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1. 2021-10-27 ORC - PC8 - Common Bundle - Volume 1 [pdf, 16 MB]

   ...Regional Plan: Water for Otago (9 October 2020) CB162 3A Appendix A: Minister for the Environment’s direction to refer Plan Change 8 and Plan Change 1 to the Environment Court (8 April 2020) CB232 3B Appendix B: Letter from Environmental Protection Authority commissioning Skelton report (15 September 2020) CB234 3C Appendix C: Minister’s letter in response to Skelton report CB236 3D Appendix D: Professor Skelton – Investigation of Freshwater Management and Allocation...

2. Restorative Justice: Standards for Sexual Offending Cases [pdf, 666 KB]

   ...which formed the second half of the 2004 document is available on the Ministry of Justice website. It was noted in the 2004 guidelines that ‘the use of restorative justice processes in cases of family violence and sexual violence must be very carefully considered’. Risks and general principles of practice are identified, but no specific guidance given on how to safely manage referrals of this nature. These new standards recognise the additional safeguards and processes needed whe...

3. [2022] NZEnvC 101 Otago Regional Council - Urban Provisions [pdf, 1.9 MB]

   ...under s142(2)(b) of the Resource Management Act 1991 (the RMA’ or ‘the Act’) to give a decision on the provisions and matters raised in submissions. [8] PC8 was notified as part of an omnibus plan change (with PC1) by the Environmental Protection Authority on 6 July 2020. A total of 96 submissions and 12 further submissions were made to these changes. Of these, 82 submitters requested to be heard, with the majority wanting to present a joint case. 3 Boyd, SOE dated 17 De...

4. [2022] NZEnvC 101 Otago Regional Council [pdf, 1.4 MB]

   ...under s142(2)(b) of the Resource Management Act 1991 (the RMA’ or ‘the Act’) to give a decision on the provisions and matters raised in submissions. [8] PC8 was notified as part of an omnibus plan change (with PC1) by the Environmental Protection Authority on 6 July 2020. A total of 96 submissions and 12 further submissions were made to these changes. Of these, 82 submitters requested to be heard, with the majority wanting to present a joint case. 3 Boyd, SOE dated 17 De...

5. ENV-2016-CHC-000047 Blueskin Energy Limited v Dunedin City Council - Application - Appendix B3 [pdf, 484 KB]

   ...be likely to see more action happening.” (R4) “A lot of my family here call myself the ‘green sheep’ of the family and most of my family just don’t give a shit about sustainability issues and they are not even aware of them let alone care about them.” (R5) “I’ve had discussions with a lot of people busy trying to save the world you have got a handful of people who are on board and excited and doing their bit and trying hard and it seems to me that there is a huge numb...

6. Access to Justice Legal Needs Survey Final Report - October 2024 [pdf, 1.5 MB]

   ...like to thank the 5,390 New Zealanders who took part in the survey and shared their stories. Service providers We appreciate the work of Ian Binnie and his team at Solasta Consulting who prepared for, and conducted, the survey fieldwork with care. Ian Binnie wrote this report and conducted all the analysis. We appreciate the interviewing undertaken by Donna Willis, Emma Gannaway, Grant Innes, and the team at Symphony Research. Contributors We are grateful to the experts who...

7. Justice: our people, our communities [pdf, 6.2 MB]

   ...our stories. Everyone can be very proud of what we’ve achieved, and look forward to our journey ahead. LO O KI N G A FT ER P EO PL E 7 Our stories 7 LOOKING AFTER PEOPLE 8 CCTV room refurbishment supports victims 10 Whānau Protect 12 Strengthening safety services 14 Louie the Labrador 16 Harper 18 Kotahi Tatou, Kia Mataara 20 Journey to recovery 22 It’s not like on TV 24 Victims first 26 Look back to go forward WORKING TOGETHER 28 Court to custody AVL...

8. TSA-Amendment-Act-Combined_FINAL_Redacted.pdf [pdf, 3 MB]

   ...R I C T E D – L E G A L L Y P R I V I L E G E D R E S T R I C T E D – L E G A L L Y P R I V I L E G E D 4 15 The control order regime strikes a balance between the need to keep the public safe and individual rights. This balance was carefully considered by the Government when control orders were first introduced in December 2019 to address high risk arrivals to New Zealand, and in October 2021 when the regime was expanded to domestic offenders with relevant criminal convic...

9. [2024] NZEnvC 143 Cooper v Kaipara District Council [pdf, 857 KB]

   ...(b) the formation of an internal private roading network and associated stormwater management infrastructure; (c) the creation of a 20m wide esplanade reserve and strip; (d) the provision of approximately 39ha of environmental benefit through the protection and enhancement of stream and riparian margins and bush habitats (to be protected for perpetuity by way of private land covenants and consent notice conditions); and (e) the provision of approximately 16ha of amenity enhancement and...

10. [2021] NZREADT 7 - Sharma v Brake (12 February 2021) [pdf, 421 KB]

    ...acting in their representative capacity on behalf of principals. [31] However, the broad objectives of the Act that are stated in s 3 could well meet this point. The Act specifically provides: (1) The purpose of this Act is to promote and protect the interests of consumers in respect of transactions that relate to real estate and to promote public confidence in the performance of real estate agency work. [32] The Act seeks to discourage conduct on the part of licensees which mi...