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1. Tawhai - Whakatere Ki Koranui Trust and Waima North A22 (2011) 29 Taitokerau MB 212 (29 TTK 212) [pdf, 81 KB]

   ...TTK 212) A20110008827 A20110008826 A20110008825 UNDER Sections 19(1)(b), 231, 237, 238, 239 and 240, Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 IN THE MATTER OF Whakatere Ki Koranui Trust and Waima North A22 BETWEEN VELETA TAWHAI Applicant Hearing: 4 October 2011 2 November 2011 (Heard at Whangarei) Judgment: 2 November 2011 ORAL JUDGMENT OF JUDGE D J AMBLER Introduction [1] The judgment that I now issue follows on from my earlier oral judgment...

2. 2025 NZPSPLA 017.pdf [pdf, 130 KB]

   ...6 August 2024. [14] X, Y and Z when spoken to by Police or CIPU all provided the understanding that Mr Tepa was arranging their COA’s for them and he had advised they were permitted to work without them. [15] Mr Kumar supports the Police application and notes the following in support of cancellation: [i] The nature and circumstances of the offending undermines the purpose of the Act. [ii] The offending is not a “one-off” and appears to have occurred over a...

3. Tuwhangai v Boon - Kawhia U2B [2025] Māori Appellate Court MB 45 (2025 APPEAL 45) [pdf, 220 KB]

   ...2025 Māori Appellate Court MB 47 accordance with conventional principles then the starting point will be that costs are appropriate; (d) if a party has acted unreasonably – for instance by pursuing a wholly unmeritorious and hopeless claim or defence – a more liberal award may well be made in the discretion of the Judge, but there is no invariable practice; (e) an award of costs at a level of 80% was warranted in the Riddiford case due to the difficult nature of the a...

4. [2022] NZACC 168 — Robinson v ACC (25 August 2022) [pdf, 341 KB]

   ...experiencing low back pain associated with the neck pain. [9] The next reference to the accident causing injury is contained in orthopaedic surgeon, Mr Kelman’s specialist medical review, from 2 June 2011 [10] What is recorded is this: Mr Robinson claims that on 13-01-1995, he was operating a bulldozer. He was clearing the number of pine trees from a ridge and pushing them down into the valley below. As he was doing so, the branch of a large pine tree became embedded in the gr...

5. Oslo speech for IUCNAEL Colloquium June 2016 [pdf, 290 KB]

   ...submission, and appeals can subsequently be made to the Environment Court by people dissatisfied with a council’s decisions on their submissions. This element of the Court’s jurisdiction is unusual in the world, in environmental regulation. Applications for consent [13] Councils also have a role in receiving applications for resource consents and making decisions on those applications, sometimes by administrative function without inviting comment from other parties, and someti...

6. Chand and Kumari v Prakash [2012] NZIACDT 85 (3 December 2012) [pdf, 178 KB]

   ...Adviser’s Code of Conduct (“the Code”) in relation to an agreement to provide the additional services. [2.4] Close to the time Mr Chand was required to leave New Zealand, Mr Prakash withheld Mr Chand’s passport, in order to force him to pay the fee claimed to be owing. [2.5] Mr Prakash accepted he did not comply with the Code in relation to having a written agreement, but denied withholding the passport. [2.6] The Tribunal upheld the complaint both in respect of the failure t...

7. Rec-Recap-2022-Q4-FINAL.pdf [pdf, 931 KB]

   ...only be obtained by walking up the adjoining hillside. At the time of the incident the tide was mid-outgoing. Dr Mick Kearney, the National Coastal Safety Manager for Surf Life Saving New Zealand, advised that rip currents, likely strong, would have formed with the wave energy and mid stage of the outgoing tide. 8 Simarpreet and her cousin went swimming about 35 to 50 metres from shore when Simarpreet was pulled out towards deeper water by a rip current. She was seen...

8. 2021-03-19 ORC PC7 Transcript (to end of day 8) [pdf, 2.7 MB]

   ...notice of motion under section 149T(2) to decide proposed Plan Change 7 to the Regional Plan: Water for Otago (referred to the Environment Court by the Minister for the Environment under section 142(2)(b) of the Act) OTAGO REGIONAL COUNCIL Applicant Hearing Commenced: 08 March 2021 held in Dunedin Court: Environment Judge J E Borthwick Commissioner Bunting Commissioner Edmonds Appearances: P Maw and M Mehlhopt for Otago Regional Council D van Mier...

9. [2017] NZEmpC 18 Leota v Chief Executive of the Ministry of Social Development [pdf, 81 KB]

   ...AUCKLAND [2017] NZEmpC 18 [23 February 2017] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT AUCKLAND [2017] NZEmpC 18 EMPC 69/2016 IN THE MATTER OF a challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority AND IN THE MATTER of an application for costs BETWEEN ANDREW LEOTA Plaintiff AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT Defendant Hearing: On memoranda filed on 17 November and 1 December 2016 Appearances: G M...

10. Moncur v Deng [2010] NZIACDT 1 (16 December 2010) [pdf, 74 KB]

    ...[17] Given the nature of the finding, it appears unlikely the present case is one in which issues would arise in relation to the refund of fees or compensation; however the Authority and Complainant may pursue that, if they choose to do so. [18] Any application for an order for the payment of costs or expenses under section 51(1)(g) should be accompanied by a schedule particularising the amounts, and basis for the claim. [19] The Adviser will have the opportunity to respond to any submis...