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1. Ministry of Justice Statement of Intent 2023 - 2027 [pdf, 1.5 MB]

   ...system, human rights and shifting the justice system to better serve communities. New Zealand’s constitution and justice system is regarded as legitimate by all communities across Aotearoa New Zealand The people of New Zealand’s human rights are protected and upheld Government institutions that can retain the trust of everyone are vital for the wellbeing of everyone in Aotearoa New Zealand. Te Tiriti o Waitangi/Treaty of Waitangi is the foundation of our constitutional arrangem...

2. [2015] NZSSAA 84 (13 November 2015) [pdf, 151 KB]

   ...are both aged 16 years or older. (2) Despite subsection (1), a relationship involving a person aged 16 or 17 years is not a de facto relationship unless that person has obtained consent for the relationship in accordance with section 46A of the Care of Children Act 2004. (3) In determining whether 2 people live together as a couple in a relationship in the nature of marriage or civil union, the court or person required to determine the question must have regard to— (a) the context...

3. OIA-94638.pdf [pdf, 7 MB]

   ...O FF IC IA L IN FO RM AT IO N AC T 19 82 3 circumstances, which the defence is designed to recognise, do not alter depending on the identity of the child killed. It also means that children in the home, the most vulnerable, have less protection because of the substantially lower maximum penalty for infanticide (3 years). 11.3. It is available only when the child killed is less than 10 years old. If a mother kills her three children aged 1, 9, and 12 years, suffering a disord...

4. Lee v Napier City Council [2010] NZWHT Auckland 8 [pdf, 295 KB]

   ...ensure defects did not occur during construction. In processing the building consent application, the claimants allege the Council should have been mindful of the issues that these inadequacies raised. The Council therefore breached its duty of care to the claimants in approving the building consent application. [47] In Body Corporate 188529 & Ors v North Shore City Council & Ors (No 3)(Sunset Terraces),1 Heath J concluded it was reasonable for the Council to assu...

5. Naera v Fenwick - Whakapoungakau 24 block (2010) 15 Waiariki MB 279 (15 WAR 279) [pdf, 379 KB]

   ...the confidentiality aspects. Those exceptions include reference to beneficial owners, legal proceedings and any disclosure as required by law. Clause 16.2 states: “The parties will at all times during the term of this Agreement use reasonable care to keep confidential and will not disclose (whether directly or indirectly) to any other person the terms of this agreement, any information that they are aware or become aware of through the Project Liaison Committee, the Project Manager...

6. [2024] NZEnvC 178 Te Raranga a Te Kuihi Trust v Kaipara District Council [pdf, 3.2 MB]

   ...goods, services and facilities to meet the day to day needs of the surrounding community. The local shops within NCA provide a limited range of everyday goods and services. Community facilities can include shared community spaces (e.g. hall), health care facilities, and early childhood facilities (e.g. kohanga reo). The intent is to create a Hauora area for community wellness, and for the Hauora area to be the heart of the community. Being located within easy walking distance of the res...

7. [2022] NZEmpC 223 FGH v RST [pdf, 688 KB]

   ...[11] Ms D then had some text exchanges with Ms H’s father, who in one communication said Ms H had been unwell. She had become unfit to work. He eventually met with Ms D and Mr E, Ms D’s manager, when he told them Ms H had been in care. There is a dispute as to whether Ms H’s father also said this information was not to be passed on, in particular to Ms C, who had been ultimately responsible for managing Ms H’s return-to-work in late 2019/early 2020. [12] Ms H...

8. Self-represented litigants: an exploratory study of litigants in person in the New Zealand criminal & family jurisdictions [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...also in other jurisdictions. Without historical trend data we could not say whether this perception was true. Self-represented litigants in the Family Court were likely to be New Zealand European males with an average age of 37, appearing for care of children and domestic violence cases. They were more likely to be paid full-time employees, most earning more than $30,000 a year. These characteristics differed from those found in the family jurisdiction internationally. Why ar...

9. Parohinog v Yellow Pages Group Ltd (Strike-Out Application No 2) [2015] NZHRRT 14 [pdf, 91 KB]

   ...difficulties can be traced to the dispute over her son’s custody: 5. After the March 2013, after receiving some of my files from CYFS (MSD), the NZ Police, IRD, the Auckland Family Court, James Family Trust, W&I, my son’s school and after school care, and some other private and public organisations and some information from my old colleagues and people from my community, now I know why I have been harassed, my privacy was invaded and why my life has been scrutinised and have been...

10. [2023] NZREADT 7 - CAC 2002 v Sun (6 April 2023) [pdf, 309 KB]

    ...seriously negligent or seriously incompetent real estate agency work by: (a) marketing and/or offering the five lots for sale without agency agreements being in place, in breach of r 9.6 of the Real Estate Agents Act (Professional Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2012 (the Rules); (b) misrepresenting the net size of three of the lots (Lots 1, 2 and 3) to the purchasers, and failing to take adequate steps to ensure prospective purchasers were informed of the need to obtain profession...