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1. Acting Chief Executive of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage - Taonga Tūturu found at Kerikeri (2015) 106 Taitokerau MB 210 (106 TTK 210) [pdf, 279 KB]

   ...resources. An implicit requirement of ahi-kā is to be prepared to defend that status. The reciprocity expected in exercising ahi-kā and kaitiaki responsibilities is reflected in Ngāti Rehia’s consistent view that within their rohe, it is their responsibility to look after interests others might also have there. Counsel for Ngāti Rehia submit that ahi-kā has several key components: (a) Legitimate acquisition. In this case through raupatu in the mid-eighteenth century when...

2. Baker - Te Tii (Waitangi) B3 Trust (2011) 19 Taitokerau MB 116 (19 TTK 116) [pdf, 9 MB]

   ...trustees to be a descendant of the Tupuna listed. Beneficiaries are encouraged to name their Tupuna but no whanau will contest another whanau on whakapapa if they do not belong to that heke (descent line) of the Tupuna so that that whanau are responsible for their own whakapapa. [24] Under these provisions, each of the ―273 tupuna‖ could be represented by a trustee. 4 The whanau of the tupuna were responsible for nominating the representative of the tupuna who would ―as o...

3. Coronial Services Annual Report 2016-2017 [pdf, 1.8 MB]

   ...envisaged the role of Deputy Chief Coroner will provide support for the Chief Coroner and thereby provide support to the coronial bench as a whole. As this is a relatively new role it has been a year of pioneering. Working out what other projects and responsibilities the Deputy should fulfil. How to balance the Deputy responsibilities with case management and NIIO roster duties. Who should take some of that load? I am confident these challenges will be answered as the role evolves. In...

4. Proactive-Release-Coroners-Amendment-Bill-FINAL.pdf [pdf, 1.7 MB]

   ...whānau from the time spent waiting for a coroner’s findings: 4.1 Amendment 1 will enable coroners to record a cause of death as ‘unascertained natural causes’ in certain circumstances, regardless of whether they are acting in their role as the responsible coroner or the duty coroner. This will enable families and whānau to receive a coroner’s findings sooner, particularly if this is done at the duty coroner stage; 4.2 Amendment 2 will enable the coroner to have the sole disc...

5. LCRO 34/2023 PI v SY (27 June 2024) [pdf, 253 KB]

   ...behalf of Mr PI; and (i) he had practised in common law in the District Court and High Court for in excess of 40 years and the management of the District Court appeal fell comfortably within his expertise and experience. [22] Mr PI provided a response to Mr SY’s reply to his complaint on 9 November 2021. Mr PI submitted that: (a) Mr SY had held himself out to be the best qualified lawyer in [City E] to conduct an appeal of the Board’s decision; and (b) despite that, Mr SY did...

6. LCRO 55/2024 EFH and KFH v SP and NR (15 October 2024) [pdf, 239 KB]

   ...[4] The summarised factual background is set out in paragraphs [2]–[12] of the first review decision. The parties are familiar with it. I do not need to repeat it here. In short, the applicants complained that the respondents were professionally responsible for the lodgement without reasonable cause of a caveat against dealings on the title to the applicants’ land (the farm) and later applying to the Court to sustain the caveat. [5] The first committee decided to take no further...

7. Victime-Offender-Overlap_Report.pdf [pdf, 2 MB]

   ...and 3: How does the victim-offender overlap affect interactions with the justice system? ................................................................................................... 94 Research Question 4: How Can the Justice System Be More Responsive and Help Break the Cycle of Violence? ...................................................................................................... 96 Strengths and limitations of the research .................................................

8. LCRO 36/2018 AA v SM (19 December 2018) [pdf, 250 KB]

   ...RS’ instructions to Mr SM to act on the preparation of the will, which he says Mr SM failed to carry out. [28] He disagrees that Mr SM’s absence from [Mr SM’s] office on 15 December 2009 when Mrs RS signed her new will absolves [Mr SM] from responsibility for the preparation of the will. In particular, cl 9.3.4 which the Committee stated had been “poorly drafted”, and concerned [Street 2], Mrs RS’ “only real asset”. [29] In Mr AA view, “upon … return to work”...

9. LCRO 52/2017 BL v JC (30 November 2018) [pdf, 332 KB]

   ...invoice, included “explanation of the rights attached to easements”. In her view, Mr JC’s July 2016 explanation of the electricity supply easements and his requirement to provide that explanation in January 2014 were “connected”. 7 Response [37] Mr JC wishes to rely on his submissions made to the Committee which I refer to in my consideration of the issues. [38] In response to a request from this Office for a copy of his “file notes” of his explanation of t...

10. LCRO 210/2018 RF v TG (27 August 2020) [pdf, 231 KB]

    ...rejected the offer. (e) Mr RF considered Ms TG’s claims to have merit. (f) Considerable time and effort had been expended in advancing Ms TG’s case. (g) Following the issuing of the ERA determination, he was instructed to draft submissions in response to the employer’s cost application. (h) Fees charged were charged solely on a time spent basis. (i) He had never represented to Ms TG that her case was “strong”. It was not his practice to make such statements. 3...