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1. ENVC Hearing 6Oct14 AC revised evidence chief Shumane final [pdf, 395 KB]

   31551164:629148 BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT COURT IN THE MATTER of the Resource Management Act 1991 ("Act") AND IN THE MATTER of a Notice of Motion under section 87G of the Act requesting the granting of resource consents to Waiheke Marinas Limited to establish a marina at Matiatia Bay, Waiheke Island, in the Hauraki Gulf (ENV-2013-AKL-000174) STATEMENT OF EVIDENCE OF WISSAM (SAM) SHUMANE TRAFFIC ENGINEER – BE (Civil), MIPENZ, CPEng...

2. Temporary change to eligibility criteria for overseas voters for the 2023 General Election [pdf, 361 KB]

   ...with Māori, limiting the views of Tangata Whenua from being considered in the development of these proposals as well as a te ao Māori understanding of Treaty implications. We have undertaken Treaty analysis on this issue by reviewing important resources like Waitangi Tribunal reports to mitigate the lack of consultation.2 1 Stakeholder views have been shared through letters to the Minister of Justice by political parties, submissions to the Justice Committee and feedback provid...

3. MOJ0120-PRINT.pdf [pdf, 764 KB]

   ...• Coroners Court • Environment Court • Employment Relations Authority (ERA) • Waitangi Tribunal • Human Rights Review Tribunal • Disputes Tribunal • Motor Vehicle Disputes Tribunal • Tenancy Tribunal • other tribunals (as resources permit) Who can speak Māori in a court or tribunal? The Māori Language Act 1987 states you can speak Māori in any legal proceedings, whether or not you are able to understand or communicate in English or any other language. Any of...

4. IPT-Annual-Report 2022 -2023 [pdf, 416 KB]

   ...the country’s borders slowly re-opened. A new Deputy Chair was appointed on 17 October 2022. This position was filled by an existing member, whose administrative functions were then increased. The need for the Tribunal to replace the lost FTE resource remained a key concern throughout the year. Permission was given to interview in March 2023 and three suitable candidates were identified. However, they were not approved for appointment until after the end of the court year, mean...

5. [2022] NZACC 74 – Williams v ACC (4 May 2022) [pdf, 211 KB]

   ...construed or interpreted and applied to the facts is a question of law … . [25] Even if the qualifying criteria are made out, the Court has an extensive discretion in the grant or refusal of leave so as to ensure proper use of scarce judicial resources. Leave is not to be granted as a matter of course. One factor in the grant of leave is the wider importance of any contended point of law … . 2 O'Neill v Accident Compensation Corporation [2008] NZACC 250. 5 The ap...

6. [2006] NZEmpC AC 74/06 Sandifer v Plumbers Gasfitters & Drainlayers Board NZ [pdf, 34 KB]

   ...[9] The defendant had no choice but to defend the proceedings, and made reasonable and genuine attempts to settle the matter. [10] The defendant is a regulatory board funded solely by its trade licensing activities and has a lower level of resources than other employers. The defendant exists to regulate the plumbing, gasfitting and drainlaying trades for the ultimate benefit of all who live in New Zealand and is not in the business of making a profit. These Court proceedings...

7. White v Rodney District Council [pdf, 84 KB]

   ...specifying the required remedial work. In May-June 2002, the claimants took action by obtaining building quotations to carry out the remedial work on the decks. Each quotation was in the vicinity of $19,000. At that time, the claimants had the financial resources to carry out the remedial work but they failed to do any such work. The Kerkins denied liability when contacted by the claimants’ lawyer. The claimants therefore filed proceedings with the WHRS on 7 November 2003. Claim...

8. White v Eriwata - Waitara SD sections 6 and 91 Land Trust (2006) 165 Aotea MB 37 (165 AOT 37) [pdf, 330 KB]

   ...maintenance of ongoing amicable relations between the parties, and accordingly none is made. The present case is however, of a different character. On the one hand individual shareholders, and on the other the incorporation with its considerable financial resources. The parties were represented throughout, and there was an interlocutory process that was highly contested The appellant's counsel went so far as to describe PKW as 'relentless opponents'in the proceedings ... &...

9. Waikato Bay of Plenty Standards Committee v Pou [2014] NZLCDT 86 [pdf, 108 KB]

   ...before the Waitangi Tribunal which are simply not able to be passed on at short notice to other counsel. [20] We accept that Mr Pou, who has recently set up a new firm with a colleague, is in a situation analogous with that of Mr Taff’s where the resource of legal expertise in this particular area is sparse. Thus it is in the public interest that his suspension from practice, which we considered inevitable, be kept to the minimum in order that he may properly continue his obligat...

10. [2019] NZSSAA 12 (8 March 2019) [pdf, 130 KB]

    ...Katona said that this decision was inconsistent with the requirements for approving a Special Needs Grant for food in Clause 11.2.1 of the Special Needs Grant programme which required the applicant to have an immediate need to purchase food, and no resources to meet that need which was caused by an essential expense which left insufficient money to buy food. 5 [24] Ms Katona said that the Ministry did not accept that the handwritten note produced by the appellant verified...