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1. [2025] NZEmpC 34  Xu v Pioneer Education and Immigration Services Group Ltd [pdf, 313 KB]

   ...on the sums awarded. Facts [11] Mr Xu was employed by Pioneer as a student counsellor from March 2019. His responsibilities included education consultancy work and also immigration advice, subject to him obtaining an appropriate provisional licence to practise as a licensed immigration adviser (LIA). He obtained a variation to his essential skills work visa to enable him to work for Pioneer. [12] As Mr Xu was not fully licensed as an LIA, approval was required from the Regis...

2. KD & DF v L Ltd [2024] NZDT 775 (20 August 2024) [pdf, 142 KB]

   ...sum of $11,794.00, being a balance owing for the work. 3. The primary issue is: Was the work carried out with reasonable care and skill? Background 4. The applicants own a home located 350 metres from the sea. 5. The respondent is a licenced building practitioner and was represented by NM. 6. The applicants contracted the respondent to replace rotten and damaged cladding on three sides of their home. 7. After the applicant’s made a partial payment, the respondent pur...

3. ZM & AX v S Ltd [2024] NZDT 812 (19 September 2024) [pdf, 133 KB]

   ...19. Page 7 of the report which contains the “Executive Summary” clearly describes the limits on the inspection of the roof area and states: 20. “It is recommended to obtain a thorough assessment of the roof’s condition by engaging a licenced building practitioner (LBP) specialising in roofing to conduct a comprehensive inspection and prepare a detailed report.” 21. That advice was not hidden in fine print. 22. In the report on page 43 headed ‘Roof Systems’ and...

4. [2020] NZEmpC 63 Southern Taxis Ltd v A Labour Inspector [pdf, 518 KB]

   ...[12] Reference was then made in the document to several scenarios, each of which considered the status of an entity or person under the provisions of the Land Transport Act 1998 (LTA). It referred to a person holding either a Passenger Service Licence (PSL) or a Class C licence. These references were to authorisations given under Part 4A of the LTA, which governs the licencing of transport services;5 and as to the definitions of work time and requirements to maintain logbooks, unde...

5. OIA-110232.pdf [pdf, 8.2 MB]

   ...subject to FPOs. Police instead rely on the provisions for searches related to firearms under the Search and Surveillance Act to monitor and gather evidence relating to FPO breaches. 20. For example, section 18 of the Search and Surveillance Act permits the Police to conduct warrantless searches of people, places and vehicles where there are reasonable grounds to suspect arms are present and that an offence against the Arms Act (such as a breach of FPO conditions) has occurred. 21. S...

6. [2023] NZEnvC 249 Bayswater Marina Berth-Holders Association Incorporated v Auckland Council [pdf, 3.9 MB]

   ...groundwater or surface run-off water encountered within excavation areas where soils containing elevated levels of soil contaminants are present that require removal must be considered potentially contaminated, and must either: (a) Be disposed of by a licenced liquid waste contractor; or (b) Pumped to sewer, providing the relevant permits are obtained; or (c) Discharged to the stormwater system or surface waters provided a SQEP verifies compliance with the Australian and New Zealand Guidelin...

7. ENVC Hearing 6Oct14 DM expert Todd Langwell [pdf, 251 KB]

   ...parking demand associated with Marina activities due to its proposed location and operation; (b) The difficulty to enforce and manage vehicle movements within the restricted cul-de-sac area (keyhole) with the added complication of marina traffic permitted access to circulate through it; (c) The potential for construction deliveries to disrupt ferry operations unless properly managed. 4 14. Before I discuss these topics in more detail, I propose to highlight the key tra...

8. Freemans Bay Residents Association Inc 187 [pdf, 527 KB]

   ...Suburban' as a zoning of 'Mixed Housing Urban' will not provide an appropriate transition from the protected heritage housing surrounding the site. In particular the FBRA is concerned that whilst the 'Mixed Housing Urban 'permits a baseline of 11 metres and 3 storeys, additional height and storeys are antiCipated and will be available via the resource consent process on a restricted discretionary basis and potentially without notification. These concerns are illu...

9. [2024] NZEnvC 093 Ocean Dynamics Limited v Tauranga City Council [pdf, 349 KB]

   ...entered into with users of the basketball facility. (f) Temporary activities: A new advice note (j) is added to the conditions of the resource consent which clarifies that the consent holder cannot undertake temporary activities provided for as a permitted activity under the Tauranga City Plan in addition to the temporary events governed by the resource consent. Consideration [6] The Court has read and considered the joint memorandum of the parties dated 18 March 2024 [7] Th...

10. Faulkner v Hoete - Motiti North C No 1 [2018] Māori Appellate Court MB 17 (2018 APPEAL 17) [pdf, 291 KB]

    ...“the irresistible inference that the house was built deliberately on the airstrip to ensure that it could not operate as an airstrip.” He found:8 [86] This is a case in which the construction and maintenance of an airstrip on the block is a permitted activity. There is a specific rule in the District Plan which provides that buildings shall not be erected within an area extending 50 metres either side of the centre line of the airstrip and for a distance of 200 metres from eit...