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1. [2025] NZLVT 34 - Ovens v Dunedin City Council (4 August 2025) [pdf, 240 KB]

   ...evidence of expert valuers on matters relating to the valuation of land according to the standards and methodologies which have been developed over time, both in practice and through decisions of the Land Valuation Tribunal and higher Courts on appeal. [34] In this case, we are satisfied that Mr Gibson’s valuation is thorough and 11 satisfactory in its scope and reasoning. [35] We did not receive any comparable expert evidence from Mr Ovens, but we are satisfied that the con...

2. LCRO 122/2025 MA v HP (30 September 2025) [pdf, 182 KB]

   ...2013) at [4]. 3 For an example of a provision in an enactment empowering a judge to extend a time limit, see s 281(1)(a)(ii) of the Resource Management Act 1991. In short, in proceedings under that enactment a judge may waive the time within which an appeal may be lodged. 4 See Jindal v LCRO and A Law Firm [2025] NZHC 2369. 4 Notice of review rights [14] The Committee’s decision, as with every decision or determination issued by a Standards Committee, concludes with the followin...

3. BORA Taxation (Income Tax Rate and Other Amendments) Bill [pdf, 235 KB]

   ...right has been interpreted as including the right not to be compelled to say certain things or to provide certain information.1 1 For example, Slaight Communications v Davidson 59 DLR (4th) 416; Wooley v Maynard 430 US 705 (1977). The Court of Appeal has confirmed that every person has a general common law right to refuse to answer questions posed by an official: Taylor v New Zealand Poultry Board [1984] 1 NZLR 349 (CA); Paul Rishworth et al. The New Zealand Bill of Rights (Oxford...

4. Canterbury Westland Standards Committee v Horsley [2014] NZLCDT 47 [pdf, 85 KB]

   ...relationship. 1 Daniels v Complaints Assessment Committee 2 of the Wellington District Law Society [2011] 3 NZLR 850. 4 [12] Mr Hodge referred us to a decision of the New South Wales Court of Appeal in Law Society of New South Wales v McNamara.2 In that matter the Court held that the attempt to deceive the Law Society was serious enough, but the attempt to deceive the Statutory Committee (the equivalent of the Tribunal) was eve...

5. Waitangi Tribunal - He Whiritaunoka (Whanganui) chapter 28 [pdf, 857 KB]

   ...and occurred rarely. The fact that it took the Crown three decades from the time the Native Land Court was established – and the better part of two decades from the time the Native affairs Committee first high­ lighted the anomaly – to enable appeals as of right, was contrary to its duty to actively protect Māori interests. It was also contrary to its obligation (partly stemming from its undertakings in article 3 of the treaty) to enable Māori to seek reasonable redress for grieva...

6. [2022] NZEnvC 163 11 Cheshire Street Body Corporate v Auckland Council [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   ...attached as Appendix B. 2 (2) the appeal is otherwise dismissed. B: Under section 285 of the Resource Management Act 1991, there is no order as to costs. REASONS Introduction [1] On 11 June 2021, 11 Cheshire Street Body Corporate (CSBC) appealed Auckland Council’s decision of 20 May 2021 to grant resource consent to Summerset Villages (Parnell) Limited’s proposal for a retirement village at 23 and 41 Cheshire Street, Parnell. [2] CSBC appealed the Council’s d...

7. [2015] NZEmpC 57 Q v Commissioner of Police [pdf, 719 KB]

   Q v THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE NZEmpC CHRISTCHURCH [2015] NZEmpC 57 [7 May 2015] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT CHRISTCHURCH [2015] NZEmpC 57 CRC 8/13 IN THE MATTER OF a challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority BETWEEN Q Plaintiff AND THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE Defendant Hearing: (26-30 January, 2-5 and 12-13 February 2015) (heard at Christchurch) Appearances: A Shaw, J Behrnes and M Dutkiewicz, co

8. ENV-2016-AKL-000193 Kiwi Property Group Limited & Others v Auckland Council Consent Order [pdf, 19 MB]

   BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT COURT IN THE MATTER AND BETWEEN AND of the Resource Management Act 1991 and the Local Government (Auckland Transitional Provisions) Act 2010 of an appeal under section 156(1) of the Local Government (Auckland Transitional Provisions) Act 2010 KIWI PROPERTY GROUP LIMITED, KIWI PROPERTY HOLDINGS LIMITED AND SYLVIA PARK BUSINESS CENTRE LIMITED (ENV-2016-AKL-000193) Appellants AUCKLAND COUNCIL Respondent Principal Environment Judge L J Ne...

9. Adoption Action Inc v Attorney-General [2016] NZHRRT 9 [pdf, 371 KB]

   ...representative capacity for an aggrieved person and that proceedings can be brought by a third party such as Adoption Action. [12] Before the Tribunal the Crown conceded Adoption Action has standing but reserved its position in relation to any potential appeal. [13] Adoption Action is candid that after years of unsuccessfully lobbying various Ministers and government administrations, these proceedings have been brought as a last resort to bring about change to the adoption law of New Z...

10. Common Bundle Volume 2 [pdf, 3.4 MB]

    20 Schedules CB305 S C H E D U L E S 20-2 Regional Plan: Water for Otago, updated to 1 July 2018 Table of Contents for Schedules 1 to 17 1. Schedule of natural and human use values of Otago’s surface water bodies ...........................................................................................................................4 1A Schedule of natural values .......................................................................6 1AA Schedule of Ota