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1. Coronial Services Annual Report 2016-2017 [pdf, 1.8 MB]

   ...tonu ai te wairua. Death and dying are a central part of Māori life. The family have an intimate connection with the body of the deceased and are usually closely involved with the preparations leading up to the burial. Respect – in the form of caring for the tupāpaku, mourning the deceased and speaking to them – is shown because, although the physical remains of a person are lifeless, the spirit continues to live on. New Zealand Law Commission, Coroners: A Review, Preliminary...

2. LCRO 172/2015 and 173/2015 WL v XC and HF v XC (16 May 2019) [pdf, 269 KB]

   ...repeating the allegations in open court; and (d) there was media interest driven by Ms XC’s need for publicity. [18] Ms WL also submitted that Ms XC’s conduct breached r 13.8 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008 (the Rules). 4 [19] Forming part of Ms WL’s complaint was a memorandum prepared by M partnership’s counsel Mr BB, in support of the partnership’s application for costs against Ms XC. Ms WL submitted that the memoran...

3. Elhassan v Webby [2022] NZHRRT 27 [pdf, 313 KB]

   ...part way through. The transcript of that recording is set out in full below (it refers to Ms Webby as Judy Castle, the name Mr Elhassan knew her by at the time): JC Judy Castle TE Tarig Elhassan JC [Indecipherable] … because I couldn’t care what he says either. I would be out digging holes in the ground rather than lying on my fat ass here, doing nothing. That’s what I’d be doing and that’s what any human being with any sense of self-worth would be doing. They wouldn�...

4. Thompson v Van Wijk [2021] NZHRRT 39 [pdf, 239 KB]

   ...flashbacks of her dead baby and was struggling with her faith. Reverend Moss referred the plaintiff to the church counsellor, Ms Hammond. Reverend Moss also recommended the plaintiff speak with Reverend Van Wijk as he had specialised in pastoral care and counselling during his ministry studies. [25] Trusting Reverend Moss’s recommendation, the plaintiff began spiritual counselling sessions with Reverend Van Wijk in December 2004. [26] During the first spiritual counselling session...

5. 2017 NZSSAA 062 (20 October 2017) [pdf, 307 KB]

   ...that WINZ allowed her until September 2014, without any effect on her benefit, to make a firm decision in respect of the relationship with Mr Z. She regarded this as a trial period. [74] While she lived at [Place C] Ms XXXX enrolled A in day-care as [A] Z, and named Mr Z as her partner on a hospital outpatient form dated 16 May 2014. [Place B]: August 2014 16 [75] Ms XXXX moved into [Place B] and shortly after she gave birth to B. On 2 October 2014 Ms XXX...

6. [2021] NZEnvC 060 Upper Clutha Environmental Society Incorporated v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 4.7 MB]

   ...district. Furthermore, the proposed Otago Regional Policy Statem.ent ('RPS')22 gives direction to identify areas and values of ONF /Ls using the attributes in its Sch 3. \Vithin the PDP, Ch 3 itself emphasises the strategic priority of protecting ONF /Ls (as do related provisions in Ch 6). Further, ORC considers that ONF /Ls may not be in the Rural Zone which is the subject of Ch 21. 18 19 20 21 22 \Xie observe that 3. lB.2, as confirmed in Decision 2.2, is also...

7. [2020] NZEnvC 211 Panuku Development Auckland Ltd v Auckland Council [pdf, 2.3 MB]

   ...issues about the other proposed conditions that had been identified by the Court. Proposed conditions of consent [8] On 27 November 2020 Panuku filed an updated set of draft proposed conditions of consent for the Court's consideration. After careful consideration of them, the Court issued a Minute dated 4 December 2020 setting out the following: [2] The Court concludes that there are conditions that still require attention in line with the second interim decision1 and on further...

8. [2016] NZEmpC 143 Borsboom (Labour Inspector) v Preet PVT Ltd [pdf, 667 KB]

   ...Act 1983 and the Holidays Act 2003, pursuant in both cases to s 135 of the Employment Relations Act 2000, the principles to be examined and determined apply equally to other Acts constituting the minimum code. These others include the Wages Protection Act 1983, the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987 and, in several respects, the Employment Relations Act. [3] There is little, including recent and authoritative, guidance about how the Employment Relations Authority...

9. [2023] NZEnvC 027 AJ & VF Barr Family Trust v Whakatane District Council [pdf, 1.4 MB]

   ...planning context Mr Timbs submitted:11 Taking into account the directive language, the purpose, and the intent of the objectives and policies of the Rural Plains zone (e.g., Objective Rur1 and Rur3 and supporting policies) the clear purpose is to protect and prioritize rural production activities in the zone and avoid any activities which would compromise such activities. This colours the activity categorisation to be 10 Maguire reply evidence dated 17 October 2022 at [4.20]. 11 Leg...

10. Waitangi Tribunal theme Q - Foreshore [pdf, 559 KB]

    ...foreshore claims to made out and proved in the ordinary manner. Not all parts of the foreshore are equally important, and possibly for much of it the Land Court would not be persuaded to issue a certificate of title. Yet another possibility is to consider carefully the possibility of some new form of title which will recognise both the historic property rights of the tribes and the importance of public access today. The highest and best formulation of the Crown’s title to the foreshore...