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1. 20241107-Treaty-Principles-Bill.pdf [pdf, 291 KB]

   ...principle of active protection recognised in the Lands case3, by which the Crown must take such steps as are reasonable in the circumstances to actively protect interests recognised in Article II of the Treaty, for example interests over land and other resources, and taonga. 16. The principle of active protection arises from Article II of the Treaty. Upon the enactment of this Bill, to the extent that the obligation of active protection is recognised as a treaty principle, it could not be reli...

2. 6.1 Court information vs Ministry of Justice information

   ...relating to particular cases Information held by the Ministry of Justice in hard copy form, or on the Ministry’s data sets or databases, for the purpose of assisting with the management of court proceedings 4 Electronic records of hearings   Ministry of Justice information Item Category Description 1 Separate or collated administrative information and statistics taken primarily from case management systems to enable the ministry to efficiently budget, plan, and a...

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3. Improving Access to Civil Justice

   ...released in December 2023. You can read the full strategy in both   English [PDF, 1.4 MB] and  Te Reo [PDF, 1.5 MB]. Wayfinding aims to: encourage a unified and coordinated approach to improving access to civil justice use the sector’s resources as strategically as possible, and provide clear signals to funders of access to justice mahi (government and non-government) about existing work, where the gaps are, and where co-ordination can be achieved. Wayfinding supports a unifi...

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4. Working group

   ...justice and excited about the impact Wayfinding for Civil Justice will have on access to justice across the board. Gabrielle O’Brien As part of the working group I hope to contribute some of the experience I have gained from my career as a human resources specialist, coach, facilitator and mediator and general manager in the professional services and charitable sector. My current role or “day job” is as the Chief Executive of Rural Women New Zealand, a for purpose organisation that work...

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5. McElroy & Ors as Trustees of the Shona and Roger McElroy Family Trust v Lay [pdf, 284 KB]

   ...Unit 5 17-Jan-03 WHRS claim lodged by McElroy Family Trust 25-Apr-03 WHRS Assessor only visit to Unit 5 16-May-03 WHRS Assessor’s report 16-Jul-03 McElroys advised ACC and Mr Manning that remedial work to commence 17-Jul-03 Application for Resource Consent – repairs Unit 5 (AC/03/03384) 17-Jul-03 Application for Building Consent – repairs Unit 5 (AC/03/05179) 23-Sep-03 Builder started work on remedials on Unit 5 12-Mar-04 Builder substantially complete on Unit 5 23-M...

6. [2007] NZEmpC WC 34/07 Crook v Sovereign Services Ltd [pdf, 76 KB]

   ...these contractual obligations. In particular, an assessment of the foreseeability of harm and its risk must take account of the current state of knowledge and not be made with the benefit of hindsight. Relevant to this assessment is the size and resources of the employer. As Miss Buckett submitted, Sovereign is a large commercial business with a human resources department and is in the business of providing risk assessment to others....

7. [2009] NZEmpC AC 31/09 Ora Ltd v Kirkley [pdf, 80 KB]

   ...private institution funded by the Te Wananga O Aotearoa and its business was educating immigrants through settlement programmes it ran. Mrs Kirkley’s responsibilities included internal administration, finance, information technology, and human resources. She was part of the management team. In the first 18 months the plaintiff enrolled some 1,000 students. The student role started to drop off early in 2005. Towards the end of that year the managing director, Rob Pickstock, re...

8. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - summary record 4th report [pdf, 51 KB]

   ...laws in New Zealand protected Maori culture and customary practices. Examples were the Treaty of Waitangi (Fisheries Claims) Settlement Act of 1992, providing for the recognition and protection of non-commercial customary fisheries rights, and the Resource Management Act of 1991, recognizing Maori customs in relation to natural and physical resources. In terms of common law, the courts had developed a number of requirements for the recognition of custom law, including the use of qualifie...

9. Justice Matters July 2019 [pdf, 3.5 MB]

   ...venue closest to where the case has been brought. Although the Environment Court team is based in Wellington, it oversees cases for the lower North Island between Wellington and Taupō. Most of the Environment Court’s work is underpinned by the Resource Management Act 1991. The Court largely deals with appeals about the contents of regional and district plans and appeals arising out of applications for resource consents. Consent applications may be for land use; a subdivision; a c...

10. Justice Matters - issue 15 - July 2019 [pdf, 3.5 MB]

    ...venue closest to where the case has been brought. Although the Environment Court team is based in Wellington, it oversees cases for the lower North Island between Wellington and Taupō. Most of the Environment Court’s work is underpinned by the Resource Management Act 1991. The Court largely deals with appeals about the contents of regional and district plans and appeals arising out of applications for resource consents. Consent applications may be for land use; a subdivision; a c...