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1. Electoral Amendment Bill - Changes to Political Donations Setting [pdf, 357 KB]

   ...However, a qualitative assessment was possible. The political donations settings are specified in legislation. Therefore, the range of options we have identified in this RIS is limited to the status quo and legislative amendments. Page | 3 Responsible Manager Hayley Denoual Policy Manager, Electoral and Constitutional Policy Team Ministry of Justice 5 April 2022 Quality Assurance (completed by QA panel) Reviewing Agency: Ministry of Justice QA panel P...

2. LCRO 49/2022 & 93/2022 WU v MQ obo CT (25 August 2022) [pdf, 277 KB]

   ...[CT] has now lost capacity he can not use his power to dismiss trustees. [WU] is currently wasting more trust resources in litigation in an attempt to gain more control of the trust and its assets, it has gone far enough and must stop. Mr WU’s response [25] Mr WU commenced his response to the complaint by describing his long- standing relationship18 with Mr CT. He says that the matters raised by Mr MQ in the complaint are “essentially the same issues or derivative issues that...

3. [2022] NZACC 100–Phillips v ACC (25 May 2022) [pdf, 343 KB]

   ...Yvette’s difficulties with anxiety, depression and trauma related disorder as outlined in the report really began after the meeting she had with her seniors at ACC in which she felt bullied and ambushed. This was a meeting which was called in response to her emailing her manger asking questions about why others were being appointed into positions ahead of herself and others in her team whose jobs had been disbanded and who were waiting for redeployment within the organisation. S...

4. [2023] NZEnvC 100 Director-General of Conservation v Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency [pdf, 336 KB]

   ...additions to conditions. Poutama submitted the bulk of the evidence and hearing was focused on negotiating and delivering the agreed outcomes between Waka Kotahi and TRoNT, as well as the dispute with Te Korowai. Waka Kotahi reply submissions In response to Poutama’s submission, Waka Kotahi submitted that the appeals by DOC and TRoNT would not have required the preparation of evidence, or a hearing. Waka Kotahi submitted Poutama’s claim that the “majority, if not all the...

5. Lealaiauloto-Saofaileta v Accident Compensation Corporation (Treatment Injury) [2023] NZACC 209 [pdf, 257 KB]

   ...what appears to be marked lack of conductivity of median nerve … [10] The appellant underwent nerve conduction studies on 30 July 2014 and Clinical Neurophysiologist, JG Carroll, reported: The complete absence of both sensory and motor responses when stimulating the left median nerve makes it impossible to localise the site of the lesion or lesions affecting the nerve, but obviously the wrist is a likely possibility. [11] The appellant was again seen by Mr Creagh on 5 Au...

6. LCRO 73/2024 OR v SV (3 September 2024) [pdf, 249 KB]

   ...The law firm’s letter sought the applicant’s views on that course of action and drew her attention to her right of election under s 61 of the Property (Relationships) Act 1976. [50] The applicant has not indicated what view she expressed in response to that letter or what course of action she subsequently took. I note in passing that the 2020 will was materially advantageous to the applicant in comparison with the August 2021 draft will. The complaint [51] The applicant’s com...

7. Process evaluation for the Alcohol & Other Drug Treatment Court [pdf, 1.3 MB]

   ...participants in the community. Stakeholder feedback shows the inclusion of community probation is working well, particularly the ability to start working with participants in phase three. While keeping within probation officers’ legislated roles and responsibilities, further role clarification and documentation is required to ensure clear role scope and boundaries.  Stakeholders generally considered the graduation ceremonies to be a positive way to mark the success of the parti...

8. [2019] NZEnvC 208 Aratiatia Livestock Limited v Southland Regional Council [pdf, 11 MB]

   ...authors. We refer in particular to water, mauri, ki uta ki tai, Te Mana o te Wai, kaitiakitanga, and mahinga kai. [45] In Murihiku (Southland), Nga R0nanga regard water this way: 59 Water is a taonga, or treasure of the people. It is the kaitiaki responsibility of tangata whenua to ensure that this taonga is available for future generations in as good as, if not better quality. Water has the spiritual qualities of mauri and wairua. The continued wellbeing of these qualities is dep...

9. Common Bundle Volume 5 [pdf, 14 MB]

   ...of acting or not acting if there is uncertain or insufficient information about the subject matter of the provisions. The evaluation report must also summarise any advice on the proposal received from iwi authorities, including the Council’s response to that advice and any provisions that are intended to give effect to the advice. 1.2. Background In late 2018, ORC approved the commencement of a full review of the Water Plan and publicly notified its Progressive Implementation Pr...

10. [2018] NZEnvC 163 Horowhenua District Council v Manawatu Whanganui Regional Council [pdf, 5.8 MB]

    ...types of activity and while they affect what can be done in this case they are not, in our view, in conflict as matters of general principle. The difficulty which we have is in giving effect to both policies in the uncommon situation Evidence in response to the Court's minute of 27 November 2017, at paragraphs 11 and 12. 10 where treated wastewater is discharged in conjunction with this particular farming activity. [13] We determined, after evaluation of the evidence and p...