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1. Proactive release - New Compensation Guidelines for Wrongful Conviction and Imprisonment [pdf, 756 KB]

   ...been considered and determined. Initial experience led to amendments to the Guidelines in 2000 and 2001. However, the Guidelines have not been revised, or considered by Cabinet since 2001. Subsequent experience has demonstrated that, in their current form, the Guidelines are difficult to apply consistently and fairly. Teina Pora’s application highlighted the inflationary impact on the rates for non-pecuniary loss, principally loss of liberty, which had not been adjusted since their introducti...

2. Tupe Snr v Everton - Manunui No 1 4th Residue Ahu Whenua Trust (2015) 334 Aotea MB 227 (334 AOT 227) [pdf, 330 KB]

   ...be aware that such an increase would need to be referred to the Court. He points out that the analysis prepared by Mr Goldsworthy of the trustee remuneration illustrates that in all but a very few cases, the meeting fees were supported by claim forms and associated meeting minutes to justify the attendances. 334 Aotea MB 235 [27] On the issue of the quantum of a reasonable meeting fee, Mr Watson submitted that the figure of $350.00 is appropriate, given that it is the amount appr...

3. [2021] NZEnvC 001 Minister of Conservation v Northland Regional Council [pdf, 3.8 MB]

   ...for dune lakes? (Policy H.4.2). Statutory Framework The New Zealand Coastal Policy Statement (N'ZCPS) [16] Many of the water ways in Northland are within the coastal environment, given the Region's extended coastline and narrow landform in many places. Rivers are mostly short-run, with a few exceptions. In accordance with NZCPS Policy 1(2)(c) there are many "areas where coastal processes, influences or qualities are significant and include coastal lakes, lagoons, ti...

4. NZCASS: estimating the costs of crime in 2003/04 New Zealand [pdf, 150 KB]

   ...Corrections, the Police, and the Victoria University Crime and Justice Research Centre. All remaining errors are our own. N Z T R E A S U R Y New Zealand Treasury PO Box 3724 Wellington 6008 NEW ZEALAND Email Telephone Website information@treasury.govt.nz 64-4-472 2733 www.treasury.govt.nz D I S C L A I M E R The views, opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this Working Paper are strictly those of the author(s). They do not necessari...

5. Recommendations recap - issue 14 [pdf, 891 KB]

   ...accurately summarise the circumstances, findings and recommendations made by the coroner in each case. Despite this, it should be noted that they are not exact replications of coronial findings. The original finding should always be accessed if formal reference is intended. Please also note that summaries of circumstances and recommendations following self-inflicted deaths may be edited so as to comply with restrictions on publication of particulars of those deaths, as detailed in...

6. Cabinet Paper Reforming the Privacy Act 1993 [pdf, 360 KB]

   1 In confidence Office of the Minister of Justice Cabinet Social Policy Committee REFORMING THE PRIVACY ACT 1993 Proposal 1. This paper seeks Cabinet agreement to: 1.1. policy decisions for a new Privacy Bill; 1.2. increase funding for the Office of the Privacy Commissioner; and 1.3. the attached supplementary Government Response to the Law Commission’s review of the Privacy Act 1993. Executive summary 2. New Zealand’s privacy regime was established in the early 1

7. G v EQC [2021] CEIT-2019-0056 [pdf, 874 KB]

   ...was no mechanism 2 Mr Day’s affidavit, exhibit “TD-D” that would induce bending of the wall framing. That is, the connections at the base of the walls were not sufficient to enable a fixed end moment capable of inducing a residual deformation or bend to the timber framing. There was disagreement as to the trend of any tilt being related to the earthquakes and whether instead wall verticality was locked into place during construction; (f) There was general agreement as...

8. Winitana v Wairoa Waikaremoana Maori Trust Board - Lake Waikaremoana [2021] Chief Judge's MB 615 (2021 CJ 615) [pdf, 568 KB]

   ...underlying ownership in the two Trust Boards; (b) he interpreted the Trust Boards as owning the land rather than having control of the rental funds solely; and (c) that Judge Savage disregarded the preamble to the Lake Waikaremoana Act 1971 as not forming part of the operative Act. 24 Waitangi Tribunal Combined Record of Inquiry for the Urewera District Inquiry (Wai 894) 2018. 25 Winitana v Attorney-General, above n 23 at [119]. 26 At [120]-[121]. 27 At [122]. 2021 Chie...

9. [2023] NZEnvC 041 Barnhill Corporate Trustee Limited v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 350 KB]

   ...protecting against the risk of further progressive degradation of the Basin’s remaining open working rural landscape character [7] The Interim Decision identified reinstatement of a “Basin-wide focus” as one of the guiding principles informing the court’s provisional drafting.3 We refer for example to our findings at [25] and [33] (concerning the WB Study), [41] (to which we return later), [78] and [79] and [137]. Those findings on the evidence inform the court’s provi...

10. MK v Accident Compensation Corporation [2024] NZACC 45 (8 March 2024) [pdf, 460 KB]

    ...- retrospective care (1999-2002) [40] In a review decision dated 3 April 2023, the reviewer, Ms Gay, quashed the Corporation’s decision in regard to funding for the period 1999-2002. She said: Given that the decision contains inconsistent information and is unclear, I quash that part of the decision and direct ACC to reissue it as a fresh decision with fresh review rights. The new decision is to confirm what is declined and why. [41] The reviewer otherwise confirmed that the C...