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1. 2017 Ministry of Justice Annual Report [pdf, 3.7 MB]

   ...civil disputes • allowing courts and tribunals to adopt modern practices, such as digital documents and electronic case files. • increasing the transparency of courts (for example, judges will be required to publish information about reserved judgments) • new measures to deal with meritless proceedings by giving judges more options to limit or prevent people from initiating vexatious civil cases. STREAMLINING OUR SERVICES We completed the centralisation of High Court case ma...

2. [2011] NZEmpC 8 Service v YMCA Christchurch [pdf, 243 KB]

   ...INCORPORATED Defendant Hearing: 26 October 2010 27 October 2010 28 October 2010 25 November 2010 26 November 2010 (Heard at Christchurch) Appearances: Jeff Goldstein, Counsel for Plaintiff Peter Zwart, Advocate for Defendant Judgment: 9 February 2011 JUDGMENT OF JUDGE A D FORD The challenge [1] The plaintiff, Ms Roslyn Service, worked at the Young Mens’ Christian Association (the YMCA) in Christchurch as an Education Manager. She had been empl...

3. [2016] NZEmpC 161 NZ Airline Pilots Assoc Inc v Air NZ Ltd [pdf, 234 KB]

   ...a stance which prevents the company using his services as a pilot since this is the essential nature of his contract. (emphasis added) [39] The broad discretionary power of direction implicit in s 2 has also been referred to in subsequent judgments, including Air New Zealand v Rush 20 and McAlister v Air New Zealand. 21 Both related to actions taken by the company in respect of pilots who had turned 60 years of age and so the factual context of these decisions is quite di...

4. Wawatai(Tate) - Estate of Te Raana Waiti (2014) 88 Taitokerau MB 233 (88 TTK 233) [pdf, 110 KB]

   ...Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 IN THE MATTER OF Te Raana Waiti BETWEEN ANAMARIA FRANCES WAWATAI (TATE) Applicant Hearing: 28 May 2012 24 September 2012 (Heard at Auckland) Judgment: 07 October 2014 RESERVED JUDGMENT OF JUDGE D J AMBLER 88 Taitokerau MB 234 Introduction [1] This decision concerns an application to succeed to further Māori land interests in...

5. Chase-Seymour - Paenoa Te Akau (2015) 114 Waiariki MB 195 (114 WAR 195) [pdf, 209 KB]

   ...MB 133-150, dated 30 March 2012 69 Waiariki MB 147-162, dated 17 September 2012 74 Waiariki MB 154-155, dated 26 April 2013 80 Waiariki MB 131-146, dated 8 July 2013 83 Waiariki MB 86-89, dated 20 September 2013 (Heard at Taupō) Judgment: 3 March 2015 RESERVED JUDGMENT OF JUDGE P J SAVAGE 114 Waiariki MB 196 Introduction [1] On 17 December 2012 I made orders in relation to two applications filed with the Court seeking to partition the Māo...

6. Jones - Pukawa D3 Trust (2015) 124 Waiariki MB 217 (124 WAR 217) [pdf, 246 KB]

   ...D3 TRUST Applicant Hearing 122 Waiariki MB 207 dated 8 June 2015 (Heard at Whakatāne) Appearances: William Jones for the applicants Judgment: 27 July 2015 RESERVED JUDGMENT OF JUDGE L R HARVEY Solicitors: Hamertons, PO Box 601, Whakatāne, 3158. b.jones@hamertons.co.nz mailto:b.jones%40hamertons.co.nz 124 Waiariki MB 218 Introduc...

7. Couper v Paki - Lloyd Alexander Couper (2012) 281 Aotea MB 156 (281 AOT 156) [pdf, 173 KB]

   ...BETWEEN LLOYD ALEXANDER COUPER Applicant AND GABRIEL NOPERA PAKI Respondent Hearing: 51 WAR 250 - 293, 28 March 2012 (Heard at Rotorua) Appearances: Mr I Peterson for the Applicant Mr M Batchelor for the Respondent Judgment: 4 April 2012 RESERVED JUDGMENT OF JUDGE L R HARVEY Solicitors: Ian Peterson, Potts & Hodgson, PO Box 444, Opotiki, for the Applicant ian@pottshodgson.co.nz Michael Batchelor, Lyon O’N...

8. Hinaki - Whangara A5 (2023) 116 Tairāwhti MB 143 (116 TRW 143) [pdf, 421 KB]

   ...Whāngārā A5 NĀ By DARREN HINAKI Te kaitono Applicant Nohoanga: Hearing 4 October 2022, 115 Tairawhiti MB 97-105 (Heard at Gisborne) Kanohi kitea: Appearances R Revington for applicant Whakataunga: Judgment date 13 January 2023 TE TUHINGA HUKIHUKI Ā TE KAIWHAKAWĀ MĀTUA TUARUA C L FOX Preliminary Judgment of Deputy Chief Judge C L Fox Copies to: R Revington, Woodward Chr...

9. Alchin and Scott TRI 2020-100-001 [2022] NZWHT AUCKLAND 01 [pdf, 374 KB]

   IN THE WEATHERTIGHT HOMES TRIBUNAL TRI 2020-100-001 [2022] NZWHT AUCKLAND 01 BETWEEN ROSEMARY ALICE ALCHIN and SIMON FRANCIS SCOTT Claimants AND HAMILTON CITY COUNCIL Respondent Hearing: 6 and 7 May 2021 and 21 October 2021 Closing submissions: Claimants 11 November 2021 Respondents 25 November 2021 Claimants reply 2 December 2021 Appearances: Scott McKenna and Amin Osama for the claimants Paul Robertson and John Tian for the first respondent

10. Discussion paper - Re-evaluation of Human Rights protections [pdf, 534 KB]

    Ministry of Justice Te Manatu Ture Discussion Paper Re-evaluation of the Human Rights Protections in New Zealand RE-EVALUATION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTIONS IN NEW ZEALAND REPORT FOR THE ASSOCIATE MINISTER OF JUSTICE AND ATTORNEY-GENERAL HON. MARGARET WILSON 3 DISCLAIMER The Ministerial Re-evaluation of Human Rights Protections in New Zealand was written by an independent evaluation team for the Minister of Justice. The views expressed in it are those of the independent evalua