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1. Relief Coroner position pofile [docx, 28 KB]

   ...died; and (ii) the public good associated with a proper and timely understanding of the causes and circumstances of deaths; and (c) provides for an independent coronial system for investigations of deaths by coroners liaising with other authorities permitted or required by law to investigate those deaths. Coroner’s role The role of coroner is set out in section 4 of the Act. A coroner’s role in relation to a death is – (a) to receive a report of the death from the New Zealand Pol...

2. 20230328-Education-and-Training-Amendment-Bill [pdf, 176 KB]

   ...and monitoring arrangements for non-Crown entity wānanga. 7. The Bill makes other changes to the Act to improve governance and administration across the education system, including strengthening school board eligibility criteria and changes to permit Statistics NZ to provide data to the Ministry of Education for the proposed early childhood education (ECE) Equity Index. Consistency of the Bill with the Bill of Rights Act Section 14 – Freedom of expression 8. Section 1...

3. McCaw Lewis - Rakautatahi 1B2B1A (2022) 97 Takitimu MB 232 (97 TKT 232) [pdf, 499 KB]

   ...land. Section 311(2) allows exchanges between General land owned by Māori and General land (whether or not owned by Māori). Section 311(3) allows exchanges between Māori freehold land and Crown land. Interestingly, s 311 does not expressly permit an exchange between General land owned by Māori and Māori freehold land. This is a potential gap in the Act. It is relevant because, if the gap exists and the house block is General land owned by Māori, a part of it cannot be exc...

4. [2023] NZEnvC 214 Powerco Ltd v New Plymouth District Council [pdf, 215 KB]

   ...Plan process, making submissions, further submissions and providing evidence at hearings; (c) Powerco’s failure to lodge an appeal within time was as a result of an erroneous understanding, based on advice from its consultant planner, that the permitted activity area threshold in one specific rule (NU-R13) of the Proposed Plan would authorise the majority of its minor utility structures as permitted activities; (d) Powerco Ltd accepts that responsibility for this oversight 1 Applicat...

5. Beef+Lamb New Zealand Limited.pdf [pdf, 114 KB]

   ...are degraded and halting further degradation and providing a pathway for improvement in the short and long term. (e) The Respondent was provided with significant evidence in support of the stock unit-based approach in PC1 (particularly the permitted and controlled rules). (f) The relief sought seeks to shift the focus of PC1 away from activities that have disproportionally caused degradation to the Awa to activities that were shown to have a low risk of contributing to furth...

6. [2024] NZEnvC 028 Clear the Air Trust v Bay of Plenty Regional Council [pdf, 257 KB]

   ...this appeal. 2 REASONS Background [1] This proceeding is against a decision of the Council to grant resource consent to Genera Limited to discharge contaminants to air for the purpose of fumigation at the Port of Tauranga (discharge permit RM19-0663). [2] Genera Limited’s air discharge permit (62719), allowing the Methyl Bromide and Phosphine as part of its fumigation activities, expired on 30 April 2020. [3] Resource consent application RM19-0663 was lodged on 30...

7. [2024] NZEnvC 195 Powerco v Whanganui District Council [pdf, 203 KB]

   ...of damage preventing the operation of the network utility. 4. Temporary above-ground fencing (eg. block and mesh) associated with existing network utilities located within the dripline of a protected tree, that does not penetrate the ground. Permitted (PER) Note: The dripline shall be considered the outermost circumference of the tree’s canopy. With irregular- shaped trees, the dripline shall be calculated by taking the greatest radial spread of the canopy from the trunk...

8. Media Protocol 2017 - Youth Courts [pdf, 129 KB]

   Media and Reporting Protocol in the Youth Court The Youth Court is a division of the District Court. Its proceedings are not open to the public. However, media are legally entitled, and permitted, to attend Youth Court proceedings under 329(1)(l) of the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 (“the Act”), and are welcome to do so. The reporting of Youth Court proceedings is subject to a statutory prohibition against publication, except with the leave of the Judge that heard the proceedings. The Yout...

9. Lam v The Real Estate Agents Authority (CAC 413) and Austin [2018] NZREADT 43 [pdf, 439 KB]

   ...been anxious to ensure that prospective buyers knew about the ability to park on the street because parking was quite tight in that residential area. He told her, she says, that as a resident in the area he was entitled to two on street parking permits. He told the second respondent that he had not bothered to obtain such permits. Nonetheless, family members had used the two carparks in front of the residence and there had never been any problems with them doing so. [...

10. Horticulture New Zealand.pdf [pdf, 178 KB]

    ...keeping with the intention of the panel’s decision to remove the emphasis on nitrogen as a proxy for intensification. There is also agreement that “material increase” is too ambiguous. Rule 3.11.4.2 Amend Rule 3.11.4.2 as follows: Except as permitted by Rule 3.11.4. 1 or 3.11.4.3, or as regulated by Rule 3.11.4.8 or 3.11.3.9… Support The relief sought provides clarity as to how the interim permitted activity rule is intended to apply. Rule 3.11.4.6 Amend Rule 3.11.4.6(2)...