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1. EA v BO LCRO 237 / 2010 (29 September 2011) [pdf, 142 KB]

   ...event, from past dealings with Mr EA. [40] Mr EA wrote again, reiterating that Mrs EA was his spouse and employee. He made demand for information under the Privacy Act and took issue with a form at the back of ABO’s student handbook, citing the Human Rights Act as the grounds for his objection. He also provided an authority from Mrs EA to enable him to obtain personal information concerning her. This authority included the right for Mr EA to advocate on her behalf in various fo...

2. Peters v Eruera - Kaikoura No.4 (2011) 40 Waiariki MB 206 (40 WAR 206) [pdf, 131 KB]

   ...Waiariki MB 214 Submissions and Evidence for the Respondent [13] Ms Insley submitted that the application should be dismissed pursuant to s. 238 of Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993, ss. 19 and 24 of the NZ Bill of Rights Act 1990 and s. 65 of the Human Rights Act 1993. She sought to have the oral judgment of the Court delivered on 7 September 2010 fulfilled and a tenancy agreement completed. In her submission, the trustees had not performed their duty to follow the Court’s dir...

3. Churton v Trustees of the Mangaporou Trust (2015) 337 Aotea MB 131 (337 AOT 131) [pdf, 219 KB]

   ...complex, fluid and multi layered. [8] Accordingly, the applicant asserted that his family have customary rights over the trust lands, which were established over time by his tipuna through occupation. To that end, the applicant argued that the Human Rights Act 1993 cannot diminish the rights of his whānau to use and occupy Māori land as such rights are retained per Article Two of the Treaty of Waitangi. [9] The applicant implored the Court to direct the trustees to enter int...

4. [2013] NZEmpC 106 Pacific Flight Catering Ltd v Service and Food Workers Union [pdf, 160 KB]

   ...2010 a meeting had taken place at the offices of the lawyers for PRIFCL. This was preparatory to the transition in February 2011 when LSG would take over the Singapore Airlines catering contract. Attending this meeting were Ms Gerda Gorgner (Human Resources Manager at PRIFCL) and her lawyer, Mr Tim Oldfield (Legal Officer at SFWU) and SFWU delegates and officials. The purpose of this meeting was to discuss the restructuring and procure information concerning the transferring work...

5. [2024] NZEnvC 295 Cooper v Kaipara District Council [pdf, 803 KB]

   ...Contractors/ Works Supervisor/Consent Holder shall notify the Area Archaeologist of Heritage NZ (HNZ) – Pouhere Taonga (Northland Office), Te Uri o Hau/Environs Holdings Ltd, Kaipara Council and any required statutory agencies (e.g., NZ Police for human skeletal remains). ▪ The Contractors/ Works Supervisor/Consent Holder shall ensure a buffer zone of 10 metres is roped or marked around the archaeological remains and that the remains are Commented [BS2]: Proposed amendment per...

6. Waitangi Tribunal - issue 59 of Te Manutukutuku [pdf, 669 KB]

   ...lesser form of rights, mainly the right to greater participation in coastal man- agement. No other private property rights in the foreshore and seabed will be abolished. The Tribunal found that these proposals are in breach of Treaty principles, human rights principles, and the norms of good government. The Tribunal’s primary recom- mendation is that the government go back to the drawing board and engage with Mäori to negotiate a solution. Five other recommenda- tions were...

7. McCarthy v Accident Compensation Corporation (Personal Injury) [2022] NZACC 213 [pdf, 205 KB]

   ...section 20(2)(e) to (h)). Section 25(1)(a)(i) provides that “accident” means a specific event or a series of events, other than a gradual process, that involves the application of a force (including gravity), or resistance, external to the human body. Section 25(3) notes that the fact that a person has suffered a personal injury is not of itself to be construed as an indication or presumption that it was caused by an accident. [18] In Johnston,1 France J stated: [11] It is co...

8. [2022] NZEnvC 176 Vortac New Zealand Limited v Western Bay of Plenty District Council [pdf, 317 KB]

   ...which and the context in which they are used. In this case that sense must be considered in terms of the objectives and policies of Section 8 of the District Plan. The relevant objectives seek the minimisation of the risk of natural hazards to human life and the natural and built environment by, among other policies, controlling or preventing the establishment of activities which have the potential to increase the extent to which natural hazards have or may have an adverse effect on...

9. Waitangi Tribunal - issue 53 of Te Manutukutuku [pdf, 481 KB]

   ...te hunga ora. Tënä koutou, tënä koutou, tënä tätou katoa. MAIN FINDINGS The Tribunal found that: ♦ Moriori were covered by the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975. ♦ Slavery inflicted upon Moriori was contrary to the law and to standards of human rights recognised at the time. It was also a breach of the Treaty. ♦ Slavery continued on Rekohu long after it had ended elsewhere, and was tolerated by the Crown. ♦ It was feasible for the Crown to have intervened. Failure to do...

10. IPT Annual Report 2016 [pdf, 867 KB]

    ...delivered through the Institute of Judicial Studies. Ms Aitchison attended the Salzburg Law School Summer Programme, on International Criminal Law. 9 Mr Burson attended a number of meetings overseas on natural disasters, climate change and human mobility. Ms Clayton attended a conference of the Commonwealth Magistrates’ and Judges’ Association in Wellington. Messrs Treadwell and Burson and Ms Dingle attended (and helped to organise) a conference of the Asia Pacific cha...