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1. Regulatory Impact Statement 2010 Alcohol Reform [pdf, 918 KB]

   ...Zealand‟s obligations under the General Agreement on Trade in Services and other free trade agreements restrict outlet density controls, except where they can be justified in limited situations, most notably where they are „necessary‟ to protect human health or to maintain public order. Substantial changes in numbers may be needed to alter markedly assaults and related behaviour given very high existing density levels in New Zealand. Community adoption of low level cha...

2. MacNaughtan v Accident Compensation Corporation (Treatment Injury/Causation) [2023] NZACC 160 [pdf, 327 KB]

   ...psychological causes”. There is an added conclusion at the very end of the report that Isotretinoin caused OCD in the appellant’s case. Under the heading “Opinion and Conclusion” he says this: … Imaging studies looking directly at the human brain provide evidence that Isotretinoin alters brain function, specifically the orbitofrontal cortex, and this alteration is consistent with the alteration in brain function seen with depression, anxiety and mood changes, a brain area...

3. MfE - Supplementary - T A D Ensor - Planning (18 March 2021) - Appendix A [pdf, 366 KB]

   ...the daily recording of the volume of abstraction is required anyway under the Resource Management (Measurement and Reporting of Water Takes) Regulations 2010. 4.11 National environment standards and other regulations [075] The NES for Sources of Human Drinking Water (NESDW) is potentially relevant, however I was not made aware of any adverse effects on registered drinking water supplies. The Resource Management (Measurement and Reporting of Water Takes) Regulations 2010 apply and the s4...

4. [2024] NZEnvC 051 Hamilton City Council v Waikato District Council [pdf, 735 KB]

   ...development of natural and physical resources under s7 of the RMA, to be provided for through a resource consent process. The amendments to provisions are in response to concerns raised by HCC in its appeal. Addresses a matter that relates to human health or the protection of life and property X The proposal does not directly relate to a human health matter or the protection of life or property. Application of relevant national, regional and district rul...

5. Katu v Peni - Tiroa E and Te Hape B (2015) 105 Waikato Maniapoto MB 157 (105 WMN 157) [pdf, 405 KB]

   ...implement a remuneration policy following the receipt of that information. [47] Strategic Pay then undertook a further review of the remuneration for the Executive Chairperson on 26 June 2014. [48] The trustees subsequently engaged Everest Group Human Resource Specialists (Everest Group HR) to review the position in terms of the back pay requested by Mr Peni. As a result of that review, the trustees made a full and final settlement for back pay to Mr Peni. That matter is curren...

6. [2018] NZEmpC 106 X v The Chief Executive of the Department of Corrections [pdf, 683 KB]

   ...advising her that Mr X had left hospital and there were concerns for her safety. She was advised to stay inside the building where she worked. Later that day she received a copy of the harassment letter served on Mr X, which she sent on to a senior human resources advisor in the Department. [29] On 4 December 2014, Ms Z made a written complaint in which she alleged being bullied, emotionally blackmailed, harassed, stalked and verbally threatened by Mr X. Her letter was frank....

7. Tribunal Guidelines [pdf, 674 KB]

   ...generally deal with minor or technical matters of implementation and the operation of the Act. However, there are difficult choices on the continuum between significant policy and technical detail. Some matters, such as those that affect fundamental human rights in a significant way, are clearly appropriate only for an Act. However, the decision will not always be clear-cut, and some matters may be appropriate for both primary and secondary legislation. Secondary legislation often invol...

8. Territorial Authorities - MW Twose - Supplementary - 12 May 2021.pdf [pdf, 822 KB]

   ...end-use carried out by the recipient of drinking water from the territorial authority may be required to obtain their own discharge permit. 21. For community water supplies the existing objectives and policies in Chapter 5 and 6 recognise the human use values associated with water supply and enable the grant of a controlled activity consent for takes identified in Schedule 1B. Policy 6.4.2.A acknowledges the need for drinking water supplies to accommodate growth that is ‘reas...

9. Property-Law-Act-amendments-in-the-COVID-19-Response-Management-Measures-Legislation-Bill.pdf [pdf, 1.3 MB]

   ...when a proposal is brought back to Cabinet for final approval, or the legislative proposal to amend property law is made temporary, and can only be made permanent subject to the Post Implementation Review of these changes after a set period.” Human Rights 78 While there is no general protection for property under the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act, the legislative proposals in this paper do change obligations under leases which impacts on a landlord’s exercise of their property r...

10. Responding-to-the-Waitangi-Tribunal-recommendations-for-claimant-funding.pdf [pdf, 3.2 MB]

    ...igns with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Article 37: indigenous peoples' right to have states honour treaties. The Tribunal is the only forum in which Maori can bring claims for breaches of the Treaty. 61 Human Rights 62 The proposals in this paper do not limit any rights or freedoms contained in the Human Rights Act 1993 or the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990. The proposals further the principles of natural justice and al ign with New Zea...