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1. Sargent - Ngatekawa Block (2008) 126 Whangarei MB 134 (126 WH 134) [pdf, 658 KB]

   ...appear to take an active interest in the land. On the other hand, it was members of the hapu (who were, no doubt, also owners) who championed the pat1ition of the land. Since the pat1ition they have pursued issues on behalf of the land, primarily through the Pohotiare Hapu Trust. The cmTent agents and trustee nominees have dealt with the lease and roadway issues in the interests of the hapu and not individual owners. If it were not for the effot1s of these various members of the hap...

2. [2021] NZEnvC 147 Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand v Bay of Plenty Regional Council [pdf, 2.7 MB]

   ...in land management agreements and support for landowners and community groups with education, advisory services and funding via various council funds. [3] Consistent with national policy direction, the RPMP categorises every pest to be managed through separate Exclusion, Eradication, Progressive Containment and Sustained Control programmes. Some pests included in the RPMP are split into different programmes across different parts of the region. The RPMP also includes an appendix l...

3. IPT Practice Note 2/2024 Refugee and Protection [pdf, 490 KB]

   ...https://www.justice.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Forms/IPT-Form-8-Authority-to-Act.pdf 15 [6.2] Where proceedings before the Tribunal relate to a minor (being a person under 18 years of age who is not married or in a civil union), the minor’s interests are normally to be represented by one of the minor’s parents and the parent is the responsible adult for the minor for the purposes of the proceedings — section 375(1). In the absence of a parent (including where a parent cann...

4. Family legal aid fees - consultation paper [pdf, 816 KB]

   ...clients, legal aid providers, and the government around the cost of legal aid services. The new fee framework is designed to apply to cases that have relatively standard costs. It recognises that, while few cases are identical, they all progress through well-defined stages of preparation. We expect that the new fees framework would accommodate the majority of family cases. However, we recognise that some cases would require additional work and an amendment to the legal aid grant. Th...

5. Legal aid final family consultation paper - 10 February 2012 [pdf, 816 KB]

   ...clients, legal aid providers, and the government around the cost of legal aid services. The new fee framework is designed to apply to cases that have relatively standard costs. It recognises that, while few cases are identical, they all progress through well-defined stages of preparation. We expect that the new fees framework would accommodate the majority of family cases. However, we recognise that some cases would require additional work and an amendment to the legal aid grant. Th...

6. Child witnesses in the New Zealand criminal courts [pdf, 795 KB]

   ...Involvement in the criminal justice system presents a broad range of stressors for children. However, delays and courtroom questioning emerge as the two most significant and longstanding issues. Delays “The 17-month delay in getting this matter through the court system I believe contributed significantly to the victim’s confusion under cross-examination.” (NZ Police officer, as cited in Hanna et al., 2010, p. 26) In the mid-1990s, sexual assault cases involving complainants unde...

7. [2014] NZEmpC 154 Fox v Hereworth School Trust Board [pdf, 200 KB]

   EMMA YUEN SEE FOX v HEREWORTH SCHOOL TRUST BOARD NZEmpC WELLINGTON [2014] NZEmpC 154 [20 August 2014] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT WELLINGTON [2014] NZEmpC 154 WRC 5/13 IN THE MATTER OF a challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority AND IN THE MATTER of an application for enforcement of order against non-party for particular discovery BETWEEN EMMA YUEN SEE FOX Plaintiff AND HEREWORTH SCHOOL TRUST BOARD Defen

8. Update to Minister on applying the investment approach to Justice [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...45. For example, the Washington State Institute for Public Policy is a non-partisan think tank funded by the state legislature in Washington to provide independent advice on the cost-benefit ratios of various investments to reduce crime, from parenting programmes through to prison-based drug treatment. We attach a copy of their latest report for your information. As noted in the recent Justice Sector symposium, if approaches to reduce crime work well overseas, they are likely to work...

9. Recommendations Recap 2024 Q2 [pdf, 884 KB]

   Recommendations Recap A summary of coronial recommendations and comments made between 1 April and 30 June 2024 Office of the Chief Coroner | 2024 (2) i Coroners’ recommendations and comments Coroners perform essential functions within our society. They inquire into a range of unexpected deaths to establish the identity of the person who has died and the cause and circumstances of their death. While inquiring into a death,

10. LCRO 153/2023 GP v DM (29 November 2024) [pdf, 253 KB]

    ...constitute unsatisfactory conduct; and (d) did GP’s indication that a complaint would be filed with the Complaints Service if DM refused to transfer her file to another lawyer, constitute unsatisfactory conduct? Introductory Comments [66] Working through the information that was provided to the Standards Committee has not been without its difficulties. [67] The Standards Committee decision is lengthy. 4 Deliu v Connell [2016] NZHC 361, [2016] NZAR 475 at [2]. 12 [68] The...