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1. Nga Runanga EiC M Bartlett Rights and interests Amended 17 Feb 2021 [PDF, 901 KB]

   ...https://www.orc.govt.nz/plans-policies-reports/regional-plans-and-policies/water/changes-made-operative-and-archives/plan-change-1a-archive-to-the-regional-plan-water mitigating those effects, similar to Policy 5.4.2 regarding natural and human use values, including Kāi Tahu values not reference Policy 5.4.3. Plan Change 1B (notified 20 Dec 2008, operative 1 Mar 2010) https://www.orc.govt.nz/plans- policies-reports/regional- plans-and- policies/water/changes-made- op...

2. Horticulture New Zealand.pdf [pdf, 187 KB]

   ...specified matters of control and standards/conditions, combined with the FEP process. CVP is unique in its limitation to types of land which are in short supply. Constraining existing CVP will have significant implications to supply of vegetables for human health. Rule 3.11.4.7 Amend Rule 3.11.4.7 so that any of the following farming activities (whether drystock or dairy) that can demonstrate one or other of the following is a restricted discretionary activity: A. the farming activi...

3. BORA Local Government Law Reform Bill [pdf, 405 KB]

   ...the objectives of these provisions justify the limitation on the presumption of innocence under section 25(c) of the Bill of Rights Act. Jeff Orr Chief Legal Counsel Office of Legal Counsel Margaret Dugdale Policy Manager, Bill of Rights/Human Rights Public Law Group Footnotes 1 R v Grayson & Taylor [1997] 1 NZLR 399. 2 Dr Susan Cassells Toward Sound Management of End-of-Life Vehicles in New Zealand 2004, 100 3 R v Wholesale Travel Group 84 DLR (4th) 161, 188 citing...

4. Lawyers-and-Conveyancers-Lawyers-Practice-Rules-Amendment-Regulations-2022FINAL.pdf [pdf, 209 KB]

   ...Compliance 16 The Regulations comply with each of the following: 2 ak1uc0av4w 2022-12-16 10:13:45 I N C O N F I D E N C E a. Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi; b. Rights and freedoms contained in the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 and the Human Rights Act 1993; c. Principles and guidelines set out in the Privacy Act 1993; d. Relevant international standards and obligations; and e. LAC Guidelines: Guidelines on Process and Content of Legislation, a publication...

5. FFNZ - EiC - R J McDiarmid (5 Feb 2021) [pdf, 231 KB]

   ...National Policy Statement for Indigenous Biodiversity, and new Climate Change policy, will have on the future of their farming businesses. 21. There is a lot of information available now days around the brain’s capacity for stress, and how we, (as humans) fall into our instinctual fight or flight mode, when faced with increased amounts of change and uncertainty. 22. This is where many of the rural community currently sit as they see this as a fight for survival. Operating unde...

6. [2024] NZEnvC 183 Grenadier Ltd v Manawatu-Whanganui Regional Council [pdf, 402 KB]

   ...duneland and active duneland within the application site are habitats of indigenous species which are naturally rare under Policy 11(a)(iii) on the basis they are, “considered naturally uncommon ecosystems or naturally rare ecosystems prior to human arrival”.58 In his opinion, the classification of land as Schedule F inevitably means Policy 11(a) applies to that land, based on the close definitions in the One Plan and the NZCPS. [103] Conversely, Dr Keesing does not consider...

7. [2017] NZEmpC 100 Lyttelton Port Company Ltd v Arthurs [pdf, 148 KB]

   ...of the applicant’s workplace, which may be compromised by the return of the respondent. The Defendant considers that such an assertion would raise an issue of the employer engaging in a discriminatory practice in contravention of section 22 Human Rights Act 1993 and section 104 Employment Relations Act 2000. (Original emphasis) [3] The plaintiff applied to strike out that paragraph because the discrimination claim was abandoned during the investigation meeting and was not pa...

8. BORA Video Camera Surveillance (Temporary Measures) Bill [pdf, 320 KB]

   ...close attention to the consistency of the Bill with the right to be secure against unreasonable search and seizure as affirmed in s 21 of that Act. In light of the significant issues raised by the Bill in respect of that right, we have consulted the Human Rights team of the Crown Law Office. The Crown Law Office agrees with this advice. PURPOSE OF THE BILL 3. The Bill responds to the decision of the Supreme Court in Hamed & Ors v R, in which a majority of the Court held, inter ali...

9. Coronial Services Annual Report 2016-2017 [pdf, 1.8 MB]

   ...answered as the role evolves. In the first year of this new position, I have been involved in several projects concentrating on providing support to the bench and the CSU service. These have included reviewing and restructuring the kōiwi tangata (human remains) process involving police and our NIIO operation. With the heightened issues around cultural sensitivity, health and safety issues, and police involvement – it was necessary to re- establish a workable process relating to the lo...

10. Scope of inquiry Minute October 2021 plus appendices [pdf, 720 KB]

    ...look into any underlying causes of death, including failures of systems or procedures at any level, but the investigation should remain an inquiry about the particular death. Deaths implicating State actors in arguable breaches of protected human rights [46] As noted earlier, where a coronial inquiry follows a Police investigation and criminal prosecution, a Coroner’s decision on scope will need to carefully factor the extent to which the cause and circumstances of death have b...