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1. Yiasoumi v Attorney-General [2017] NZHRRT 12 [pdf, 242 KB]

   ...circumstances of the case did not justify the Police resorting to such lengths. The ground allowed by s 29(2)(b) for refusing a principle 6 request is legislative recognition that an agency which holds personal information does not have to apply unlimited resources to the location of the requested information. Although Inspector Jackson did subsequently carry out an exhaustive inquiry into the question whether photographs had been taken, a “no stone unturned” inquiry is not the sta...

2. [2020] NZEmpC 219 Ward v Concrete Structures (NZ) Ltd [pdf, 282 KB]

   ...IMPROVEMENT IS REQUIRED: NEEDS TO GET ON TOP OF HEALTH ISSUES & EVERYTHING ELSE WILL GO AWAY – BRING BACK THE OLD [MR WARD]! [5] Mr Romanes and Mr Chris Mackie, the company’s plant health and safety manager (who was also responsible for human resource management), convened a meeting with Mr Ward on 11 July 2016. Mr Mackie took a file note of what transpired: [Mr Ward] stated he isn’t happy with the way things are going for him at [the company]. He isn’t sure that h...

3. [2023] NZEnvC 279 Trustees of Spruce Grove Trust v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 419 KB]

   ...TRUST & THE BOUNDARY TRUST v QLDC – STAGE 2, TOPIC 31, SUBTOPIC 4 GROUP 3 – MILLBROOK – DECISION IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT CHRISTCHURCH I TE KŌTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA KI ŌTAUTAHI Decision No. [2023] NZEnvC 279 IN THE MATTER of the Resource Management Act 1991 AND of appeals under clause 14 of the First Schedule of the Act against decisions of the Queenstown Lakes District Council on Stage 2 of the Proposed Queenstown Lakes District Plan BETWEEN TRUSTEES OF SPRUCE G...

4. [2023] NZEnvC 278 Hanan and Banco Trustees v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   HANAN & BANCO v QLDC – TOPIC 31 – McDONNELL ROAD – FINAL DECISION IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT CHRISTCHURCH I TE KŌTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA KI ŌTAUTAHI Decision No. [2023] NZEnvC 278 IN THE MATTER of the Resource Management Act 1991 AND appeals under clause 14 of the First Schedule of the Act BETWEEN E HANAN (ENV-2019-CHC-16) AND BANCO TRUSTEES, McCULLOCH TRUSTEES 2004 LIMITED AND OTHERS Appellants AND QUEENSTOWN LAKES DISTRICT COUNCIL Respondent Court: Envi...

5. H Ltd v MN & KN [2023] NZDT 656 (8 November 2023) [pdf, 309 KB]

   ...Contract Milking Agreement with MN and KN is terminated effective upon receipt of this letter for the following reasons: Failure to provide water to livestock Failure to milk all cows as agreed Effluent management that breaches the farm resource consent Farm walks not completed as agreed by 7 April 2023 46. As noted above, the Agreement allows a party to terminate if: a. The other party is in breach of “any of its obligations under this Agreement” and either: i....

6. McKenzie v ACC (Leave to appeal to the High Court) [2024] NZACC 65 [pdf, 232 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 … . [49] In Gilmore,3 Dunningham J stated: [55] I accept that, for the purposes of leave,...

7. [2024] NZEmpC 29 E Tū Inc v New Zealand Steel Ltd [pdf, 278 KB]

   ...also Vulcan Steel Ltd v Manufacturing & Construction Workers Union [2022] NZEmpC 78, [2022] ERNZ 304 at [27]–[31]. 3 Firm PI 1 Ltd v Zurich Australian Insurance Ltd [2014] NZSC 147, [2015] 1 NZLR 432 at [60]– [63]; and affirmed in Bathurst Resources Ltd v L&M Coal Holdings Ltd [2021] NZSC 85, [2021] 1 NZLR 696 at [43]–[46], [232]–[233] and [250]. [17] It is, however, also relevant that collective agreements are not contracts and nor are they commercial in the...

8. Regulatory Systems Amendment Bill [pdf, 218 KB]

   ...causes. Improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the Coroners Court, which in 2023, was experiencing wait times of on average 1024 days to close an inquiry. Deliver more timely outcomes of family and whānau and ensure that coronial resource is directed to inquiries into sudden and unexplained deaths. This will support more timely delivery of outcomes for grieving family and whānau and improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the Coroners Court. 5. Enable a c...

9. NZCVS Key Results 2024 Cycle-7 [pdf, 7.1 MB]

   i https://www.justice.govt.nz/justice-sector-policy/research-data/nzcvs-cycle-7-resources-and-results/ https://www.justice.govt.nz/justice-sector-policy/research-data/nzcvs-cycle-7-resources-and-results/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ mailto:nzcvs@justice.govt.nz ii iii iv 1.1 Overall victimisation ......................................................................................

10. Womens-experiences-in-the-justice-system-custodial-remand-and-imprisonment-factsheet_v1.0.pdf [pdf, 310 KB]

    ...– MSD 19 For more benefits data and details about benefits please visit the Ministry of Social Development website: Benefit Fact Sheets - Ministry of Social Development (msd.govt.nz) https://www.msd.govt.nz/about-msd-and-our-work/publications-resources/statistics/benefit/index.html https://www.msd.govt.nz/about-msd-and-our-work/publications-resources/statistics/benefit/index.html 7 In June 2021 alone, the wāhine cohort received almost 500 hardship assistance payments In J...