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1. Adoption Action Inc v Attorney-General [2016] NZHRRT 9 [pdf, 371 KB]

   ...the following terms: 2 Since 1955 changes in social conditions and public attitudes have had a marked effect upon the institution of adoption. They include: • the Status of Children Act 1969 (the ‘Status of Children Act’), which removed the legal concept of ‘illegitimacy’; • the Adult Adoption Information Act 1985 (the ‘Adult Adoption Information Act’), which has facilitated the open exchange of information between adopted persons and birth parents; and • the incr...

2. [2024] NZEnvC 178 Te Raranga a Te Kuihi Trust v Kaipara District Council [pdf, 3.2 MB]

   ...Appropriate provision for infrastructure. 4. Appropriate creation of common areas over any parts of the parent allotment that require access by more than one allotment within the subdivision. TDA-SUB-S10 Transport 1. Every allotment proposes legal access to Awakino Point North Road. 2. No allotment proposes direct access to State Highway 14. 3. Where subdivision is of any allotment within the Light Industrial Area: a. The intersection of State Highway 14 and Awakino Point...

3. [2006] NZEmpC AC 39/06 Epic Packaging Ltd v NZ Amalgamated Engineering Printing & Manufacturing Union [pdf, 123 KB]

   ...objectives of promoting collective bargaining and protecting individual choice, it is appropriate to consider the law making process to determine what Parliament intended to be the law affecting the questions raised by this case. That begins with the legal environment in which the enactment was made. Statutory Interpretation – Legislative Background [48] Although joinder of subsequent parties to collective instruments has a long history in New Zealand industrial law,...

4. Children and young people with charges finalised in any court June 2018 [xlsx, 317 KB]

   ...can change over time as new offences are created or other offences become obsolete or are replaced. For example: - changes to the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 meant that instead of being charged with offences categorised as 'Consumption of legal substances in regulated spaces' a person can now receive an infringement notice for drinking or having an open container in a public place in a liquor ban area. Infringements do not appear in charges data. - changes to combined offences...

5. NQE v Tan [2013] NZIACDT 37 (13 June 2013) [pdf, 195 KB]

   ...had an entirely inappropriate focus on recovery of fees, and her entitlement to be paid. The same focus appears in the agreement under which Ms Tan was engaged. [75] Professionals are entitled to be paid, and it is entirely appropriate to pursue legal remedies where necessary. [76] However, a licensed professional is given the privilege of providing services to the exclusion of persons who are not licensed. Typically, and certainly in the case of licensed immigration advisers, they mu...

6. ENV-2016-CHC-000047 Blueskin Energy Limited v Dunedin City Council - Evidence - Janet Stephenson [pdf, 2.1 MB]

   ...across 17 countries, with most in Germany, Denmark and Austria (Figure 2) Figure 2: Approximate number of renewable energy cooperatives in seventeen European Countries. 18 20. These are taking different forms, from countries where there is a legal requirement that a proportion of shares in commercial wind projects are held by a community organisation or offered to residents in the vicinity (e.g. Germany); to commercial developments where developers offer funding to local p...

7. [2020] NZEnvC 114 Summerset Villages Lower Hutt Limited v Hutt City Council [pdf, 31 MB]

   ...(even including Condition 1 ?). [15] We return to these matters when dealing with specific conditions and generally in relation to management plans. We now identify issues arising out of specific conditions. General [16] Our Interim Decision said: 5 An important step in the revision of conditions process is to address condition 1. That condition should be clear on what the proposal is and how it is to be carried out, not simply list all the documentation that was involved in t...

8. Te Manutukutuku 77 [pdf, 7.6 MB]

   ...in which Māori Treaty claims can be heard and reported on in a timely manner. Our 2014 strategic direction envisaged new inquiry pathways to address this challenge and set a pri- ority framework for achieving the five strategic goals that it laid down. As we reach our halfway point, it is appropriate to take stock of our pro- gress to date and to review our prior- ities and objectives. Much has been achieved since 2014. All the district inquiries then under way have been completed,...

9. Evidence Brief: Supervision and Intensive Supervision [pdf, 370 KB]

   ...to their probation officers, abstain from alcohol, undergo training or education courses and submit for approval their places of residence and employment. The length of probation varied between 1 to 3 years. In 1985, supervision became the legal term for the former probation sentence. The sentence remained broadly similar but its length was reduced to between 6 months and 2 years. When breaches occurred, probation officers could apply for re-sentencing of non-compliant o...

10. Hodgson v Accident Compensation Corporation (Work-Related Personal Injury) [2024] NZACC 40 [pdf, 326 KB]

    ...IMU’s decision of 20 December 2021 that she did not sustain a physical injury as a result of the 10 days working at AFFCO is reversed. That means that she has cover for this work related personal injury. [100] It is noted that the appellant is legal aided. [101] Costs are reserved. CJ McGuire District Court Judge Solicitors: Armstrong Thompson, Wellington Braun Bond & Lomas Limited, Hamilton Izard Weston, Lawyers, Wellington Background Appe...