 Chief Judge’s MB 118...

7. [2022] NZEmpC 233 Baillie v The Chief Executive of Oranga Tamariki – Ministry for Children [pdf, 280 KB]

   ...on throughout the hearing, was a video of the footage taken by Mr Peteru on his phone. The parties accepted that the video was sufficient to inform the Court. Preliminary decision [31] Mr Baillie met with Mr Peteru, and Oranga Tamariki’s Human Resources Adviser, on 31 May and 10 June 2021 to respond to the allegations. Mr Peteru’s preliminary decision was communicated to him by letter dated 28 July 2021. The conclusion was that the first, third, fourth and fifth allegatio...

8. Legal aid grants June 2022 [xlsx, 84 KB]

   ...This includes debt recovery, breaches of contract, defamation, and bankruptcy proceedings. It also includes proceedings before tribunals or specialist courts such as the: • Employment Relations Authority • Employment Court • Environment Court • Human Rights Tribunal • Legal Aid Tribunal • Māori Land Court • Immigration & Protection Tribunal • Social Security Appeal Authority • Taxation Review Tribunal • Tenancy Tribunal • Waitangi Tribunal. Civil legal aid is not avai...

9. [2023] NZEnvC 025 Minister of Conservation v Marlborough District Council [pdf, 5.5 MB]

   ...that some parts of Marlborough have been modified as a result of a variety of land uses over many years. As has occurred throughout New Zealand, Marlborough’s natural environment has been highly modified from that which would have existed prior to human arrival. This has resulted in a range of non-indigenous species, which have in their own right made a significant contribution to amenity values in both urban and rural environments as well as to the character and economy of Marlboroug...

10. Estate of Buist v Accident Compensation Corporation (Revocation of Cover/Suspension of Entitlements) [2024] NZACC 017 [pdf, 331 KB]

    ...section 20(2)(e) to (h)). Section 25(1)(a)(i) provides that “accident” means a specific event or a series of events, other than a gradual process, that involves the application of a force (including gravity), or resistance, external to the human body. Section 25(3) notes that the fact that a person has suffered a personal injury is not of itself to be construed as an indication or presumption that it was caused by an accident. [39] In Johnston,5 France J stated: [11] It is c...