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1. National guidelines for crime prevention through environmental design in New Zealand - Part 2 [pdf, 1008 KB]

   ...organisations. While the nature and scale of partnerships to promote safety from crime will vary according to local circumstances, the key partners are local authorities and the police. Key partners organisation role Local authorities Local authorities are responsible for the design and use of public spaces1. They have a key role to implement CPTED. In most cases it is anticipated that the local authority will initiate, lead and facilitate the partnership with the police and other gr...

2. Matchitt v Butler - Matangareka 3B (2018) 189 Waiariki MB 74 (189 WAR 74) [pdf, 673 KB]

   ...where the Court considers there is risk to the assets of the trust, or a serious allegation that requires the intervention of the Court, through enforcement of obligations of the trust.7 [16] In Rameka v Hall the Court of Appeal set out the general responsibilities of trustees as follows:8 [28] The general responsibilities of responsible trustees are set out in s 223 of the Act. That section refers to the following: (a) Carrying out the terms of the trust: (b) The proper admi...

3. Territorial Authorities - MW Twose - Supplementary - 12 May 2021.pdf [pdf, 822 KB]

   ...person, as the consent is for the take and use of water for a community water supply, not the end-user who receives the water from the consented supply network. Questions 5 – 12. 16. Four of the five territorial authorities have provided a response to questions 5 -12 and this is attached as Appendix 3. Unfortunately, Clutha District Council was 3 Concise Oxford English Dictionary, 11th Edition, 2006. 5 BI-098608-70-57-V2 unable to respond to these questions due to st...

4. Tan v New Zealand Police [2016] NZHRRT 32 [pdf, 327 KB]

   ...Hon KL Shirley relating to his past involvement in politics. All questions were answered by Mr Shirley. As it appeared Ms Tan might be seeking the recusal of Mr Shirley, the Chairperson asked whether that was what Ms Tan was leading up to. Her response was that she was not seeking Mr Shirley’s recusal “at this stage”. The Chairperson responded that if any recusal application was intended, it was best made immediately and in the context of the hearing. Otherwise Ms Tan was at ri...

5. [2020] NZEnvC 158 Upper Clutha Environmental Society Incorporated v Queenstown Lakes District Council.pdf [pdf, 2.9 MB]

   ...Landscapes of Stage 1 of the review of the Queenstown Lakes District Plan ('PDP'). An issue Decision 2.21 addressed regarding the appealed 'decision version' provisions in Topic 2 ('PDP-DV') was a lack of effective response to ss6(b) and 7(c) of the Resource Management Act 1991 ('RMA'). Decision 2.2 made findings as to a need to address this through new Strategic Policies ('SPs') in Ch 3, including:2 2 [139] For all of those reasons...

6. LCRO 105/2018 SW v NL (23 August 2019) [pdf, 292 KB]

   ...(4) Act competently and in a timely manner [25] She complained that Mr NL neither attended to the final payment of water rates, nor notified the local authority of the change of ownership which resulted in receipt of an overdue rates notice. Response [26] I include references to Mr NL’s response to Ms SW’s complaint in my later analysis.1 Standards Committee decision [27] The Committee delivered its decision on 5 May 2018 and determined, pursuant to s 138(2) of the Lawyer...

7. LCRO 81/2018 QQ v RR (26 November 2019) [pdf, 548 KB]

   ...statutory basis. That line of thinking will come as no surprise to the parties because it was foreshadowed in my direction of 22 October 2019, a copy of which is attached to this decision. Mr QQ’s reply to the joint complaint Mr QQ provided a response to the joint complaint that runs to 42 pages, with contemporaneous materials from his files attached in support. Mr QQ rejected all elements of the complaint based on the blended narrative. He denied he was negligent, had breac...

8. [2021] NZEmpC 87 New Zealand Post Primary Teachers’ Assoc Inc v Secretary for Education [pdf, 497 KB]

   ...plaintiffs (the teacher plaintiffs). Boards of trustees became employers of teachers following the introduction of the now repealed Education Act 1989, which arose out of the initiative known as “Tomorrow’s Schools”. Boards of trustees are responsible for implementing the collective agreement settled in bargaining between the NZPPTA and the Secretary for Education. [5] While bargaining is undertaken by the NZPPTA and the Secretary for Education, they are precluded from inc...

9. OIA-105941.pdf [pdf, 3.3 MB]

   ...expected to compete for scarce funds, but also to offer savings in removing such big need for buildings perhaps On 1 August, you were contacted by the Ministry to notify you that more time was required to make a decision on your request, and a response would be sent to you by 21 September. As you will be able to see from the material provided, the Ministry has an ambitious plan to improve the condition of our courthouses. Despite a challenging environment for construction sinc...

10. [2016] NZEmpC 20 Roy v Board of Trustees of Tamaki College [pdf, 522 KB]

    ...or at least everyone from Tamaki College. Mr Roy says that he did not bow his head or in any other way participate in the recitation of the prayer. He claims to have been approached by two representatives of the host school who had noticed his response and indicated that if he had objected to the recitation of the prayer, it would not have gone ahead. Mr Roy confirmed that he did not have an objection to the prayer although he did not participate in it. He says that Mr Ngaro the...