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1. Chapman v Aotearoa Resorts Ltd - Tokaanu Māori Township 2nd Residue Trust (2010) 257 Aotea MB 62 (257 AOT 62) [pdf, 245 KB]

   ...as and when it fell due. Credibility issues [102] Mr Thurston and his businesses have been prosecuted or otherwise involved in proceedings before various courts. Evidence was presented confirming penalties being imposed for, in one case, environmental claims. At least one winding up application against a company associated with Mr Thurston was also mentioned, even though he claimed this was not relevant. [103] In addition, the applicants have highlighted how Mr Thurston gave...

2. [2017] NZEmpC 77 Idea Services Ltd v Crozier [pdf, 413 KB]

   ...placed as being their home, there are a number of locked doors and gates, as well as high fences, so as to ensure that the facility is secure. Other residential facilities are also regarded as secure and locked, albeit with slightly lower levels of environmental security. [22] Ms Stewart explained that the focus of THL management, of what in the main are physically active young men, is a regular programme of physical activity as well as activities that can hold the attenti...

3. [2022] NZEnvC 157 Mangawhai Harbour Restoration Society v Northland Regional Council [pdf, 1 MB]

   ...also seek to re-litigate and substantially revise Rule C.1.4.3A in a manner which also undermines the scope of the Rule (being “provisions that encourage the maintenance and protection of important ecological features and habitat”11) and the environmental benefits it might deliver. Patuharakeke’s position Patuharakeke supports BOIMP’s proposed amendment to refer to “statutory functions or statutory powers” in Rule C.1.4.3A. 9 At [111]. 10 At [152]. 11 At [11...

4. Taukamo v ACC [2014] NZACA 12 [pdf, 163 KB]

   ...managing bladder – generally with self- catheterisation, most often managing bowels) as well as independent in some extended activities of daily living such as cooking, driving a car, shopping. Importantly, this would be based on the assumption that environmental factors were satisfactorily dealt with (ie the house was set up for someone in a wheelchair with good access into the house, through the house and into the shower and toilet areas, the wheelchair was suitable, working surfaces...

5. Ngati Pahauwera Affidavit on behalf of Trustees [pdf, 3.1 MB]

   ...this reflects the challenge we were facing at that time. 34. The need to focus on our river in isolation highlights the challenges we have faced in light of, as Wiremu Hodges puts it, ”[t]he penchant o f the government for dividing up the "environmental cake’’ into various agencies or bodies o f central and local government'. As Wiremu noted, this approach "seriously works against the Maori holistic approach.’’22 Our rivers cannot be disconnected from our lan...

6. Proactive-release-20240715-CAB-Regulatory-Systems-Justice-Amendment-Bill_Final.pdf [pdf, 9.6 MB]

   ...60 We also consulted the following stakeholders and the Judiciary on proposed amendments of relevance to them and took into account their feedback: Department of Conservation, Electricity Authority, Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority, Environmental Protection Agency, Earthquake Commission, Ministry of Arts, Culture and Heritage, Ministry for the Environment, Ministry of Education, Ministry for Primary Industries, Ministry of Social Development, New Zealand Defence Force, New Z...

7. OIA-109795.pdf [pdf, 2.3 MB]

   ...submitters on the Bill. The following is a lis of those who made submissions on Pait 2 only: No. I ,--1-- Roger Andrew Stratford Submittt>rs 2 I Dr Donald Stevens QC --6--I Guyon Foley, Banister 8 I New Zealand Police Association (NZPA) ---10 Environmental Science and Research Ltd (ESR) 12 I CJ Tennet, Banister 14 I New Zealand Council for Civil Libe1t ies (NZCCL) 16 I Associate Professor Jeremy Finn 17 I Auckland District Law Society (ADLS) 18 Wellington District Law...

8. [2018] NZEnvC 237 View West Limited v Auckland Council [pdf, 2 MB]

   ...heritage and amenity values also impact upon the welfare of people. Whether public safety will justify demolition in any particular case turns on the facts. [S2] The final decision in Lambton Quay is testament to the fact that identification of Environmental Defence Society Inc v New Zealand King Salmon Co Ltd [2014] NZSC 38 at [88]. Cicero, De Legibus Book III Part III Sub. VIII. 14 public safety issues is not in itself a veto on restoration or maintenance of a building.6 [53...

9. 10.-Justine-Quinn-Freshwater-Ecology.pdf [pdf, 3.9 MB]

   ...INTRODUCTION 1. My full name is Justine Louisa Quinn. 2. I am a freshwater scientist at Tonkin and Taylor Limited. 3. I prepared Technical Assessment H Freshwater Ecology ("Technical Assessment H") as part of Volume V of the Assessment of Environmental Effects ("AEE"), which accompanied the application for resource consents lodged with Manawatū-Whanganui Regional Council ("Horizons") on 11 March 2020 in respect of Te Ahu a Turanga: Manawatū Tararua...

10. Youth Court - It’s all relative: the absolute importance of the family in youth justice [pdf, 444 KB]

    ...subject of CYFS notifications – i.e. there have been concerns of abuse or neglect at some point in their lives. 103 These young people present a difficult challenge to the criminal justice system. On the one hand their backgrounds of abuse and environmental dysfunction categorise them as vulnerable victims in need of help; on the other, their offending demands accountability and creates damaged victims. The New Zealand system, through the architecture of the CYPF Act, is unique...