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1. Pue v Kīngi - Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Maru (Taranaki) Whenua Tōpu Trust (2015) 335 Aotea MB 1 (335 AOT 1) [pdf, 389 KB]

   ...in fact used their best endeavours to attempt to comply with the trust order but were often distracted from their tasks by the continuing litigation initiated by Mr Pue. This then diverted the trustees’ time and energy, as well as their scare resources, away from attending to their obligations as set out in the trust order. Discussion [45] It is an understatement to record that elections have been problematic for the Trust. It will be recalled that when the Trust was first con...

2. Regulatory Impact Statement - Criminal justice proposals to counter foreign interference in New Zealand [pdf, 2.3 MB]

   ...underlying power and control that come with the internationally recognised status. Foreign states can create laws that RESTRICTED UNCLASSIFIED Regulatory Impact Statement | 23 direct the conduct and behaviours of its citizens and possess resources to detect and hold those that violate laws to account – most significant of which include punitive actions such as fines, forfeiture of assets, censorship and in severe cases, imprisonment, forced labour, and execution. 99. Whil...

3. Regulatory impact statement: Review of family violence legislation [pdf, 300 KB]

   ...government agency can adequately respond to the wide range of inter-connected and concurrent issues it raises for individuals and families. A key challenge for government is ensuring that the responses of multiple agencies are well coordinated and resources are used efficiently and effectively. 11. The Ministerial Group has found that ad-hoc decision making and investment has resulted in a disjointed and fragmented approach to service delivery, with little evidence of successful impact...

4. OIA-101880.pdf [pdf, 9.7 MB]

   ...spread of hate speech. Clearer and more accessible information on the complaints process would help complainants to navigate the system. 14. The proposals for strengthening the statutory protections against hate speech are likely to have cost and resource implications for the HRC, the Police, the Tribunal and the courts. We will work with these agencies to identify the potential impacts of the proposals before proposals are taken to Cabinet. Background 15. In June 2019, you informed...

5. RIA: AML/CFT Expiring Regulations [pdf, 422 KB]

   ...ML/TF risk and only provide services intra-group are inadvertently left out by this exemption. These reporting entities have turned to Ministerial exemption application for regulatory relief from the Act. This has resulted in a substantial amount of resource-intensive Ministerial exemption applications. To date, we have received 7 individual Ministerial exemption applications from 5 reporting entities. All but one has been granted a Ministerial exemption.13 These applications sought f...

6. [2024] NZEmpC 123 Wiles v University of Auckland [pdf, 536 KB]

   ...Hannah were upset at the lack of response from most of the people to whom they sent their correspondence and raised that with the Vice-Chancellor. The Vice-Chancellor responded and advised that Andrew Phipps, the University’s director of human resources, would be in contact. [26] The intensity of the criticism and abuse increased markedly from September 2020, after University of Auckland epidemiologist Dr Simon Thornley appeared on the television programme Q&A and alleged t...

7. Firearms-Reform-Programme-Phase-4_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 23 MB]

   ...relation to undertaking public consultation. There may be human rights implications from the policy proposals developed in response to the consultation. I will provide advice to Cabinet on this when it considers those policy proposals. Use of external resources 54 No external resources were used in the development of this advice. 55 The Ministry will engage a consultant to undertake submissions analysis to develop policy proposals. Without this additional support, the Ministry will...

8. Enabling-a-four-year-term-of-Parliament_ReleasePack_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 2 MB]

   ...participation by Māori in the subject-matter and consider potential impacts for them, in order to make a fully informed decision on the referendum question. Human Rights 56 There are no inconsistencies with human rights in this paper. Use of external Resources 57 No external resources were used in the development of this advice. Consultation 58 The following departments and Offices have been consulted on this paper: Electoral Commission, Department of Internal Affairs, the Trea...

9. Waitangi Tribunal theme D - Crown's right of preemption [pdf, 4.2 MB]

   ...Government's policies and practices through the appointment of an independent Protector of Aborigines; and (b) the assurance of adequate reserves. That tribunal held that the apparent principle behind the reserves was that 'Maori would retain sufficient resources to be full participants in the projected new economy, and would have sufficient land to provide an economic base for the future'. 8 A key question addressed here is whether the Crown's actions in relation to p...

10. Waitangi Tribunal theme G - Public works takings of Māori land [pdf, 1.4 MB]

    ...terminology also often tends to blur distinctions with blanket terms such as Crown ‘acquisitions’ of Maori land or ‘alienations’ from Maori. As well as these types of losses, issues also arise of the Crown assumption of ownership of waterways, natural resources, and foreshores. In terms of rangatiratanga, there is also the question of the loss of control and management of land even if ownership remains. However, while associated issues are briefly referred to as necessary, this report...