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1. Directory of Official Information M-O [pdf, 573 KB]

   ...responsibilities In accordance with the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000, MidCentral District Health Board has three key functions, being: • planning and funding health and disability services • delivering health and disability care services through Crown owned hospital and associated services • governing and managing the District Health Board. MidCentral DHB is categorised as a Crown Agent under section 7 of the Crown Entities Act 2004. The functions of th...

2. Directory of Official Information M-O [pdf, 564 KB]

   ...responsibilities In accordance with the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000, MidCentral District Health Board has three key functions, being: • planning and funding health and disability services • delivering health and disability care services through Crown owned hospital and associated services • governing and managing the District Health Board. MidCentral DHB is categorised as a Crown Agent under section 7 of the Crown Entities Act 2004. The functions of th...

3. [2018] NZEnvC 073 Skyline Enterprises Limited v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...says that he supports: (a) parking buildings in Queenstown; (b) the undergrounding of electricity to prevent fire. A fire on Ben Lomond could be a calamitous loss of life and potentially the greatest disaster in New Zealand history; (c) the protection of Queenstown scenery and environment (including protected trees); and (d) the protection of the adjoining cemetery. [6] Mr Walker opposes: 2 3 4 5 (a) the use of the Ben Lomond reserve land for a car parking building;...

4. BORA Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Bill [pdf, 294 KB]

   ...serves an important and significant objective, and whether there is a rational and proportionate connection between the provision and the objective.[3] 8. The Copyright Act establishes copyright, a property right in certain original works, and protects copyright in a work from infringement. The objective of this Bill is to extend the provisions of the Act to provide for an enforcement regime for instances of file sharing that infringe copyright. We consider this to be an important a...

5. BORA Social Worker’s Registration (Mandatory Registration) Amendment Bill [pdf, 314 KB]

   ...Board. It does this by: • changing the current system of voluntary registration for practising social workers to a mandatory one; • requiring all registered social workers to hold practising certificates which must be renewed annually; • protecting the title "social worker" to prevent its use by people who are not registered, or who have been deregistered as social workers; and • allowing the public to complain to the Complaints and Disciplinary Tribunal when they...

6. Gartrell v NZLS [2012] NZLCDT 25 [pdf, 98 KB]

   ...have regard to the factors set out in s 41 of the Act which itself imports s 55 factors and includes any other matters thought appropriate. [4] Those factors must be considered in the light of the purposes of the Act which is concerned with the protection of consumers of legal services and the maintenance of public confidence in the provision of legal services. [5] The history of this matter will explain the cautious approach taken by the Society and I am going to use the chronolo...

7. [2015] NZEmpC 91 Burrowes v Commissioner of Police [pdf, 94 KB]

   ...claims had not been resolved and so a submission was advanced which assumed the plaintiff’s reinstatement to his former role. In the alternative, it was submitted that if reinstatement was not ordered, name suppression was still required to protect the plaintiff and his family, having regard to his former role in the unit. The submission referred to issues relating to the plaintiff’s medical condition and outlined that the application was not made to protect the plaintiff from...

8. Notes from Crown Maori Relations hui Invercargill 12 May 2018 [pdf, 441 KB]

   ...continue this debate as it has massive consequences for Māori.” One speaker noted that the Treaty of Waitangi should be entrenched within New Zealand’s constitution. • Improving Health outcomes – A few speakers indicated that the hospital care and treatment in the region was ‘horrendous’. A few also suggested that the government needs to address mental health issues as they intersect with other issues like homelessness, suicide, criminal action and the well-being of t...

9. Auckland Standards Committee v Castles [2014] NZLCDT 8 [pdf, 77 KB]

   ...inferred from this history (and in the absence of any explanation to the contrary from the practitioner) that this was a practitioner who was either totally lacking in insight about the wrongfulness of his charging practices or, worse, simply did not care about complaints about his charging or indeed how that might reflect on his profession as a whole. [16] Finally his response to the disciplinary process is a further aggravating feature of the misconduct. Not only are there the mi...

10. TG v Tangilanu [2012] NZIACDT 17 (8 May 2012) [pdf, 90 KB]

    ...penalty for both matters must reflect the overall conduct. [3] The facts and background are set out in the earlier decision upholding this complaint, dated 27 March 2012. The key findings were: [3.1] Ms Tangilanu systematically failed to act with care, diligence and professionalism; she effectively ignored the Code. [3.2] She failed to carry out her client’s (Ms TG’s) instructions to apply for both student permits and residence permits. [3.3] She failed to commence her professi...