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1. [2017] NZEmpC 99 The NZ King Salmon Co Ltd v Slotemaker [pdf, 150 KB]

   ...positions [15] By late November Mr Slotemaker knew he faced dismissal because his position was to cease to exist and he had not been appointed to a replacement position created by the restructuring. On 2 December 2015 King Salmon’s Human Resources Adviser, Fiona Thomas, sent Mr Slotemaker three draft employment agreements so he could consider alternative positions within the company. Two were for Team Leaders and one was for the Aquaculture Technician vacancy Mr Slotemaker ap...

2. Parininihi Ki Waitotara Incorporation- Section 53 Block IX, Opunake Survey District (2005) 159 Aotea MB 146 (159 AOT 146) [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...sale proceeds are in fact needed to enable the incorporation to purchase new land. This is even more apparent when the Court considers the significant income streams now flowing into PI(W and the size of its investment portfolio. PI(W has mnple resources to enable it to implement the Land Management Plan without the need to pern1anently alienate ancestrallm1ds that originally belonged to particular Taranaki hapu; (d) those hapu had already suffered debilitating land loss through con...

3. Taueki - Horowhenua XIB41 North A3A and 3B1 (2007) 193 Aotea MB 232 (193 AOT 232) [pdf, 4.1 MB]

   ...community and tangata whenua in relation to the effects of farming on the environment, taonga and waahi tapu. Despite this infol1nation local and regional authorities continue to fail to properly plan and provide for the use and development of resources to ensure that any filliher degradation can be avoided, remedied or mitigated. The failure to provide properly for these matters has resulted in serious negative cultural effects to tangata whenua, effects that threaten their relatio...

4. BORA Border Security Bill [pdf, 72 KB]

   ...met by a provision which provides that the existence of review proceedings by a person against whom a decline decision has been made, cannot be a reason for granting a visa or permit to enter New Zealand. Moreover, any fears about waste of legal resources by fruitless litigation could be met by a ban on making legal aid available to persons seeking to exercise the right to judicial review. Finally, the current s 10(3) Immigration Act was added to that Act without having been vetted for B...

5. Privacy Bill - additional policy decisions [pdf, 304 KB]

   ...de-sensitised to notifications and less concerned to take protective action. This undermines one of the purposes of the notification regime. 20. High volumes of notifications risk reducing the Privacy Commissioner’s effectiveness by diverting resources from the egregious or systemic breaches. A further concern for business submitters is that the threshold is considerably out of step with comparator jurisdictions, which, they suggest, could damage New Zealand’s international reput...

6. Practice Note: Family Court specialist report writers [pdf, 908 KB]

   ...separation and impact on children and adults; (iii) parenting skills; (iv) family violence and impact on children and adults; (v) child abuse and neglect; (vi) alcohol and drug misuse and abuse; (vii) psychopathology; (viii) local community resources for children and their families; and (ix) the responsibilities of the report writer in relation to the Family Court. (c) Cultural awareness, including an understanding of: (i) the need and ability to refer to/make use of specialis...

7. INZ (Gilray) v Singh [2019] NZIACDT 53 (29 July 2019) [pdf, 212 KB]

   ...provided false or misleading information to Immigration New Zealand. Eagle Migration had been contacted by the employer which was accredited with Immigration New Zealand. The law stated that the employer was his “main client”. The human resources manager at the employer had signed the client agreement in line with the Code. [13] Mr Singh explained that pursuant to the instructions received from the client employer, Eagle Migration emailed the employment agreement, the Code...

8. Tucker v Real Estate Agents Authority [2020] NZHRRT 50 [pdf, 157 KB]

   ...doing so was that he did not consider it significant at the time. He later added that since becoming aware that the time period could be extended, he does not consider it reasonable for the REAA to have done so, given it is (in his opinion) a well-resourced organisation with many employees and because much of the information was easily accessible. [25] Mr Tucker acknowledged the reasonableness of the extension had not formed part of his complaint to the Privacy Commissioner. It is al...

9. [2019] NZCAA 2 (26 February 2019) [pdf, 275 KB]

   ...cases. It appears the agent and the customs broker were involved in a number of similar matters, and the investigation is ongoing. I understand false declarations and underpayment of GST and duty occurred in the other cases too. Despite having the resources of Customs available, and being responsible for investigating what appears to be a serious fraud on the Revenue, Mr Muggeridge could not tell me whether there is a genuine group of XXXX companies. Accordingly, whether the agent...

10. Beef + Lamb NZ - EiC - J M Chrystal - Agricultural Science (5 Feb 2021) [pdf, 777 KB]

    1 IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT OF NEW ZEALAND CHRISTCHURCH REGISTRY I TE KŌTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA ŌTAUTAHI ROHE ENV-2020-CHC-127 UNDER the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) IN THE MATTER of the Water Permits Plan Change - Plan Change 7, being part of a proposal of national significance directed by the Minister for the Environment to be referred to the Environment Court under section 142(2)(b) of the RMA AND IN THE MATTER of an application under section 149T o...