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1. MacGregor v Craig (Rescission of Confidentiality Orders) [2016] NZHRRT 23 [pdf, 225 KB]

   ...the four proceedings to which Mr Craig, not Ms MacGregor, is a party. In her view the protection afforded by the Tribunal’s interim orders has been overtaken by those proceedings because in them Mr Craig is once more publishing confidential and private information about her for the purpose of attempting to repair his own reputation and political prospects. In those fora neither she nor the Tribunal has influence. [17] Developing this argument, Ms MacGregor pointed out, for example,...

2. Y v R LCRO 57 / 2009 (9 June 2009) [pdf, 30 KB]

   ...referred to the Auckland Standards Committee 4 for consideration. [2] The Auckland Standards Committee 4 found that the conduct complained of amounted to conduct unbecoming and censured Complainant Y and order her to pay the costs of the investigation in the sum of $600.00. That decision was notified to Complainant Y on 2 April 2009. Complainant Y sought a review of the decision of the Standards Committee by an application received by this office on 6 May 2009. [3] Compla...

3. Complaints Assessment Committee 409 v Andrew Rankin [2017] NZREADT 78 [pdf, 186 KB]

   ...Brogdens, Mr Rankin had been provided with an initial report which stated that the property had been tested for methamphetamine contamination, with a positive result. Mr Rankin withheld this information from the Brogdens. [4] A detailed site investigation after the Brogdens bought the property, and became aware of the initial report, disclosed an overall moderate level of methamphetamine contamination inside the property. Six of the locations sampled (including bedrooms) had l...

4. LCRO 168/2023 KM v ZT (30 April 2025) [pdf, 154 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...

5. Mitchell v Accident Compensation Corporation [2019] NZHRRT 29 [pdf, 206 KB]

   ...footage of him tipping over a table at the Masterton ACC site in 2010. The letter also recorded that Mr Mitchell had raised concerns regarding a handwritten letter placed on his file in 2006. [30] On 17 June 2016 the OPC issued a Certificate of Investigation. This recorded that the OPC had investigated whether ACC had disclosed security footage of Mr Mitchell overturning a table to Mr Neser, an assessing psychologist. The Certificate recorded the Commissioner’s opinion that there...

6. Smith - Waiomu 3B2B2B3B2(2015) 105 Waikato Maniapoto MB 12 (105 WMN 5) [pdf, 185 KB]

   ...and/or interfere with the Beynon septic tank disposal lines. [24] After the site visit all parties returned to Thames for the hearing. Evidence for the B2 trustees [25] Mr Smith’s evidence on behalf of the B2 trustees was that the trustees had investigated the possibility of gaining access from the road frontage on Waiomu Valley Road. However, the land rises from 20 metres to 80 metres within a short distance and the engineering work required to form the access was costed at $9...

7. [2009] NZEmpC CC 5/09 Ramsay V Commissioner of Police [pdf, 126 KB]

   ...application for voluntary disengagement from the police was accepted. He then raised personal grievances for constructive dismissal and unjustified disadvantage because of his dissatisfaction with the way the defendant (the police) dealt with two investigations: one into a complaint he had made about his supervising officer, Sergeant Smith, and the other into a complaint made against him by a member of the community to the Police Complaints Authority (PCA). [2] Mr Ramsay...

8. E72 Ngarimu Blair - EIC - Ngāti Whātua Orākei [pdf, 969 KB]

   ...Following a process of assessment and engagement with Panuku, I confirm that we now fully support the AC36 on the basis of the mana whenua consent conditions identified in Panuku’s primary evidence, combined with Panuku having agreed to support an investigation into the feasibility and optimal location for a potential cultural centre. The investigation will be undertaken outside the term of the current consent application. (d) Ngāti Whātua Orākei has long-standing ancestral an...

9. BORA Search and Surveillance Powers Bill [pdf, 314 KB]

   ...particular case." 7. It follows that the greater the degree of intrusiveness, the greater the justification that is required and, further, the greater the attendant safeguards to ensure that that justification is present. For example, a search of the private areas of a house will necessitate greater justification than a search of its grounds [2]. 8. By way of law enforcement and related competing considerations, it is relevant that, for example, the circumstances are urgent or othe...

10. Application for Waitangi legal aid form [pdf, 811 KB]

    ...electronic form (in addition to or in place of storing it in a physical form) unless I advise the Commissioner otherwise.  My lawyer providing any file, record, document or statement, or giving any information for the purposes of an audit or an investigation by the performance review committee or any other investigation of my lawyer under the Legal Services Act 2011, and I waive legal professional privilege for this purpose. I confirm that:  The information I have given in thi...