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1. BORA Court Matters Bill [pdf, 194 KB]

   ...TO ATTORNEY GENERAL - COURTS MATTERS BILL.DOCX Amendments to the Criminal Disclosure Act 2008 54. The proposed amendments to the Criminal Disclosure Act 2008 do not raise issues of consistency with the Bill of Rights Act. Amendments to Criminal Investigations (Bodily Samples) Act 1995 55. A proposed amendment to the Criminal Investigations (Bodily Samples) Act 1995 will enable a High Court Judge, in addition to a District Court Judge, to make an order requiring a respondent to provid...

2. LCRO 111/2021 New Zealand Law Society v AP (10 January 2022) [pdf, 349 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 t...

3. [2018] NZEnvC 221 Giles v Auckland Council [pdf, 8.8 MB]

   /BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT COURT I MUA I TE KOOTI TAIAO 0 AOTEAROA Court: HearIng: Appearances: INTHEMATIER AND BETWEEN AND Decision No. [2018] NZEnvC 1. 2.. ( of the Resource Management Act 1991 of an appeal pursuant to s 120 of the Act GILES & THIRD (ENV-2017-AKL-118) Appellant AUCKLAND COUNCIL Respondent Environment Judge JA Smith sitting alone pursuant to s 279 of the Act On the papers at Auckland Date of Decision: 'i 5 NOV 2il18 Date of Issue:

4. [2019] NZEnvC 189 508 Chapel Road Partnership Trust v Auckland Council [pdf, 2.2 MB]

   ...accordance with NZS 6803: 1999 Acoustics - Construction Noise. Implementation of Construction Traffic Management Plan 15. All construction works shall be carried out in accordance with the CTMP required by condition 4. Maintain access to public and private assets 16. There shall be no obstruction of access to public footpaths, berms, private properties, public services/utilities, or public walkways resulting from earthworks activity on the site. All materials and equipment shall be s...

5. [2024] NZEnvC 133 New Zealand Transport Agency - Waka Kotahi [pdf, 1.9 MB]

   NEW ZEALAND TRANSPORT AGENCY-WAKA KOTAHI -Ō2NL PROJECT IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT WELLINGTON I TE KŌTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA KI TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA Decision No. [2024] NZEnvC 133 IN THE MATTER of a direct referral of applications for resource consents and notices of requirement under sections 87G and 198E of the Resource Management Act 1991 for the Ōtaki to North of Levin Project BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND TRANSPORT AGENCY-WAKA KOTAHI (ENV-2023-WLG-000005) Applicant

6. Recommendations recap - issue 3 [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...their limitations. The British standard considered use of the microlight inappropriate for the purposes of public transport or aerial work (other than aerial work for flight training). The equivalent Canadian standard stated that, in addition to private recreational use, a basic ultra-light aeroplane may be used for hire and reward for pilot flight training (but not for any other commercial aviation operation or aerial work). The coroner commented that while a microlight is a bas...

7. Michael Cummings - Statement of Evidence (24 June 2021) [pdf, 5 MB]

   IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT OF NEW ZEALAND CHRISTCHURCH REGISTRY I TE KŌTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA ŌTAUTAHI ROHE ENV-2020-CHC-127 UNDER the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) IN THE MATTER of the Water Permits Plan Change - Plan Change 7, being part of a proposal of national significance directed by the Minister for the Environment to be referred to the Environment Court under section 142(2)(b) of the RMA AND IN THE MATTER of an application under section 149T of the RMA

8. Waitangi Tribunal theme L - Trust administration of Māori reserves [pdf, 3.3 MB]

   ...inconsistencies between administrations and, secondly, it highlights the extent to which local administrators influenced the particular direction of administration, sometimes in spite of the legislation. Time constraints have severely restricted the scope of investigation. One of the weaknesses in a report of this nature lies in its inability to provide a detailed examination of primary source material. As a result, readers must remain cognisant of what has been omitted. The report endea...

9. [2008] NZEmpC CC 9/08 Coffey v The Christchurch Press, a division of Fairfax NZ Ltd [pdf, 70 KB]

   ...claimed that the conduct for which he was given the final warning was not the same conduct as he had been given the first warning for. The first involved him going over to one person and making a point, the other warning related to an exchange in a private room which had got heated because Mr Lammers asked him the same question over and over again. Mr Coffey took issue with the allegation that he was loud, heated and abusive towards Mr Lammers in front of other staff. He claimed t...

10. [2020] NZEnvC 001 Environmental Defence Society v Thames Coromandel District Council [pdf, 2.3 MB]

    ...at an indicative level; b) regional and district plans shall map or otherwise identify the landward extent of the coastal environment as the area: i} identified in the indicative maps provided in Section 4A; or ii) determined by further detailed investigation; c) any detailed investigation undertaken under b) above shall: i} recognise and include assessment and consideration of all of the elements of the coastal environment (as defined in the Glossary); ii) be undertaken by the relev...