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1. Weighting

   ...survey unit represents. For example, one respondent may represent 500 other people in New Zealand. Why is the data weighted? The way the NZCASS sample is designed means that different respondents have different chances of being selected and so their responses cannot be treated equally. For example, NZCASS incorporates a Māori booster sample, which gives Māori a higher chance of being selected for the survey. If this was not adjusted for, the overall survey results would be biased towards the...

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2. [2020] NZEnvC 138 Eyre Community Environmental Safety Society Inc v Christchurch Regional Council [pdf, 9.3 MB]

   ...the best practicable option to contain spills or leaks of any hazardous substance from being discharged. This shall include but not be limited to the following: (a) undertaking the storage and use of hazardous substances in accordance with a Spill Response Plan which shall be incorporated into the Construction Management Plan; (b) communicating the Spill Response Plan to all persons undertaking activities authorised by this consent and keeping a copy on site at all times; (c) detailin...

3. MFAT report Human Rights in NZ 2010 [pdf, 4.7 MB]

   ...be done to better protect groups of people who are particularly vulnerable to human-rights abuses, or subject to struc- tural discrimination. In selecting the areas for action the Commission recog- nised that while the State is primarily responsible for ensuring that human rights are promoted, protected and fulfilled, it does not have the sole responsibility. Respon- sibility to respect human rights extends beyond central government – to regional and local government, to t...

4. Research on the effectiveness of police practice in reducing residential burglary part 7: case study of Sydenham Local Police Area [pdf, 337 KB]

   ...by not having sufficient staff to conduct them consistently. After the restructuring the frontline staff conducted bail checks regularly and the Volume Crime Squad followed up on breaches. The First Fifteen initiative began in October 2001 and was a response to the burglary situation in the Christchurch metropolitan area. The purpose of the initiative was to target and apprehend the top 15 burglars. Police actively targeted those on the list both overtly and covertly until they were apprehen...

5. Regulatory Impact Statement review of the Judicature Act and consolidation of courts legislation [pdf, 251 KB]

   ...Review of the Judicature Act and consolidation of  courts legislation  Agency Disclosure Statement  1. This Regulatory Impact Statement has been prepared by the Ministry of Justice.  It provides  an analysis of a package of work forming the government response to the Law Commission  report  Review  of  the  Judicature  Act  1908:  Towards  a  consolidated  Courts  Act  and  other  associated matters.  2. We are  time constrained ...

6. Waaka v Harrison - Poike 14 (Waimapu Marae) (2015) 101 Waikato Maniapoto MB 216 (101 WMN 216) [pdf, 255 KB]

   ...EFT-POS transactions at casinos in Hamilton and Auckland and at a variety of bars in Tauranga. [20] Carlo Harrison had the sole operating authority for this account. Janice and Carlo Harrison have admitted both in and out of Court that they were responsible for those sums of money being withdrawn and spent at those establishments. 12 10 It is common ground in these proceedings that all three bank accounts were opened on behalf of...

7. LCRO 21-2017 AJ v AK [pdf, 298 KB]

   ...that had been signed by Mr AK on 8 July 2010. As well as that, Mr AK provided a copy of a letter from Mr AJ to Mr AK dated 24 March 2015, in which Mr AJ indicated he would seek clarifying orders within six months of the date of that letter. Response by Mr AJ [23] In response, on 17 April 2016 Mr AJ submitted: (a) His fixed-fee retainer with Mr AK did not extend to him applying for clarifying orders. (b) As a stakeholder, he could not do anything with the remaining trust accou...

8. Teina Pora compensation claim quantum report [pdf, 9 MB]

   ...known to make false confessions under such a set of circumstances." 38. The Crown's position is that the issue is not why, as a matter of psychology, Mr Pora embarked on the course he chose but whether, objectively, he should bear some responsibility for what occurred. 19 Notes of evidence at 64-68. 20 Affidavits sworn in 2011, found in Para Common Bundle, 1771 at [32] and in written submissions 31 July 2015 [8] and [163(a)]. 21 Notes of evidence at 68. 22 Pora v R [2015...

9. [2016] NZEmpC 153 Spotless Facility Services NZ Ltd v Mackay [pdf, 272 KB]

   ...Assistance Programme, and as at the date of the investigation meeting she did not know what this entailed. [15] On 3 July 2014, Mr McLennan wrote to Ms Mackay summarising the complaints brought against her, and inviting her to provide a response. She did so in a long email dated 16 July 2014, where she denied the allegations which had been made against her. These included assertions that she had used insulting language to describe Ms X and Ms Y to the new staff member,...

10. Williams v Trustees of Parahirahi C1 (2005) 37 Kaikohe MB 212 (37 KH 212) [pdf, 6.5 MB]

    ...minutes of the trustee meetings where volunteers wei'e named. While it is true that some decisions for payment of money were made without the requisite number of trustees present, that was a systenuc problem which all trustees must take responsibility for. Trustees wei'e simply not attending meetings and, therefore, not perfonning . . Other procedural flaws were an issue that all trustees must take responsibility for. The $5,000 for the Envirorunent Court proceedings r...