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1. Legal aid grants December 2020 [xlsx, 84 KB]

   ...Definitions and data notes. Back to Contents page Example interpretation: In 2020, there were 57,330 criminal legal aid grants across New Zealand. This decreased 3% from 58,943 grants in the 2019. In 2020, there were 13,735 criminal legal aid grants in the Auckland region. This was 1% less than in the 2019. Region 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Auckland 14,184 10,017 9,276 9,283 10,526 12,100 11,835 13,138 13,817 13,735 Bay of Plenty 6,058 5,934 5,233 5,179 5,645 5,980 6...

2. Legal aid grants December 2018 [xlsx, 91 KB]

   ...definitions and data notes Back to contents page Example interpretation: In 2018, there were 43,948 criminal legal aid grants across New Zealand. This increased 4% from 42,270 grants in 2017. In 2018, there were 11,215 criminal legal aid grants in the Auckland region. This was 15% (1,458 grants) more than in 2017. Region 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Auckland 15,109 13,293 9,934 7,916 7,294 7,457 8,604 10,166 9,757 11,215 Bay of Plenty 6,121 5,941 5,704 4,765 4,169 4,05...

3. Official Information Act request Family and Sexual Violence [pdf, 3.8 MB]

   ...Waitākere in 2001. Since then, seven other FV Courts have been established in different parts of the country. 8. To continue to ensure the FV Courts are functioning as best as possible, a current state and gaps analysis is being completed for the Auckland and Manukau FV Courts. This project works to assess the operations of these courts against the objectives of the Family Violence Courts National Operating Guidelines. This project has included interviews with various stakehold...

4. Tweeddale v Pearson [pdf, 405 KB]

   ...report was not ordered as Ms 5 Tweeddale and her solicitor considered that it was unnecessary for a nearly new house. [18] Ms Tweeddale bought the house because she wanted somewhere for her daughter to live while she attended Massey University. [19] When her daughter left university Ms Tweeddale rented it to tenants. [20] In late 2004 Ms Tweeddale was alerted to possible problems by a tenant and arranged for Fred Hammer & Co 1998 Ltd (Hammer) to conduct a bui...

5. OIA-99080.pdf [pdf, 1.9 MB]

   ...tensions as the levels of competence required to effectively advance cases are high, which means inadequate advice is sometimes given to defendants impeding court room performance. Morrison (2009) discussed the implications of the PDS pilot study in Auckland and Manukau, the evaluation found that PDS clients were more likely to plead guilty than non-PDS clients receiving legal aid. Interestingly they were also less likely to receive prison sentences. In conjunction with this the increased...

6. Impact of Treaty on Government Agencies report [pdf, 286 KB]

   ...the stratified class society of England and Europe. The characteristic New Zealand demand, now taken up by the Maori, was always for fairness and equality of opportunity—an affirmation of the intrinsic worth of every human being, found also in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights”. (New Zealand Law Journal, 207, 1984, quoted in Te Reo Maori report of the Waitangi Tribunal). A new focus Since 1975, a number of influences have interacted, and continue to interact, to generate cha...

7. Family Court rewrite submission: New Zealand Law Society [pdf, 1 MB]

   ...seek its assistance. This is particularly so in relation to the significant increase in without notice applications, where children are at risk and matters need to be urgently addressed. The Law Society encourages the panel to engage with the University of Otago researchers who are currently evaluating the 2014 changes. The extensive information the researchers have 1 Have Your Say on the family justice system – A consul...

8. ENV-2016-CHC-000047 Blueskin Energy Limited v Dunedin City Council - Application - Appendix B2 [pdf, 540 KB]

   Is Small Beautiful? Attitudes towards community- owned wind energy in Waitati Matthew Hoffman A dissertation in partial fulfilment of the degree of Bachelor of Applied Science with Honours in Environmental Management at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand November 2008 ABSTRACT With the increasing public resistance towards large-scale energy projects such as hydro dams and wind farms, decreasing energy security and a perceived need to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, th...

9. [2019] NZEmpC 47 Postal Workers Union of Aotearoa Inc v New Zealand Post Ltd [pdf, 349 KB]

   POSTAL WORKERS UNION OF AOTEAROA INC v NEW ZEALAND POST LIMITED [2019] NZEmpC 47 [2 May 2019] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT OF NEW ZEALAND AUCKLAND I TE KŌTI TAKE MAHI O AOTEAROA TĀMAKI MAKAURAU [2019] NZEmpC 47 EMPC 114/2018 IN THE MATTER OF proceedings removed from the Employment Relations Authority BETWEEN POSTAL WORKERS UNION OF AOTEAROA INC Plaintiff AND NEW ZEALAND POST LIMITED Defendant Hearing: 29-30 Jan...

10. Curtin v ACC [2012] NZACA 11 [pdf, 581 KB]

    ...to s 107 of the Act STEPHEN CURTIN Appellant ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION a body corporate duly constituted under the provisions of the said Act Respondent BEFORE THE ACCIDENT COMPENSATION APPEAL AUTHORITY R Bedford HEARING at Auckland on 27June 2012 APPEARANCES/COUNSEL Mr Darke (advocate) for appellant Mr Tui for respondent DECISION [1] The appeal concerns a decision by the Corporation dated 8 September 2011, declining to reassess the appellant's quantum o...