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1. Regulatory Impact Statement: Legal Aid Eligibility [pdf, 82 KB]

   ...Where an applicant has five or more dependents $6,689 is added to the income threshold for each additional child. 4 For example, the applicant may have a disability, illness or injury which makes additional demands on their financial resources, or a protection order applicant may be unable to access resources controlled by their partner. 4 7. Cabinet acknowledged that over time this would reduce the real value of the eligibility thresholds, as they would remain static while wages...

2. Electoral (Registration of Sentenced Prisoners Amendment Bill [pdf, 3.3 MB]

   ...expressed by the majority of the Supreme Court of Canada in Sail# 1) Canada (Chief Eleclowl Ofcei), but are not persuaded that its approach need be followed. Context is important. The Saln)e majority relied on the fact the right to vote was subject to protection from unjustifiable parliamentary limitation.' Any limitation on die right therefore required a special standard of justification, beyond that required for some other Charter rights and freedoms.10 No such special protection...

3. Waitangi Tribunal - Wai 2522 2.5.0019 TPPA [pdf, 814 KB]

   ...required. Issues for inquiry 2. In our decision of 31 July 2015 we granted urgency/priority with respect to the following two issues 0/Vai 2522, #2.5.9, para 74): (a) Whether or not the Treaty of Waitangi exception clause is indeed the effective protection of Maori interests it is said to be; and (b) What Maori engagement and input is now required over steps needed to ratify the TPPA (including by way of legislation and/or changes to Government policies that may affect Maori). 3....

4. BORA Identity (Citizenship and Travel Documents) Bill [pdf, 139 KB]

   ...Minister, the Attorney- General and the High Court. A summary approved by the Court will be available to the person affected. 16. The provisions that restrict available information to a summary reflect a balancing exercise between the importance of protecting classified information and the need to preserve an individual’s right to natural justice. Combined with the appeal provisions outlined above, we consider that this section provides a person with an adequate opportunity and abil...

5. Final-Technical-Assessment-F-Hydrology-and-Flooding-updated-23-Dec-2022_Part2.pdf [pdf, 20 MB]

   ...rural apart from Levin and Manakau. The settlement at Ohau is on a ridge that is not sensitive to any hydrological changes within the proposed designations. Any existing building in an area potentially affected by the Ō2NL Project was given careful analysis. (b) Topography, which is dominated by moderate gradients in which upstream backwater effects are short and the downstream redistribution of any changes in flow occurs over a short distance. (c) Flooding, which is typicall...

6. McNicholl v CAC416 & O'Loughlin [2019] NZREADT 32 - Penalty (2 August 2019) [pdf, 276 KB]

   ...fairness have provided information as to the incompatibility to the appellants when he marketed the apartments to them. His failure to do so was a breach of his obligation under r 6.4 of the Real Estate Agents Act (Professional Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2012, and fell short of the standard that a reasonable member of the public is entitled to expect from a reasonably competent licensee.4 Sentencing principles [11] The principal purpose of the Act is to “promote and protect t...

7. Otago Standards Committee v Davidson [2012] NZLCDT 39 [pdf, 160 KB]

   ...hearing the Tribunal reserved its decision. This determination now records the Tribunal’s decision. Background [4] At a meeting on 1 July 2011, Ms Davidson had been instructed to prepare a revised will for Mrs J, who was in residential care. The instructions came from members of her family. [5] The changes proposed in Mrs J’s revised will did not involve substantive changes to the operative provisions of her former will. The revisions to her will provided for the re...

8. WA & WB v North Islands Standards Committee LCRO 127 / 2012 (5 June 2013) [pdf, 96 KB]

   ...clients of [VXZ]. 14. The Committee noted there was nothing to suggest dishonesty on the part of the practitioners however there had been serious breaches of the legal requirements for the operation of lawyers’ trust accounts, which exist for the protection of clients and for the maintenance of public confidence in the legal profession. [11] It then made the following orders: In relation to Mr [WA] the Committee makes the following orders: a. That Mr [WA] be censured pursuant...

9. Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination – summary record 18th-20th reports (continued) [pdf, 117 KB]

   ...alcohol and drug abuse, and ensuing mental disorders, were linked to the precarious living conditions of Maori. The by Maori for Maori organization helped community members to overcome their dependency by providing them with clinical and psychiatric care and by assisting them in finding employment. As a result of the claims settlement process, iwi were enjoying economic success. That was due to the existence of the Treaty of Waitangi, which established the rights of indigenous peoples...

10. BW v DJ LCRO 9 / 2013 (20 September 2013) [pdf, 117 KB]

    ...BW had given. Further, counsel says DJ should not have advised BW to relinquish her directorship of the company, or her shareholding, until BW had been released from her guarantee, and BW cannot rely on an indemnity in the Agreement from DM to protect her financial position. 6 [25] DJ says that her instructions from BW at the time were to formalise the Agreement BW had negotiated with DM, and to extract BW from her liabilities to the company as quickly as possible. BW’s corr...