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1. OL v RY LCRO 261/14 (16 March 2016) [pdf, 185 KB]

   ...aspects of a determination by a Standards Committee. Section 203 of the Act makes it clear that the scope of a review is confined to the Standards Committee’s final determination and allows the LCRO to review any and all aspects of any inquiry or investigation relating to a final determination. 3 All quotations are from the findings determination, 28 August 2014. 3 a. a failure to provide a letter of engagement to Mrs RY and the third trustee; b. a failure to obtain the approp...

2. Yates v Te Kohanga Trust - Te Kohanga Lots 1, 3-16, 24 and 27 (2013) 63 Taitokerau MB 299 (63 TTK 299) [pdf, 224 KB]

   ...As far as the Reserves and Domains Act 1953 (“the RDA”) (which applied at the time of the s 181C order) and the RA are concerned, the RDA would have applied to Lot 1 as the definition of “public reserve” under s 2 of that Act included “private land” which, in turn, included “Māori land.” However, the RA repealed and replaced the RDA, and the RA’s definition of “public reserve” expressly excluded a Māori reservation under the MAA. Thus, apart from very limited...

3. Facilitation payments guide and NZ's anti-bribery laws [pdf, 128 KB]

   ...they can operate effectively and efficiently without the use of these payments. New Zealand’s facilitation payments exception explained New Zealand law criminalises a wide range of bribery and corruption offences in both the public and private sphere (whether such acts occur in New Zealand or overseas). This includes foreign bribery, which is where an individual or company from New Zealand bribes a foreign public official in the course of an international business transaction.1...

4. [2021] NZEnvC 008 Wairoa District Council [pdf, 317 KB]

   ...evidence addresses whether stopping the unformed road is consistent with the Wairoa District Plan. (e) Ms Nicole Alexander – Licensed Cadastral Surveyor. Ms Alexander’s evidence is based on her review of the existing cadastral data and the investigation and survey work she undertook in relation to the unformed road. Consideration The Wairoa District Plan [12] Turning first to the Wairoa District Plan, and whether it contains any relevant provisions that should be consid...

5. Te Manutukutuku Issue 5 [pdf, 2.8 MB]

   ...Restructuring Bill There are a number of claims before the Tribunal concerning lands now under the control of the New Zealand Railways Corporation. The Government is about to restructure the Corporation and allow some of its lands to be sold into private hands. The Railways Corporation Restructuring Bill, now being considered by Parliament, contains protections for claimants similar to those for other State enterprise lands which may be sold into private hands. That is, the land can...

6. Te Manutukutuku Issue 7 [pdf, 533 KB]

   ...Tribunal travelled to the far north to begin hearings on the Muriwhenua land claims. The chairperson, Chief Judge Edward Durie, is presiding over both these claims. Hearings have been held throughout the year on the Te Roroa claims, which include investigation of land sales around Maunganui Bluff and within the Waipoua Forest. An innovation in this claim was the appointment of Counsel by the Tribunal to assist 'third parties', in this case local W¥i!If jet. -" land...

7. ND v BC [2022] NZDT 128 (15 August 2022) [pdf, 160 KB]

   ...truck when the contract was made or entered into as found above on the 29 April. Thus, when BC took the truck to ZRR on the 31 March ND was the owner of the truck and BC the bailee in possession. BC says the evidence from the dash cam was his own private evidence and should not be admitted. I am not convinced that BC considered the dash cam to be private at the time. In terms of what was agreed, BC had not indicated that the information in the dash cam was personally sensitive to him. It...

8. [2025] NZIACDT 23 – JY v Wen (25 March 2025) [pdf, 216 KB]

   ...that they are. [22] As for the sanctions, Ms Wen expresses a willingness to pay a financial penalty. She will comply with any training direction, but it would be a considerable hardship. A record of the professional development courses and private study undertaken by Ms Wen in the last two years has been produced. Additionally, she has hired a provisionally licensed person and they meet every two weeks to study Immigration NZ’s “Ops Manual” and related cases. JURISD...

9. BQ v C Ltd [2024] NZDT 902 (7 November 2024) [pdf, 215 KB]

   ...Reasons: [1] The hearing was convened by teleconference. Both parties appeared at the hearing. Background [2] The parties agree the essential facts. The respondent was contacted by PN who requested the respondent tow and store a [Vehicle] from private property at [Address]. The respondent did so on or before 26 July 2024. Shortly after, the respondent was approached by the applicant after her return from overseas, who confirmed she was the owner of the vehicle and requested its rele...

10. Waitangi Tribunal theme K - Māori Land Councils and Māori Land Boards [pdf, 3.4 MB]

    l \ , DUPLICATE Wai 1200, A60 RANGAHAUA WHANUI NATIONAL THEME K MAORI LAND COUNCILS AND MAORI LAND BOARDS: A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW, 1900 TO 1952 DONALD M LOVERIDGE DECEMBER I996 FIRST RELEASE WAITANGI TRIBUNAL RANGAHAUA WHANUI SERIES Other Rangahaua Whanui reports District reports District I: Auckland, R Daamen, P Hamer, and B Rigby District 7: The Volcanic Plateau, B J Bargh District 9: The Whanganui District, S Cross and B Bargh District IIA: Wairarapa, P Goldsmit