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1. Justice Sector Prison population forecast 2008 to 2016 [pdf, 608 KB]

   ...evidence base for assessing the best way to achieve safe outcomes from release on parole. 9 In addition, Corrections is considering whether more can be done to improve the preparation of offenders for Parole Board. In light of the fixed resources available for addressing offending behaviour, and the forecast growth in the prison population, this will continue to be a challenge. The assumptions are summarised in the following table. A longer report, Justice Sector Prison Pop...

2. Regulatory Impact Statement Managing the cost of legal assistance in the justice sector [pdf, 200 KB]

   ...level where significant private market still operates. 7.2 1 Based on evaluations of the New Zealand Public Defence Service. The quality of public provision varies internationally, primarily due to resourcing issues. Public provision within Australia and the United Kingdom is well resourced and provides high quality services, although some models are less cost effective (which is also linked to the structure of the legal aid markets in...

3. EMPC Old dogs new tricks conference presentation [pdf, 239 KB]

   ...whom bargaining relates; and any other matter considered relevant, including background circumstances and the circumstances of the union and the employer. These, in turn, include the operational environment of a union and the employer and the resources available to those parties. Finally, s 32 does not prevent an employer from communicating with the employer’s employees during collective bargaining (including, without limitation, the employer’s proposals for the collective ag...

4. Graham - Parish of Komakorau Lot 240B 2 (2014) 80 Waikato Maniapoto MB 260 (80 WMN 260) [pdf, 185 KB]

   ...at Taupiri, I agree it’s filling up dramatically. [31] Jane Stevens gave evidence at both hearings. I summarise her evidence as follows: a) She and her partner David McPherson have built a house and business on an adjoining lifestyle block. Resource consents were required for that. During that process she had struck up a relationship with the then trustees of the Kaiahi Whānau Trust and expected that a similar relationship would be reciprocated; b) Ms Stevens has found commu...

5. Trustees of the Maungatautari 4G Section IV Trust v Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust - Maungatautari No 4G Sec IV [2015] Māori Appellate Court MB 634 (2015 APPEAL 634) [pdf, 314 KB]

   ...put up without the express consent of the landowners, the first respondents desecrated a wāhi tapu site, and access to the block has been obstructed by MEIT and WDC in the past. Further, counsel argued that MEIT and WDC continue to flout the resource consent conditions and operate guided tours. [32] In addition, Mr Garrett says that the appellants have made genuine attempts to resolve this dispute. The parties have attended two mediations, one in December 2014 and the other in Ma...

6. Justice Sector Outlook June 2016 [pdf, 889 KB]

   ...expenditure for the year to June 2016 was $137.5m, 3% below its appropriation value of $141.9m. Legal aid expenditure is higher than in recent years, as forecast. This is due to: • Decrease in cases allocated to the Public Defence Service, due to resource constraints. • Increase in applications for legal aid, partly due to the increased Police focus on family violence. Legal aid expenditure is currently forecast to remain at about the current level, on the assumption of steady volum...

7. [2017] NZEnvC 126 T Barrett v Thames Coromandel District Council [pdf, 9 MB]

   ...future passenger and goods movement and commercial activities. Objective 1 provides the: ... district transport network meets the foreseeable needs of the district's communities, is safe for all transport users, and enables efficient use of resources (including being energy efficient). There are no particularly relevant policies deriving from this objective, but nevertheless we have no difficulty in concluding that it applies to airfields. Objective S is also directly relevant:...

8. Justice Sector Outlook June 2016 [pdf, 1004 KB]

   ...expenditure for the year to June 2016 was $137.5m, 3% below its appropriation value of $141.9m. Legal aid expenditure is higher than in recent years, as forecast. This is due to:  Decrease in cases allocated to the Public Defence Service, due to resource constraints.  Increase in applications for legal aid, partly due to the increased Police focus on family violence. Legal aid expenditure is currently forecast to remain at about the current level, on the assumption of steady volum...

9. Ratahi v Parininihi Ki Waitotara Incorporation - Section 53 Block IX Opunake SD being part Ngati Kahumate Block comprised in CT D4/240 (2007) 195 Aotea MB 127 (195 AOT 127) [pdf, 4.2 MB]

   ...all given that no subsidiary application was before the Court that could not have been lodged sooner; and (f) the objectors are relatively unsophisticated and without means while the incorporation has at its disposal immense legal and financial resources. In the context of natural justice it would be wrong to allow the incorporation opportunity time and again to recast its application until such time as it was in a form ready to be accepted by the Court. [19) In summary, counsel r...

10. Waitangi Tribunal Hearing Calendar (28 February 2019) [pdf, 587 KB]

    ...1 Wai 898 - Te Rohe Potae claims – Panel: Judge Fox, Harris, A; Temara, P; Moko-Mead, TH & Baird, J / Staff: Wehipeihana, TR; Dyall-Kalidas, R 2 Wai 2358 - The National Fresh Water and Geothermal Resources – Panel: Chief Judge Isaac; Crosby, R; Anderson, R; Phillipson, G; & Temara, P / Staff: Cameron, J; Vaafusuaga, T; Moko-Mead, H; Burke, C 3 Wai 2200 – Porirua Ki Manawatū – Panel: Judge Fox, Phillipson, G; Kidd, D; Simpson, T