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1. [2022] NZREADT 23 - CAC 1904 v Bright (8 November 2022) [pdf, 278 KB]

   ...at the agency. [39] The complainant came into the office in the morning of 3 July 2019 and went out with Mr Bright in his vehicle to view properties. She was sitting in the office when they returned. She noticed them pulling up and Mr Bright parking his car in the usual place. He spoke to the complainant for two to three minutes and then came into the office. The complainant left. There was nothing in their interaction which stuck out. She could see them both clearly and it...

2. [2023] NZEnvC 174 Barbican Securities Limited v Auckland Council [pdf, 292 KB]

   ...enable its capability, flexibility and accessibility for primary production”. With specific reference to rural subdivision, Policy B9.4.2(2) sets out specific circumstances in which subdivision is to be enabled. This includes the creation of parks and reserves, establishing infrastructure and relevantly for the purposes of this case, rural production purposes. [66] Chapter E39 then particularises these matters further by setting out how such subdivision is to be undertaken wit...

3. 20240924-Marine-and-Coastal-Area-Takutai-Moana-Customary-Marine-Title-Amendment-Bill.pdf [pdf, 372 KB]

   ...and protected. In addition, certain types of area are excluded from the CMCA and therefore CMT cannot be granted in relation to them, including areas covered by existing private ownership rights, structures in the CMCA, and all reserves, national parks and conservation areas owned by the Crown. 15.2. Existing resource management consents and various public interest activities, including existing infrastructure that comes within the Act’s definition of “accommodated activities”, ar...

4. Otene – Tauhara Māori Reservation (1977) 58 Taupo MB 168 (58 TPO 168) [pdf, 1.7 MB]

   ...where such circumstances are relevant. It is true that in former years large reserves have been gifted to the Government by Maori people, in order that the land might be retained in its natural state. Noteworthy was the gift of Tongariro National Park, which like Mount Tauhara, is in the Tuwharetoa tribal domain. The necessity for such gifts disappeared after 1909 with the enactment of the first provision tor Maori Reservations. Nor are Maori Reservations to be confused with Maori Res...

5. [2025] NZEmpC 168 Jenner v Corrections Association of New Zealand Incf [pdf, 287 KB]

   ...for individual executive committee members to be excluded on the grounds that they may have formed a view of another member subject to removal. However, that will depend on the circumstances of an individual’s case. 17 Save Chamberlain Park Inc v Auckland Council [2018] NZHC 1462 at [175-179]; Whitford Residents & Ratepayers Assoc (Inc) v Manukau City Corp [1974] 2 NZLR 340 at 346; and Travis Holdings Ltd v Christchurch City Council [1993] 3 NZLR 32 at 47. 18 CREEDNZ...

6. Waitangi Tribunal - Wai 2200 6.2.2 Scoping report [pdf, 2 MB]

   Table of Contents Introduction......................................................................................................................... 7 Research Themes and Issues........................................................................................... 8 Other research projects ..................................................................................................... 10 Other scoping inquiries .................................................................

7. Waitangi Tribunal - Wai 2200 7.2.2 Scoping report [pdf, 2 MB]

   Table of Contents Introduction......................................................................................................................... 7 Research Themes and Issues........................................................................................... 8 Other research projects ..................................................................................................... 10 Other scoping inquiries .................................................................

8. Waitangi Tribunal - Te Urewera [pdf, 3.8 MB]

   ...determination, by the terms of the Urewera District Native Reserve Act 1896, was meant to proceed according to Maori custom, but many complaints from Tuhoe owners suggest that relative interests were calculated on an apparently alien basis. This process sparked numerous appeals, and these were heard by a second Urewera commission, which had no Tuhoe representation, and, ånally, by the Appellate Court. Urewera titles were litigated from 1899 until 1912, aggravating hapu rivalries and exhausting...

9. Environment Court annual review 2015 [pdf, 2.4 MB]

   Environment Court of New Zealand Annual Review Calendar Year 2015 By Members of the Court Environment Court of New Zealand Annual Review 2015 2 PUBLISHED MAY 2016 CONCERNING CALENDAR YEAR 2015 In this review Calendar year 2015: an overview by Principal Environment Judge ........................................ 4 Profile of the Court ........................................................................................................

10. [2018] NZEnvC 102 Albert Road Investments Limited v Auckland Council [pdf, 12 MB]

    ...for structured future urbanisation. The site and environs [4] The Site is on the north-western corner of the intersection of Hudson Road and Falls Road. It is bisected by a retaining wall that supports an upper terrace where there is a drive-on parking area, a simple house and ancillary building and a tired looking tennis court. We were told the buildings are currently used for commercial office purposes (although the necessary resource consent was yet to be secured at the time of h...