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1. Recommendations recap - issue 6 [pdf, 1.4 MB]

   ...that all district police search & rescue squad incident controllers are trained to the appropriate skill level and that they maintain skill currency • ensure that all district search & rescue plans are maintained having regard to local resources and or local environment • participate nationally to ensure that search & rescue agency interaction is based on best practice • To provide an advice safety net for district search & rescue controllers during search & r...

2. Adoption Law Reform Targeted Engagement Report [pdf, 3.6 MB]

   ...Seumanutafa, & J. Corrin, “Plural Procedures for Adoption and ‘Vae Tama’ in Samoa” in The Plural Practice of Adoption in Pacific Island States. (Springer, 2019), 87-106. 6 Commercial In Confidence guardianship and protection of family and resources, as well as culture and customs. Samoan leaders, including Matai (chiefs), Faifeau (church ministers), and Samoan adoption-experienced people were included in this research. Qualitative engagement to gather rich insights The...

3. [2008] NZEmpC AC 15A/08 Potter v Australian Consolidated Press NZ Ltd [pdf, 29 KB]

   ...the email did not indicate any urgency in the matter. The plaintiff deposes that he was deeply disappointed with the outcome of the determination and with the representation he had received. On 24 March he asked his friend Martin Price, a human resources consultant, to look at the determination and review it. Mr Price came back to him several days later and said that he had a strong case. On 2 April they discussed the details of the determination. He claims that neither he nor...

4. [2015] NZEmpC 149 NZ Meat Workers & Related Trades Union Inc v AFFCO NZ Ltd [pdf, 140 KB]

   ...AFFCO’s proceeding and may even mean that it is otiose or at least premature. [10] Although the Court is committed to attempting to assist the parties to settle their comprehensive, numerous, and fiercely contested proceedings, significant judicial resource is already being expended on these and is not unlimited. Both the issues of continuity of seasonal employment and of interpreting the new provisions under s 50K, warrant careful consideration by, and the decision of, a full Co...

5. CAC 10031 v Maran [2011] NZREADT 23 [pdf, 107 KB]

   ...defendant and Weiguo Ding were never resolved with the end result being that the defendant ran into financial difficulties and Weiguo Ding buying 118 Oakdale Road at a mortgagee sale on 9 July 2010 so that he owned both 118 and 120 Oakland Road. Resource consent to the subdivision in his name alone was finally obtained in October 2010. [14] It was as a result of the events briefly summarised above that the present charges were laid against the defendant which allege that he made false...

6. Smith - Hauai 2D8 (2015) 99 Taitokerau MB 200 (99 TTK 200) [pdf, 178 KB]

   ...MB 205 [9] Teheke’s primary concern is to transfer administration of the land to his two daughters. In giving his consent to the transfer Duane acknowledged that, “my sisters will not alienate this land from my family. They have the resources to develop the land as I do not.” Thus, Duane saw Kiri and Pania as administering and developing the land for the whānau and not exclusively for themselves. [10] Clearly the more appropriate tool to enable Teheke to achieve his...

7. [2015] NZSSAA 033, 12 May [pdf, 45 KB]

   ...immediate need is to be identified. In particular, it provides that the Chief Executive must have regard to the effect on the beneficiary or any dependent child if the need is not met and the beneficiary’s ability to meet the need from their own resources. [25] The appellant suffers from a condition which seriously affects his mobility. Not having a motor vehicle would also impact on his wife and the children living in his household. In particular, we note the need for the appell...

8. [2014] NZEmpC 160 Nisha v LSG Sky Chefs New Zealand Ltd [pdf, 75 KB]

   ...LSG, is entitled to the prompt and efficient disposal of litigation to which it is an unwilling but essential party. The plaintiff’s propositions would not achieve that objective. Similar considerations apply to the application of scarce court resources although the touchstone must always be the need to do justice between the parties. [22] In addition to the foregoing, Ms Douglas has submitted that s 179(5) precludes Ms Alim from challenging the Authority’s non-recusal determin...

9. Moses – Hopuruahine East & 12 other blocks (2014) 37 Tairawhiti MB 238 (37 TRW 238) [pdf, 125 KB]

   ...supporting affidavits were filed for Tūhoe Te Uru Taumatua and Tūhoe Waikaremoana Māori Trust Board. Counsel for the Tūhoe Te Uru Taumatua requested an adjournment but that request was declined based upon the considerable amount of time and resources expended on the matter including sending out direct notice and publishing notice in national and local newspapers. I further note that there were no sufficient grounds provided to grant the adjournment. 37 Tairawhiti MB 242...

10. Auckland Standards Committee v Rohde [2016] NZLCDT 9 [pdf, 34 KB]

    ...of a third drink-driving offence and driving while disqualified. He had behaved responsibly when apprehended. After consideration of the same three cases, and allowing for his obligations to clients in the specialised and (professionally) under-resourced area of law, he was suspended for 2 months. Having regard to the additional conviction in the Pou case, and the mitigating features in the present case, we are comfortable that the penalty imposed on Mr Rohde is not inconsistent....