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1. OTAGO REGIONAL COUNCIL v NGA RUNANGA NOE.pdf [pdf, 1.3 MB]

   ...the world and my 10 respect for the privilege of being alive in this age and in this country. Our business began investing in risk proofing in 2009. Some $3 million has been spent to date in hard infrastructure: dam water storage, bridging, protecting waterways and sensitive soils, pivot application of water, matching 15 irrigation quantity to soil type and to the land use, scheduling of irrigation to soil moisture, precision tillage, precision fertilizer application and precisi...

2. ISR Evaluation Synthesis Report [pdf, 2.1 MB]

   ... more efficient case management; and  better understanding of capacity issues and mobilisation of resources in response. These improvements in processes were accompanied by emerging evidence that: adult victims and children were better protected; and safer; and perpetrators were better supported to stop their violent behaviour; and as a result, more families and whānau (and those from diverse backgrounds) were living in non-violent homes. The first evaluation report also poin...

3. Heta v Ministry of Social Development [2013] NZHRRT 8 [pdf, 117 KB]

   ...from Immigration New Zealand and Sky. [22] Mr Norman said that he had never made a mistake like this before. In this regard his evidence was supported by other witnesses from the Ministry who told the Tribunal that Mr Norman was an experienced and careful investigator who was not known to make mistakes. [23] The complaint referred to is recorded in a letter from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner dated 22 June 2010 in which the Ministry was, for the first time, given 7 not...

4. Bell v Churton - Mataimoana (2019) 410 Aotea MB 244 (410 AOT 244) [pdf, 352 KB]

   ...repetition of an earlier error, no matter how many times repeated, can never make that first inaccuracy correct. So, while it is important to cross reference for the purposes of corroborating Native Land Court materials with external sources, care also has to be taken that the external source relied on is not simply a variation of the original Native Land Court record. The evidence in this case [25] The Native Land Court and its records have been referred to extensively during...

5. LCRO 57/2014 IW v PP [pdf, 279 KB]

   ...charged”.3 [56] The Committee referred to Mr IW’s reliance on the word “estimate” or “estimates” and agreed that there had been those references in correspondence from Mr S. The Committee considered however that:4 there was an element of carelessness in the correspondence from Mr S – there was a lack of clarity in his response to his clients request for a firm quote; he referred to an estimate while also explicitly stating that fees would not exceed a certain figure....

6. Katipa v Dobbs - Harataunga 2C1 [2015] Chief Judge's MB 635 (2015 CJ 635) [pdf, 338 KB]

   ...Court, or by present circumstances, but simply that if one were going to change the definition of beneficiaries, what such a change would look like or entail. Counsel submitted that in articulating the direction in that way, the Chief Judge was careful to avoid having the hui deliberate the very issue that was live before him, which was whether there was a s 44 error, because it was sub judice. [22] However, counsel submitted that given Mr Johnson’s open discussion of the matter,...

7. [2015] NZEmpC 203 Fredericks v VIP Frames and Trusses Ltd [pdf, 206 KB]

   ...equivocation in providing proper and sensitive rehabilitation for him. These were unjustifiable actions taken by the employer affecting Mr Fredericks’s employment generally and the conditions of his employment agreement to his disadvantage. Care needs to be taken, in awarding compensation for such breaches, not to be awarding compensation for Mr Fredericks’s injuries or to overlap into the area of reparation to him as a victim of the offending. Failure to protect Mr F...

8. [2022] NZEnvC 043 Marine Farming Association Incorporated v Marlborough District Council [pdf, 5.3 MB]

   ...landscapes; rather, the use or development of natural and physical resources may be able to be undertaken in a way that the quality and significance of the values is not diminished. Alternatively, adverse effects may be able to be remedied through careful planning or remedial works. Policy 7.2.7 provides further guidance in this regard. The option of remedying adverse effects on landscape values does not apply to activities occurring within the coastal environment, as Policy 15 of the N...

9. [2013] NZEmpC 207 Nee Nee v C3 Ltd [pdf, 139 KB]

   ...effective immediately. We will calculate your final pay entitlements and provide you with you[r] final payslip in the coming days. Please return immediately your Ports of Auckland Hoist card, Ports of Auckland Gate pass and all C3 branded protective clothing. You are entitled to appeal this decision within three days of receiving this letter. If you wish to lodge an appeal, you must notify our CEO Dean Camplin in writing the specific grounds upon which you wish to appeal the...

10. [2006] NZEmpC AC 51/06 Fuiava v Air New Zealand Ltd [pdf, 118 KB]

    ...to the required standard and that the failures were unacceptable as they involved matters that were critical to aircraft safety. [21] Mr Sullivan stated in evidence that he had dismissed the plaintiff because the plaintiff was fundamentally careless. The plaintiff had had the opportunity to check the consignment and to make enquiries of his wife to determine whether anything else had been added without his knowledge. The plaintiff was aware that his wife was also packing items...