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1. Have your say on the family justice system [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...and sustainment of future generations Life principle enhancing to the heavens Life to the land Life principle enhancing to us all Just as the heart of the flax bush supports and sustains the bellbird, family and whānau provide children with protection, support and a sense of identity. It’s with our most precious taonga in mind – our tamariki – that the Independent Panel carries out its role of reporting on the 2014 changes to New Zealand’s family justice system. In Augu...

2. 2017 NZSSAA 020 (5 May 2017) [pdf, 330 KB]

   ...consistent with other evidence the Ministry produced. NNE would obviously have been subject to a challenging cross-examination had he been present. The Ministry provided no explanation for NNE’s failure to present for cross-examination. A homecare person (ECI) [17] ECI produced an affidavit which said that she was employed by a child homecare service, through which the Appellant provided some home care facilities at relevant times. She produced some documentary records. She...

3. Justice Statistics data tables - notes and trends December 2019 [pdf, 183 KB]

   ...Family Court applications In 2019, there were 61,957 substantive applications filed in the Family Court. The number of applications increased 2% from 2018. The largest number of applications were ‘guardianship’ cases, which relate to the Care of Children Act 2004 (excluding Hague) (30%; 18,463 applications), followed by applications for care or protection under the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 (17%; 10,606 applications) (Figure 7). Figure 7: Guardianship cases had the highes...

4. [2025] NZLCDT 12 Auckland Standards Committee 4 v O'Boyle (10 March 2025) [pdf, 203 KB]

   ...decision should give adequate reasons for determinations. The decision we deliver to the parties intends to do so. However, for the copy available to the public, we have chosen to redact many portions, whether sentences or paragraphs. We do so to protect the privacy of Ms O’Boyle and members of her family in respect of evidence, and our comments and findings, that go beyond what should be shared publicly. In some of the resultant gaps, we offer an indicative note; in others it i...

5. Graeme James Lawrence - Evidence in Chief [pdf, 3.4 MB]

   ...benefits of a prohibited activity rule • Opportunity cost for harvesting species in discrete locations2 G Little overlap between fishing effort and ecologically significant marine sites.3 • Efficiency of providing whole of community benefit in protection of known sites and this benefit is greater than cost to individual fishers. • Effective in achieving protection, will assist in achieving enhancement and restoration. b. Rebuttal Evidence (14 September 2016) in respect to...

6. [2020] NZIACDT 51 - NMS v Mercardo (3 December 2020) [pdf, 261 KB]

   ...on her PA position at FGHL. Her visa at the time was due to expire on 12 December 2018. Immigration New Zealand wrote to Mr Mercado on 30 January 2019 identifying concerns with the work visa application. [16] An appeal to the Immigration and Protection Tribunal (IPT) against the decline of the residence visa was dismissed on 14 February 2019. It was found that the complainant had not complied with the visa condition that she only work as a PA for 4 FGHL. In undertaking th...

7. [2023] NZIACDT 22 - OT v Ramos (27 June 2023) [pdf, 150 KB]

   ...instructed on about 18 August 2022. 1 OT v Ramos [2023] NZIACDT 13. 3 [10] On 19 August 2022, Ms Ramos refunded the fee of $4,460. Decision of the Tribunal [11] It was found by the Tribunal that Ms Ramos had: (1) Failed to exercise due care in ensuring the residence application was lodged as instructed, in breach of cl 1 of the Code. (2) Failed to provide a new or amended written agreement for seeking Ministerial intervention, in breach of cl 18(a). (3) Failed to conf...

8. [2022] NZIACDT 10 - BC v Lawlor (18 May 2022) [pdf, 192 KB]

   ...bundle of support documents. It concerned Mr Lawlor’s work for the father. The following heads of complaint against him are referred to the Tribunal: Negligence, or alternatively breach of the specified provisions of the Code (1) Failure to take care filing a PGVV for the father when he was not eligible, in breach of cl 1. (2) Failure to file a s 61 request in a timely manner and failure to acknowledge his role in the delay, in breach of cl 1. (3) Failure to have a written agr...

9. Tonks v Stone [pdf, 105 KB]

   ...to be correctly flashed with matching profile roofing material. All the very awkward flashing of rounded junctions between walls and roofs and skylights and the like need to be flashed by an experienced plumber as considerable thought and care is required to ensure weathertightness at these difficult points. Conventional flashing materials will not be able to effect weathertightness due to the curved shapes of the walls and roof skylight and the trapedoizial-section roofing....

10. INZ (Calder) v Chiv [2019] NZIACDT 73 (21 October 2019) [pdf, 240 KB]

    ...Advisers (the Registrar), the head of the Immigration Advisers Authority (the Authority), has made numerous allegations against Mr Chiv. The allegations include unlawfully delegating his work to unlicensed advisers, failing to exercise proper care in relation to visa applications, and breaching his clients’ confidentiality by sending group emails to them. This conduct is said to breach the Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007 (the Act) and the Licensed Immigration Advisers Co...