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1. Tairua v Aati - Estate of Mere Hare Kerepeti [2020] Maori Appellate Court MB 224 (2020 Appeal 224) [pdf, 308 KB]

   ...filing of submissions.6 [17] On 30 October 2019 Mr Williams filed a brief of evidence of Mrs Aati without seeking leave. Mr Watson filed a memorandum in opposition to the filing of evidence on 31 October 2019, and Mr Williams filed a memorandum in response, seeking leave to file the evidence on 4 November 2019. [18] The hearing was then held on 13 November 2019, following which we reserved our decision.7 During the hearing we determined that we would not grant leave for the filing...

2. ORC & Federated Farmers - EIC - Anna Gillespie - 17 September 2021 [pdf, 220 KB]

   ...the national regulations are an improvement from those originally drafted. In our view, into the future, farm plans will likely provide a critical ability for appropriate on-farm approaches to address risks and find improvements to practices in response to particular on-farm issues and risks. 28 The body of my evidence addresses some of the good management practices associated with intensive winter grazing, and where relevant, how these have been incorporated into the PC8 framewor...

3. Summary of Submissions notification rules Privacy Act 2020 [pdf, 312 KB]

   ...advise the Government on how notification requirements under the Privacy Act should be changed. We intend to release a summary of the feedback received, along with a copy of it, once the Government has considered our advice and made decisions. Your responses will be anonymised, and no names of individuals will be identified. If you do not want us to release any information in your feedback, please state this clearly when you send it to us and explain why. We may need to release yo...

4. [2022] NZEmpC 184 Straayer v Employment Relations Authority [pdf, 329 KB]

   ...allow the ERA to properly investigate this matter, appropriate steps will be taken at the time to obtain such evidence. [18] Mr Straayer requested a “formal written decision” so that he could then initiate a judicial review proceeding. The response from the Authority on 17 February 2022 was that the Authority’s email two days earlier spoke for itself. [19] These events form the basis of the first of the two issues raised in the judicial review application. [20] The secon...

5. [2021] NZACC 94 - Smith v ACC (1 July 2021) [pdf, 239 KB]

   ...the causation of the pathology requiring surgery and give reasons for your answer?". 23. Dr Omar, a radiologist, also produced a report dated 26 January 2017, commenting on the ultrasound he had performed on 15 September 2015. This was in response to a suggestion by Mr Smith that the person who had undertaken the ultrasound in September 2015 was: just learning, no one else was present. Not knowing any better myself this went ahead without any rotation of my shoulder or movem...

6. Jones v Accident Compensation Corporation (Personal Injury) [2024] NZACC 106 (25 June 2024) [pdf, 209 KB]

   ...was quashed, and it was directed to cover and fund the surgery. [68] On 19 September 2023, Dr Elliott provided a letter of support for Mr Jones. Dr Elliott advised that it was very clear to him that the accident on 22 June 2020 was entirely responsible for setting off a chain of lumbar back events which was still unresolved. Dr Elliott emphasised that, prior to the June 2020 accident, Mr Jones was fit and working 60 hours a week un-incumbered, but that, since that accident, he h...

7. Returning-Offenders-Management-and-Information-Act-2015_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   ...Proposal 1 I seek Cabinet’s approval for the introduction of the Returning Offenders (Management and Information) Amendment Bill. Policy 2 The Bill amends the Returning Offenders (Management and Information) Act 2015 (“the ROMI Act”) in response to the recent High Court decision of G v Commissioner of Police, as approved by Cabinet on 31 January 2023 [CAB-23-MIN-0008 refers]. 3 In G, the Court found that: 3.1 the ROMI Act does not apply retrospectively; and 3.2 natural jus...

8. [2025] NZIACDT 21 – KA v Wen (5 March 2025) [pdf, 197 KB]

   ...licensed to the client. 10 Code and complaint documents 17. Before entering into a written agreement with the client, a licensed immigration adviser must: a. provide the client with the summary of licensed immigration advisers’ professional responsibilities, as published by the Registrar of Immigration Advisers b. explain the summary of licensed immigration advisers’ professional responsibilities to the client and advise them how to access a full copy of this code of cond...

9. Ryan v Accident Compensation Corporation (Impairment Assessment) [2025] NZACC 015 (28 January 2025) [pdf, 260 KB]

   ...this in his 1 March 2023 covering letter. Mr Ryan and the Corporation agreed in the statement of facts that this was the correction of a typographical error. [35] In his letter of 1 March 2023 Dr Kanji addresses concerns raised by Mr Ryan. In response to history and background, those items Robert believes that have been overlooked would not materially change the whole Person impairment derived for example the deterioration of height at T10. The lack of a date for Treatment Injur...

10. Draft Cost Benefit Analysis: AML Phase II [pdf, 281 KB]

    ...AML/CFT legislation coming into force next year. Critically, further investment will enable supervisory agencies to meet their new obligations under the Act and enhancements to the Financial Intelligence Unit’s (FIU) intelligence capability in response to the increased reports that will arise. New Zealand is a member of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). FATF set standards and undertakes reviews of member countries. The operational effectiveness of New Zealand’s AML/CFT reg...