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1. [2015] NZEmpC 206 Fox v Hereworth School Trust Board [pdf, 620 KB]

   ...Board’s solicitors had been authorised to represent it from 3 November 2009 and this representation was confirmed by written terms of engagement that were required under the New Zealand Law Society’s Rules of Professional Conduct and Client Care. Mr Webster added: … More often than not the formal terms of engagement are signalled well after the commencement of work simply because the urgency of the job at hand takes precedence over the administrative requirements of the form...

2. Process evaluation of the Election Access Fund Act (2020): after the first use of the Fund [pdf, 776 KB]

   ...framing and approach be acceptable to the disability community. We took this on in four ways. First, we included leaders in the disability community who have lived and whānau experience of disability as advisors on our evaluation team. Second, we carefully considered the language used. We settled on the following terms: • “Disabled people” is used to describe a general group of people with impairments. It is accepted terminology in New Zealand (Whaikaha: Ministry of Disabled...

3. Process evaluation of the Election Access Fund Act (2020): after the first use of the Fund (Read only) [docx, 773 KB]

   ...evaluation framing and approach be acceptable to the disability community. We took this on in four ways. First, we included leaders in the disability community who have lived and whānau experience of disability as advisors on our evaluation team. Second, we carefully considered the language used. We settled on the following terms: · “Disabled people” is used to describe a general group of people with impairments. It is accepted terminology in New Zealand (Whaikaha: Ministry of Disabled Pe...

4. Waitangi Tribunal theme A - Old land claims [pdf, 7.2 MB]

   ...The Land Claims Commission Process .......................... I I Crown presumptive rights 11; Treaty references to pre-Treaty transactions 12; The Land Claims Commission's legislative framework 14; Notification procedures 1]; The role of the protectorate 19; Commissioners' qualifications and administrative support 2 I; Difficulties confronting commissioners 22.; Protectorate and survey re­ ports 24; Hearing procedures 26; Spain's hearing procedures 28; Clarke's concep...

5. Report-of-Helen-Anderson-s.198D-Planning-Report-HDC-KCDC-O2NL-Notice-of-Requirement-FINAL-28-April-2023.pdf [pdf, 13 MB]

   ...imposed if the Environment Court confirms the requirement (with or without modifications); and (c) Provide a summary of submissions received. 6 Section 191 RMA is only relevant when considering a requirement made under section 189 by a heritage protection authority to a territorial authority, and is therefore not relevant to the Ō2NL Project NoR. Section 198D Report – Ōtaki to north of Levin Highway Project (Ō2NL Project) Prepared by Helen Anderson – Planning 2...

6. Report-of-Helen-Anderson-s.198D-Planning-Report-HDC-KCDC-O2NL-Notice-of-Requirement.pdf [pdf, 13 MB]

   ...imposed if the Environment Court confirms the requirement (with or without modifications); and (c) Provide a summary of submissions received. 6 Section 191 RMA is only relevant when considering a requirement made under section 189 by a heritage protection authority to a territorial authority, and is therefore not relevant to the Ō2NL Project NoR. Section 198D Report – Ōtaki to north of Levin Highway Project (Ō2NL Project) Prepared by Helen Anderson – Planning 2...

7. Proactive release – Criminal Activity Intervention Legislation Bill [pdf, 15 MB]

   ...directly seeking to remove the cash from the criminal economy this would add another layer of criminal conduct (possession per se) over and above the criminality which generated the cash and/or laundering the cash. 17. This option would require careful crafting to balance the obligation on a defendant to establish good reasons for having an otherwise inherently legal item. There are cultural implications and a wide range of circumstances in which people may lawfully possess Section 9...

8. Child witnesses in the New Zealand criminal courts [pdf, 795 KB]

   ...child’s video-recorded police interview (EVI) as their evidence- in-chief (judges soon extended eligibility to other child witnesses). Judges were prohibited from issuing directions to the jury that children’s evidence be scrutinised with special care, from warning that children are prone to invention and distortion, and from warning about any lack of corroborating evidence if they would not have done so for an older complainant. The provisions also allowed for expert evidence to b...

9. Waitangi Tribunal Te Aroha Maunga Settlement process report [pdf, 2.8 MB]

   ...failed to properly manage the tension between Ngāti Rāhiri Tumutumu aspirations for redress on Te Aroha and the offer it made to the Collective . Ngāti Rāhiri Tumutumu argue that the Crown should not have made such an offer before undertaking a careful assessment as to how to provide for all interests on the maunga – those interests particular to each of the various iwi, as well as those that might fairly be shared among them .5 They argue that the Crown thereby breached the principl...

10. NZCVS Cycle 4 2020-21 Controlling behaviours and help-seeking data tables [xlsx, 512 KB]

    ...attribute the work to New Zealand Ministry of Justice and abide by the other licence terms. Please note you may not use any departmental or governmental emblem, logo, or coat of arms in any way that infringes any provision of the Flags, Emblems, and Names Protection Act 1981. Use the wording “New Zealand Ministry of Justice” in your attribution, not the New Zealand Ministry of Justice logo. Data tables for NZCVS topical report - Cycle 4 (2020/21) Controlling behaviours and help-se...