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1. Evans v Accident Compensation Corporation (Mental Injury) [2025] NZACC 37 (4 March 2025) [pdf, 231 KB]

   IN THE DISTRICT COURT AT WELLINGTON I TE KŌTI-Ā-ROHE KI TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA [2025] NZACC 037 ACAR 38/24 UNDER THE ACCIDENT COMPENSATION ACT 2001 IN THE MATTER OF AN APPEAL UNDER SECTION 149 OF THE ACT BETWEEN DANE EVANS Appellant AND ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION Respondent Hearing: 11 February 2025 Heard at: Wellington/Te Whanganui-a-Tara] Appearances: Appellant is self-represented, supported by Ms Meeneer Mr Hlavac for the resp...

2. Starting a proceeding in the District Court

   ...jurisdiction. Usually the defendant will have 25 working days to respond to a notice of proceeding after being served (if they live in New Zealand). The defendant may instead file a notice of appearance reserving rights, or a notice of appearance on ancillary matters. If this happens then you can still ask for a judgment by default depending on the matters raised in the notice of appearance. Liquidated, unliquidated, and non-monetary demands How you ask for and get a judgment by default depend...

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3. Waitangi Tribunal - Part 5 Te Urewera [pdf, 2.1 MB]

   ...Tamaterangi, and various associated groups and individuals . These important claims were the subject of extensive evidence and submission from both the Crown and the claimants, which required a lengthy response on our part in order to determine all the matters of alleged breach and prejudice . Lake Waikaremoana is a taonga of immense importance to the claimant groups . They have an ancient connection with this lake, which their tradition says was created by their ancestress, Haumapuhia ....

4. Waitangi Tribunal - District 13 Part 1 Northern South Island [pdf, 4.1 MB]

   RANGAHAUA WHANUI DISTRICT 13 THE NORTHERN SOUTH ISLAND DR G A PHILLIPSON JUNE 1995 WORKING PAPER: FIRST RELEASE WAITANGI TRIBUNAL RANGAHAUA WHANUI SERIES Other reports in the Rangahaua Whanui Series available: District I: Auckland, R Daamen, P Ramer, B Rigby District 7: The Volcanic Plateau, B J Bargh District 9: The Whanganui District, S Cross and B Bargh District IIA: Wairarapa, P Goldsmith THE AUTHOR My name is Grant Phillipson and I completed a B.A. Hons. in histo

5. Young people & alcohol: some statistics on possible effects of lowering the drinking age [pdf, 279 KB]

   ...purchasing liquor from licensed premises, 1994 - 2001 Police have identified some difficulties associated with the enforcement of the Act. Many of the problems centre on off-licensed premises where the purchase of alcohol by a minor may only take a matter of minutes, meaning that there is little recourse unless Police were present at the time the offence was committed. The problem is compounded in supermarkets where the liquor aisles are not designated as restricted or supervised areas, and...

6. Harland v ACC [2014] NZACA 13 [pdf, 166 KB]

   BEFORE THE ACCIDENT COMPENSATION APPEAL AUTHORITY AT WELLINGTON [2014] NZACA 13 ACA 01/05 & 02/05 IN THE MATTER of the Accident Compensation Act 1982 AND IN THE MATTER of an appeal pursuant to s.107 of the Act BETWEEN GRACE NEE HARLAND Appellant AND ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION Respondent HEARING 15 April 2014 at Auckland AUTHORITY Robyn Bedford APPEARANCES P Nee Harland, as advocate for the appellant P McBride, couns...

7. [2022] NZEmpC 78 Vulcan Steel Ltd v Manufacturing & Construction Workers Union [pdf, 409 KB]

   ...admissibility of evidence is challenged or otherwise in question. [30] More recent cases have emphasised that the equity and good conscience test under s 189(2) of the Act is the focus of the enquiry.14 Nevertheless, it is clear that, in the interests of justice, hearings should not be bogged down with evidence which is irrelevant.15 As this is also the purpose of ss 7 and 8 of the EA, we consider it appropriate in this case to rely on the statements of the Supreme Court as to ad...

8. MacNaughtan v Accident Compensation Corporation (Treatment Injury/Causation) [2023] NZACC 160 [pdf, 327 KB]

   ...readily be audited or monitored over the course of the years. Without some significant external signpost, this process would be fraught with difficulty. [67] On appeal to the High Court, in his decision of 11 November 2003 (CIV-2003-485-001478), Justice Wild found that Judge Beattie had correctly applied s 7, saying at paragraph 30: After a very careful analysis of the medical evidence here, Judge Beattie found, as a matter of fact, that the appellant had not suffered personal injur...

9. Chaudhary v CAC 414 [2019] NZREADT 24 (7 June 2019) [pdf, 293 KB]

   BEFORE THE REAL ESTATE AGENTS DISCIPLINARY TRIBUNAL [2019] NZREADT 24 READT 052/18 IN THE MATTER OF An appeal under section 111 of the Real Estate Agents Act 2008 BETWEEN AKHIL CHAND CHAUDHARY Appellant AND THE REAL ESTATE AGENTS AUTHORITY (CAC 414) First Respondent AND SUBARMANI RAJAN and SUMINTRA DEVI Second Respondents On the papers Tribunal: Hon P J Andrews, Chairperson Ms C Sandelin, Member Mr N O

10. Waitangi Tribunal - Part 2 The alienation of Māori land in Rohe Potae [pdf, 5.9 MB]

    ...Liberal·goyemrnent to determine what remaining Maori land was required by the owners,and which of these remaining 'unutilised' lands could be sold or leased for general settlement. The members of the commission were Sir Robert Stout, Chief Justice and former Premier, and Apirana Ngata (later Sir Apirana Ngata). The commission report observed that the backlog in titles in the Rohe Potae was not due to lack of effort by the Native Land Court. In fact the commission was not...