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1. TT v D Ltd & TC [2024] NZDT 488 (25 June 2024) [pdf, 171 KB]

   ...PLEASE NOTE: A rehearing will not be granted just because you disagree with the decision. Grounds for Appeal There are very limited grounds for appealing a decision of the Tribunal. Specifically, the Referee conducted the proceedings (or a Tribunal investigator carried out an enquiry) in a way that was unfair and prejudiced the result of the proceedings. This means you consider there was a breach of natural justice, as a result of procedural unfairness that affected the result of the pr...

2. CX v EN [2025] NZDT 48 (4 March 2025) [pdf, 173 KB]

   ...do file an appeal at the same time, the rehearing application will be heard first. Grounds for Appeal There are very limited grounds for appealing a decision of the Tribunal. Specifically, the Referee conducted the proceedings (or a Tribunal investigator carried out an enquiry) in a way that was unfair and prejudiced the result of the proceedings. This means you consider there was a breach of natural justice, as a result of procedural unfairness that affected the result of the procee...

3. Appendix One to Cabinet Paper Reforming the Privacy Act 1993 [pdf, 378 KB]

   ...should be amended so that principles 6 and 7 do not apply to the Auditor-General, excepted to personal information about staff. Principles 6 and 7 relate to access to, and correction of, personal information respectively. Currently people under investigation could use the Privacy Act to seek access to the Auditor-General’s investigation file. This change will put the Auditor-General on a similar footing to the Ombudsmen. 43 Section 56 should be amended to state expressly that the...

4. [2021] NZREADT 23 - Baker v Real Estate Agents Authority (18 May 2021) [pdf, 173 KB]

   ...of $603,000 (later reduced by agreement to $602,750) the same day. [6] The appellants complained to the Authority on 8 March 2018 about a number of aspects of Mr Drumm’s conduct in marketing the property. Complaints Assessment Committee 416 investigated the complaint and in a decision dated 19 December 2018 decided to take no further action on it. The appellants appealed to the Tribunal, and in a decision issued on 12 August 2019, the Tribunal referred the complaint back for fres...

5. Impact of Treaty on Government Agencies report [pdf, 286 KB]

   THE IMPACT OF THE TREATY OF WAITANGI ON GOVERNMENT AGENCIES BROOKER & FRIEND LTD FOR THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES WELLINGTON 1990 Published by Brooker & Friend Ltd 21–23 College Street PO Box 43 Wellington © Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries 1990 ISBN 0-86472-054-8 Printed in New Zealand by Brooker & Friend Ltd, 21–23 College Street, Wellington Reissued 2023 in PDF format by Waitangi Tribunal, 141 The Terrace, Wellington iii FOREWO

6. Ngati Pahauwera Crown Summary Report November 2014 [pdf, 1.5 MB]

   ...likely ‘public’ by dint of orders of the Māori Land Court. The roads are formed and apparently maintained to a degree by the Wairoa District Council. 28 Waihua Beach Road is not a legalised road, but an unsealed right-of-way over several private properties (land now owned again by Ngāti Pāhauwera interests), but reportedly maintained by arrangement with the Wairoa District Council. Even this road does not reach the ‘beach’ per se; visitors or users are now required to...

7. [2009] NZEmpC WC 26/09 Parker v Silver Fern Farms Ltd [pdf, 47 KB]

   ...of its meat works. He was a member of the NZ Meat Workers and Related Trades Union Inc (“the union”) and the relevant collective agreement incorporated expressly the employer’s drug and alcohol policy. Mr Parker’s car was searched by a private investigator acting on behalf of the employer and a quantity of plant material was found in the vehicle. Mr Parker left the works before the employer’s inquiries could proceed and he was absent on medical advice for about 5 weeks....

8. [2015] NZEmpC 115 Lever v Dick and Alexander interlocutory [pdf, 177 KB]

   ...the plaintiffs and the defendants no longer continues and while the defendants originally participated in procuring a mediated settlement, they failed in their obligations to properly cooperate with the Authority in the conduct of its subsequent investigation. [4] The facts of this matter insofar as they are relevant to the proceedings now before the Court can be briefly set out. The plaintiffs, Mr and Mrs Lever, worked for a period of time as managers of a motel property situate...

9. [2018] NZEmpC 97 Noble v Ballooning Canterbury.com Ltd [pdf, 312 KB]

   ...aired at the meeting. Then Mr Noble was sent a letter from BCL ending his relationship with the company. As a result, he raised a dismissal grievance which ultimately came before the Employment Relations Authority (the Authority). [7] After an investigation meeting, the Authority stated in its determination that a preliminary jurisdictional issue had to be resolved.1 The Member said she had hoped that after considering some but not all of the evidence, a determination could be issu...

10. [2018] NZEmpC 89 Lorigan v Infinity Automotive Ltd [pdf, 268 KB]

    ...Ombudsman to Mr Lorigan dated 22 June 2016. It records Mr Lorigan’s assertions of alleged fraud in his workplace. It states that Mr Lorigan had previously referred his concerns to the Serious Fraud Office, who had advised that it did not intend to investigate as it did not meet their criteria for investigation. It also stated that he had raised the matter with the Financial Markets Authority and the Human Rights Commission but neither had investigated. [22] Then the letter re...