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1. [2020] NZEnvC 114 Summerset Villages Lower Hutt Limited v Hutt City Council [pdf, 31 MB]

   ...requirements are part of a Contaminated Soil Management Plan (CSMP). Condition 12 [62] On contaminated soils, our Interim Decision said: 8 Mr Gardiner testified that a detailed site investigation had concluded that risks to environmental and human health from the proposal can be managed with an appropriately developed Contaminated Soils Management Plan (CSMP). A draft Plan was included with the application. Proposed Conditions 12 to 15 address contaminated soil and require a CSM...

2. Te Manutukutuku Issue 30 [pdf, 8.9 MB]

   ...Resource Set Four This superbly presented, colour, poster-sized resource has been planned for use with the Fourth Form social studies syllabus, in particular modules 4.1 (The Treaty of Waitangi) and 4.2 (The search for security, justice and human rights) . It can also be used for use in senior school history, geography, legal and cultural studies. The resource was produced with the help of a group of teachers and was trialed in the classroom with great success. Each kit co...

3. Te Manutukutuku Issue 29 [pdf, 9 MB]

   Te Roopu Whakamana i te Tiriti 0 Waitangi Panui Waitangi Tribunal Division Department of Justice Newsletter Rua tekau ma iwa Mahuru 1994 Number 29 September 1994 ISSN 0114·717X New claim raises big issues for AN AUCKLAND Maori Trust has told the Waitangi Tribunal that the way in which a Government funding agency allocates so­ cial service funding is in breach of the Treaty. THE CLAIM BYTe Whanau 0 Waipareira trust which had its first hearing in Auckland at the beginning of this

4. [2021] NZEmpC 117 Zara’s Turkish Ltd (in liquidation) v Kocaturk [pdf, 378 KB]

   ...pleaded in Mr and Mrs Kocatürk’s statement of claim that were not before the Authority. They were alleged breaches of employment standards relating to good faith, breaches of s 9 of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 and s 22(b) of the Human Rights Act 1993. Despite those pleadings, no relief was claimed relating to them. In the absence of claims for remedies those additional pleadings need not be considered any further. [26] Initially it was unclear from Mr and Mrs Kocat...

5. Adoption in Aotearoa New Zealand: Summary document - Large print [pdf, 422 KB]

   ...circumstances. These rules don't necessarily show how suitable an applicant would be to raise a child. They also don't reflect modern family and whānau structures or acknowledge concepts of gender identity and gender fluidity. The Human Rights Review Tribunal has said the rules are discriminatory on the basis of marital status, age and gender (1). Step-parent and relative adoptions are able to take place under Aotearoa New Zealand's law. We want to hear your vi...

6. Adoption in Aotearoa New Zealand: Summary document - Korean [pdf, 551 KB]

   ...지원자가 아이를 키우는 데 얼마나 적합한지를 보여주는 척도가 아니며, 현대의 가족, 화나우 구조, 또는 성 정체성과 성 유동성의 개념을 반영하거나 인정하지 않습니다. 인권심의심판소(Human Rights Review Tribunal)는 이러한 입양 규정이 결혼 여부, 나이, 성별에 따른 차별적 요인을 반영하고 있다고 밝혔습니다.1 양부모 및 친척에 의한 아동 입양은 아오테아로아 뉴질랜드 �...

7. [2023] NZEnvC 055 New Zealand Transport Agency v Waikato Regional Council [pdf, 472 KB]

   ...Freshwater Management 2020; (b) National Policy Statement on Electricity Transmission 2008; (c) National Environmental Standards for Freshwater 2020; (d) National Environmental Standards for Assessing and Managing Contaminants in Soil to Protect Human Health 2011; (e) National Environment Standards for Air Quality 2004; (f) National Environment Standards for Electricity Transmissions Activities 2009; (g) Operative Waikato Regional Policy Statement; (h) Operative Waikato Regio...

8. [2022] NZACC 154 — Byles v ACC (16 August 2022) [pdf, 366 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. [64] Section 65 of the Act provides: (1) If the C...

9. [2022] NZEnvC 135 Timu v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 4.9 MB]

   ...Taonga must be sought prior to the modification, damage or destruction of any archaeological site, whether the site is unrecorded or has been previously recorded. An archaeological site is described in the Act as a place associated with pre-1900 human activity, which may provide evidence relating to the history of New Zealand. These provisions apply regardless of whether a resource consent or building consent has been granted by Council. Should archaeological material be discovered duri...

10. Appendix-4_Peter-Kinley_-s87F-Report_Flooding-and-Hydrology_28-April-2023.pdf [pdf, 1 MB]

    ...necessary to have identified/relied on the two categories described above. 40. I consider that flooding effects should be contained within the designation. Increases in flood depth can directly result in adverse effects including increased risk to human life, increased areas of flooding which decrease the utility of the land and provide greater levels of restriction on its development, increased risk to the well-being of animals and stock, and increased likelihood, frequency and e...