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1. NZCVS Methodology Report Cycle 1 (2018) [pdf, 5 MB]

   ...findings 38 Changes after pre-pilot trial 39 Pilot study 39 Interviewers and training 40 Key findings 40 Changes after pilot 41 5. Fieldwork processes 42 Introduction 42 Fieldwork period 42 Issuing PSUs 42 Interviewers and training 42 Fieldwork resources 43 Interviewer resources 43 Respondent resources 44 Fieldwork procedures 45 Fieldwork management 45 Fieldwork progress, monitoring and reporting 46 Fieldwork quality assurance 46 Overview of fieldwork quality risks 46 Qualit...

2. Waitangi Tribunal - Initiation Consultation and Consent [pdf, 1.4 MB]

   ...interests that the Crown must balance with the Maori interest, ‘[p]rovided the Crown engages with Maori in a manner that reflects the importance of the Maori issues and authority involved’. 14 In practical terms, the Crown’s view is that its resources (including public service advice and finance) and its ‘predominate role in shaping the legislative agenda of the House’ make a Government Bill ‘a far better vehicle for legislation than a private member’s Bill or an indep...

3. He Hīnātore ki te Ao Māori: A glimpse into the Māori world [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...models and behaviours which Mäori could learn to apply in everyday life. • Mana and tapu are fundamental concepts that governed the infrastructure of traditional Mäori society. Mana and tapu are inherited from the käwai tïpuna and all natural resources within Te Ao Mäori possess mana and tapu to varying degrees. • Tapu acts as a corrective and coherent power within Mäori society. It acted in the same way as a legal system operated with a system of prohibitory controls, effect...

4. 2021-04-21 Transcript (up to end of day 19) [pdf, 3.4 MB]

   BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT CHRISTCHURCH ENV-2020-CHC-127 IN THE MATTER OF The Resource Management Act 1991 AND Of a notice of motion under section 149T(2) to decide proposed Plan Change 7 to the Regional Plan: Water for Otago (referred to the Environment Court by the Minister for the Environment under section 142(2)(b) of the Act) OTAGO REGIONAL COUNCIL Applicant Hearing Commenced: 12 April 2021 held in Cromwell Court: Environme...

5. 2021-04-21 Transcript (up to end of day 19) [pdf, 3.4 MB]

   BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT CHRISTCHURCH ENV-2020-CHC-127 IN THE MATTER OF The Resource Management Act 1991 AND Of a notice of motion under section 149T(2) to decide proposed Plan Change 7 to the Regional Plan: Water for Otago (referred to the Environment Court by the Minister for the Environment under section 142(2)(b) of the Act) OTAGO REGIONAL COUNCIL Applicant Hearing Commenced: 12 April 2021 held in Cromwell Court: Environme...

6. Waitangi Tribunal Vol 2 Kāhui Maunga Report [pdf, 12 MB]

   .... . . . . 655 9 .3 exotic forestry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685 9 .4 The development of land and resources in the national Park district . . . . . . . . . . . . 705 9 .5 Summary of findings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

7. Regulatory Impact Statement increasing maximum claims level in disputes tribunals [pdf, 506 KB]

   ...maximum claims level in the Disputes Tribunals from $15,000 (or $20,000 if the parties agree) to $25,000 (or $30,000 if the parties agree), as having more low value disputes go to the Disputes Tribunals could free up both District Court and legal aid resources for more serious cases. Data in a number of areas that would assist in evaluating the magnitude of the problem or effectiveness of policy options is lacking. In the time available, the Ministry has not been able to analyse oth...

8. Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination – summary record 15th-17th reports (continued) [pdf, 66 KB]

   ...was not restricted by the rules applying to the court system. Operating with a quorum of three, including at least one lawyer and at least one Maori, the Tribunal mostly investigated historical claims concerning the dispossession of land and other resources as from 1840. 36. As a rule the powers of the Waitangi Tribunal were recommendatory. Its powers were theoretically binding, however, in the cases of certain categories of land. In view of the breadth CERD/C/SR.1822 page 8 of su...

9. Parlane v REAA Registrar [2013] NZREADT 94 [pdf, 176 KB]

   ...probabilities. However, to meet this standard sufficient and adequate information must be provided. The Supreme Court made this point in Westfield (New Zealand) Limited v North Shore City Council [2005] 2 NZLR 597 where the Court considered s.93 of the Resource Management Act 1991 which required the Council to be satisfied it had received adequate information to make a decision about notification of applications for resource consent. Section 94(2) of the Resource Management Act 1991 pr...

10. Jang v Tse [pdf, 92 KB]

    ...made when I declined to strike him out. 9.5 Mr Mo owned number 14 Maidstone Place and he produced as exhibit B the agreement for sale and purchase dated 22 November 1999 under which he purchased that property (Lot 19 DP 192523) from Wistill Resources Limited. He says that as owner of Lot 19 (number 14) he was asked to consent to the proposed construction of the dwelling at number 16 (Lot 16 DP 110520) because of certain non-complying features of the structure. His consent is...