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1. Big Hill Station Ltd v Hemana - Awarua o Hinemanu Trust (2015) 43 Takitimu MB 218 (43 TKT 218 ) [pdf, 328 KB]

   43 Tākitimu MB 218 IN THE MĀORI LAND COURT OF NEW ZEALAND TᾹKITIMU DISTRICT A20030006377 A20130010918 A20150002581 UNDER Section 79, Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 IN THE MATTER OF Awarua o Hinemanu Trust BETWEEN AND BIG HILL STATION LIMITED Applicant CLINTON HEMANA, FLORENCE KARAITIANA AND RANUI TOATOA AS TRUSTEES OF AWARUA O HINEMANU TRUST Respondents Hearing: 39 Tākitimu MB 16 dated 23 March 2015

2. S v J LCRO 5 / 2008 (13 February 2009) [pdf, 39 KB]

   ...dissatisfaction arises from parts of the justice and corrections system. However she also considers that Lawyer J is also in part to blame for this outcome and is of the view that Lawyer J acted unprofessionally in his conduct of the proceedings. At root she claims that Lawyer J did not act in the best interests of Client S’s son throughout. It is certainly the case that the outcome was one which in her view was not in the best interests of Client S’s son. [56] I am satisfied t...

3. AM v ZM LCRO 48 / 2010 (25 February 2011) [pdf, 131 KB]

   ...submissions was that the husband was paying all of the relationship debt and no contribution was being made by the Applicant [29] It was the Applicant‟s contention that her husband had never at any time paid all of the relationship property debt, a claim that appeared partly to be based on „relationship debt‟ including the mortgage debt on the commercial properties as well as that on the bach. Taking into account the debt on the commercial properties that was serviced by the...

4. LCRO 238/2017 VQ v CAR LIMITED (28 March 2019) [pdf, 271 KB]

   ...rendered were worth considerably more than reflected in the initial invoice provided. It was his view that the Committee was breaching principles of natural justice, by seemingly determining in part, a significant part of the complaint (limiting his claim to $5000) before the matter had been properly considered by the Committee. [55] Standards Committees, and this Office on review, are required to observe principles of natural justice when determining complaints and considering revie...

5. Director of Proceedings v Radius Residential Care Ltd [2019] NZHRRT 24 [pdf, 268 KB]

   ...parties request that the agreed summary of facts be published by the Tribunal as an addendum to the decision. 4. The defendant consents to the Tribunal making the above declaration based on the facts set out in the agreed summary of facts. 5. In the statement of claim the plaintiff also sought the following relief: (a) damages pursuant to s 57(1); and (b) costs. 6. These other aspects of the relief claimed by the plaintiff have been resolved between the parties by negotiated agreemen...

6. [2024] NZEmpC 29 E Tū Inc v New Zealand Steel Ltd [pdf, 278 KB]

   ...to make-up pay. Before the Court, New Zealand Steel argued that the purpose of this proposed change was to clarify the meaning of the provision rather than to alter it, but the contemporaneous paper prepared by New Zealand Steel setting out its claims said the proposed amendment was to avoid the increased costs associated with the provision. I therefore agree with E Tū that this was the purpose of the proposed amendment. Specifically, New Zealand Steel sought to replace the clau...

7. Julian v Inia - Succession to Moehuarahi Te Ruuri (2024) 322 Waiariki MB 32 (322 WAR 32) [pdf, 300 KB]

   ...land as taonga tuku iho. 322 Waiariki MB 43 What then is the remedy? [29] Mr Pou provided a suggestion:25 Restoring Connections 13. The judgement is clear that tikanga requires a restoration of whakapapa connections. Inherent in this statement is the need to provide for a connection where one does not exist. 14. The table attached to these submissions shows that the children of Moehuarahi already hold shares and interests in the Pikiao Rotoiti blocks and in the Whaka...

8. [2018] NZEnvC 205 Cossens v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 14 MB]

   BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT COURT I MUA I TE KOOTI TAIAO 0 AOTEAROA IN THE MATTER AND BETWEEN AND Decision No. [2018] NZEnvC 205 of the Resource Management Act 1991 of an appeal pursuant to s 120 of the Act JOHN COSSENS (ENV-2017 -CHC-079) Appellant QUEENSTOWN-LAKES DISTRICT COUNCIL Respondent Court: Environment Judge J R Jackson Environment Commissioner J T Baines Hearing: at Queenstown on 1 and 2 August 2018 Final submissions received 12 September 2018 Appearance

9. [2015] NZEmpC 94 NZ Meat Workers & Related Trades Union Inc v AFFCO NZ Ltd [pdf, 262 KB]

   ...mid-April 2015 they expressed their interest in re- engagement for the new season. Those persons were then invited to one of several meetings consisting of a number of such employees and representatives of the company. At those meetings a prepared statement was read out by one of the company representatives and the company’s draft form of individual employment agreement was handed out. [20] The company representatives declined, deliberately, to answer any questions about the pr...

10. Morrell v Wairoa-Waikaremoana Māori Trust Board - Lake Waikaremoana [2017] Chief Judge's MB 342 (2017 CJ 342) [pdf, 355 KB]

    ...of a series of negotiations and hui resulting in Lake Waikaremoana vesting in the Wairoa-Waikaremoana Māori Trust Board and the Tuhoe- Waikaremoana Māori Trust Board with a lease arrangement with the Crown. [2] In 1999, an application was filed claiming that the original owners understood that the Trust Boards would hold the lake only for the limited purpose of collecting and distributing proceeds from the lease with the Crown to the original owners and sought that the lake be vest...