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1. SH v CO & D Ltd & C Ltd & N Ltd [2021] NZDT 1615 (9 August 2021) [pdf, 237 KB]

   ...house and instead only to build it, and that under clause 48 of their contract, it was the owner’s responsibility to arrange, employ and supervise any other contractors. So, the Builder only arranged the painter, and it was the Developer who was responsible. 10. I accept that the Builder’s position is supported by the “Labour only” Warranty, which does not cover painting. However, while this covered the building element, I also accept that the Builder entered into a Project M...

2. [2022] NZEnvC 176 Vortac New Zealand Limited v Western Bay of Plenty District Council [pdf, 317 KB]

   ...DECISION OF THE ENVIRONMENT COURT A: The application by Vortac New Zealand Limited to cancel or vary Zealand Ltd [2020] NZDC 1431 is dismissed. 2 B: Any application for costs should be filed and served within 15 working days. Any response to such an application should be filed and served within a further 10 working days. REASONS Introduction [1] This is the second decision on the application by Vortac New Zealand Limited under s 321 of the Resource Managemen...

3. York - Matakohe North Eastern Portion Lot 54 Section 3B1 Maori Reservation (2021) 235 Taitokerau MB 288 (235 TTK 288) [pdf, 278 KB]

   ...Smith, Mikaera Miru, Muriel Allen, Noeleen Gatehouse, Rhonda Renton, Richard York, Robyn York, Roslyn Andrews and Shane Miru. Of the 10 trustees, it was asserted that only five of the trustees have been active in carrying out their duties as responsible trustees. [7] As already noted, a community event was held at Te Kowhai Marae between 30 to 31 August 2019 to raise awareness for suicide prevention, depression and anxiety. The event was sponsored by Northland District Health...

4. [2024] NZEnvC 158 Auckland Council v Eco Earth Limited [pdf, 267 KB]

   ...[16] The orders were not sought on an ex parte basis and Judicial Telephone Conferences were held on 27 June and 1 July 2024. [17] The Court convened two judicial teleconferences on 27 June 2024 to discuss the application and to ascertain the response of the respondents. [18] At the conclusion of the teleconferences, it was agreed that the Council would carry out a further inspection, as the initial site inspection had been undertaken on 14 June 2024. [19] The Council organise...

5. Needham v Accident Compensation Corporation (Binding effect of review decision) [2023] NZACC 146 [pdf, 271 KB]

   ...Pitt Street Medical Centre on Thursday, 5 September 2019. The appellant was prepared to meet with only an ACC representative. However, ACC wished to have both a senior ACC representative and the case manager present. [19] The appellant’s response to this on 28 August 2019 included: Thus I must decline nor can be involved in any meeting where ACC forces me to accept multipl(e) persons from ACC to attend a one on one meeting between myself who has the authority to make binding d...

6. [2025] NZEmpC 36 Wilson Parking v Turner & Anor [pdf, 205 KB]

   ...duty; and inciting landlords to terminate their agreements. The allegations were denied the next day, and supporting evidence was requested. Wilson Parking responded and sought undertakings as to evidence preservation. A substantive, detailed, response was provided by Mr Turner through his solicitors, including a denial of all allegations, on 30 January 2025. Mr Turner maintained through his solicitor, in a later response dated 13 February 2025, that he had not accessed, destroy...

7. LCRO 38/2025 XYZ Inc. v VNR and QBL (30 July 2025) [pdf, 184 KB]

   ...the ERA; (c) Ms T’s pursuit of her claim was a separate and unrelated issue. [22] The outcome the applicant sought from the review was a direction to the Committee to reconsider the complaint. [23] The respondents had nothing to add to the responses they made to the Committee and took no position on what they described as the applicant’s “technical points” on review. What is the nature and scope of the review? [24] The High Court has said of the process of review under...

8. ENVC Hearing 6Oct14 AC evidence chief Nicole Bremner [pdf, 568 KB]

   ...detract from my opinions. SCOPE OF EVIDENCE 9. This Statement of Evidence covers the following: (a) A summary of my evidence (Executive Summary); (b) An overview of the key points from my section 87F report (Previous Report); (c) Response to issues raised in the Applicant's evidence (Response to Applicant's Evidence); (d) Comments on draft conditions and proposed mitigation (Conditions / Mitigation); and (e) Conclusions. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY...

9. [2025] NZEmpC [2025] NZEmpc 241 Jenner v Corrections Assoc of New Zealand Inc (No 2) [pdf, 468 KB]

   ...appear to be genuine. 7 Mr du Plessis’ evidence was that such communications needed to be appropriately managed and that secondments, in particular, needed to be dealt with sensitively. [31] On 22 July 2025, Mr Jenner sent two emails in response – the first directly to Mr du Plessis and the second to him and the members of the executive committee. Both emails attached Mr du Plessis’ email of 18 July 2025. [32] In the email to Mr du Plessis, Mr Jenner stated that he...

10. Rec-Recap-2023-Q4-FINAL.pdf [pdf, 873 KB]

    ...cockpit video recorders and/or other forms of data capture in the cockpits of certain classes of helicopter. The reply text records that the Director of Civil Aviation is prepared to accept the recommendation but with the caveat that reflects the response of the Secretary for Transport, namely that the Director conduct a safety and cost benefit exercise of installing flight data and/or cockpit video on certain classes of helicopters. It was recorded that the Director would initiate an i...