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1. E29 Urban Design and Landscape Architecture JWS [pdf, 1.3 MB]

   ...buildings. A combination of fit-for- purpose techniques shall be used comprising a-d and at least three of e-j: a. expression of primary and secondary building volumes with modulation of height or form; b. roof form modulation; c. provision of human scale, fine-grained detail and richness at all edges that the public will view at close range, and larger forms and elements to respond to mid and long-range viewing distances; d. visual expression of building entries; e. offsets of...

2. [2019] NZEnvC 038 Hawke's Bay Fish & Game Council v Hawke's Bay Regional Council [pdf, 277 KB]

   ...accountability for anything that went wrong there. [51] There are a range of potential reasons why intended electronic service of the appeal could have gone astray. Some technical problem is one possibility, whether at HBFG's end or Mr Revell's. Human error is another possibility, again potentially at HBFG's end or Mr Revell's (e.g. error in addressing before dispatch or in monitoring or anaging emails upon receipt). In making the assertion that HBFG bears responsi...

3. Te Manutukutuku Issue 33 [pdf, 5.2 MB]

   ...which have been documented by the Tribunal. The resource kits are in colour and have been planned for use with the fourth form social studies syllabus, in particular modules 4.1 (The Treaty of Waitangi) and 4.2 (The search for security, justice and human rights). They can also be used in senior school history, geography, legal and cultural studies. Each kit contains 30 copies of the resource, plus teachers notes and student exercises. Resource kits available: Set 2: Motunui-Waitara e...

4. [2022] NZACC 23 – Harvey v ACC (1 March 2022) [pdf, 210 KB]

   ...added: The cause of Mr Harvey’s lumbar spinal pain and right leg symptoms is unknown and is likely to have resulted from multiple factors. As noted in Mr O’Malley’s 18/08/2017 report, Mr Harvey has mechanical back pain which is common in humans with physically strenuous jobs. Even when Mr Harvey ceased that work, he reported that his low back pain and right leg symptoms persisted despite the absence of nerve root impingement on the MRI scan. A physical cause for Mr Harvey�...

5. NZBORA Advice COVID19 Public Health Response Extension of Act and Reduction of Powers Amendment Bill updated for publication.pdf [pdf, 232 KB]

   ...enabled under clause 8 of the Bill may engage section 22 of the Bill of Rights Act, which affirms that everyone has the right not to be arbitrarily arrested or detained. The purpose of the right not to be arbitrarily detained is the protection of human dignity, autonomy, and liberty.8 42. Where an enactment is inconsistent with section 22, there can be no role for justification under section 5 of the Bill of Rights Act. Rather, the term “arbitrarily” is intended to provide a me...

6. HNL v SEC [2013] NZIACDT 11 (19 March 2013) [pdf, 146 KB]

   ...complaint being upheld without necessarily imposing a sanction. It follows that it is not necessary to find that a disciplinary sanction should be imposed to uphold a complaint. It is important to recognise that not every lapse or manifestation of human frailty should result in an adverse professional disciplinary finding. There will be occasions when advisers are responsible for a lapse from acceptable standards, but that still does not justify upholding a disciplinary complaint. [...

7. Wright v CAC 10056 & Woods [2011] NZREADT 21 [pdf, 169 KB]

   ...were confused about where the boundary was and did appear to discount any documentary evidence as to the boundary because it did not fit with where they believed the boundary was or they believed it was unreliable. [48] This does seem, from a human point of view, to be perfectly understandable. However, is Ms Wright responsible for this? Perhaps she could have done more in that she could have recorded in writing that the vendors had told her that not all of the grassed area was part...

8. [2024] NZEmpC 181 Ford v Henry Brown and Co Ltd [pdf, 233 KB]

   ...was, and, when they advised that they were ringing about Mr Ford, they were told that he had been fired and that they (Mr Brown and Ms Muir) would be better off without him. [13] The company responded to Mr Ford’s personal grievances through a human resources consultant on 20 September 2022. The same day, the company wrote to Mr Ford advising that it had concerns that he had misrepresented himself to it when applying for the role and was in breach of cl 16, having not advised,...

9. Modifying-the-Sentencing-Reinstating-Three-Strikes-Amendment-Bill_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 876 KB]

   ...exacerbate the disproportionate impacts on Māori, young people, and disabled people. 45 The proposals to toughen the three strikes regime, however, will also help support Māori victims, who are disproportionately represented as victims of crime. Human Rights 46 The proposals in this paper may affect the Bill’s consistency with NZBORA, given the qualifying sentence requirement and lack of retrospective elements were cited in the previous Crown Law vet which considered the Bill a...

10. [2008] NZEmpC AC 44/08 HP Industries (NZ) Ltd v Davison [pdf, 54 KB]

    ...restructure was overseen by David Ralph, the operations manager. Through 2005 and 2006 about 60 employees were made redundant in several stages. This was carried out by Mr Ralph in consultation with the relevant union. He also took legal and human resources advice. [17] In the course of this process Mr Ralph had sought assistance from Mr Davison to assess the performance of other employees who were affected by the restructuring but Mr Davison was not advised that his own position...