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1. ENVC Hearing 6Oct14 AC evidence chief Sam Shumane [pdf, 378 KB]

   ...to collect additional data and for more observations. 15. This Statement of Evidence covers the following: (a) A summary of my evidence (Executive Summary); (b) An overview of the key points from my Previous 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 and Mitigation Measures); and (e) Conclusions. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 16....

2. Steele v Board of Trustees of Salisbury School [2012] NZHRRT 20 [pdf, 83 KB]

   ...Mr Heal replied to Ms Kennedy. The terms of that reply are significant: Thank you for your email. I have already seen a copy of this unfortunate email. My resonse at the time was to tell Marcus that I thought it was a completely inappropriate response from him to Julie Davies’ email. In defence of Marcus he hid not know who Julie was, as she fails to identify herself in her email. I doubt very much if he would have responded in such a way had he known that she was associated with...

3. TU v Hakaoro [2013] NZIACDT 67 (8 October 2013) [pdf, 164 KB]

   ...New Zealand. [19] There was no written agreement for the immigration services which Mr Hakaoro agreed to provide and no receipts for many of the payments. [20] It appeared Mr Hakaoro did not undertake any work for the complainant. Mr Hakaoro’s response [21] Mr Hakaoro responded to the complaint in correspondence dated 9 October 2012 and addressed to the Authority. [22] He produced articles he had written. One was contemptuous of persons of the complainant’s nationality. The art...

4. [2018] NZEnvC 080 NZ Heavy Haulage v South Taranaki District Council [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...services and closing in and ventilation of the foundations; and (v) The owner of the site on which the relocated building is placed shall certify that the reinstatement work will be completed within the twelve month period. The site owner shall be responsible for ensuring this work is completed. 3. Previous Use (i) Any relocated building intended for use as a dwelling or for visitor accommodation must have previously been designed, built and used as a dwelling or for visitor accom...

5. ENV-2015-AKL-000190 The National Trading Company of New Zealand Limited v Auckland Council (Earthworks) [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   ...government agencies in terms of the kauri dieback provisions. (i) There is a danger that Council and relevant central government agencies will assume that, through placing the provisions in the Proposed Plan, they will absolve themselves of further responsibility to control kauri dieback disease. It is preferable for any regulation in response to the disease to be focused on and clearly directed at the disease either by way of national regulations or through bylaws. Central and lo...

6. LCRO 150/2017 UG v WN [pdf, 275 KB]

   ...Ms UG had a conflict of interest by acting for the second purchasers against Mr WN on the second sale. [9] Although initially rejecting Mr WN’s lawyer’s claim that the second requisition notice was invalid, three days after receiving that response from Mr WN’s lawyers, Ms UG arranged for the second purchasers to receive legal advice from another firm and ceased acting for the second purchasers. Complaint [10] Mr WN lodged a complaint with the New Zealand Law Society Compla...

7. Li & Gao v Real Estate Agent Authority (CAC 408) & Riley [2017] NZREADT 33 [pdf, 214 KB]

   ...Ms Riley was, and continued to be, “wilfully blind” to the implications of her conduct, and had sought to excuse it by reference to those parts of the property she did see, and her interaction with the vendors. He submitted that she took no responsibility for her conduct. He further submitted that she did not consider that she had any obligation to warn the appellants, or any other potential purchasers, that she had not inspected the south wall. He also submitted that she had a...

8. [2021] NZREADT 8 - Complaints Assessment Committee 2001 v Sheldon (19 February 2021) [pdf, 198 KB]

   ...that she was surprised at his value range for the property, and had expected it to be “at least $1.25 million”. She later told Mr Sheldon that she was not interested in the property. When Mr Sheldon reported to the complainants he said (in response to a question from them) that she had seen the value of the property at $1 million to $1.1 million. [15] Mr Sheldon denied that Ms Williams had said she expected the property to be “at least $1.25 million”: he said that if she h...

9. Summary of submissions: New Zealand accession to the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime [pdf, 248 KB]

   ...because the Budapest Convention criminalises copyright infringement by means of a computer system. Individual submitters supported accession because cybercrime and cyber-enabled crime are an international problem which requires an international response, and because accession would facilitate international relationships. MEGA noted that accession to the Budapest Convention is ‘long overdue’ and offered support for submission as long as concerns about the implementation of the data...

10. MG v Jean Xiujing Hu [2019] NZIACDT 20 (10 April 2019) [pdf, 152 KB]

    ...establishing a meat export business in this country. [23] Immigration New Zealand approved an LTBV for the complainant and her family on 13 June 2014. [24] On 12 September 2014, Ms Hu sent the following text to the complainant presumably in response to the formal complaint made the previous month (verbatim): You are really dirty enough… your business dealing with [Ms H] is none of my business… you both came to me for immigration application after you had settled the price… a...