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1. [2022] NZEnvC 227 Nga Kaitiaki O Te Awa O Ngaruroro [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   NGARURORO-CLIVE WATER CONSERVATION ORDER IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT AUCKLAND I TE KŌTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA KI TĀMAKI MAKAURAU Decision [2022] NZEnvC 227 IN THE MATTER OF submissions under s 209 of the Resource Management Act 1991 BETWEEN NGĀ KAITIAKI O TE AWA O NGARURORO (ENV-2019-AKL-000270) HAWKE’S BAY REGIONAL COUNCIL (ENV-2019-AKL-000272) EAST TAUPŌ LANDS TRUST (ENV-2019-AKL-000273) OWHAOKO B & D LANDS TRUST (ENV-2019-AKL-000274) WHITEWATER

2. [2022] NZEmpC 77 Courage v Attorney-General [pdf, 422 KB]

   ...dangerous and yeah it needs – I think the big point around this is that there – with this environment these people have got rights and they need protecting and that’s what hasn’t happened and that’s what this is all about. It’s providing the protection to the individuals that they need because if every employer was good, if every employment situation was good, you wouldn’t need employment laws to protect employees and that’s why we’re here today. [69] As Peter Righteo...

3. [2023] NZEnvC 190 Donaldson v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 913 KB]

   ...Shepherd EIC, at [2]. 36 Edwards EIC, at [2]. 28 was not made aware, when they purchased some six years ago, that there was any likelihood the Site would be developed there. Indeed, they purchased for the “high level of amenity value and the protection and security afforded by living within the Millbrook precinct”. He has similar concerns about Ishii Lane becoming a through lane taking significant extra traffic.37 [81] On behalf of the Millbrook Residents Group, concern...

4. ENV-2016-AKL-000xxx Zakara Investments Limited v Auckland Council [pdf, 23 MB]

   Notice of Appeal by Zakara Investments Limited against decisions on the Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan Dated: 16 September 2016 REFERENCE: Catherine Somerville-Frost (Catherine.Somerville-Frost@chapmantripp.com) Nicola de Wit (Nicola.deWit@chapmantripp.com) In the Environment Court of New Zealand at Auckland ENV-2016-AKL- in the matter of: the Local Government (Auckland Transitional Provisions) Act 2010 (LGATPA) and the Resource Managem

5. Independent Electoral Review Final Report [pdf, 11 MB]

   ...are of fundamental importance to our electoral system and democracy. We have focused on how to make voting more accessible and improve voter participation. Voter eligibility 26. The right of citizens to vote is a fundamental right, recognised and protected by international and domestic law. Any limit on that right must be reasonable and justified. 27. We recommend lowering the voting age to 16. Having reviewed the evidence, we are confident that 16-year-olds are just as capable of m...

6. Waikato Bay of Plenty Standards Committee 1 v Campion [2019] NZLCDT 20 [pdf, 582 KB]

   ...the solicitor of the estate is properly regarded as “work that is incidental” to the other established classes of legal work set out in s 6 of the Act.” [74] The LCRO noted (paragraph [29]) that one of the central purposes of the Act was to protect consumers of legal services and conveyancing services. As a result the LCRO considered that it was appropriate to interpret the Act in a way which was consistent with the protection of consumers of legal services. [75] The LCRO co...

7. LCRO 18/2021 MB v RP and ND (14 October 2022) [pdf, 265 KB]

   ...allows a Legal Complaints Review Officer (LCRO) to conduct the review on the basis of all information available if the LCRO considers that the review can be adequately determined in the absence of the parties. 6 [31] I record that having carefully read the complaint, the response to the complaint, the Committee’s decision and the submissions filed in support of and in opposition to the application for review, there are no additional issues or questions in my mind that nece...

8. Otago Standards Committee v Saunderson-Warner [2013] NZLCDT 15 [pdf, 231 KB]

   ...from the said Mr S were certain to generate more significant work and fees than any remaining work for Dr and Mrs H; 3 (e) The conduct set out in the preceding paragraphs was contrary to rule 4.2 of the Lawyers: Rules of Conduct and Client Care Rules. Charge 2 In the alternative to Charge 1, the Otago Lawyers Standards Committee charges Sarah Astrid Saunderson-Warner of Dunedin, Lawyer with misconduct under s.7(1)(a)(i) of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 (“the Act”...

9. 11.-Dr-Matthew-Baber-Terrestrial-Ecology.pdf [pdf, 5.4 MB]

   Barristers and Solicitors Wellington Solicitors Acting: David Randal / Thaddeus Ryan / Frances Wedde Email: david.randal@buddlefindlay.com Tel 64-4-499 4242 Fax 64-4-499 4141 PO Box 2694 DX SP20201 Wellington 6140 IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT OF NEW ZEALAND WELLINGTON REGISTRY I MUA I TE KŌTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA TE WHANGANUI-Ā-TARA ROHE ENV-2020-WLG-00014 UNDER the Resource Management Act 1991 IN THE MATTER OF a notice of motion under section 87G of the Act

10. [2013] NZEmpC 3 Association of Professional & Executive Employees Inc v NZ District Health Board [pdf, 145 KB]

    ...importance of— (i) collective arrangements; and (ii) the role of unions in the public health sector. [7] Clause 3 provides definitions including: life preserving services means— (a) crisis intervention for the preservation of life: (b) care required for therapeutic services without which life would be jeopardised: (c) urgent diagnostic procedures required to obtain information on potentially life-threatening conditions: (d) crisis intervention for the prevention of perma...