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1. Justice Matters - issue 02 - March 2016 [pdf, 1.8 MB]

   ...legitimate response by our courts to addressing some of the fundamental issues underlying the high levels of offending by Māori in New Zealand. Rangatahi Courts use social services, tikanga wānanga (cultural programmes), plus whānau, hapū and iwi resources to help guide young offenders from a life of crime. Developed by the New Zealand judiciary, the concept was informed by the experience of the Koori Courts in Australia. http://www.justice.govt.nz/publications/global-public...

2. [2013] NZEmpC 224 Lyttelton Port Co Ltd v Rail & Maritime Union [pdf, 118 KB]

   ...operation in many ways. Examples of integration include the use of a single computer system to coordinate the movement of containers both at Woolston and at Lyttelton. The Company has a single set of policies and single systems for payroll and human resources. All employees of the Company receive the same newsletter and received the same commemorative gifts from the Company. On the other hand, there is very little exchange of staff or equipment between the two facilities and they...

3. [2014] NZEmpC 15 Mattingly v Strata Title Management Ltd [pdf, 98 KB]

   ...tariff approach applied in the general run of cases. [15] Ms Mayes, counsel for the defendant, observed that the Authority’s daily rate is well known and should be borne in mind by litigants from the outset, in assessing the level of financial resources they wish to apply to a matter, particularly where counsel is instructed. The Authority is a specialist body which is inquisitorial, not adversarial. While acknowledging that employees and employers have a right to representat...

4. FU v UN LCRO 244 / 2010 (6 October 2011) [pdf, 89 KB]

   ...date, an article appeared in the paper which contained an announcement that the ACC was to be manufactured by ACB, a substantial Auckland company. UN was quoted as explaining that “[ACB] have the facilities, boat building skills and marketing resources to undertake this project successfully and take it to a new level.” [8] Given the timing of this article, it was clear that arrangements had been made with ACB during the period when the agreement was being negotiated. FV formed...

5. Rewita - Opape 5A2B2 (2009) 111 Ōpōtiki MB 71 (111 OPO 71) [pdf, 432 KB]

   ...father and grandmother. Her grandmother lived in the existing house; " Ms Rewita had lived in the house with her family since taking the lease of the whole block in D~cember 1992; 4& She had improved and renovated the house from her own resources, and she had paid the rates and land rentals; " She had demonstrated commitment to caring for the house and the land for 15 years and thus she wished to secure a lifetime interest to enable her to continue living in the ho...

6. Duty Lawyer Policy July 2017 [pdf, 460 KB]

   ...category 21 matter unless: a. there is a statutory onus on a defendant to satisfy a Judge that bail should be granted or b. further enquiries are required on a matter determinative of a grant of bail by the Court, and those enquiries are beyond the resources of the duty lawyers. (Duty lawyers are reminded they must make reasonable enquiries to assist defendants to confirm details, such as address or employment information) or c. the defendant is under an order made pursuant to the Men...

7. BORA Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Bill [pdf, 418 KB]

   ...refer all applicants for archaeological authorities that affect sites of interest to Māori to the Māori Heritage Council. 5. New archaeological provisions in the Bill will achieve efficiency gains, reduce some costs, and improve alignment with the Resource Management Act 1991 (the RMA). 6. The Bill establishes a separate emergency authority process in the event of natural disasters that cause, or are likely to cause, loss of life, injury, or serious damage to property. This process w...

8. Yates v Te Kohanga Lots 1 and 3-27 Trust (2010) 13 Taitokerau MB 36 (13 TTK 36) [pdf, 105 KB]

   ...the Local Government Act 1974 applied to partitions. Like s 181C and s 432A(7), s 432(7) provided for inter alia any road reserves shown on an approved plan to be vested in the territorial authority. These provisions were later replaced by the Resource Management Act 1991. Thus, s 181C was the forerunner of the requirement that land be set aside for the purpose of public reserves at the time of partition. [14] The order of 20 January 1966 under s 181C set aside Lot 1 as a “publ...

9. De Heer v CAC 302 & Bernard [2016] NZREADT 33 [pdf, 140 KB]

   ...complicated. Mr Wotherspoon should have assisted Mr de Heer with this. The title is 5 subject to a drainage easement, a sewage right (x 3), various right of ways, a pedestrian right of way and gross drainage easements, various consents under the Resource Management Act which affect the land, a land covenant (which will affect the use of the property could be put), rights to take water sewage and to convey water, gas, electricity, telecommunications, computer media across the la...

10. [2016] NZSSAA 74 (18 July 2016) [pdf, 113 KB]

    ...the applicant that are essential and not reasonably avoidable. 1.4 That in considering any application for special benefit, consideration should be given to- (a) The applicant's ability to meet the Deficiency from the applicant's own resources; and (b) The assistance that is or might be available to the applicant from other sources to meet the applicant's Deficiency, [40] Clause 3.3(a)-(h) of the Direction requires the Chief Executive to have regard to a number...