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1. 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...

2. Who is vulnerable or hard-to-reach in the provision of maternity, Well Child and early parenting support services? [pdf, 467 KB]

   ...parents have few educational qualifications, who live in sole parent and/or low income families, who were small at birth or have suffered a birth or childhood injury, who have suffered neglect or maltreatment and who have been taken into statutory care for a period. 1.4 Māori children are over-represented in all these categories, and consequently are at far greater risk of adverse outcomes in adulthood than non-Māori children. New Zealand also has relatively high proportions of ch...

3. Fourth-Universal-Periodic-Review-documents_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 805 KB]

   ...Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Refugee and protection (asylum) claims made in New Zealand are determined in accordance with the relevant instruments. Asylum seekers have publicly-funded access to legal representation, interpreters, and health care and, if granted a temporary visa, can undertake work or study. Claimants who are not granted a visa are provided with a weekly allowance. Young asylum seekers can attend primary and secondary education as domestic students. During consu...

4. Family-Fixed-Fees-Schedules-July-2020-Updated-18-December-2023.pdf [pdf, 473 KB]

   ....................................................................................................................................................................... 2 ADOPTION – GRANTING NOTES ................................................................................................................................................ 3 CARE OF CHILDREN/GUARDIANSHIP ..............................................................................................................................

5. [2017] NZEmpC 143 Sawyer v Victoria University [pdf, 164 KB]

   ...of that challenge include the following: (a) that the Employment Court is seized of matters in proceedings 144/2017 and 7/2017 and the Authority determination pre-judged those proceedings; (b) the requirements imposed on the Authority by the Protected Disclosures Act 2000; 9 EMPC 7/2017. (c) the requirements on the Vice-Chancellor and on the Authority of obligations under the United Nations Convention Against Corruption...

6. [2018] NZEnvC 033 Burkhart Fisheries Limited v Marlborough District Council [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...proceeding now because the appeal is still at an early stage, the evidence has not been exchanged and there has been no mediation. MEC reply, received 12 March 201 8. 3 Position of the other parties [6] The CounciF and the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Incorporated ('RFB') (a s 274 party)' do not oppose the application for waiver. [7] The appellant opposes the application on the grounds: 4 (a) the s 274 notice has been filed over five...

7. Derringer Trust v Upton [pdf, 19 KB]

   ...respondents as part of a mediation settlement on 30 April 2008. [2] Those respondents seek to recover a proportion of the amount of the settlement from the seventh and eighth respondents (Caddick). They allege that Caddick owed them a duty of care. The duty was to ensure that the cladding and plastering work would be carried out in a manner and with materials that complied with the plans and specifications, the building consent, the building code and generally accepted building s...

8. Auckland Standards Committee 1 v Tregenza [2016] NZLCDT 31 [pdf, 132 KB]

   ...PENALTY [1] The respondent was originally charged with misconduct under s 241(a) of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 (Act) and within the meaning of s 7 (1)(a)(i) and/or 7(1)(a)(ii) of the Act and Rule 11.1 Lawyers Conduct and Client Care Rules 2008. The charge was dated 9 March 2016. [2] The particulars of the charge were: (a) On 4 September 2015 the practitioner received from Frost and Sutcliffe Barristers and Solicitors an authority to uplift the file of Lemapu O...

9. GT v TK LCRO 06 / 2011 (20 January 2012) [pdf, 53 KB]

   ...Determination dated 18 November 2010 clarified the Applicant’s complaints as follows: 3 [a] The Practitioner acted against the Applicant, he being a client or former client of his practice (Rule 8.7.1 of the Lawyers:Conduct and Client Care Rules 2008 [the Rules]); and [b] The Practitioner acted in a situation of conflict (Rule 6.1) [11] The Committee set out the factual background, applied the relevant rules to the facts and then considered each complaint thoroughly. Afte...

10. BORA New Plymouth District Council (Waitara Lands) Bill [pdf, 131 KB]

    ...psychological disability or impairment and physical or psychiatric illness, among other characteristics. 8. Clause 4(1)(d) of Schedule 2 in the Bill states that a vacancy occurs on the Board if a member has an order made under ss 10, 11, 12 or 31 of the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988 (‘the PPPR Act’) which reflects adversely on their competence to manage their own affairs in relation to their property or their capacity to make or communicate a decision relating t...