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1. BX & JD v ML [2022] NZDT 283 (30 December 2022) [pdf, 225 KB]

   ...shallow river to another paddock in his property. However, the now deceased cattle beast would not cross the river with the other stock. ML said it was too wild and he had to leave it on its own as he was time poor due to having other priority farming jobs to attend to. He was aware it was in an agitated and stressed state at that time, and that he left it on its own, wondering next to the river which boundaries onto the road. There are sections of the paddock which do not have any bou...

2. TR v Accident Compensation Corporation (Leave to appeal to the High Court) [2023] NZACC 82 [pdf, 262 KB]

   ...time off work because she was unwell. Records confirm that there were significant work-related issues in play and, in addition to that, the applicant was the victim of abuse and marital issues as a result. [8] In early 2015, the applicant left her job and relocated overseas. [9] Records show that in or around September 2014 the applicant took a QuantiFERON gold test which was positive and therefore there was a suspected diagnosis of latent TB. The applicant received treatment in reg...

3. ZQ v S Ltd and others [2024] NZDT 707 (12 August 2024) [pdf, 115 KB]

   ...that CN’s recollections of the conversations are correct. 14. CN however went on to say that there were pieces of tape on the door which looked like the sort of thing that would have burnt, but he could not remove it. Nonetheless he accepted the job for completion. After questioning too, it was apparent there were no other checks either before items were placed in the oven. No evidence was filed before me about whether it was common for such doors to have plastic lining or other mate...

4. QS v T Ltd [2024] NZDT 703 (15 August 2024) [pdf, 115 KB]

   ...address the overflow. QS says he authorised T Ltd to get a quotation to get the pump itself fixed but did not authorise them to go ahead with that work. T Ltd’s company started the work, and then QS hired another company to take over and complete the job. 23. In January 2023 the pump failed again, and the plumbing invoice from that time states ‘inspected it to find septic system was full of human waste as the pump had been disconnected and spa had been plugged in instead”. QS refe...

5. T Ltd v B Ltd [2024] NZDT 831 (22 October 2024) [pdf, 221 KB]

   ...Ltd’s labour cost reasonably foreseeable as liable to result from the engine not being reasonably fit for purpose? 17. B Ltd provided a full refund of the cost paid by T Ltd for the engine itself. 18. Mr Q said that, in 15 years of doing his job, he had never received an engine which had seized up, such as this one. 19. Here, an engine was supplied by B Ltd to a T Ltd to fit to their customer’s car. T Ltd fitted the engine to the car, indicating they had no reason to believe the...

6. MN & GD v X Ltd [2025] NZDT 72 (12 August 2025) [pdf, 242 KB]

   ...witness. [5] QE provides consultancy service for concrete work, visited the site and offers an opinion based on his knowledge of the concreting industry. QE admits no expertise in coping for liner pools. QE submits that what could have been a good job has been let down by the boxing either not having been laid straight or allowed to shift after floating. The remedy provided, cutting the coping back, has straightened the edge but the coping has been cut back showing the edge of the pool li...

7. Auckland Standards Committee 1 v Kwon [2025] NZLCDT 23 (22 April 2025) [pdf, 105 KB]

   ...Burton [2023] NZLCDT 23 at [25]. 7 Auckland Standards Committee 2 v Name Suppressed [2018] NZLCDT 19. 8 See above n 7 at [9]–[10]. 9 Waikato Bay of Plenty Standards Committee v Bellamy [2024] NZLCDT 43, at [9]–[10]. 4 in doing its job. Mr Bellamy’s inertia has created unnecessary trouble and expense for his governing body. It has caused unnecessary trouble for fellow practitioners who serve their community and profession without financial reward on the Standards C...

8. Evaluation of Legal Aid providers survey [pdf, 897 KB]

   ...Manager, New Zealand Law Society, 17 January 2012. 5 Using data from the 2006 Census of 9,411 legal professionals broken down into ethnicity, Māori were estimated to make up around 5.5% of the profession. The information was collected from data about jobs broken down by ethnicity collected by Statistics New Zealand in the 2006 Census. For this purpose, lawyer included barrister, solicitor, Judge, tribunal members, or magistrates: New Zealand Law Society (2011) “Māori under-represented...

9. Ngati Pahauwera Affidavits 3 of 4 [pdf, 30 MB]

   ...was impassable so access across the land was required so that we could get to our shellfish or fishing grounds. Also, when I was growing up, all of the people on the farm were Ngati Pahauwera. The people on wages and contractors on scrub or other jobs that my father hired were Ngati Pahauwera. I'm familiar with the Waitaha stream and all its tributaries and the Waikari stream and all its tributaries, the moana at Waitaha, Waikari , Te Kuta and Mohaka. There are some quite sig...

10. OIA-109908.pdf [pdf, 14 MB]

    ...our Group structure which are primarily aimed at better aligning our business activities to support our new Collections Strategy. I have also taken the opportunity to consider if other like-functions could be better aligned; to bring consistency to job titles across the group; consider how our support roles are placed; and finally, to suggest new hours of operation for our contact centre. I have had the opportunity to visit all of our sites and to speak with many of you about your work w...