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1. ENVC Matiatia transcript 20141006 [pdf, 5.4 MB]

   ...THE COURT: JUDGE NEWHOOK ADDRESSES COUNSEL – SITE VISIT AND COPIES OF DOCUMENTS THE COURT: JUDGE NEWHOOK ADDRESSES COUNSEL – DRAFT CONDITIONS AND CONSENT MR R BRABANT READS OPENING SUBMISSIONS “Granting consent to…. Of Environmental Effects,” and I pause there to say, Sir, my co-counsel has done extensive footnoting all the way through. I won’t go to any footnote, Sir, unless I felt I wished to, but I am as always, Sir, very happy for an interruption in...

2. Waitangi Tribunal theme G - Public works takings of Māori land [pdf, 1.4 MB]

   ...interests or to protections for landowners. The wide powers of taking authorities that had been acceptable to the general community when the country needed ‘opening up’ and developing, were no longer so acceptable by the 1960s. Other issues such as the environmental impact of major public works projects also began to cause concern. Governments responded in the 1970s with improved and more independent hearing processes for Summary 13 objections and with more liberal compensation provisi...

3. Evaluation of Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Court pilot [pdf, 1.3 MB]

   ...including AODT Court participants District Court Refers to those courts using standard court processes DSM-IV Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fourth Edition EBA Driving with excess breath/blood alcohol ESR Institute of Environmental Science and Research G4S Provider of the electronic alcohol monitoring anklets, known as SCRAM (Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitor) JAX Justice Application Express, a Ministry of Justice repository for AODT Court dat...

4. Rec-Recap-2023-Q3-FINAL.pdf [pdf, 790 KB]

   ...death. On 3 September 2016, Mr Apperley and his son, Aidan, decided to take Mr Apperley’s small inflatable boat across the Hokitika River Mouth sand bar. They launched the boat upstream in the Hokitika River and were both wearing lifejackets. The environmental hazards in the area included a strong current, choppy water, waves, and the bar. These hazards were not identified by any signage in the area on the date of Mr Apperley’s death. Mr Apperley and Aidan crossed the bar succes...

5. Taueki v Procter - Horowhenua 11 Lake Block (2020) 415 Aotea MB 1 (415 AOT 1) [pdf, 720 KB]

   ...tracks or walkways, without consultation with the owners and without resource consent or authority from Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga. Mr Taueki argued that the works were being carried out on land that is culturally, archaeologically and environmentally significant to the iwi, causing damage and distress. [24] Mr Taueki believed the purpose of the works was to pre-empt an application by the Horowhenua District Council (“HDC”) for resource consent to continue discharging L...

6. Ngati Pahauwera Crown Summary Report November 2014 [pdf, 1.5 MB]

   ...is characterised by high, shelving greywacke cliffs subject to the forces of erosion, deeply embanked rivers, black/grey sand and steeply shelving beaches presently covered in unusually large quantities of drift wood debris associated with poor environmental management of cultivation forests in the hinterland. The coastal area was described by the Wairoa District Council in 2004 as ‘unsuitable for swimming.’10 The alluvial beaches are subject to short term fluctuations depending...

7. Cannabis Legalisation and Control Bill Exposure Draft for Referendum [pdf, 2.2 MB]

   Cannabis Legalisation and Control Bill Exposure Draft for Referendum Explanatory note General policy statement This exposure draft of the proposed Cannabis Legalisation and Control Bill (the Bill) provides a regulatory framework to legalise and control the production, possession and use of cannabis in New Zealand for people 20 years and over. The overarching objective of the regulatory regime is to reduce the harms associated with cannabis use experienced by individuals, families, whānau, an

8. Kaupapa Maori Resolution Pathways [pdf, 792 KB]

   ...kaupapa Māori processes that provide alternative resolution pathways for victims 2. Stocktake and critical analysis of existing Tauiwi (New Zealand European, European) Aotearoa models of victim-led alternative resolution pathways 3. International environmental scan and review of international literature 4. Stocktake and critical analysis of existing international models of victim-led alternative resolution pathways Kaupapa Māori Resolutions Pathway 15 Methodology Kaup...

9. [2015] NZEmpC 57 Q v Commissioner of Police [pdf, 719 KB]

   ...that were applied, was “necessary and reasonable in all the circumstances” as indicated in the “Use of Force” chapter of the relevant Police Manual. He had considered what the various individuals had said about the parties’ actions, the environmental factors that were in play, the reasons why Mr Q said he had applied the holds which he adopted, why he considered them to be necessary and reasonable, Ms V’s reaction and the impressions of the different witnesses...

10. Taylor Fry feasibility report on long-term investment approach [pdf, 2 MB]

    ...is consistent with an international trend towards decreasing levels of street crime in industrialized countries, of which the causes are a source of debate. There are a range of hypotheses related to economic trends, policy and operational choices, environmental factors and changing societal behaviours. A comparison of 15 hypotheses found that the strongest, in terms of a series of tests such as strength of evidence and transferability of findings between countries, was that increasing sec...