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1. [2022] NZEnvC 161 Hutt City Council [pdf, 2.6 MB]

   ...evidence for the proceedings. [64] There was expert conferencing on several topics prior to the hearing that advanced resolution of matters and also informed the subsequent evidence and hearing process. We have looked at the expert conferencing statements but do not need to dwell on the process. Instead we focus on the evidence and conditions put forward by the experts on matters of substance given we are reviewing the adequacy of this for ourselves as well as making decisions on...

2. Evaluation of Victim Support’s Homicide Caseworker Support Service [pdf, 790 KB]

   Evaluation of Victim Support’s Full-time Homicide Caseworker Support Service 9 November 2015 Alison Chetwin Dr Sue Carswell Dr Trish Young Integrity Professionals 2 Acknowledgements The evaluation team wish to thank the family members who generously shared their experiences for this evaluation. We also thank the other participants and Victim Support staff who assisted with access to information for the

3. 2021-03-17 ORC PC7 - Transcript (up to end of day 7) [pdf, 2.3 MB]

   BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT CHRISTCHURCH ENV-2020-CHC-127 IN THE MATTER OF the Resource Management Act 1991 AND Of a notice of motion under section 149T(2) to decide proposed Plan Change 7 to the Regional Plan: Water for Otago (referred to the Environment Court by the Minister for the Environment under section 142(2)(b) of the Act) OTAGO REGIONAL COUNCIL Applicant Hearing Commenced: 08 March 2021 held in Dunedin Court: Environment Ju

4. [2021] NZEnvC 133 Woolworths New Zealand Limited [pdf, 1 MB]

   ...is also authorised under the consents held by Spreydon Lodge. [28] The Central City is directly 5.5 km to the north-east along Halswell 8 Road/Lincoln Road. Statutory instruments District Plan zoning – overview [29] A joint witness statement (JWS) was prepared by the planners for Woolworths and the Council.5 This sets out their agreed position as to the relevant district plan provisions, and (where agreed) a joint statutory assessment of the Proposal. Planning matter...

5. He Huanga o te Tika Report for Te Rau o te Tika the Justice System Inquiry [pdf, 7.5 MB]

   ...work alongside the Tribunal panel. Collectively, the pou and the Māori panel members connect to rohe (tribal districts) that cover most of the North and South Islands. Stage 3 of this inquiry will be evidential hearings on the substance of the claims. Although in stage 1 this Waitangi Tribunal has already inquired into claim- ant funding in a priority hearing called Whakatika ki Runga, our inquiry into the many claims filed about the Treaty breaches in the justice system has not begun...

6. [2010] NZEmpC 73 NZ Amalgamated Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union v SCA Hygiene Australasia Ltd [pdf, 46 KB]

   ...public holidays which fell during the shut down were not days that would otherwise have been working days and therefore there was no requirement to determine and pay the relevant daily pay. The agreed facts [3] The parties have reached an agreed statement of facts from which the following summary is taken. Until earlier this year SCA operated a plant manufacturing disposable nappies at Swanson, described as the “diaper site”, to which this dispute relates. At the Swanson s...

7. Leaders Real Estate (1987) Limited v CAC20008 & Anor [2015] NZREADT 41 [pdf, 155 KB]

   ...consumers and promote the purposes of the Act. He puts it that appellants are not required to pay any filing fee to bring an appeal, nor is there any difficulty about the form of appeal (when compared, say, to 8 the requirements of filing a statement of claim in the Courts), and it is relatively easy for a lay litigant to bring an appeal to us under the Act and, in these circumstances, requiring appeals to be brought within 20 working days is not onerous. [31] Mr Hodge observe...

8. Pohatu v Muriwhenua Incorporation - Te Hapua 42 (2014) 91 Taitokerau MB 251 (91 TTK 251) [pdf, 195 KB]

   ...[1985] AC 191 at 201: ‘… if detailed semantic and syntactical analysis of words in a commercial contract is going to lead to a conclusion that flouts business common sense, it must be made to yield to business common sense.’ [24] This statement of law has been recognised as the established legal position in New Zealand since the 1999 decision of the Court of Appeal in Boat Park Ltd v Hutchinson. 3 More recently the Court of Appeal has discussed these principles on two occ...

9. Tahata v Tahata - Proprietors of Ngāwhakatutu A1A (2015) 49 Tairawhiti MB 251 (49 TRW 251) [pdf, 214 KB]

   ...counsel for the respondents pointed out that according to the NPPM, this is the responsibility of the secretary. [23] Counsel for the respondents argued that the applicant did not sufficiently identify the sections of TTWMA and the MICR that he claims have been breached. The applicant replied that he had identified the relevant page numbers of the NPPM. The applicant’s argument appears to be that breach of the NPPM also results in breach of TTWMA and MICR. [24] In relation to...

10. Te Kuru II - Porangahau 1B4 "O" 2 and Mangamaire B13A (2012) 15 Takitimu MB 21 (15 TKT 21) [pdf, 195 KB]

    ...for the trustees derived from the Porangahau 1B4 “O” 2 and Mangamaire B No 13A blocks and passing through her hands be accounted for. [5] Having considered all the evidence that has been put before the Court the general background to this claim is as follows: [6] The trustees of the block had previously leased the land to Laurence Sutton. [7] They had heard that Brownrigg were looking for land for grazing for their cattle. [8] One of the trustees Mr Hutcheson had spoken with...