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1. Proactive-release-Electoral-Amendent-Bill-Political-Donations-FINAL2.pdf [pdf, 2.4 MB]

   ...that dictation voting would be an option for people who are impacted by any requirements to isolate or quarantine [CBC-22-MIN-0026 and CAB-22-MIN-0150 refers]. On 14 April 2022 the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Self-isolation Requirements and Permitted Work) Order I N C O N F I D E N C E 1 ak28gm7m17 2022-06-29 01:54:20 Proa cti ve R ele as e I N C O N F I D E N C E 2022 was amended to provide for persons to stay voluntarily in a Managed Isolation and Quarantine Facility...

2. [2024] NZEnvC 282 M & L Taylor Partnership v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 7.4 MB]

   ...to avoid night sky light pollution and to avoid light overspill into the Rural Character Area shown on the approved landscape plan for the Lot. On Lot 2 there shall be no external lighting outside the building platform. r. Mirror glazing is not permitted. 269710.0001 14389712.2 s. New water tanks shall be partly buried and/or screened by vegetation so that they are not visible from outside the lot. Vegetation shall appear as an integral part of wider landscape plantings...

3. LCRO 51/2021 KS and BG v WJ (30 September 2024) [pdf, 410 KB]

   ...that this decision be published in a form that, subject to the following paragraph, does not directly identify the parties or others involved in the matter and otherwise in accordance with the LCRO Publication Guidelines. [238] Either party is permitted to quote, or disclose a copy of, the following paragraphs of this decision in any court or tribunal proceeding relating to the recovery of any sum claimed by the respondent from the applicants: [1] – [24] [25] (a), (b) and (f)...

4. Proactive release - Second Interim Regulatory Impact Statement: Consultation options for adoption law reform [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   ...adoptive applicants where it is likely that an adoption will take place. A placement will only be approved where the birth parents have provided their consent to the adoption. Reform provides an opportunity to consider whether these placements should be permitted. What we heard in engagement We did not specifically seek feedback on this issue in the first round of engagement. However, social workers and professional commentators told us that these placements are an important step in th...

5. Family Court rewrite submission: New Zealand Law Society [pdf, 1 MB]

   ...7 November 2018, amends section 133(15), relating to the disclosure of a court-appointed psychologist’s report and the report-writer’s notes and other materials used in preparing the report. New section 133(15)(a) will enable the court to permit disclosure of the report where it is satisfied that disclosure is required to assist a party to prepare for cross-examination (as was the case under the previous section 133(15)). Section 133(15) previously also allowed the disclosure...

6. Proactive release of Cabinet papers and minutes relating to supporting the delivery of the 2020 election due to the change of election date and COVID-19 [pdf, 2.1 MB]

   ...enrol and vote (voters) must be able to leave their homes to participate in the election and referendums by visiting a polling place. 24. Dependants and people assisting voters who are not independently mobile to reach polling places should also be permitted to travel for these purposes, so as not to discourage people from voting by making it difficult for them to attend a polling place because of childcare or other responsibilities, or because of mobility issues. 25. People voting...

7. [2024] NZEnvC 089 Shundi Queenstown Limited v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 14 MB]

   ...to be utilised for dust suppression during earthworks. This shall include the use of a backflow prevention device to prevent contamination of Council’s potable water supply. (iv) No further signs, such as window signs or sandwich boards, are permitted by this resource consent. (v) This site may contain archaeological material. Under the Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Act 2014, the permission of the Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga must be sought prior to the modificati...

8. Chee v Stareast Investment Ltd [2010] NZWHT Auckland 33 [pdf, 298 KB]

   ...has not included costs for replacing the deck joists. I am however satisfied that the scope of work supporting Mr Browne’s costs is appropriate and most likely will be required by the Council in order to Page | 13 obtain a building permit to repair the decks. I therefore conclude that the damage that has occurred as a consequence of defects with the installation of the deck is $45,315 after adjusting Mr Browne’s figures for a GST rate of 15%. Windows [32] A...

9. [2023] NZEmpC 101 GF v Comptroller of Customs [pdf, 513 KB]

   ...the Court be satisfied that a brief of evidence contains a hearsay statement and that none of the exceptions in the Evidence Act applies. [39] But the fact that this Court is not bound by strict rules of evidence does not mean that parties are permitted to call any evidence they like. As has been acknowledged in a number of judgments, the rules contained within the Evidence Act may well be of assistance,34 including in assessing whether proposed evidence meets the relevance thresho...

10. [2017] NZEnvC 205 Ahureka Trustees no 2 Ltd v Auckland Council [pdf, 4.5 MB]

    ...AUP the height to boundary controls that previously applied to Countryside Living areas generally have been removed. That provides for dwellings in Countryside Living areas to be as close/closer (?) than previously, and is more liberal than the permitted activity standards for medium intensity residential urban areas. 281. I have considered the Environment Court decision in Cornerstone v Rodney District Council where the Court declined to characterise certain buildings as inherently...