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1. [2015] NZSSAA 91 (27 November 2015) [pdf, 57 KB]

   ...of assets. There is no reference to allowable gifting being relevant to the definition of ‘income’ in Schedule 27 of the Act. [32] The provisions for the means assessment as to assets and the means assessment as to income are contained in separate provisions in the Act. There is no suggestion that one is dependent on the other. [33] Regulation 11 of the Regulations makes specific provision for income exempt from the means assessment. There is no express provision that income as...

2. Morrison - Te Kaha No.2C Block (2014) 105 Waiariki MB 183 (105 WAR 183) [pdf, 205 KB]

   ...is a block of Māori freehold land situated on Copenhagen Road near the township of Te Kaha on the Eastern Bay of Plenty. The land was once managed by Tane Tukaki and Mihiwai from whom all the current owners associate with either as their grand-parents or great grand-parents. The land is generally flat to undulating with some steeper gullies area and steep sidling not developed. The block is comprised of 24.3039 hectares and there are 14 owners. Those owners holding a total of 65 s...

3. [2018] NZEmpC 9 Lyttelton Port Co Ltd v Arthurs [pdf, 297 KB]

   ...casually. He had been working for LPC and another stevedoring company at the port since 1992. He comes from a family of waterside workers, his father worked for LPC, and his brother, Glen Arthurs, is currently employed by LPC. Mr Arthurs’ parents and brother have been very supportive and protective of him throughout this difficult period; much of the relevant correspondence has been sent from the “Arthurs whanau”. That correspondence has been prepared in consultation with...

4. Leef v Leef - Panguru A47B (2015) 113 Taitokerau MB 11 (113 TTK 11) [pdf, 250 KB]

   ...land comprising 31.3631 hectares. The land lies east of the township of Panguru. It is in three severances. A small severance lies south of West Coast Road (the main road). The other two main severances lie north of West Coast Road and are separated by the Mihirau roadway (which runs north-south). The house that Robert owns, on Richard’s occupation order site, is on the western severance of the block, more or less on the corner of West Coast Road and Mihirau Road. [6] There a...

5. Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Court 2018-19: cost–benefit analysis [pdf, 400 KB]

   ...Treasury’s CBAx tool. Cost model The cost model detailed the actual costs of the AODT Court for all agencies involved. It also compared them with detailed counterfactual costs, which estimated the costs for the same people if they had gone through the standard court process rather than attending the AODT Court. The cost model provided the basic cost data for the cost–benefit analysis. 3 The cost for each AODT Court participant was $98,228, while the cost per person for t...

6. LCRO 80/2022 NL v EB (23 July 2024) [pdf, 237 KB]

   ...2 [4] [Firm B] was the sole trustee of [Trust 1] (the Trust). [5] The Trust was the owner of 54 sections in a subdivision. [6] Mr EF and his two brothers, Mr VF and Mr OF, had been engaged in litigation relating to the estates of their parents, which incorporated the sections owned by the Trust. [7] In March 2016, the brothers entered into a Settlement Agreement,2 which provided, inter alia, that the sections were to be sold. Mr EF was to receive 27.5 per cent of the net s...

7. NZCVS topical report - Offences against New Zealand adults by family members (data tables) [xlsx, 121 KB]

   ...best handled will be specific to the analysis required. For example, residual categories could be handled by either: dropping them from the analysis; including the residual category in the percentage denominator; including the residual category as a separate output category; or merging the residual category with another response category as appropriate. Which option is used depends on the number of responses in those categories and what is conceptually appropriate for the data item of interest....

8. Trends in child and youth prosecutions in New Zealand 2002 to 2011 [pdf, 289 KB]

   ...effect on 1 October 2010 and introduced new options for dealing with serious and persistent youth offenders. The reforms include creating longer sentences for persistent and serious youth offenders, and providing new powers for the Youth Court to order parenting, mentoring and drug and alcohol programmes. These 'Fresh Start' reforms enable justice sector agencies to work more intensively with these young people over a longer period of time. The statistics in this report present...

9. Kaupapa Maori Report [pdf, 1.7 MB]

   ...based on a nuclear family model. Definitions of ‘whānau’ are many and varied.2 However, there is broad consensus that whakapapa forms the basis of whānau, and that these relationships are intergenerational, shaped by context, and given meaning through roles, responsibilities and relationships of mutual obligation.3 Key characteristics of whānau are collective identity, interdependence, mutuality, reciprocity and shared responsibility, and cultural practice and transference within a...

10. [2024] NZEmpC 248 Secretary for Education v Public Service Association [pdf, 456 KB]

    ...jointly agreeing that the aim is to minimise that loss of employment as far as possible, by using the provisions of the collective agreement to keep as many employees employed as possible (cl 11.1). [38] That overarching intention is reflected throughout the section with the progressive consideration of different options to try and retain the employment of as many employees as possible, and to support employees impacted by change processes. [39] I accept that, notwithstanding th...