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1. Cross v Accident Compensation Corporation (Claim for personal injury, revocation of cover) [2024] NZACC 58 [pdf, 277 KB]

   ...Corporation’s decision of 21 August 2012 declining cover for a TBI. Background [2] Mr Cross was born in August 1964. [3] In 1972, Mr Cross witnessed another child accidentally killed at a school fair. Mr Cross subsequently attended therapy to work through addiction issues that had arisen in the context of his upbringing, and some unusual behaviour by his parents. He also experienced, from time to time, a confused state of mind in which he would not know what he was doing...

2. Henare - Hokio A and Part Hokio A [2018] Chief Judge's MB 164 (2018 CJ 164) [pdf, 451 KB]

   ...Horowhenua 11B42 block 4. On 26 September 1898, the Native Appellate Court issued a decision on the beneficial ownership and relative interests of the Horowhenua 11 block. This was shortly followed by the division of the Horowhenua 11 block into 61 separate partition orders in October 1898. 1 Preliminary Report and Recommendation dated 27 June 2016. 2018 Chief Judge’s MB 166 5. A partition order dated 19 Octobe...

3. [2018] NZEmpC 88 Lorigan v Infinity Automotive Ltd [pdf, 321 KB]

   ...noted that Perry’s had amalgamated with two other companies in May 2009 to become Infinity. In that letter, she went on to state that a range of unjustified actions occurred as from November 2008; these implicated not only Infinity, but also its parent company SDMG. This was put on the basis that cumulatively, events leading up to and surrounding Mr Lorigan’s dismissal were unlawful. From then on, those advising Mr Lorigan proceeded on the basis that a personal grievance was b...

4. NZCVS topical report Cycle 1 (2018) - Highly Victimised people [pdf, 934 KB]

   ...are related to high or repeat victimisation. We have used the term ‘victim’ within this report to differentiate groups of interest in a way that will be easily recognisable for all our audiences including justice agency personnel. We hope that through future consultation with those who have been victimised, we can find a better solution to recognise and respect the needs of people who have been harmed by crime. https://www.justice.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Publications/NZCVS-2018-M...

5. Appendix-4-Additional-submissions.pdf [pdf, 2.8 MB]

   ...and Standards document published by the NZ Security Association limits best practice to the mandatory Certificate of Approval training and advises “employers in the security industry should encourage their staff to improve their knowledge and skills through both in-house training and the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) qualifications framework”. There are no requirements for NZQA qualifications to be “best practice” and no suggestions that companies should support or require...

6. 4. Roebeck affidavit (with exhibits) [pdf, 7 MB]

   ...matters by the Maori Land Court, in 2009. Those orders have not been overturned, and the Board has not surrendered or transferred its mandate (including to the Trust). The Board was further confirmed on 29 June 2011 as the mandated entity to engage (through appointed negotiators) with the Crown on behalf of Ngati Paoa to settle Ngati Paoa’s historical Treaty claims. The Board continues in that role today. (b) In comparison, the Trust was established in 2013 as a post settlement...

7. Final-Technical-Assessment-E-Social-Impact-Assessment-v2.pdf [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   ...The methodology employed for this assessment consisted of the following steps: (a) Step 1- Scoping and contextualisation: understanding the proposal and the ‘social area of influence’ of the Project. (b) Step 2- Information gathering: through desktop data analysis, site visits, and stakeholder and community engagement. (c) Step 3- Community Profiling: building a demographic profile of the regional, local, and sub-local communities located along the Project length using c...

8. OIA-111066.pdf [pdf, 11 MB]

   ...disclosures to an appropriate authority at any time If a discloser is not confident about making the disclosure within the Ministry, they may report serious misconduct to an “appropriate authority” at any time, rather than having to go through their organisation first. An “appropriate authority” includes: (a) The head of any public-sector organisation; (b) Any officer of Parliament; (c) The persons or bodies listed here; (d) A membership body of a particular professi...

9. [2006] NZEmpC CC 7/06 NZ Meatworkers Union Inc v Alliance Group Ltd [pdf, 156 KB]

   ...volume of work available increases and decreases, workers are progressively taken on or laid off. [7] At some plants there are groups of workers such as freezer hands, rendering workers, yard gangs and pallet store workers who continue working throughout the year. It is also common for some staff who would otherwise be laid off to be retained to do cleaning and maintenance work. However, the majority of the workers are laid off on a seasonal basis. Many find alternative emplo...

10. Child witnesses in the New Zealand criminal courts [pdf, 795 KB]

    ...to the current adversarial process and in particular the trial. As such, it does not consider options such as a shift to an inquisitorial process nor to an alternative dispute resolution process. Nor does it consider the possibility of providing separate legal representation for complainants or witnesses, nor its prerequisite (according complainants separate legal status within 7 the trial). These ideas are well outside the conventional conception of the adversarial criminal trial...