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1. Family Court Rewrite Submission - MoJ Runanga [pdf, 536 KB]

   ...https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/populations/maori-health/tatau-kahukura-maori-health-statistics/nga-mana-hauora- tutohu-health-status-indicators/life-expectancy 6 Census 2013 PSA – MOJ Rūnanga Committee submission for Strengthening the family justice system. March 2019. 3 Improving outcomes for Māori is the collective responsibility of the entire state sector. We need a justice system that delivers for Māori. We believe this requires the Ministry of Justice to formally comm...

2. Family Court Rewrite Submission - NZ FC Court Psych Group [pdf, 304 KB]

   ...communication for specialist psychologists so that issues can be respectfully attended to. We believe that MOJ having access to the level of expertise held within our group would enhance their work for the Family Court. We believe that MOJ has some responsibility to support processes orientated to the recruitment, retention and training of specialist psychologists. We believe MOJ needs to engage actively about issues such as reviews of the Practice Note and the processes by which...

3. INZ (Calder) v Cleland [2019] NZIACDT 38 (10 June 2019) [pdf, 158 KB]

   ...and the Philippines. In the Philippines, it works with a company there, BNAC. Both IPS and BNAC are owned by Mr Bruce Porteous. [5] In essence, IPS/BNAC sourced jobs in New Zealand for Filipino workers with Mr Cleland then supposedly being responsible for providing immigration services. However, what happened was that at the same time the staff of IPS/BNAC were finding employment for the client, the immigration services for that client were also largely being undertaken by the...

4. [2018] NZEnvC 200 Kawau Island Action Incorporated Society v Duke & Auckland Council [pdf, 285 KB]

   ...relation to discrepancies between the resource and building consents" at 75-77 and 79 Sarsfield St on the basis that the information requested does not exist. (i) A copy of a letter from Auckland Council to Herc Coleman dated 9 October 2018 in response to a request under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 partly providing information regarding the approval of the Construction Management Plan and the replacement of piles and partly refusing a reque...

5. BORA Hurunui/Kaikōura Earthquakes Recovery Bill [pdf, 197 KB]

   ...earthquakes’). 10. To this end, cl 7 of the Bill provides for Orders in Council (‘Orders’) to be made to grant exemptions from, modify, or extend any provisions of an enactment listed in cl 12. An order is made on the recommendation of the Minister responsible for the administration of the enactment (‘the relevant Minister’) and can only be made in connection with the earthquake-affected area. 11. Clause 11 also requires the Minister responsible for the administration of the B...

6. Partridge & Anor as Trustees for the Partridge Family Trust v McClune [pdf, 110 KB]

   ...it undertook in relation to the property. Mr Lockhead noted that this work complied with acceptable standards of the day. In addition the cladding material used was not the same as the material specified and so his company cannot be held responsible for any leaks which have subsequently occurred. 5. Mr Tucker applied to be removed on the basis he was a labour only contractor and was not engaged in the exterior plaster work or plumbing. He stated he was not required to install...

7. Lee v Napier City Council [2010] NZWHT Auckland 13 [pdf, 94 KB]

   ...with the authority of the Trust when making these decisions. Much of this information however was not available to the claimants until the hearing as Mr Beattie had not been participating in the adjudication process for some time, had filed no response and had not filed a witness statement. [17] I do not consider the claim against Greer and Shepherd was without substantial merit even though it was ultimately unsuccessful. There was tenable evidence supporting the claimants...

8. ENV-2016-CHC-000047 Blueskin Energy Limited v Dunedin City Council - Evidence - Jacinta Ruru [pdf, 955 KB]

   ...of a disrupted national grid, the Blueskin Bay settlements will be able to increase resilience with access to Our Blueskin Turbine’s locally generated electricity. 19. I believe it is an empowering prospect for a community to proudly and responsibly know, and visually see, where our power is coming from. 20. The Brooklyn community is an excellent example of how a New Zealand community has embraced the commercially viable Meridan Energy owned and managed Brooklyn wind turbine...

9. National Standards Committee v Jefferies [2016] NZLCDT 29 [pdf, 40 KB]

   ...saying at para [22]: 10 Daniels v Complaints Committee No. 2 of the Wellington District Law Society [2011] 3 NZLR 850, Gendall, MacKenzie, Miller JJ. 6 should be adopted as the proportionate response. That is “the least restrictive outcome” principle applicable in criminal sentencing. …” And later:11 “A suspension is clearly punitive, but its purpose is more than simply punishment. Its primary purpose is to advance the...

10. [2020] NZEnvC 207 Tussock Rise Limited v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 1.7 MB]

    ...Willowridge Developments Limited, Queenstown Airport Corporation, Alpine Nominees Limited, The Breen Construction Company Limited, Ben and Hamish Acland, J C Breen Family Trust, 86 Ballantyne Road Partnership and NPR Trading Limited. 6 [14] In response to TRL's submissions, Ms Hockly points out that those submitters21 noted by Mr Todd as supporting TRL's Stage 3 relief do so only in part. All seek changes to TRL's relief to protect existing land uses from reverse sens...