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1. Reti v Smith - Part Lot 7 Deposited Plan 3351 and Part Lot 8 Deposited Plan 3351 - Petane Marae (2024) 112 Tākitimu MB 261-277 (112 TKT 261) [pdf, 308 KB]

   ...beneficiaries of Petane Marae. Should the court relieve the trustees from liability for the Cyclone Gabrielle lump sum payments? [22] Each trustee received a payment from the trust funds to reimburse them for time and effort spent on trust matters in response to the effects of Cyclone Gabrielle. Rose Hiha, as chairperson, received $12,000. Mary Martin received $10,000. The remaining trustees, being Barbara Smith, Kanui Allana Hiha and Kuini Marewa Reti, received $3,000. The bank...

2. [2024] NZEnvC 272 Auckland Council v Eco Earth NZ Limited [pdf, 247 KB]

   ...Auckland Council owns the Greenmount Landfill site. [5] The owner of the Site is New Zealand New Oak. The tenant and operator of the Site is Eco Earth, and its sole director is Mr Williams. The Council asserts that Eco Earth and Mr Williams are responsible for works that have occurred on the Site, although the extent of fill existing at the time they moved onto the site is disputed. We address this later. [6] The earthworks and importation of fill on the Site has been the sub...

3. BB & TC v BO [2014] NZIACDT 14 (19 February 2014) [pdf, 38 KB]

   ...has not challenged the adviser’s position. In response, the complainant said his case should be about the former employer rather than the adviser. [6] The Tribunal is satisfied there is nothing before it to support the adviser being in any way responsible for the matters raised by the complaint. The Tribunal accordingly dismisses the complaint pursuant to section 50(a). DATED at WELLINGTON this 19 th day of February 2014 _________________ G D Pearson Chair...

4. BORA Veterans Support Amendment Bill [pdf, 131 KB]

   ...2014 (‘the Act’) provides entitlements to veterans whose injury or illness is caused by, contributed to by, or aggravated by qualifying operational service, and to their spouses, partners, children, and dependents. Under s 9(3) of the Act, the responsible Minister may declare a deployment to be operational service. 4. The Bill amends the Act to retrospectively validate declarations made under s 9(3) of the Act between 2015 and 2018 relating to deployments that began before the comm...

5. 2021 NZPSPLA 021.pdf [pdf, 77 KB]

   ...cannabis. In addition, they say Ms Bunyan is an associate member of the Tribesmen Motor Cycle club. [2] The Police consider Ms Bunyan’s convictions and close association with a gang like the Tribesmen means that she is no longer suitable to be a responsible security worker and are asking for Ms Bunyan’s certificate of approval (COA) to be cancelled [3] Ms Bunyan neither attended the hearing nor provided any written response to the Police complaint. The amount of drugs Ms Bun...

6. OIA-99500.pdf [pdf, 214 KB]

   ...2022, your request was transferred to the Ministry of Justice (the Ministry), under the provisions of section 14 of the Act, as the information requested is more closely connected with the Ministry’s functions. Your specific questions and my responses are provided below: Under section 8 of the Adoption Act 1955, how many times has the Court been satisfied that the parent or guardian has abandoned, neglected, persistently failed to maintain or persistently ill-treated a ch...

7. OIA-97301.pdf [pdf, 244 KB]

   ...your request under section 18(g)(i) of the Act as the Ministry does not hold the information requested, nor are there grounds for believing the information is held by another department that is subject to the Act. If you are not satisfied with my response, you have the right under section 28(3) of the Act to complain to the Ombudsman about my response. The Ombudsman may be contacted by writing to info@ombudsman.parliament.nz. Nāku noa, nā Jenna Bottcher Hansen Manager, Ministe...

8. 2024 NZPSPLA 047pdf [pdf, 80 KB]

   ...disqualify him from holding a certificate under s 62 of the Act and are therefore mandatory grounds for cancelling his certificate. Mr Sullivan did not attend the hearing, apply for waiver of grounds for disqualification or file any other submissions in response to the police complaint. [3] Mr Sullivan’s offending occurred while he was working as a security guard. The poisoning charge arose after he put anti-freeze into milk in the staff lunchroom fridge. The dishonesty charge res...

9. 2025 NZPSPLA 039 v2.pdf [pdf, 71 KB]

   ...and 9 months supervision following his convictions. He has already breached his community work sentence. [3] Mr Goulton did not attend the hearing and has not applied for the grounds for disqualification to be waived nor made any other written response to the complaint against him. [4] Police have established that grounds for disqualification apply to Mr Goulton, and I am satisfied that his recent offending makes Mr Goulton unsuitable to be a responsible security worker. I make th...

10. 2024 NZPSPLA 121.pdf [pdf, 71 KB]

    ...Tainefu’s convictions were for assault, both of which are grounds for disqualification under s 62 of the Act. [2] Mr Tainefu has not applied for waiver of the grounds for disqualification and neither attended the hearing nor provided any written response to the police complaint. His offending was serious and put himself and multiple members of the public at serious risk of harm. The nature of Mr Tainefu’s offending shows that he is unable to control his temper and can be extremely...