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1. Family Court rewrite submission: Human Rights Commission [pdf, 734 KB]

   ...design of the family law system.  Develop and implement supported decision-making mechanisms that enable full and effective participation of disabled people in the family justice system. Indigenous rights 24. The 2014 reforms did not improve the responsiveness of the family justice system to the needs of Māori, and improved results for whānau Māori will depend on change that is broader than a rewrite of the 2014 reforms.23 25. Two staff from the Human Rights Commission were se...

2. Buchanan - Riwaka-Matiu-Mātana Whanau Trust (2018) 50 Te Waipounamu MB 152 (50 TWP 152) [pdf, 253 KB]

   ...to assist with kai. The trust also cleared a $10,000 debt owed from their father’s estate to his sister. Margaret sees the trust as being a valuable financial resource for the whānau which has made it easy for them to meet their collective responsibilities as well as contribute to the wellbeing of the extended whānau as needed. [23] Margaret also notes that while there are challenges in resolving the whānau agreement to compensate Pārua, the overall situation is one in whi...

3. LCRO 10/2020 EJ v HP (10 June 2020) [pdf, 123 KB]

   ...arrangements Mr EJ and Ms TS had agreed to enter into: Could divert his entitlement to benefit a total stranger. [21] Mr EJ wanted Ms TS to rearrange her trust so he could recover some control over the money he had given away. [22] Ms HP’s firm’s response, headed “without prejudice”, is dated 11 October 2017. The firm says that at a meeting on 24 March 2014 Ms HP advised Mr EJ against entering into the agreement and: offered to go back to [Ms TS’s] lawyers to see whe...

4. Carey Clan Trust v Still [pdf, 197 KB]

   ...proceedings the evidence starts accumulating from the moment the assessor’s report is filed and the Chief Executive’s determination that it is an eligible claim. The procedures adopted by the Tribunal require all the parties to file statements and responses which become part of the evidential record, subject to any deponent being required to answer questions at the hearing. In this case evidence was given at the hearing by: i. Assessor; ii. Mr R Carey and Mrs J Carey....

5. Real Estate Agents Authority v Wallace [2016] NZREADT 71 [pdf, 118 KB]

   ...Tribunal’s decision, are set out below. Procedural background [4] On 21 May 2013, Ms Wallace was charged by Complaints Assessment Committee 20001 (“CAC 20001”) with misconduct under s 73(a) of the Act (“the first charge”). Ms Wallace filed a response denying the first charge and it was set down for hearing on 26 November 2013. [5] On 26 August 2013, Ms Wallace applied for a stay of proceeding, on the grounds that a criminal charge had been laid against her under s 220 o...

6. Evidence - Noise - Minister for Children - Rhys Hegley - Final [pdf, 424 KB]

   ...1 NZS 6802: 2008 ‘Acoustics –Environmental noise’ notes that the intrusiveness of a sound is a function of both its level and character. Sound that has special audible characteristics is likely to cause adverse community response at lower sound levels than sound without such characteristics. - 11 - AD-114408-1-3119-V2 NOISE ASSOCIATED WITH THE CAR PARKS 8.10 Noise associated with the use of the car park during the night time is the largest single...

7. Leaning Rock Cherries Ltd - EiC - E Weaver (5 February 2021) [pdf, 242 KB]

   ...Jobs, Transport and Resources, Tatura, Australia 3. The Effect of Water Stress on Physiological Processes of Fruit Crops AN Lasko, Dept. of Horticultural Science, NYS Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New York, USA 4. Yield and Quality Responses of Deciduous Fruit Trees to Drought Strategies for its Mitigation G Lopez, MH Behboudian, J Girona, J Marsal, Institut de Reserca I Technologia Agroalimentaries (IRTA), Spain 5. Plant Responses to Drought Stress: From Morphological to...

8. [2020] NZEmpC 148 Baker v Hauraki Rail Trail Ltd [pdf, 195 KB]

   ...non-publication order was therefore made prohibiting publication of the material he had recorded. [16] A substantial benefit for Ms Baker, which arose during the investigation meeting of 22 November 2019, was that Mr Maynard accepted he held some responsibility for payment of the amounts ordered by the Authority to be paid in its determination dated 26 August 2015. Accordingly, during the investigation meeting itself he made payment to Ms Baker of the full sum of $19,321.56....

9. Waikato Bay of Plenty Standards Committee 1 v Jacobsen [2021] NZLCDT 18 (25 May 2021) [pdf, 186 KB]

   ...includes a deliberate departure from accepted standards or such serious negligence as, although not deliberate, to portray indifference and an abuse of the privileges which accompany registration as a medical practitioner. 5 Ethics, Professional Responsibility and the Lawyer, Webb, Dalziell and Cook, LexisNexis, at p 107. 6 Lawyers’ Professional Responsibility (5th ed.): G E Dal Pont. Thomson Reuters, at p 37. 7 Re Hampton [2002] QCA 129; See Dal Pont (above), p 46. 8 Ethics, Profe...

10. XN v Ji [2019] NZIACDT 49 (19 July 2019) [pdf, 176 KB]

    ...on 13 March 2015. [10] Immigration New Zealand sent three letters to the complainant, care of Mr Ji, requiring further information. Mr Ji says he passed them onto another employee of NZ Business Migration. He states that “we” drafted the responses which were promptly sent to Immigration New Zealand.2 [11] Immigration New Zealand declined the application for residence by letter dated 24 June 2016 sent by email to Mr Ji at 3:59 pm. Mr Ji then emailed the letter to another e...