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1. [2024] NZLVT 011 - Hamilton City Council v Shaw (15 April 2024) [pdf, 452 KB]

   ...file reply submissions. The Tribunal granted the respondents that 25 indulgence. Submissions were duly received, followed by the Council’s reply. [144] One of the matters raised by the respondents included allegations that the Council was responsible for spreading alligator weed over hundreds of kilometres around the Waikato and Bay of Plenty, inter alia. [145] All allegations were refuted in the Council’s reply. Of relevance, the Council noted there was no evidence rela...

2. Davis v Accident Compensation Corporation (Deemed Cover; Personal Injury) [2025] NZACC 79 (12 May 2025) [pdf, 3.9 MB]

   ...and severe right hip osteoarthritis: 1. Could you please consider the accident events of 25 December 2022 and 1 November 2023 and provide an opinion as to what injuries were likely suffered by Ms Davis in those accidents. Please indicate in your response the various factors that you rely on to reach that conclusion. Considering the accident event dated 25 December 2022, the CAP considers the evidence to support that the client sustained a soft tissue injury at the lumbar spine e.g...

3. Biester v Kingi - Te Ti B Part being Lot 17 DP 61631 (2025) 296 Taitokerau MB 177 (296 TTK 177) [pdf, 289 KB]

   ...should intervene of its own motion. Whakataunga Decision [73] This application is dismissed. [74] If the trustees seek costs: (a) the trustees are to file submissions on costs within one month; (b) Ms Biester is to file any submissions in response within one further month; and (c) I will decide costs on the papers. I whakapuaki i te wā 3:00pm i Whangarei, 8th o ngā rā o Mahuru i te tau 2025. Pronounced at 3:00pm in Whangarei on this 8th day of September 2025. M P...

4. Takamore v Tawhara - Waioeka Papakāinga 25 [2025] Māori Appellate Court MB 436 [pdf, 297 KB]

   ...presiding over the application, the appellants requested that she recuse herself by email dated 4 December 2024. On the same date the appellants sent a letter of objection to the trustee appointments of Renay Jones and Victoria Upward-Ngaika. [22] In response the case manager advised by email dated 5 December 2024 that she would be referring the above matters to the Judge for direction. In that communication she advised that the appointment application may not proceed but made it c...

5. Thorogood v Accident Compensation Corporation (Cover) [2025] NZACC 115 (17 July 2025) [pdf, 301 KB]

   ...under the care of Mr Ferguson. Her evidence is that she has recovered exceptionally well since surgery, with her pain largely resolved and continuing to improve. [38] Ms Thorogood sought further comment from Mr Ferguson following surgery and in response to the CAP comment. Mr Ferguson provided two reports, one addressed to Ms Thorogood’s father dated 17 June 2024 and a second report to counsel dated 2 October 2024. [39] In his June 2024 letter, Mr Ferguson noted: It woul...

6. Knaggs v Accident Compensation Corporation (Cover) [2025] NZACC 147 (10 September 2025) [pdf, 278 KB]

   ...namely Drs Wallis and Craven and Mr Kyd, and it was consistent with the advice from Mr Fausett, Mr Crompton and Dr Dean Millar-Coote. Consequently, the Corporation submitted Mr Johnson’s opinion should be given more weight by the Court. [47] In response, Mr Knaggs submitted the Court should take note that Mr Johnson qualified his opinions to matters that were within his purview of expertise, which had its limits. In fact, as each medical specialist had their own particular area...

7. MLC 2018 September National Panui [pdf, 281 KB]

   Contents: Applications for hearing in SEPTEMBER | MAHURU 2018: ISSN 1175 - 8120 (Print) ISSN 2463-3763 (Online) www.mäorilandcourt.govt.nz www.mäorilandonline.govt.nz SEPTEMBER | MAHURU 2018 The purpose of the National Pänui / Te Pänui ä Motu is to provide notice to interested parties of hearings being conducted in, and applications received by, the Mäori Land Court. Only applications and sittings that were confi rmed at the time of this publication are listed. For more informa

8. [2020] NZEnvC130 Lindis Catchment Group Incorporated v Otago Regional Council [pdf, 6.5 MB]

   ..."Diverted" is in inverted commas because we are unsure whether a separate resource consent is needed for emergency overflows. (First) Interim Decision (2019] NZEnvC 179 at (215) and [216). 14 The court's suggestion and the parties' responses [37) Because of the doubts raised as to whether a fish screen would prevent salmonids from accessing upper Coal Stream the court suggested that conditions should be added as follows32 requiring the development of a salmoni...

9. MLC - 11 Rule 5-11 schedule notification [pdf, 969 KB]

   1 Notification of applications that have not been finally determined (over 6 months old) 30 November 2015 TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications are hereby notified pursuant to rule 5.11(2)(b) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011 being applications which are 6 months or older as at 30 November 2015, and which are currently held by the Registrar in the District set out, or, in the case of applications to the Chief Judge of Māori Land Court or those to the Mā

10. Young people and alcohol: Some statistics to 2003 and 2004 on possible effects of lowering the purchase age [pdf, 512 KB]

    ...for consumption. 2.1.1 The volume of pure alcohol available for consumption per person aged 15 years and over This indicator takes in to account the alcohol content of different types of beverages, and the changing size of the population which is responsible for most consumption of alcohol. The amount of pure alcohol available for consumption per person 15 years and over decreased from 9.3 litres per person in 1995 to a low of 8.7 litres per person in 1998. Since then the volume has...