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1. Poihegatama v Accident Compensation Corporation (Leave to Appeal to High Court) [2024] NZACC 196 [pdf, 264 KB]

   ...application for leave to appeal. [57] Mr Poihegatama has not established Judge Henare made any error of law capable of bona fide and serious argument. Even if the qualifying criteria had been made out, in consideration of the proper use of judicial resources and the finality of litigation, this Court would not have exercised its discretion to grant leave. The Court is not satisfied as to the wider importance of any contended point of law. Result [58] Accordingly, Mr Poihegatama...

2. Hopps v Accident Compensation Corporation (Treatment Injury) [2025] NZACC 014 (28 January 2025) [pdf, 201 KB]

   ...treatment. (2) Treatment injury does not include the following kinds of personal injury: (a) personal injury that is wholly or substantially caused by a person's underlying health condition: (b) personal injury that is solely attributable to a resource allocation decision: (c) personal injury that is a result of a person unreasonably withholding or delaying their consent to undergo treatment. (3) The fact that treatment did not achieve a desired result does not, of it...

3. Target-4-Delivery-Plan-2025.pdf [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...and victimisation. Alcohol-related violence brings significant costs. NZIER have estimated that alcohol harm cost the country $9.1 billion in 2023, with costs to the justice sector of at least $43 million.3 New Zealand Police invests considerable resources responding to alcohol and drug-related incidents. The Ministry of Health and Health New Zealand are taking steps to address alcohol-related harm. Initiatives in this action area include health policy, health promotion, alcohol regula...

4. [2025] NZEmpC 90 Youtap Ltd v Johnston [pdf, 244 KB]

   ...Johnston’s relationships with YMMA and Youtap Ltd. Although YMMA received funding from other companies in the Youtap Group, ultimately Dr Johnston’s salary was paid by YMMA. It is not contested that companies across the Youtap Group shared some resources, including that Dr Johnston performed some services for other Youtap companies. However, that is not inconsistent with Dr Johnston being employed by YMMA, as part of the wider Youtap Group. [58] Mr Jones did, of course, exert...

5. OIA-118430.pdf [pdf, 6 MB]

   ...and victimisation. Alcohol-related violence brings significant costs. NZIER have estimated that alcohol harm cost the country $9.1 billion in 2023, with costs to the justice sector of at least $43 million.3 New Zealand Police invests considerable resources responding to alcohol and drug-related incidents. The Ministry of Health and Health New Zealand are taking steps to address alcohol-related harm. Initiatives in this action area include health policy, health promotion, alcohol regula...

6. Sycamore v McLaughlin - Rangatira E (2025) 335 Waiariki MB 40 (335 WAR 40) [pdf, 268 KB]

   ...explain that the delay in providing audited financial accounts, as required by cl 7(c), was due to factors outside their control. There were significant delays from the auditor during the COVID-19 period. The audit sector had to secure a lot of its resources from overseas, which led to delays in the trustees receiving the reports. The trustees submit that it would be unfair to put the actions of the auditor on the trustees, as these are not actions undertaken by the trustees, and they...

7. LCRO 77/2024 KU v CI (9 April 2025) [pdf, 170 KB]

   ...business, yet all expect equitable treatment in their parents’ inheritance. This tension is compounded by the farm’s financial reality: it is often asset-rich, with significant value tied up in land and equipment, but cash-poor, limiting liquid resources for equal distribution. [33] To address this, arrangements such as a deed of family arrangement can be employed, transferring farm ownership to the child or children who will maintain it, while compensating non-farming siblings with...

8. [2018] NZEmpC 8 Nisha v LSG Sky Chefs NZ Ltd [pdf, 1.4 MB]

   ...[5] As the Court of Appeal stated with regard to one of the three applications for leave to appeal various aspects of the proceeding, “the history of the litigation [in the Employment Court] raises real concerns about abuse of its processes and resources”.2 What was the case about? [6] It is first necessary to analyse the essentials of the case. [7] By the conclusion of the hearing, there were six pleaded causes of action, that is:

9. Evaluation of Family Mediation pilot [pdf, 205 KB]

   ...Children Act, the Family Court and its processes for mediators who had no background in these matters. Administration With the very slow rate of referrals at the beginning of the pilot, two courts were reluctant to make use of the administrative support resource which accompanied the pilot. However, eventually administrative support was in place in all courts, although the way courts used the administrative hours varied. In some courts the hours were used by a person already working in the...

10. Tauranga-Moana-Courthouse-Cabinet-paper_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 5.9 MB]

    ...pressure due to insufficient capacity and infrastructure issues, which has resulted in delays.1 The Ministry will be held to account for the outcomes delivered to communities and will develop shared sector-wide aspirations to drive prioritisation of resources and shape decision making. Infrastructure uplift and the role of a Participative Approach Court in Tauranga 52. There are significant challenges with Tauranga’s court infrastructure that need to be addressed. People need the ri...