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1. OIA-107459.pdf [pdf, 1.3 MB]

   ...“Case Manager” role. This information has been released to you in full. In response to the second part of your request, I am withholding the Curriculum Vitae of the officials in these positions under section 9(2)(a) of the Act, to protect the privacy of natural persons. In accordance with section 9(1) of the Act, I have considered the public interest in making available the information being withheld and determined that it does not outweigh the need to withhold the information...

2. LCRO 29/2023 CP v SW and KM (19 December 2023) [pdf, 245 KB]

   LEGAL COMPLAINTS REVIEW OFFICER ĀPIHA AROTAKE AMUAMU Ā-TURE [2023] NZLCRO 159 Ref: LCRO 29/2023 CONCERNING an application for review pursuant to section 193 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 AND CONCERNING a decision of the [Area] Standards Committee [X] BETWEEN CP Applicant AND SW and KM Respondents DECISION The names and identifying details of the parties in this decision have been changed. Introduction [1] The appli

3. Wedgwood v Accident Compensation Corporation (Social rehabilitation) [2024] NZACC 205 [pdf, 356 KB]

   ...FRNZ 483 at [31], [32], [33]. [6] Mr Wedgwood filed this appeal to the District Court on 11 February 2021 and leave was granted for the late filing. The grounds of appeal were alleged failures of the Corporation and the Reviewer to apply the Privacy Act resulting in: (a) Unlawful use of inaccurate information. (b) Unlawful suppression of pivotal evidence in favour of the applicant (failure to update accurate records). Furthermore, the Reviewer erred in failing to maintain neut...

4. [2024] NZEnvC 291 Strain v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 3.2 MB]

   ...have assisted the development of the Queenstown Countryside Trail. That included their transfer of land for the purposes of the Trail. They record that construction of the Trail has had “a marked effect on the neighbouring land with loss of privacy, stock and wildlife 10 Statement of Evidence of Antony and Sarah Strain dated 21 December 2021. Statement of Evidence of Bill Eaton dated 17 December 2021. 12 disturbed by dogs and disrupting pest control”. Even so, they r...

5. OIA-121395.pdf [pdf, 18 MB]

   ...1, 2024, to the date of this request The documents that come within the scope of part 1 of your request and my decision on their release are set out in the Appendix below. Some information has been withheld under section 9(2)(a) to protect the privacy of natural persons. In withholding information under section 9 of the Act, the Ministry has considered the public interest and does not consider that it outweighs the need to withhold the information at this time. In response to par...

6. OIA-120119.pdf [pdf, 3.1 MB]

   ...attachments to emails. In response to this request, information in scope and not provided in MOIA 119803 is set out in Table 1 attached. Some information has been withheld under the following sections of the Act: • section 9(2)(a) to protect privacy of natural persons • section 9(2)(f)(iv) to maintain the constitutional conventions that protect confidentiality of advice tendered by Ministers and officials • section 9(2)(g)(i) to maintain the effective conduct of public affairs t...

7. LCRO 111/2024 MS v PC (24 March 2025) [pdf, 273 KB]

   LEGAL COMPLAINTS REVIEW OFFICER ĀPIHA AROTAKE AMUAMU Ā-TURE [2025] NZLCRO 036 Ref: LCRO 111/2024 CONCERNING an application for review pursuant to section 193 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 AND CONCERNING a decision of the [Area] Standards Committee [X] BETWEEN MS Applicant AND PC Respondent The names and identifying details of the parties in this decision have been changed. DECISION Introduction [1] The applicant,

8. [2024] NZACC 141 NF v ACC (Impairment Assessment, Independence Allowance) (21 August 2024) [pdf, 357 KB]

   ...the 10% minimum threshold for payment of an independence allowance. Orders Prohibiting Publication of Appellant’s Identifying Particulars [5] Counsel for NF applied for orders prohibiting publication of the appellant’s name to protect his privacy, given the sensitive nature of the facts in this case, including a history of abuse. That was not opposed by the Corporation. 1 Accident Compensation Corporation v Bartels [2006] NZAR 680 at [65]; Atapattu-Weerasinghe v Accident...

9. [2025] NZEmpC 114 VXO v Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora [pdf, 329 KB]

   ORDER PROHIBITING PUBLICATION OF THE NAME AND IDENTIFYING PARTICULARS OF THE PLAINTIFF AND ANOTHER PERSON AT [120] AND [130] VXO v HEALTH NEW ZEALAND – TE WHATU ORA (IN RESPECT OF THE FORMER NORTHLAND DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD) [2025] NZEmpC 114 [9 June 2025] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT OF NEW ZEALAND AUCKLAND I TE KŌTI TAKE MAHI O AOTEAROA TĀMAKI MAKAURAU [2025] NZEmpC 114 EMPC 114/2023 IN THE MATTER OF challenges to determinations of the Employment

10. LCRO 36/2024 CFJ v BDU (31 July 2025) [pdf, 254 KB]

    LEGAL COMPLAINTS REVIEW OFFICER ĀPIHA AROTAKE AMUAMU Ā-TURE [2025] NZLCRO 114 Ref: LCRO 36/2024 CONCERNING an application for review pursuant to section 193 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 AND CONCERNING a decision of the [Area] Standards Committee [X] BETWEEN CFJ Applicant AND BDU Respondent DECISION The names and identifying details of the parties in this decision have been changed. Introduction [1] The applicant,