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1. [2013] NZEmpC 3 Association of Professional & Executive Employees Inc v NZ District Health Board [pdf, 145 KB]

   ...specified in paragraphs (a) to (c). [24] Such uncertainty in a statute is unsatisfactory but it may be explicable in this case by the legislative history. This was described by the full Court in Service & Food Workers Union Nga Ringa Tota Inc v Auckland District Health Board: 4 [35] To ascertain Parliament’s intention, we have examined the relevant legislative history materials. There are fewer in respect of Schedule 1B than is usual. That is because it appears that the...

2. [2021] NZEnvC 198 Kaiuma Farm Limited v Marberry Estate Limited [pdf, 259 KB]

   ...interim enforcement orders was made on a Pickwick basis.10 9 Berhampore Residents Association Inc v Wellington City Council (1992) 1 NZRMA 41; Gulf District Plan Association Inc v Arraw Properties Ltd Decision No. A 129/02; Friends of Sherwood v Auckland Council [2018] NZEnvC 178; Baldock v Auckland Council Community Facilities [2021] NZEnvC 042. 10 Basically, a procedure which is a halfway house between proceeding on notice and doing so ex parte. See Pickwick International Inc...

3. [2021] NZEmpC 91 A1 Communication Ltd v A Labour Inspector of Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment [pdf, 265 KB]

   ...employees would likewise have satisfied those recordkeeping requirements, but they do not seem to have been kept by A1, as is required by the legislation.17 15 Tony Deverson and Graeme Kennedy (eds) The New Zealand Oxford Dictionary (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2005) at 417. 16 Employment Relations Act 2000, s 229(3). 17 Section 130. [34] The Labour Inspector confirmed in evidence that it is quite common to come across poor recordkeeping when conducting an inv...

4. Vaka v Accident Compensation Corporation (Personal Injury) [2024] NZACC 197 (2 December 2024) [pdf, 302 KB]

   ...history that is accurate and not the testing. This is confirmed in personal discussion with one of the world experts in the neuropsychology of traumatic brain injury (Emirates Professor Roger Wood, Emirates Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology University of Wales at Swansea). Therefore, we have two options regarding Keith Wood’s results as set out in his report. The first option would be to completely disregard the report in view of the inaccurate interpretations. However, he h...

5. [2023] NZIACDT 1 - NI v Chak (5 January 2023) [pdf, 279 KB]

   ...that he has breached the Licensed Immigration Advisers Code of Conduct 2014 (the Code). BACKGROUND [3] The complainant is a national of China. [4] Mr Chak, a licensed immigration adviser, is a director of CWC Migration & Education Ltd, of Auckland. [5] From about 16 August 2016, Mr Chak communicated with the complainant’s husband through the ‘WeChat’ messaging service. There are numerous messages. The husband enquired about immigration requirements in relation to a...

6. [2013] NZEmpC 139 NZ Post Primary Teachers’ Assn v Secretary for Education [pdf, 251 KB]

   NZ POST PRIMARY TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION v SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION NZEmpC WELLINGTON [2013] NZEmpC 139 [23 July 2013] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT WELLINGTON [2013] NZEmpC 139 WRC 28/12 IN THE MATTER OF proceedings removed in full from the Employment Relations Authority BETWEEN NZ POST PRIMARY TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION First Plaintiff AND ROBERT GRAY Second Plaintiff AND SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION First Defendant AND C

7. Waitangi Tribunal Annual Report Matariki 2022 to 2023 [pdf, 18 MB]

   ...Mana Wāhine Kaupapa Inquiry at Te Mānuka Tūtahi Marae, Whakatāne, July 2021; Bottom left: Kaikaranga Rhonda Tibble and Chief Judge Dr Caren Fox at the pōwhiri for her swearing-in ceremony as Chief Judge of the Māori Land Court held at The Pā, University of Waikato, Kirikiriroa, 24 August 2023; Right: Dr Monty Soutar, former Chairperson Judge Wilson Isaac, and Professor Tā Pou Temara at Hearing One of the Military Veterans’ Kaupapa Inquiry at Tūnohopū Marae, Rotorua, June 2023....

8. Restorative justice: Practice standards for family violence cases 2019 [pdf, 1.5 MB]

   PRACTICE STANDARDS FOR FAMILY VIOLENCE CASES RESTORATIVE JUSTICE He aha te mea nui o tea ao? He tangata, he tangata, he tangata What is the most important thing in the world? It is people, it is people, it is people 3 CONTENTS CONTENTS ................................................................................................................................................... 3 INTRODUCTION .......................

9. [2011] NZEmpC 28 Zhang v Sam’s Fukuyama Food Service Ltd [pdf, 149 KB]

   JIAN ZHANG V SAM'S FUKUYAMA FOOD SERVICE LTD NZEmpC AK [2011] NZEmpC 28 [30 March 2011] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT AUCKLAND [2011] NZEmpC 28 ARC 46/10 IN THE MATTER OF a challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority BETWEEN JIAN ZHANG Plaintiff AND SAM'S FUKUYAMA FOOD SERVICE LTD Defendant Hearing: 24 February 2011 25 February 2011 (Heard at Auckland) Appearances: Garry Pollak, Counsel for the Plaintiff To...

10. Oslo speech for IUCNAEL Colloquium June 2016 [pdf, 290 KB]

    ...alternative dispute resolution work of the Court, and when they sit with Judges to hear cases (usually 2 Commissioners on a panel chaired by a Judge), have an equal say in the outcomes. Locations [21] The Court has registries in three main cities, Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, and conducts alternative dispute resolution and hearings for about half of its case load, in its courtrooms in those centres. The balance of the work of the Court is conducted in circuit locations...