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1. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - summary record 3rd report (continued) [pdf, 40 KB]

   ...activities. 57. The new Museum of New Zealand would establish a Maori bicultural development directorate and would seek to avoid the marginalization of Maori art and history by organizing integrated exhibitions. A new national body, the Arts Council, with responsibility for setting overall policy in the arts and apportioning funds to support arts projects and individuals, had been established. The new structure was composed of two boards of equal status, one for Maori arts (to be known as Te W...

2. CAC301 v Mairs [2015] NZREADT 63 [pdf, 225 KB]

   ...consequent sale and purchase agreement, the settlement date was to be 19 April 2013. [15] On 28 March 2013, Mr Rees left a voice message for Mr Waine following up to find out whether Mr Waine had found out what the apartment was worth. Mr Waine left a response voice message on Mr Rees’ telephone advising that the apartment had been sold. This was the first that Mr Rees knew about the sale of the apartment. It was also the first time that Mr Waine appreciated that he did not have au...

3. Raukawa v Lux - Te Oitahuna Raukawa Whānau Trust (2015) 116 Waiariki MB 288 (116 WAR 288) [pdf, 245 KB]

   ...Trust were demonstrably inadequate and unsatisfactory. [13] Given that Daniel Lux and Julie Lux were the signatories and essentially in control of the financial decision making, an order under s 240 was made to immediately remove them both as responsible trustees. I further indicated that I would issue detailed reasons for making the order in relation to Mr and Mrs Lux and in terms of all remaining applications concerning Te Oitahuna Raukawa Whānau Trust. Submissions for the A...

4. Molenaar v CAC 10066 & MacDonald & Newman [2012] NZREADT 74 [pdf, 79 KB]

   ...refused. [74] We are satisfied that Ms MacDonald’s relationship with the vendor is that the vendor knew Ms MacDonald’s mother well; but that has little bearing on this matter. [75] Whatever the factual position about rubbish, it was not the responsibility of Ms MacDonald; it was ultimately the responsibility of the vendor. [76] As far as the roof is concerned, it was the vendor’s position that there was no problem with it. There are communications from the two tenants...

5. [2014] NZEmpC 174 Workforce Development Ltd v Hill [pdf, 143 KB]

   ...the investigation had been made clear to Mrs Hill. The fact that Ms Bernard’s concerns had not been provided to Mrs Hill became a key focus of the defendant’s case. It was submitted that this prejudiced her ability to provide a considered response. I do not accept this, for reasons which will become apparent. [21] Mrs Hill gave evidence that she read Mrs Greenhalgh’s letter at the time but believed that the issues that had been identified within it would be resolved and th...

6. Tahata v Tahata- Ngāwhakatutu A1A Incorporation (2014) 37 Tairawhiti MB 217 (37 TRW 217) [pdf, 283 KB]

   ...Chairman of Tawai Inc. to show an illegal Whānau Trust that he controls and uses the shares to vote/elect members to the Tawai Committee to ensure that he also has control of the Incorporation as Chairman. 2. Ben Tahata has not taken any responsibility for his part in the serious financial situation that the Incorporation was in recently. Under his watch as Chairman: A) The committee failed to file with the Court in a timely manner, proper Reports and Financial Statements of...

7. [2015] NZEmpC 48 Thorne v Kiwirail Ltd [pdf, 144 KB]

   ...critical role". Mr Thorne knew all about the introduction of the new Drug and Alcohol Policy. At the first disciplinary meeting, Ms Clark made it clear to him that he had broken their trust and confidence. She pointed out that KiwiRail had the responsibility of carrying thousands of passengers every day and the health and wellness of those passengers and their crew were of "the top priority". [44] KiwiRail heard all the arguments made on behalf of Mr Thorne by hi...

8. [2013] NZEmpC 240 Fox v Hereworth School Trust Board Second Interlocutory [pdf, 212 KB]

   ...her peril. Mrs Fox’s complaint to the Police about what she categorised as this criminal threat did not lead to any prosecution or similar outcome. [47] The second Police involvement in the case occurred when Mrs Fox alleged that the Board was responsible for placing her home under surveillance following the incident with the visiting parents outlined earlier in this judgment. Again, such inquiries as the Police made did not result in a prosecution or other sanction which may ha...

9. Langdon v ACC [2014] NZACA 9 [pdf, 71 KB]

   ...satisfaction, and ACC could only exercise its discretion under s 59(8) to set a fair amount as the value of the allowances, if their value had already been set and tax paid on them.1 This interpretation of s 52(2)(d) was upheld by the Reviewer and in response to my request prior to the hearing for clarification of ACC’s position with respect to whether it was going to argue on appeal that the claimed benefits and allowances were statute barred because they had not formed part of M...

10. BORA Aquaculture Reform Bill [pdf, 458 KB]

    ...council must allocate authorisations for this space to TOKMTL. TOKMTL is required to hold marine farming settlement assets until they can be allocated and transferred directly to iwi via an iwi aquaculture organisation. Iwi aquaculture organisations are responsible for receiving and holding settlement assets allocated to that iwi. Iwi aquaculture organisations have responsibility for establishing commercial entities that manage the settlement assets. 23. Clause 65 provides that the only...