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1. OIA-110232.pdf [pdf, 8.2 MB]

   ...items during searches. In response to your request, please see the document table be low, which details the information being released to you. Some information has been withheld under the following provisions of the Act: • section 9(2)(a) to protect the privacy of natural persons, • section 9(2)(g)( i) to maintain the effective conduct of public affairs through the free and frank expression of opinions and • section 9(2)(h) to maintain legal professional privilege. In withhol...

2. [2014] NZEmpC 189 H v A Ltd [pdf, 349 KB]

   ...not sufficiently serious to warrant the ultimate sanction of summary dismissal. [55] In summary, it was submitted for A Ltd that: a) The company had sufficiently investigated the allegations made against the plaintiff, having regard to the careful process which was carried out, a submission which was based on s 103A(3)(a) of the Act. Mr Pearce was not a trained litigator conducting cross-examination, and the employer was not to be judged by the standards of a court room. The...

3. Chief Victims Advisor report Thats a lie PDF [pdf, 693 KB]

   ...words of real people describing often traumatic events, and at a time when they are potentially distressed and vulnerable. It was not possible to seek consent from those who gave evidence. However, given that such trials are typically closed for the protection of a complainants’ privacy, only research such as this allows for scrutiny of the processes that are occurring in Aotearoa courts. Transcripts were redacted prior to the analysis to remove any identifying details. This was carried...

4. [2019] NZEnvC 179 Lindis Catchment Group Incorporated v Otago Regional Council [pdf, 4 MB]

   ...applies, and if so what it means. We answer those shortly. [39] As for other matters raised by section 104: • we consider whether we need to apply Part 2 of the RMA in Chapter 9 of this decision; • we acknowledge the statutory instruments protecting the interests of Kai Tahu but none of them are in issue in these proceedings. We adopt what we had to say in the PC5A decision; • there is only one "other matter" under section 104(1 )(c) RMA: the proposed cessation o...

5. National Standards Committee 1 v Haines [2022] NZLCDT 10 (8 April 2022) [pdf, 551 KB]

   ...complainant. [5] There are common elements in almost all of the charges which allege improper fee charging and fee taking practices, overcharging, conflicts of interest, failures to secure independent advice and other less serious breaches of the Client Care Rules.1 [6] We set out the background of the M1 and M2 cases together, but analyse the issues raised by each set of charges separately. [7] We then consider each of the last two sets of charges relating to complainants R and C...

6. [2016] NZEmpC 20 Roy v Board of Trustees of Tamaki College [pdf, 522 KB]

   ...Roy’s tendency to take from something that was said or done, a meaning or significance that it could not reasonably bear, but which now suits the theory of his case. Those two characteristics of Mr Roy’s veracity have required a very careful analysis of significant parts of his evidence and as a result of which I have come to the conclusion that many controversial aspects of his evidence are not able to be accepted. [41] Another characteristic affecting Mr Roy’s credi...

7. 2022-02-18 Statement of Evidence of Felicity Boyd - Urban Provisions Parts A, G & H - dated 18 February 2022 [pdf, 3.1 MB]

   ...October 2021. 5 13 A Summary of Submissions on the Omnibus Plan Change (Plan Change 1 – Regional Plan: Waste for Otago and Plan Change 8 – Regional Plan: Water for Otago) (the Summary of Submissions) was prepared for the Environmental Protection Authority by Stantec in September 2020. Many of the more general submission points made by submitters have not been captured in the Summary of Submissions and therefore have not been allocated submission point reference numbe...

8. [2021] NZEnvC 164 Otago Regional Council [pdf, 4 MB]

   ...Authorities 4. Water Quality 5. Water Quantity 6. Schedule 10A.4 7. Decisions on Submissions 8. Plan Change 7 Provisions Abbreviations used in the decision CA Rule Controlled activity rule DA Rule Discretionary activity rule EPA Environmental Protection Authority FMU Freshwater Management Unit Freshwater – NES Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Freshwater) Regulations 2020 HEG Hydro-electricity generation Kāi Tahu ki Otago Te Runanga o Moeraki, K...

9. [2021] NZEnvC 164 Otago Regional Council [pdf, 4 MB]

   ...Authorities 4. Water Quality 5. Water Quantity 6. Schedule 10A.4 7. Decisions on Submissions 8. Plan Change 7 Provisions Abbreviations used in the decision CA Rule Controlled activity rule DA Rule Discretionary activity rule EPA Environmental Protection Authority FMU Freshwater Management Unit Freshwater – NES Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Freshwater) Regulations 2020 HEG Hydro-electricity generation Kāi Tahu ki Otago Te Runanga o Moeraki, K...

10. Cycle-5-Methodology-Report-V1.0-FINAL.pdf [pdf, 5 MB]

    ...attribute the work to New Zealand Ministry of Justice and abide by the other licence terms. Please note you may not use any departmental or governmental emblem, logo, or coat of arms in any way that infringes any provision of the Flags, Emblems, and Names Protection Act 1981. Use the wording ‘New Zealand Ministry of Justice’ in your attribution, not the New Zealand Ministry of Justice logo. Ministry of Justice Justice Centre, 19 Aitken Street DX SX10088, Wellington, New Zealand T:...