Search Results

1. 3.1 Judges

   Courts are independent and impartial. Judges, in exercising the jurisdiction of the court, are subject only to law. Judges are responsible for the conduct of proceedings that are before them and are able to make orders to ensure that proceedings are conducted fairly and without disruption. In addition to judges, community magistrates and justices of the peace sit as judicial officers in the District Court criminal jurisdiction. Judicial justices of the peace have jurisdiction over many minor off...

   Located in:

   1. About >
   2. News & media >
   3. Media centre >
   4. Media information >
   5. Media guide for reporting the courts and tribunals: Edition 4.1 >
   6. 3.0 Key participants for media in the court

2. 2025 NZPSPLA 075pdf [pdf, 70 KB]

   ...cancellation of Mr Taumoepeau’s certificate of approval unless the grounds for disqualification are waived. [2] Mr Taumoepeau has not applied for waiver of the grounds for disqualification. In addition, he neither attended the hearing nor filed a response to the Police complaint. Being a convicted drug dealer is inconsistent with the character and background requirements for private security workers who work in the guarding classes. If Mr Taumoepeau is to continue to work as a secu...

3. CVA research report into use of restorative justice in family violence cases [pdf, 630 KB]

   ...information about this guy that basically said he was still blaming her. It was pretty obvious. I don’t know how we saw that. But there was just a lot of history - bang, bang, bang, bang, bang. Same victim, strangulation, high levels of violence, no responsibility. The guy was inside … We had some documentation that talked about his lack of acknowledging what he had done and responsibility for what he had done, and that was relatively current to a long range of charges that he was...

4. Ngati Pahauwera Supplementary Affidavit on behalf of Trustees Exhibits B to H [pdf, 15 MB]

   ...and the importance of individual expressions. I have not drawn out common threads from the talk in a summary. Each interpretation of the concept is as valid as any other. KaitiakifTanga) I was always taught that we are uri ofPapatuanuku and have a responsibility to care for her no matter where you live. We also have a responsibility for manaakitcmga cmd a responsibility to maintain mauri. An example locally was when a Water Conservation Order was proposed fo r the Mohaka. Pahauwera exp...

5. OTAGO REGIONAL COUNCIL v NGA RUNANGA & Ors NOE ENV 20210628 [pdf, 1.5 MB]

   ...P Page and B Irving for Clutha District Council, Waitaki District Council, Queenstown Lakes District Council, Dunedin City Council and Central Otago District Council (the Territorial Authorities) J Welsh for Trustpower Limited H Rennie for WISE Response Society Inc NOTES OF EVIDENCE TAKEN BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT COURT TABLE OF CONTENTS SHANE ANTHONY ENRIGHT (AFFIRMED) (VIA AVL) .......................................................................... 2 EXAMINATION: MR MAW ......

6. NZCVS Cycle 1 (2018) data tables [xlsx, 369 KB]

   ...composition Two samples were drawn as part of the NZCVS: a general or ‘main’ sample and a Māori booster sample that aimed to increase sample size for Māori. Sample size A total of 8,030 people responded as part of the NZCVS in 2018. This includes 5,273 responses as part of the main sample and 2,757 for the Māori booster sample. Interviewing period 1 March 2018 – 7 October 2018 Response rate The overall response rate was 81%. The response rate for the main sample was 81% and for...

7. [2018] NZEnvC 227 Taranaki Energy Watch Incorporated v South Taranaki District Council [pdf, 12 MB]

   ...in Winstone Aggregates & Ors v Matamata-Piako District Council" draws on the definition when differentiating between the effects of the emitting activity (which the court refers to as the "primary effects") and the complaining response (the "secondary reverse sensitivity effect'V 9 [22] Reverse sensitivity typically occurs when a benign activity seeks to locate within the effects radius of an established activity: per Independent News Auckland Ltd v Ma...

8. Solomon v Johnson - Te Mata E3 Block (2017) 139 Waikato Maniapoto MB 240 (139 WMN 240) [pdf, 508 KB]

   ...[18] This view is supported by the evidence of Craig Solomon attached to the statement of claim. Mr Solomon says that in 2004 Te Haumarangai told them they could have the Te Mata E3 section, and on being asked what price he had in mind “his response was that we were to build our house first and discuss the price later.” 4 The affidavit then sets out the time and circumstances when the purchase price was finally set. [19] Furthermore, this interpretation of the nature of the c...

9. [2022] NZEnvC 010 Northport Limited v Whangarei District Council [pdf, 1.3 MB]

   ...buildings, at least, are constructed within the 55dBA contour, there is a need to provide attenuation to standards, namely to achieve an internal noise level (with windows and doors open) of around 40dBA; 3. The corollary to this is that Northport takes responsibility in relation to existing homes, of ensuring (if the owner requests) that those standards will be met inside the house. There are criterion that have to be met, and the offer is not time-limited. This represents a balanc...

10. NZCVS-Cycle-5-Reporting-to-the-Police.xlsx [xlsx, 181 KB]

    ...other hand, when the confidence intervals of two estimates do overlap, the difference between the estimates is described as not statistically significant. This is a more conservative approach than a formal statistical test. Don't know/refusal responses Residual response categories such as "don't know" and "don't wish to answer" are generally excluded from analysis. This is generally the case for analysis of victimisation and rates of reporting victimisations...