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1. The Criminal Justice Summit

   ...examined issues such as Māori over-representation, victim support and crime prevention. External consultants PWC and ThinkPlace worked with the Ministry of Justice, NZ Police and the Department of Corrections on the content and design of the summit, resources and facilitation of all the breakout sessions. The summit was aimed at starting a public conversation about how we can reform our criminal justice system effectively. The media coverage, social media posts and online public submissions ha...

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2. WHT Annual Report 2023 [pdf, 265 KB]

   ...undertaken and other matters that legitimately prevented the progress of claims to determination. Current judicial resourcing is sufficient for the effective function of the Tribunal, but this will be monitored going forward. An important resource requirement for the Tribunal will be the continued availability of and access to: • Assessors to support the Tribunal in the giving of expert, impartial advice on technical aspects of claims; and • Mediators to assist in resolvi...

3. [2017] NZEnvC 199 Toomey v Thames Coromandel District Council [pdf, 552 KB]

   ...applications were filed on 18 October 2017. [23] In its application for a waiver of time, CWH did not address the reason why its notice was 15 months late. Counsel's submissions acknowledge that it is a public interest group with limited resources and could not afford to become party to all appeals which might raise issues overlapping with its own but that it made a strategic decision as to which appeals it wished to join. Now that issues had been narrowed, it says it can afford...

4. E38 Jon Styles - Noise - EIC - Council [pdf, 854 KB]

   31654827:637695 BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT COURT I MUA I TE KOOTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA IN THE MATTER of the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) AND IN THE MATTER of a direct referral application under section 87G of the RMA for resource consents for the necessary infrastructure and related activities associated with holding the America’s Cup in Auckland BETWEEN PANUKU DEVELOPMENT AUCKLAND LIMITED (ENV-2018-AKL-000078) Applicant AND AUCKLAND COUNCIL Regula...

5. Territorial Authorities - JS McGirr - Supplementary - 12 May 2021.pdf [pdf, 2.1 MB]

   BI-936714-365-64-V1 BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT COURT CHRISTCHURCH REGISTRY ENV:2020-CHC-127 In the Matter of the Resource Management Act 1991 And a notice of motion under section 149T(2) to decide proposed Plan Change 7 to the Regional Plan: Water for Otago. Between OTAGO REGIONAL COUNCIL Applicant And Clutha District Council, Waitaki District Council, Queenstown Lakes District Council, Dunedin City Council, and Central Otago District Council Section 274 Parties...

6. Federated-Farmers-of-New-Zealand.pdf [pdf, 556 KB]

   IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT ENV-2020-AKL-000099 AT AUCKLAND I MUA I TE KOOTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA TĀMAKI MAKAURAU IN THE MATTER of the Resource Management Act 1991 A N D IN THE MATTER of an appeal pursuant to clause 14(1) of the First Schedule of the Act BETWEEN BEEF+LAMB NEW ZEALAND LIMITED Appellant A N D WAIKATO REGIONAL COUNCIL Respondent NOTICE OF PERSON’S WISH TO BE PARTY TO PROCEEDINGS Section 274 Resource Management Act 1991...

7. LCRO 90/2016 FL v WZ (15 August 2019) [pdf, 196 KB]

   ...consider that Ms WZ had left messages for her on an incorrect phone number and that these messages had been brought to the attention of the opposing party who had used the information against her; and (d) requests made by Ms WZ to secure her human resources file were seriously inadequate. [16] Ms WZ’s counsel responded to Ms FL’s review application. [17] It was submitted for Ms WZ that: (a) Ms WZ had provided a comprehensive response to Ms FL’s complaints in the submissi...

8. 2023-09-14-Evidence-of-Amelia-Frances-Geary-for-Forest-and-Bird.pdf [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT COURT WELLINGTON REGISTRY I TE KŌTI TAIAO TE WHANGANUI-Ā-TARA ROHE ENV-WLG-2023-000005 IN THE MATTER OF the Resource Management Act 1991 AND IN THE MATTER of the direct referral of applications for resource consent and notices of requirement under sections 87G and 198E of the Act for the Ōtaki to North of Levin Project BY WAKA KOTAHI NZ TRANSPORT AGENCY STATEMENT OF EVIDENCE OF AMELIA FRANCES GEARY O...

9. Ministerial-Briefing-Work-to-date-on-the-Political-Lobbying-Project-13-June-2024.pdf [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   ...and lobbying roles is a key issue of concern among people we spoke with. Stakeholders view this as a significant source of distrust in New Zealand’s political system. • Access to decision-makers – there is a general view that larger or better-resourced organisations get better access to decision-makers. In contrast, poorly resourced civil society groups may have less access, creating an uneven playing field. • Lack of transparency – New Zealand has a number of mechanisms that...

10. Recommendations Recap Issue 26 1 January-31 March 2021 [pdf, 984 KB]

    ...tangible reduction in social worker caseloads, and as long as it is sustained that is an encouraging development. XI. I acknowledge however Dr Doocey’s candid advice that this area of medicine is complex and challenging, and that the pressures on resources and clinicians’ time create a practical constraint on their cognitive headspace and capacity to evaluate these situations more thoroughly. To the extent this can be recognised and accommodated in hospital rostering, then it shou...