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1. [2023] NZEnvC 103 Friends of Conical Hill Incorporated v Hurunui District Council and Hanmer Springs Thermal Pools and Spa [pdf, 223 KB]

   ...phase. [20] Counsel for Hurunui District Council, Friends of Conical Hill Inc, and Hanmer Springs Thermal Pools and Spa advised that they do not oppose Newsroom accessing the open court file. [21] I consider that r 12(e), the principle of open justice (including the encouragement of fair and accurate reporting of court hearings and decisions) is engaged, subject to the protection of confidentiality interests that the court has previously identified (r 12(d)). [22] I will grant t...

2. Code-of-conduct-survey-summary.pdf [pdf, 309 KB]

   ...b. Representation, engagement and advocacy (or ‘lobbying’) is a legitimate activity and an important part of the democratic process. Those involved in engagement and advocacy can help individuals and organisations communicate their views on matters of public interest to the Government and, in doing so, improve outcomes for the individual and the community as a whole. c. In performing this role, there is a public expectation that engagement and advocacy activities will be carrie...

3. [2007] NZEmpC CRC19/07 Abernethy v Dynea NZ Ltd [pdf, 79 KB]

   ABERNETHY V DYNEA NZ LTD CHCH CC 13/07 10 July 2007 IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT CHRISTCHURCH CC 13/07 CRC 19/07 IN THE MATTER OF a challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority BETWEEN STEPHEN ABERNETHY Plaintiff AND DYNEA NEW ZEALAND LIMITED Defendant Hearing: 18 June 2007 (Heard at Nelson) Court: Chief Judge G L Colgan Judge B S Travis Judge C M Shaw Appearances: Nicole Ironside, Counsel for the Plaintiff Shan Wilson, Counsel...

4. Young people and alcohol: Some statistics to 2003 and 2004 on possible effects of lowering the purchase age [pdf, 512 KB]

   Young People and Alcohol: Some Statistics to 2003 and 2004 on Possible Effects of Lowering the Purchase Age Barb Lash 2 First published in April 2005 by the Research and Evaluation Unit Ministry of Justice PO Box 180 Wellington New Zealand © Crown Copyright ISBN 0-478-29003-9 3 Foreword In 1999 Parliament lowered the minimum age at which people may legally purchase or drink alcohol on licensed premises to 18 years with one exemption, from 20 years with a numbe...

5. Falwasser v Olsen - Matata Parish 6A (2014) 107 Waiariki MB 74 (107 WAR 74) [pdf, 150 KB]

   ...a lengthy process in coming to their decision to enter into the lease which has included consultation with some of the beneficial owners. [4] At the outset I note that the applicant has referred to a number of resource consent issues. Those matters are outside the jurisdiction of this Court. The Court is also aware that matters in relation to the Waste Water Treatment Plant are proceeding through the Environment Court. It is understood that the applicant is looking to stop what h...

6. Canterbury Westland Standards Committee v Hemi [2013] NZLCDT 23 [pdf, 121 KB]

   ...remorseful for his behaviour. He records that his “professional and family life has been turned completely upside down.” Naturally as the principal breadwinner for his young family the impact on them has been acute. That is not to say that such matters outweigh the seriousness of the offending, but the subsequent harm suffered is part of the overall picture. The practitioner records that he will be unable to be a legal aid provider for five years following any suspension or...

7. FR v US LCRO 249 / 2010 (17 November 2011) [pdf, 130 KB]

   ...Committee 4 which considered a complaint by FR (the Applicant) against US (the Practitioner). The Standards Committee resolved to take no further action on the complaint and the Applicant seeks a review of that decision. Background [2] This matter arises out of the involvement of the Practitioner with proceedings under the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1998 (PPPR Act) with regard to the Applicant‟s aged father. [3] The Applicant is the only child of his fat...

8. White v Potroz - Mohakatino Parininihi No 1C West 3A2 [2017] Māori Appellate Court MB 450 (2017 APPEAL 450) [pdf, 570 KB]

   ...The next day on 11 February 1933 a letter to Frederick Waddell was sent from the Māori Land Board advising that the certificate of confirmation had been endorsed and was being held pending compliance as to survey fees and rates. [16] There matters lay for almost a decade until 10 March 1942 when a memorandum of transfer from Frederick William Waddell to the Guardian Trust and Executors Company of New Zealand (“Guardian Trust”) as executor of the estate of John Patterson was...

9. Naera v Fenwick - Whakapoungakau 24 (2017) 169 Waiariki MB 3 (169 WAR 3) [pdf, 292 KB]

   169 Waiariki MB 3 IN THE MĀORI LAND COURT OF NEW ZEALAND WAIARIKI DISTRICT A20160006805 UNDER Section 79 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 IN THE MATTER OF Whakapoungakau 24 block BETWEEN JILLIAN NAERA, ERIC HODGE, WARWICK MOREHU, ANAHA MOREHU, BUNNY ORMSBY, KURANGAITUKU FARRELL AND KEREAMA PENE Applicants AND PIRIHIRA FENWICK, WIREMU KINGI, WINNIE EMERY (deceased) AND HIWINUI HEKE (deceased) First Respondents AND TAI ERU Second Res...

10. LCRO 260/2013 CS v RV (18 July 2017) [pdf, 190 KB]

    ...Court (the court) and correspondence. Although the firm provided services to Mr RV from time to time without charging him, and remained on the Court record at least until November 2011 when Mr CS sold the firm, legal aid was granted for Mr RV’s matter to a local barrister with lead provider status on 12 April 2006. The grant of aid 2 appears to have been exhausted by February 2007, with no legal aid payments having been made to Mr CS or the firm. [4] Mr RV instructed a new...