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1. Tan v Chief Executive Ministry of Social Development (Non Party Access to Tribunal File) [2016] NZHRRT 2 [pdf, 69 KB]

   ...Mr KH Tan in person Ms K Laurenson and Ms E Devine for defendant DATE OF HEARING: Heard on the papers DATE OF DECISION: 9 February 2016 DECISION OF TRIBUNAL DECLINING NON-PARTY ACCESS TO TRIBUNAL FILE1 Introduction [1] By statement of claim filed on 14 October 2015 Mr Tan complains of the decision by the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) to the effect that payments made to him under the New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Act 2001 must be reduced b...

2. O'Reilly v Registrar of the Real Estate Agents Authority [2016] NZREADT 78 [pdf, 172 KB]

   ...supporting Mr O’Reilly’s submission that he was advised that he did not have to answer “Yes” to question (i). [b] As to Mr O’Reilly’s visits and/or telephone calls to the Police, which may be significant in determining the nature of the statements Mr O’Reilly is said to have provided to the Police, or been invited to provide. Mr O’Reilly submitted that these supported his assertion that he had tried hard to deal with the complainants’ allegations against him but...

3. [2018] NZEnvC 157 Royal Forest Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Incorporated v Bay of Plenty Regional Council [pdf, 20 MB]

   ...of agreement. They too supported the two additional changes sought by the NZTA, but these were the subject of separate submission. [13] The parties did not discuss the agreed provisions in any detail nor address the underlying coastal policy statement provisions, regional policy statement provisions or the objectives of the policy supporting them. Instead, they asked that the Court to proceed as if this was a consent order for the agreed Infrastructure wording, given that the part...

4. White v Rodney District Council [pdf, 101 KB]

   ...[26] The claimants have now been advised by Mr Paul Ranum of Mallard Cooke Brown Limited (the claimants’ quantity survey expert) that the repair costs for the house will be $401,000.00. Page 9 THE CLAIM [27] The claimants filed a statement of claim with this Tribunal on 31 October 2007 setting down the following causes of action: Firstly, the claimants allege that the first respondent, Rodney District Council is liable for: (i) negligently issuing the building co...

5. ENVC Hearing 6Oct14 AC evidence chief Anthony Bryce [pdf, 120 KB]

   ...three days emergency storage. A 10 m3 storage tank was proposed which exceeds the specified storage requirement by a significant margin. The wastewater in the tank would be collected by a septage disposal contractor for disposal to existing consented treatment facilities on the Island. 12. The Applicant also proposed that provision would be made for separate storage of waste from the holding tanks of vessels using the marina. As these contain deodorising and sterilising addi...

6. Annexure 5 - Water Quantity [pdf, 151 KB]

   ...Council’s water resource assessment programme can be completed by the time of the notification of a new regional plan. Of more importance are our findings that the operative regional plan does not give effect to the three relevant national policy statements and likewise, also, the operative regional policy statement. Te Mana o te Wai is not an integral part of freshwater management in Otago and the weakly drawn objectives of the RWP provide no direction on outcomes for the envir...

7. Mihaka v Housing New Zealand Corporation (Dismissal) [2017] NZHRRT 29 [pdf, 278 KB]

   ...August 2016. For present purposes it is relevant to note: [24.1] Any request by Mr Mihaka to the Director of Human Rights Proceedings that he provide representation had to be made by Mr Mihaka on or before 12 August 2016. [24.2] Mr Mihaka’s statements of evidence were required to be filed and served by 9 September 2016. [24.3] The proceedings were to be heard on 28 and 29 September 2016. [24.4] Mr Mihaka and Ms Raue were to confirm Mr Mihaka had arranged his affairs, particularl...

8. Middlemass & Ors as Trustees of the SE & SD Middlemass Family Trust v NZ Log Chalets Ltd [pdf, 144 KB]

   ...“hands on” part in the contract negotiations, the design and the construction of the dwelling. [5] The Third Respondent, (ODC) is the local Territorial Authority within whose district the dwelling was constructed. It issued the Building Consent and undertook inspections of the dwelling while under construction and subsequently. [6] The Fourth Respondent, (now struck out) BSK Consulting Engineers Limited is a limited liability company which issued the producer statement...

9. [2019] NZEnvC 133 Darby Planning Limited Partnership v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 25 MB]

   ...provisions of Ch 3 were assigned to Topic 2, they were traversed to some extent in evidence and submissions for Topic 1. Additional policies on resorts and visitor industry activities in rural areas were proposed in evidence and in a joint witness statement of planning witnesses ('JWS Planning').10 Various parties addressed these matters in their closing submissions. 11 QLDC also noted that there is a policy gap in Ch 3 in regard to biodiversity, a Topic 4 matter that has ye...

10. RIS: Protection of the name ombudsman [pdf, 510 KB]

    ...Parliamentary Ombudsmen, by reserving the name ‘ombudsman’ for their use. There is a risk that the use of the name may proliferate, if the effect of a recent Court of Appeal decision1 is that previous decisions of the Chief Ombudsman conferring consent to use the name must be taken into account, to ensure those currently consented do not have market advantage. This could compel the Chief Ombudsman to grant consent, in particular to applicants operating in the same field as curren...