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1. Coronial Services Annual Report 2016-2017 [pdf, 1.8 MB]

   ...vi ce s A nn ua l R ep or t 2 01 6– 17 1 contents Introduction 3 Coronial Services of New Zealand 4 Coroners’ contributions 5 Deputy Chief Coroner Brandt Shortland 5 Coroner David Robinson 6 Jurisdiction of the Coroner 7 Coronial investigations and court operations 9 Coronial findings 9 Coronial recommendations or comments 10 Dudley (Coroner Matenga) – Death because of cardiac arrhythmia due to stress associated with a physical assault in the context of cardiac sarcoi...

2. Proactive Release - Review of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 [pdf, 2.9 MB]

   ...7 • Updated search, seizure, and surveillance rules to make sure they worked properly for technologies used at the time. • Added rules reinforcing rights protected in other laws, including human rights. • Improved the government’s investigative tools to enable it to better investigate and enforce laws. What protections are there for people in the Act? One of the main purposes of the Act is to make sure government agencies use their powers under the Act consistently...

3. Evidential Overview for Christchurch Masjid attacks [pdf, 1.7 MB]

   ...8.3 In one case a victim who had escaped the individual’s initial attack was talking to loved ones when they were shot.48 8.4 There is one example of cell phone connectivity to loved ones outside the masjid during and following the attack, where investigations have shown the victim was in fact deceased at the time of that connectivity. Police investigations have shown that this is explained by an anomaly in the cellular phone and/or connectivity on the day.49 8.5 An expert pathologi...

4. [2025] NZEmpC 44 Mutonhori v Wairoa District Council [pdf, 276 KB]

   ...responsibility to supervise the BCA team on the IANZ audit was taken away with immediate effect and he was advised of that by way of an email. [61] In that regard, he says there was a breach of natural justice as Mr Tipuna was acting as the complainant, investigating witness, and final decision-maker, with an obvious conflict of interest. He says this continued throughout the disciplinary process in which there was a blurring of disciplinary and performance issues. [62] Mr Muton...

5. ENVC Matiatia party corresp WMLFeb15 affidavit M Dunn [pdf, 17 MB]

   ...Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan. The Properties 8. The extent of the Watercare, Swordfish Holdings and Council properties are shown on the Quickmap plan in Annexure A. 9. The Watercare SeNices Ltd property is approximately 7.6ha. Preliminary investigations indicate that the right of way easement land covenant and consent notice recorded against the title are unlikely to affect the WML proposal to upgrade and better utilise the already developed parking area on this property. 10...

6. ENVC Matiatia party correspondence - WML Feb15 - affidavit M Dunn [pdf, 17 MB]

   ...Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan. The Properties 8. The extent of the Watercare, Swordfish Holdings and Council properties are shown on the Quickmap plan in Annexure A. 9. The Watercare SeNices Ltd property is approximately 7.6ha. Preliminary investigations indicate that the right of way easement land covenant and consent notice recorded against the title are unlikely to affect the WML proposal to upgrade and better utilise the already developed parking area on this property. 10...

7. Proactive release - Budapest Convention on Cybercrime [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...cloud computing age, where an offender may be located in one country, the victim in another, and the evidence of the offence held or controlled by a company in a third country. 3 The Budapest Convention aims to improve cooperation on cross-border investigations and prosecutions by providing a consistent framework for defining computer crimes, enabling lawful access to evidence, and outlining expectations on how relevant international agencies assist each other. Signed in 2001, it now has...

8. CAC407 v Towers [2016] NZREADT 24 [pdf, 142 KB]

   ...strange individual.☺ (f) Following their phone conversation, the defendant sent a number of text messages to the complainant calling her a “stupid stupid woman” and “a pathetic individual”. (g) In his interview with the Committee’s investigator the defendant sought to justify his conduct and continued to use derogatory language to describe the complainant. (h) This conduct would reasonably be regarded by agents of good standing, or reasonable members of the public, as dis...

9. 2. NZCVR application form v0.2 [docx, 209 KB]

   ...Application assessment and selection 5 IDI data access 5 Contracting for services 5 Dissemination and publication 5 New Zealand Crime and Victims Research 7 Summary and eligibility information 8 Research topic 8 Researchers and collaborators 9 Principal investigator 9 Co-researchers and collaborators 9 Conflicts of interest 10 Project information 11 Project quality 11 Budget and timeline 12 Team capability 13 Policy relevance and partnership 14 Impact 14 References and supporting information 15...

10. LCRO 19/2024 MT v DB (31 January 2025) [pdf, 156 KB]

    ...Review Officers is not appropriately equated with a general appeal. The obligations and powers of the Review Officer as described in the Act create a very particular statutory process. The Review Officer has broad powers to conduct his or her own investigations including the power to exercise for that purpose all the powers of a Standards Committee or an investigator and seek and receive evidence. These powers extend to “any review” … … the power of review is much broader th...