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1. KC & MC v V Ltd [2025] NZDT 14 (3 April 2025) [pdf, 111 KB]

   ...requires that when a builder identifies the need for a variation he prepares a formal document for the client to sign. This explains the need or the variation, what work is required to effect it and how much it will cost. That should not involve any statements such as if you don’t pay the project will not proceed. 16. In this case, the fair thing to have done would have been for BX to explain why the variation was required, invoice it, and proceed with the work for which he had bee...

2. [2025] NZREADT 45 - Montagna v REAA (3 November 2025) [pdf, 131 KB]

   ...September 2025 (the joint memorandum), whereby it was confirmed that Ms Montagna admitted unsatisfactory conduct under s 72 of the Act. The Committee withdrew its misconduct charges and agreed that penalty could be determined on the papers. [4] A statement of agreed facts was also filed by the parties on 2 September 2025 (the agreed statement of facts). BACKGROUND [5] The background facts are set out in the statement of agreed facts and are summarised below. [6] At all releva...

3. [2018] NZEnvC 066 Hamilton City Council [pdf, 20 MB]

   ...blueprint for future urban development within Hamilton City and was also consistent with Future-Proof. [19] Both Future-Proof and HUGS were proposed to be anchored through formal RMA processes via the development of the Waikato Regional Policy Statement (RPS),7 and then the Hamilton City District Plan when it came up for review. 6 Under the Local Government (Waikato District and Hamilton City) Boundary Alterations Order 2011, but prior to this happening an agreement had been entered...

4. Waitangi Tribunal Part 2 Report on stage 1 of the Te Paparahi o Te Raki inquiry [pdf, 4.4 MB]

   ...Zealand. The Statement fore- saw Māori happily selling their ‘unused’ lands for nominal sums and being willingly ‘brought to adopt the language, usages, laws, religion, and social ties of a superior race’. It also saw a need to obtain Māori consent, through a treaty, prior to the formation of any settlements, since Māori national independence has been virtually, not to say for- mally acknowledged by the British Government .  .  . [by] the appointment of a resident at the Bay...

5. Tahata v Tahata- Ngāwhakatutu A1A Incorporation (2014) 37 Tairawhiti MB 217 (37 TRW 217) [pdf, 283 KB]

   ...not taken any responsibility for his part in the serious financial situation that the Incorporation was in recently. Under his watch as Chairman: A) The committee failed to file with the Court in a timely manner, proper Reports and Financial Statements of the Incorporation for 2008, 2009 & 2010. B) A committee of management member misappropriated Incorporation funds and avoided payment of the debt until he was charged by Police in the Gisborne District Court in May this year...

6. Li & Gao v Real Estate Agents Authority (CAC 408) & Ors [2017] NZREADT 9 [pdf, 259 KB]

   ...included areas of possible water ingress through window flashings, inadequately sealed wet areas, and flashing details where the roof of the extension met the existing roof and a roof ridge that had not been sealed. The letter included the following statements (emphasis as in the section 95 letter): To advance the process we recommend that you engage the services of a suitably qualified individual (Building Surveyor) who is qualified in Weather Tight assessment and Remedial Design...

7. Review of the Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004 Outstanding Policy Matters [pdf, 256 KB]

   1 Regulatory Impact Statement Review of the Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004: Outstanding policy matters Disclosure Statement 1 This Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) was prepared by the Ministry of Justice as part of the final policy development process for the Review of the Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004 (the 2004 Act). Cabinet has decided to repeal the 2004 Act and has made a number of general and specific policy decisions for a regime that will replace the 2004 Act. This RIS...

8. Keven Investments Limited v Arthur [2011] NZWHT Auckland 45 [pdf, 135 KB]

   ...the dwelling was constructed but denies that he or his wife were developers. They also deny that they breached the warranty under the agreement for sale and purchase as they submit the dwelling was constructed in accordance with the building consent and that the appropriate certifications were obtained. Mr Simpson was the director of the building company that built the dwelling. Mr Simpson accepts his company built the dwelling but denies that he is personally responsible for an...

9. [2022] NZREADT 23 - CAC 1904 v Bright (8 November 2022) [pdf, 278 KB]

   ...2020). Leave to amend granted Minute (3 July 2020) at [2]. 3 [6] Rule 6.3 requires a licensee not to engage in conduct likely to bring the industry into disrepute. [7] Mr Bright denies both charges, but admits hugging the complainant by consent. BACKGROUND [8] Mr Bright was at the relevant time employed by Bay of Islands Realty Limited, t/a Harcourts Coopers Beach (the agency). [9] On 2 July 2019, the complainant went to the agency’s office at Coopers Beach and me...

10. [2022] NZEmpC 56 Urban Décor Ltd v Yu [pdf, 290 KB]

    ...makes several arguments in support of its claim. The material before the Court, however, does not support the arguments and it is clear that Ms Yu raised her grievance well within the 90 days for the reasons set out below. The facts [16] Statements of problem were promptly filed in the Authority by Ms Yu and Ms Jin on 13 December 2019. Copies were not provided to the Court. [17] The company accepted that Ms Jin’s statement of problem was served within 90 days and referred t...