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1. [2021] NZEnvC 169 Prime Property Group Limited v Wellington City Council [pdf, 261 KB]

   ...vehicles per hour southbound in the morning, and northbound in the evening. There are c650 cyclist movements per day - roughly equally divided between north and southbound. [18] Mr Hamish Mackie was called by Waka Kotahi to give evidence about human factor issues related to road safety. He has considerable qualifications, background 5 and experience in the field. He noted that the existing north and south billboards (ie those to be replaced under the proposal) have an average lu...

2. [2023] NZSSAA 009 (10 July 2023) [pdf, 175 KB]

   ...Ministry of an intended absence from New Zealand.10 A person is not entitled to be paid a benefit while overseas under the exceptions, unless they have notified the Ministry of their intended absence before leaving New Zealand, 11 or there are humanitarian reasons for the absence and failure to notify, and notification is made as soon as reasonably practicable.12 8 Social Security Regulations 2018, regs 142, 143, 148 and 149. 9 Social Security Regulations 2018, reg 144 and 145....

3. [2024] NZEnvC 129 Second Star Limited v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 591 KB]

   ...applicant’s experts took an unduly narrow approach to its evaluation of the effects of constructing and operating a lodge. A landscape assessment ought not to have been confined to an assessment of the built form of the lodge, ignoring associated human activities/movements on the lodge site. [105] We acknowledge that no recreational facilities were proposed as part of the application. However, there will likely be ancillary recreational use of the site including walks down to...

4. Update to Minister on applying the investment approach to Justice [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...A key question will be the scope of the Investment Approach to Justice. Reducing crime is only one part of the sector’s business. Other important purposes of the Justice sector include work to: 46.1. hold offenders to account 46.2. safely and humanely house prisoners, including the provision of primary health services 46.3. provide a first response to people who are a danger to themselves or others 46.4. provide a quality civil justice system, which in turn supports a healthy econom...

5. Ministry of Justice Annual Report 2020-21 [pdf, 6.4 MB]

   ...judicial independence – an essential part of the rule of law and separation of powers; it means that judges can exercise their functions without fear or favour and people can have confidence that justice will be done in the courts • protection of human rights. Against this backdrop of constitutional arrangements, the Ministry’s role is to serve the government, and the public service, to make decisions in ways that are regarded as legitimate by communities across Aotearoa. Legitima...

6. [2018] NZEmpC 132 Nicholson v Ford [pdf, 308 KB]

   ...that imposing a penalty against the ‘last man standing’ (namely in circumstances where the company has gone into liquidation) would open the floodgates as Mr Hayes contends. He submitted that such a finding would expose lawyers, accountants, human resources officers, chief executives, and a raft of other people who had had some minor input into a flawed restructuring process, to a potential penalty. [12] The relevant legislative provision places constraints around the exercis...

7. HortNZ - EiC - M K Sands - Industry (5 Feb 2021) [pdf, 313 KB]

   ...https://www.health.govt.nz/publication/annual-update-key-results-2016-17-new-zealand-health-survey 15 55. Abstractions and discharges are needed to grow the food New Zealanders need to eat. 56. Reasonably priced and healthy food, is essential for human health. The Otago region plays a critical role in the national food production system the loss of which is not easily picked up elsewhere in New Zealand given the unique production capability of the region. 57. The majority of al...

8. Henderson v Accident Compensation Corporation (Personal Injury) [2022] NZACC 216 [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. [58] In Ambros,3 the Court of Appeal stated: [...

9. [2024] NZEnvC 052 Lakeside Developments 2017 Limited v Waikato District Council [pdf, 368 KB]

   ...trains shall not be exceeded based on the procedures specified in the Norwegian Standard NS 8176E: 2nd edition September 2005 Vibration and Shock Measurement of Vibration in Buildings from Land Based Transport and Guidance to Evaluation of its Effects on Human Beings. Receiving Environment Maximum weighted velocity, Vw95 which will mitigate vibration impacts; (iii) Any characteristics of the proposed use which make compliance with the standard unnecessary; (iv) A reverse sensitivity...

10. [2007] NZEmpC CC 7/07 Rooney Earthmoving Ltd v McTague and anor [pdf, 85 KB]

    ...must, logically, be prejudice or hardship occasioned by the delay and not attributable to the bringing of a challenge as of right within time. The respondents’ grounds of contended prejudice or hardship, even differentiated from understandable human disappointment, do not make that necessary distinction so that they are not factors favouring a refusal of leave. The case was an expensive one for the parties. Mr McTague deposes to the costs of the respondents in the Authority...