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1. [2014] NZEmpC 54 Hamon v Coromandel Independent Living Trust [pdf, 177 KB]

   ...continue in employment from that time may give rise to an issue of waiver. However, that was not pleaded nor argued. [32] To assist Mr Noonan in his dealings with Ms Hamon at the two meetings on 17 December 2007, he had employed a private Human Resources consultant, Ms Raewyn Kirkman. Ms Kirkman in fact drafted the two letters sent to Ms Hamon in preparation for the meetings. She attended both meetings. She gave evidence at the Court hearing. She stated that following the me...

2. NZ Core document [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...strategic and cross-sectoral policy. (l) Te Puni Kōkiri (Ministry of Māori Development) 199. Te Puni Kōkiri was created by the Ministry of Māori Development Act 1991, with a focus on education, training and employment, health, and economic resource development. Te Puni Kōkiri’s principal duties under the Act are to promote increases in Māori achievement across these key social and economic areas. 200. Linked to this, Te Puni Kōkiri has a duty to monitor and liaise with each d...

3. [2019] NZEmpC 20 Jacks Hardware and Timber Ltd v First Union Inc [pdf, 537 KB]

   ...“sufficient” carries several meanings as is illustrated by the following definition:40 adj. 1. sufficing, adequate, enough (is sufficient for a family; didn’t have sufficient funds). 2. = SELF-SUFFICIENT. 3. archaic competent; of adequate ability, resources, etc. sufficiently adv. … (emphasis original) [62] From that definition it is possible that “sufficiently”, when used in s 50J(3), means that the Authority must be satisfied what happened was adequate to support...

4. [2021] NZACC 50 - Astle v ACC (17 March 2021) [pdf, 224 KB]

   ...certainly not as a significant back pain as what she currently presents. [97] He also notes: Her degeneration of the lumbar spine has not precluded her from working successfully and leading a normal life and working for Child Youth and Family as a resource worker for 14 years. [98] I acknowledge Mr Yates’ reference to the cases of Hereaka and Brennan that in a suspension decision the Tribunal must first consider whether ACC had a sufficient basis for making the decision at...

5. Welcome Guide Information for court and tribunal interpreters v4 [docx, 1.7 MB]

   ...qualifications and training · delivering interpreter services in courts and tribunals · how the Ministry will manage ongoing quality improvement for the interpreter service. We expect you to be familiar with the quality framework. It can be a useful resource to check if you are unsure of how to manage any situation that arises. If anyone asks you to behave in a way that contradicts the standards in the quality framework you can let them know what the quality framework says, and that you are...

6. ZA v YB LCRO 135/2014 Recusal (31 August 2016) [pdf, 99 KB]

   ...described in Ebner. By these standards, I am satisfied that I am not compromised in my impartiality, or in my capacity to discharge my duties conscientiously as a Review Officer. [76] The issue of practicability, and the effective use of scarce resources, is also relevant. A substantial part of the workload of this Office involves Mr [ZA] as a party. Relinquishing conduct of all reviews involving him as a party would have a number of undesirable consequences, not least of which would...

7. Foreman v Sanders – Estate of Rachel Ngeungeu Zister (2013) 63 Waikato Maniapoto MB 286 (63 WMN 286) [pdf, 191 KB]

   ...the definition people for the word whenua. The closest he comes to it is when he indicates that philosophically people do not see themselves as separate from nature, humanity and the natural world being descendants of the earth mother, thus the resources of the earth do not belong to humankind but rather humans belong to the earth. [47] Ms Sanders also attaches an extract from a well known Māori academic Dr Ranginui Walker, being exhibit “M” to her affidavit. Again that artic...

8. Wellington Standards Committee v Laglolago [2015] NZLCDT 25 [pdf, 325 KB]

   ...judgment, not just for the balance of the loan contract, but for far greater sums in costs, apart altogether from their own legal costs – all this despite some clear warnings from the defendants. 26. While noting the F’s lack of financial resources to meet a costs award, His Honour stated: [49] … I have great sympathy for them because I do not think they ever understood the legal weakness of their case or the great financial risk to them in taking the matter to trial. 27...

9. LCRO 127/2017 EZ v UO [pdf, 265 KB]

   ...within her more expansive criticisms of the justice system. [30] She is critical of the fact that she was required to respond to a claim that she considers was fabricated and lacking in merit. [31] She is concerned that so much of her time and resources had to be spent on defending what she perceived to be an entirely spurious claim. [32] In her submissions, she frequently returns to suggestion that the lawyers engaged in the proceedings (including Mr UO) failed to identify that the...

10. [2014] NZEmpC 154 Fox v Hereworth School Trust Board [pdf, 200 KB]

    ...irrelevant. Decision – Category (a) documents [53] The category (a) documentation sought by the plaintiff is described by the plaintiff as “All emails, notes, records and the decision of the further disciplinary investigation led by the Human Resources Department” into a Ministry employee to whom I will refer as ML. The plaintiff says that this material relates to disciplinary action taken in relation to ML as recommended by the Buchanan Report into ML’s omission to provi...