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1. People with finalised charges and convicted of homicide offences jun2024 [xlsx, 116 KB]

   ...someone can receive when convicted of manslaughter is life imprisonment; there is no minimum sentence. The manslaughter category also includes offences relating to infanticide, abortion and inciting/aiding suicide, which have lower maximum sentences. The Judge uses their discretion, based on aggravating and mitigating factors associated with the charge, to determine whether a prison sentence or other type of sentence is most appropriate. In some situations a person is convicted and discharged,...

2. Proactive-Release-Prisoner-Voting_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 1.7 MB]

   ...Finlayson, brought the Electoral (Disqualification of Sentenced Prisoners) Amendment Bill to the attention of the House under section 7 of NZBORA. He did so on the basis that the Bill was inconsistent with section 12. 36. The Ministry notes Judge Savage’s comment in his forward to the Waitangi Tribunal’s He Aha i Pērā Ai? The Māori Prisoners’ Voting Report4 that the Tribunal could see no utility whatever in any restriction on prisoner voting. The Ministry concurs and belie...

3. [2024] NZSSAA 10 (5 September 2024) [pdf, 340 KB]

   ...equivalent of compensation payments within a statutory scheme designed to prevent double recovery. Cullen supports such approach. However, I see nothing inconsistent with that assessment of primary purpose and the approach adopted by the District Court Judge in Kirk. If the Corporation is entitled to regard any benefit as “for all purposes” having been paid, I do not regard it as inappropriate to say that it must likewise be deemed to know the details of such payments. [41] Cullen...

4. [2019] NZEnvC 136 Federated Farmers of New Zealand Incorporated v Bay of Plenty Regional Council [pdf, 9.5 MB]

   ...O NGATI WHAKAUE HANCOCK FOREST MANAGEMENT (NZ) LIMITED PF OLSEN LIMITED KAINGAROA TIMBERLANDS PARTNERSHIP LACHLAN MCKENZIE LAKE ROTORUA PRIMARY PRODUCERS' COLLECTIVE Section 27 4 Parties Court: Hearing: Appearances: 2 Judge D A Kirkpatrick Commissioner R M Dunlop Commissioner J A Hodges at Rotorua from 4 to 8 March 2019 (closing submissions on 22 March 2019) B Matheson and NJ Edwards for Federated Farmers of New Zealand N Tahana and T Hullena for CNI...

5. Research on the effectiveness of police practice in reducing residential burglary part 10 [pdf, 181 KB]

   Research on the effectiveness of Police practice in reducing residential burglary Report 10 Overview: Research on the Effectiveness of Police Practice in Reducing Residential Burglary Alison Chetwin December 2005 2 Research on the effectiveness of Police practice in reducing residential burglary Report 1: Surveys of Household Burglary part one (2002): Four Police Areas and national data compared, Dr Sue Triggs, Ministry of Justice, 2005. Report 2: Surveys of Household Burglary part

6. [2017] NZEnvC 124 Skyline Enterprises Ltd v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 12 MB]

   ...No. [2017] NZEnvC124 of the Resource Management Act 1991 of a direct referral under section 87D of the Act SKYLINE ENTERPRISES LIMITED (ENV-2016-CHC-107) Applicant QUEENSTOWN LAKES DISTRICT COUNCIL Consent Authority Court: Environment Judge J J M Hassan Environment Commissioner W R Howie Environment Commissioner C J Wilkinson Hearing: at Queenstown on 22, 23, 24 and 25 May 2017 Appearances: G Todd and B Gresson for the applicant J Leckie for the consent authority R Som...

7. [2017] NZEnvC 037 Wellington Fish Game Council v Manawatu-Wanganui Regional Council [pdf, 3.7 MB]

   ...application for declarations under sections 310 and 311 of the Resource Management Act 1991 WELLINGTON FISH AND GAME COUNCIL ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE SOCIETY INC Applicants MANAWATU-WANGANUI REGIONAL COUNCIL Respondent Court: Environment Judge C J Thompson Environment Commissioner K A Edmonds Environment Commissioner J R Mills Hearing: at Wellington 13 - 14 February 2017 Counsel , representatives, and parties: S J Ongley for Wellington Fish and Game Council J A Burns &...

8. Family Violence Risk Assessment and Management Framework [pdf, 1.7 MB]

   ...perpetrators. Individuals, families and whānau have described engaging with the system as punishing, judgemental and disempowering. This leaves them angry, frustrated and mistrustful of the very services that are supposed to help them, and then feeling judged (again) as hostile and non-compliant. Our approach must be to help victims, perpetrators, their families and whānau through the complex network of family violence providers, practitioners and services towards a consistent and...

9. [2020] NZEnvC 138 Eyre Community Environmental Safety Society Inc v Christchurch Regional Council [pdf, 9.3 MB]

   ...COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY SOCIETY INCORPORATED (ENV-2014-CHC-000057) Appellant CHRISTCHURCH REGIONAL COUNCIL and WAIMAKARIRI DISTRICT COUNCIL Respondents WAIMAKARIRI IRRIGATION LIMITED Applicant Court: (Then) Chief Environment Court Judge L J Newhook, now Alternate Environment Judge Judicial Settlement Conference: In Christchurch, 16 June 2020; Final drafts filed 5 August 2020. Representatives of Parties: E Chapman for the Appellant B G Williams for the Applicant...

10. Family Court applications June 2019 [xlsx, 225 KB]

    Contents Family Court applications Family Court application data is extracted from a live dataset that is used for operational purposes, meaning the data will be updated with late data entry and active applications progressing through the court process. Therefore, this data may differ to data reported elsewhere with a different extraction date. These tables were extracted on 23 September 2019. Contents: Table 1a: Number and percentage of substantive Family Court application